The Computer Tutor

Some people tell me, “I’m not really too concerned about hackers getting on my computer… there’s nothing on there that anyone would want anyway!” Not true. Your computer has value to a cyber-criminal in a variety of different ways that you might not even be aware of. Here are a few things the bad [...] Read more »

I love automation.  If there is something on the computer that I do regularly, it’s always nice to find a way to have the computer handle that for me automatically.  After all, that’s what the computer is good at – following instructions, never wavering, never late, always dependable.  There’s a great automated service (that is [...] Read more »

All of the popular web browsers have the ability to go into “private” mode .  This means that the websites you visit won’t show up in history, and those sites won’t place any cookies on your computer for tracking purposes.  There are actually some legitimate purposes for this. 1. Shopping for birthday or Christmas [...] Read more »

This is a current popular scam that unfortunately snags a lot of unsuspecting computer users. It’s the Fake Tech Support scam.   You get a call from someone claiming to be with “Microsoft” or from “Windows” and they tell you that your computer has been reporting some problems and viruses, so they need to just [...] Read more »

Don’t you hate having to type in your user name and password every time you visit Facebook, Gmail, or another website requiring login?  Or maybe you have had it set up in the past that these sites would remember your email address and have it already entered for you, and you just had to put [...] Read more »

When you are using your computer, and your webcam is always right there in front of you, do you ever wonder if it’s possible that someone, somewhere out there on the internet is looking at you?  A lot of people in the past would have said that’s being paranoid.  Unfortunately, it’s not a crazy fear [...] Read more »

One of the worst things that can happen when you are using your computer is for something to just suddenly disappear right in front of your eyes.  And then you wonder “how do I get it back”?  But it is going to be pretty difficult to bring it back, when you don’t know how or [...] Read more »

Do you have areas in your home where the wifi signal is weak?  Or, do you want to have an actual ethernet (wired) connection in a room other than where the router sits?  There is actually a pretty easy solution to that – WITHOUT running any new wires. Normally, if you want a WIRED [...] Read more »

Update: Please read this blog post before following any instructions below. I recently had a client who brought me a computer that had a few different issues.  They all seemed to be unrelated – odd error messages popping up, the screen not displaying content the way it should all the time, etc.  In cases like [...] Read more »

MyPC Backup is the online, automated backup service that I use and recommend.  This is the program that protects my own files and folders, and I have set it up for lots of my clients.  In this post I will go over the features, costs, and how it works.     Full disclosure: I [...] Read more »