2019

Green Tea Conversations: Candi Broeffle talks with Andre about Technology Health

In the Media November 24, 2019

Candi Broeffle, the publisher of Natural Awakenings Twin Cities magazine, talked with André on November 21st (aired on AM950 Radio on November 24th) about the health of your computer technology, including the end-of-life of Windows 7, some issues that could arise when purchasing a new computer, upgrade options for Windows 10,[...]

a carved figure with a walking staff walking on a beach with a roll of large clocks at the edge of the tide.

Countdown to the End-of-Life ☠️ for Windows 7 🖥️ – Tips for Upgrading or Buying New

Good stuff to know,New Tech / Tech Preview November 20, 2019

If you’re still running Windows 7, the End-of-Life (EOL) is January 14, 2020… less than 2-months from now, so if you haven’t thought about upgrading to a newer Operating System or purchasing a New Computer, the time is now. It is not a good idea to delay dealing with this past[...]

Teal pumpkins in front of an orange chair

Halloween 🎃 Treats: Teal is a fantastic color!

Specials,Good stuff to know October 30, 2019

We wanted to let everyone know we are handing out candy 🍭 this Halloween, and everyone is welcome! Why the teal pumpkin picture? Teal Pumpkins let people know that you have candies, treats, as well as non-food items (like toys, stickers, and other fun things) for those with food[...]

a student on a computer with a chalk board behind them

Back-to-School Special

Specials August 8, 2019

Eeek! School is just around the corner. Make sure your computer is ready for the coming school year with 19% off our Computer Tune-up Service. While our focus here is updates and other things to help speed up your computer and potentially increase the longevity of your system… with this[...]

Firefox Vulnerability that gets people to unwittingly click on something so hackers can steal your info

Firefox Vulnerability – known about for 17 years

Virus / Scam Alerts!,Good stuff to know,News,Security & Privacy Updates July 5, 2019

While many consider ditching Google, including its web browser Chrome, due to privacy concerns and in response to recent actions, Firefox has been one of the primary alternate options. A recent Firefox exploit demonstration that uses a combination of a malicious HTML file, ClickJacking, iframe and SSH bugs may change[...]

1903 is here, what have we seen?

Tech How-to,Good stuff to know,Security & Privacy Updates July 2, 2019

We’ve done numerous Windows 10 Build 1903 Updates, ranging from new machines just out of the box to systems that are several years old. Biggest Tip for Keeping your Hair during the 1903 Update… The biggest factor we’ve seen that affects successful completion is the update status of the[...]

VLC Media Player Security Flaw!

Security & Privacy Updates June 24, 2019

As more computers are being built without DVD drives and the associated DVD Player software, consumers are frequently downloading third-party programs to be able to play these and other higher quality video file types. One of the biggest and most trusted names is VLC Media Player. Last week (June 21st),[...]

Child sitting on mother's lap while playing on the computer

Happy Mothers Day!

Promotions May 12, 2019

Is your Mom frustrated with her slow computer – is it not working how it should, giving her attitude? Give her the gift of a better working computer with our Windows PC Computer Tune-up Service (Bring-to-us or Remote). Fine Print: Discount on Bring-to-Us or Remote versions of the service only.[...]

Barred from Google Ads – and why that’s bad for consumers…

News,Company Updates April 22, 2019

If things weren’t already tough enough for small, local, independent businesses… Google just made it worse for independent computer repair shops like ours to reach potential customers. Google now bans “Third-party consumer technical support” providers (like us), and only allows companies that make the product or have signed agreements with[...]

Change your Facebook password now!

Good stuff to know,News,Security & Privacy Updates March 21, 2019

Facebook has just admitted that it has found many places – hundreds of millions of places, maybe – where it saved users’ passwords to disk in raw, unencrypted form. In jargon terms, they’re known as plaintext passwords and it means that instead of seeing a password scrambled into a hashed form such[...]

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