How to Choose a Home Computer Support Service

I was recently asked to come up list of requirements for a home computer support service and what to look for when hiring in a Geek to help you with your computer at home. As with any person or company you hire to come into your home you have to be a bit careful, so I've made a list of requirements: Trustworthyness would be my main priority, when you have a computer repaired you need to know that person is honest because all your documents, pictures and website logins details are stored on ...

Two Free Ways To Create And Convert PDF Files On A PC

Here are two really useful utilities for dealing with Adobe PDF files. Convert PDF To Word The first piece of software will convert an existing pdf (.pdf) document into a fully editable microsoft word document (.doc) This is called PDF to Word Converter (strangely enough) and it's made by a company called AnyBizSoft This software  is free you just have to register (they don't spam you, I use this software) register here: PDF To Word Converter The software once installed and you get the free registration code Looks like this:

Apple Macs Now Have Viruses Too

Sadly we had our first Apple Mac virus to remove in May, (oh it used to be so simple with a Mac) Here's what it looked like, It's much like the windows Scareware, it'll ask you for money to remove non existent viruses What to look out for is a popup much like this one, you'll be surfing the web and this will popup full screen and look like a normal finder window with links on the left hand side

DialaGeek Radio Interview BBC Bristol

I was kindly invited in to BBC radio Bristol by Steve Yabsley for a 20 minute interview. He wanted to discuss computing in general as a lot of his listeners may have experienced computer problems. We discussed various topics, including the subjects covered on the blog here, this is a slightly cut down version (due to You Tube and it's 15 Minute Limit). Many thanks to Steve for inviting me in and making the the interview go well, I never realised what a skillful job interviewing is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9nDswhkQUw The topics covered are: Password security How to securely store your passwords

No Need To Remember Passwords Anymore

There is a great piece of software you can use that will securely remember all you passwords for your, allowing you to use longer passwords and different passwords on different sites. The software is the aptly named LastPass This small piece of software works in Windows and Apple Mac it also works on your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android or Windows smartphone and keep them all synced up with each other. I've been using this for around a year now and it it is very good, it means you can have long secure passwords, without having to ...