by Leo Cote | Oct 18, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
Today marks the day of the highly anticipated release of Windows 8.1, with the return of the Start Menu Button as well as a few other features. One of these features being the ability to boot straight to desktop, and skip the Metro screen during boot-up. You may be...
by Leo Cote | Sep 27, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
Have you ever lost EVERYTHING you’ve ever saved to your computer? Ever have a backup drive fail on you? Don’t let it happen again by upgrading to a hybrid cloud backup! Protect yourself from the unknown. It’s happened to everyone at one point or...
by Nick Bernfeld | Sep 3, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
The issue: Disable password and lock screens Oh, how I hate thee, Windows 8 lock screen. Passwords and lock screens make a lot of sense on portable laptops and touchscreen tablets, but on your personal desktop—safe and secure in your home—they’re just speed bumps...
by Nick Bernfeld | Aug 28, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
Microsoft why do you do these things to us? Microsoft is committed to having everyone use the Start screen instead of the Start button and start menu found in previous versions of Windows and therefore has no setting to enable or disable the start button. However,...
by Nick Bernfeld | Aug 23, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
The Problem: How to Delete files that refuse to be deleted When does it Happen? When attempting to delete a file or folder you may get an error message that contains the above message. Below is an additional example of what this error may look like....
by Nick Bernfeld | Aug 13, 2013 | Articles, Common Issues
Make User Account Control less annoying What is UAC or Windows needs your permission to continue Popup Microsoft’s User Account Control—the box that pops up and asks “Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?” incessantly—has noble...
