Contact Info: Paul Berryman, paul.berryman@stabletech.net, (832) 592-9423
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We recommend home computer users have a Complete PC Check every 6 months and a Preferred PC Check every 3 months. We are offering a special this month – both checks plus one remote service call every month for only $40 a month for six months. That’s a savings of over 50%! Our checks include a review of your anti-virus program, ensure your data is backed up, and other critical checks. A remote service call allows you to get help from us when you have a question about how to use a program or to troubleshoot a problem like getting your iPod to sync. We can remotely view your desktop and help you find a solution. We are also offering the two checks alone to keep you protected for 6 months for only $30 a month, a savings of 20%. Email or call us today to sign up! Small businesses operate on the least that they can and many times that means you only have a few computers for your business. With all of your customer’s data, your company’s financial information and other critical information in one or two locations, you need to keep it safe and you need to make sure everything stays up and running. Just because you are a small business does not mean you shouldn’t have an IT expert helping you. Your business might have grown over the past few years to include a dozen or more PCs and a small network to support them. When you find yourself needing IT support, but there’s not enough to support a full-time person, don’t short change yourself and hire a part-time employee. We can be your IT staff. Send us an email or give us a call so we can get together and develop a comprehensive, custom IT service plan for you. We provide high quality service at an affordable price. Let us be your IT team. We offer several Internet Safety presentations to help you surf the Web. Internet Safety for You and Your Family gives you valuable information on ways to protect your identity, your money, and your family. This presentation is recommended for service clubs, home owner associations, churches, etc. Internet Safety in the Workplace gives advice for employers and employees on how to use technology to protect customer and client data while maintaining effective work environment. It also includes recommendations on policies and standards. This can be divided into 2 parts – training for the business’ leadership and training for the employees. Tip of the Month – Backing Up Your Data: Burnable CD vs. External Hard Drive
External hard drives have significantly improved over the past few years in 4 ways. One, many models no longer need an external power cord. They are powered by the USB port they plug into on the PC or laptop. Two, the data transfer rates have improved. A typical PC hard drive with 100 GBs of data can be backed up in incrementally each day in about 90 minutes. Three, the software has improved so everything can be setup to automatically back up and only new files or files that have been changed. This saves a significant amount of time. Finally, even though the storage space has significantly increased, the physical size has shrunk leaving you with a very portable storage device. Make sure you back up your data often. If you use your computer often, you should set up your computer to back up automatically every day, preferably when it is not in use. Some programs have a setting so that after it completes the backup it shuts the computer down. It can be set up so that the PC is backed up right after you go to bed and it will take care of the rest. So if your computer breaks, you’ll be able to recover your files easily. And if you have to leave your house for an emergency, such as evacuating from a hurricane, you will be comforted that you at least have those precious photos as you grab the hard drive and slip it in your pocket.
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Did
you take a lot of photos of your children and grandchildren over the holidays?
Now that those photos are loaded on your computer, you need to protect those
memories. If a virus attacks, is your computer protected? If the hard drive
fails, do you have a backup? You don’t want to lose those memories forever. We
can help.
For
some of us it seems that the easiest way to back up data from your hard drive is
to just burn it to a CD. What a lot of people don’t realize is that burnable
CDs are not the best for long term storage. Unlike manufactured CDs that are
pressed, burnable CDs use a process that can degrade depending on several
factors. Some studies have shown that CDs last between 2 and 6 years before
degradation occurs. Instead of burning to a CD, we recommend using an external
hard drive.