Boy oh boy is this getting more and more common. We used to take calls from our clients who told us that they had pop ups and weird notifications, or even a huge flashing graphic, “You’ve been infected”. Seems lately, the viruses are doing more damage underneath, and not showing the usual suspects. And no…your [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Macs ARE susceptible to malware and CAN benefit from the occasional tune-up. Yes, Apple’s Mac Operating System X does maintain itself well, but with time files pile up on the hard drive and start to drag the computer down. Many Macs may experience freezing or locking up of programs, long startups and [...]
I much like everyone else like a good deal, and what deal is better than free? Sure we have been there, hanging out online, and you stumble across, or you see an ad for software that speeds up your computer, or it could copy your DVDs and CD’s. The best part, it’s all free. Or [...]
I hear the above often, very often.So in this post, we will answer the following questions: 1 What is defragging?2 Does it really make a difference?3 Can it hurt my computer? First things first what is fragmentation? Think of a hard drive as an empty book. You then fill it with programs which we will [...]
One of the most famous wallpaper images is undoubtedly the default Windows XP image showing a blissfully relaxing vista of green rolling hills and a bluer than blue sky. The wallpaper, probably one of the most viewed images of all time, is aptly named ‘Bliss.’ Do a Google image search for just the word [...]
Last night I was talking to a friend about email and how out control people let it get. I have a few concerns about email. My biggest is why it takes some people days to reply to a simple email. But then I thought about it and I do the same thing. I read [...]
Facebook tips and tricks from HiTech Solutions! The “Koobface” virus (Facebook’s big virus) is at it again and this time, hitting the Twitter folks too. If you want to get your computer protected before something bad happens to your computer, call us today to get some good tools installed. Remember…Norton Symantec, McAfee and most of the big [...]
I wake up everyday and first thing I do is check my Blackberry to review what email I got over night. I know it’s an addiction at this point, so you don’t need to tell me that. I am aware of it. If they had a Blackberry anonymous group, I would probably go! Lately though, [...]
It’s horrible to see what has just happened in Japan and no word that can effectively convey the human catastrophe suffered. Here at HiTech Solutions we would like to express our sincere condolences to those who have been affected recently. This article focuses on the impact of the recent even and what it [...]
Many of my clients will call and say their computers are slow and usually they say “I think my computer is out of memory, I have deleted a bunch of stuff and it’s still slow” I explain to them that their memory is not out of space, but rather their hard drive may be [...]
