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Soft Launch of EverydayIT.net services..
0567 days
by admin
in Personal Computing
I’ve decided to go ahead and do a soft launch of some service offerings I’ve been considering for quite some time now. It seems that every day I hear of someone paying what I consider to be way too much for basic computer services like virus removal and home networking help. With that said, enter EverydayIT.net Services!
My service hours will be from 5pm to 9pm five days per week. During that timeframe I am available for the following common IT services:
Virus scanning and removal – $100 if I pick up, $90 if you deliver (this service takes multiple days)
Home network setup/troubleshooting – $75 (on-site service)
Software/hardware installation – $50 (software must be legally purchased)
These are just a few of the services that I can offer – more services will be added as I continue to formalize the business. To schedule service please email me at neild@everydayit.net and I’ll get back to you to schedule a service time. Emails will not be returned until after 5pm on weekdays and during normal business hours on weekends – I do have a full time job that I will respect and give priority to at all times. Feel free to tell your friends and let me know that you have done so!
Thanks for your time.. and I welcome your suggestions!
Windows 7 SP1 is coming..
0573 days
by admin
in Personal Computing
I’m downloading the Windows 7 service pack 1 beta as we speak! I’ll apply the update and record my progress as I go along and pass the details along, good or bad. More to come, so stay tuned!
Read PDF Files? You might be asleep at the wheel and headed over the cliff..
3Back in March of this year a security expert figured out a way to use a specially-crafted Adobe PDF file to cause your computer to run an executable file embedded in that PDF document. If you understood what I just wrote there’s a pretty high likelihood that you heard about the flaw and did your Adobe update last week when the patch was released. If you didn’t really get any of that you’re probably one of millions of people who don’t pay attention to the little blinking update icons sitting down there in your system tray. If that’s you, you need to change your ways! Most of the virus and malware issues I see are a result of two things: outdated virus subscriptions and missing system updates. Updates, especially Windows updates can be tedious. This is one of those things that you just have to do, so make the time!
Important Updates to do:
- Antivirus (it should be doing this automatically)
- Windows Updates (I’m not a fan of auto-applied updates – do them manually as the icon pops up)
- Java updates (these are less frequent, do them as they come up)
- Adobe updates (also infrequent, so catch them when they arrive)
Software updates are a fact of life on any platform – including Mac and Linux. In fact.. Linux updates come out much more frequently than Windows updates. Manage these little annoyances and you’ll have fewer computer issues!
