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Back up your hard drive a lot faster with an external SSD

Posted on July 9, 2017

By now you probably know how important it is to create regular backups of the data that’s stored on your computer’s hard drive.

You also probably know that it can take a good long while to create each of those backups.

Luckily, there’s a simple and easy way to greatly speed up the backup process (and the restore process as well, should it ever be needed)… [Read more…]

Scam alert: A new and very dangerous ransomware strain is spreading across the globe right now. Protect yourself!

Posted on June 27, 2017

If you’ve been keeping up with the news today you know that a new strain of ransomware is spreading across the globe as we speak.

Individuals and companies in virtually every country have already been crippled by the attack, and even some utilities have been shut down.

So far several countries in Europe have suffered the brunt of the attack, but the wave is spreading fast and headed for other parts of the world, including the United States. [Read more…]

Important: Back up your PC’s hard drive before installing the Windows 10 Creator’s Update!

Posted on April 10, 2017

If you’re using Windows 10 you should know that Microsoft is planning to release a major update for your Windows installation.

This important update is called Windows 10 Creator’s Update and they plan to start rolling it out tomorrow (April 11).

As a participant in Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program I had early access to the Creator’s Update, and I believe it’s a very worthy upgrade for the price (it’s free!).

But that being said, I installed the update on four different computers and had issues with two of them. That’s a 50% failure rate with my limited test, and that doesn’t bode well for the general roll-out of this update. [Read more…]