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Newsletter Time!

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 21, 2016

Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter? It’s got great information, packed with helpful tech tips, relevant news, and money saving promotions! Here’s the PDF version of this month’s issue: ge_newsletter092016 If you like what you see, you can sign up for it here: I Want The GE Newsletter! Back To School By now, the homework has started flowing. Is your computer up to the task? If no, or you are looking for a second or third computer for the family, check out our inventory of refurbished laptops and desktops! We promise to never SPAM your inbox, and we…

Video Technology

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 9, 2016

Computer technology seems to change over night at times. One aspect of that technology that confuses many people are the video connection standards. There’s a few of them and they are constantly evolving. In this post we hope to clear up a little of that confusion. The History Let’s go back to the beginning of consumer computing, and explore how it’s evolved from there. CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) - First available on the IBM PC in 1981 as IBMs first color display card, thus the first color display standard. It only used 16 kilobytes of memory and displayed at…

Q & A: User Questions, Tech Answers! Windows 10 Edition

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 2, 2016

In our ongoing mission to help make your technology easier, we like to provide you with tools and knowledge to make your computer interaction more “user friendly”. This special edition of our Q & A Series focuses on Windows 10 and what’s new and/or different from Windows 7 in basic operation. We’ll delve into more advanced topics in a later post.

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August Newsletter!

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:August 23, 2016

Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter? It’s got great information, packed with helpful tech tips, relevant news, and money saving promotions! Here’s the PDF version of this month’s issue: GE_Newsletter082016 If you like what you see, you can sign up for it here: I Want The GE Newsletter! Summer Laptop Sale With school starting back up in a couple weeks, we’re having a deep discount sale on our stock of new laptops. If you’re looking to get a deal, check to see what stock is still available. If you’re still not a fan of Windows 10 (or Windows…

My Hard Drive Died… Now What?

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:August 12, 2016

The worst has happened; the computer guy says your hard drive is dead. Immediately you might ask: “What does that mean? Is my data safe? Do I need a computer? What happened?” In this post we answer those questions and more so that when it happens to you, you are prepared.

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It’s the July Newsletter!

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:July 15, 2016

Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter? It’s got great information, packed with helpful tech tips, relevant news, and money saving promotions! Here’s the PDF version of this month’s issue: GE_Newsletter072016 If you like what you see, you can sign up for it here: I Want The GE Newsletter! Summer Laptop Sale With two weeks left on the optional free Windows 10 upgrade and school starting back up in six weeks, we're having a deep discount sale starting today on our stock of new laptops. If you're looking to get a deal and upgrade to Windows 10 before the…

Your Password – The First Line of Defense

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:July 8, 2016

It’s really not possible to overemphasize the importance of having secure, unique passwords for all of your online accounts. Your password is the one item regarding the security of your data and online persona that you have 100% control of.

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Memory or Storage – What’s the Difference?

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:June 24, 2016

A lot of people get confused when asking about memory or storage. They don’t really know the difference between the two. If you are one of those people, don’t feel bad! We’re here to make technology easier and less confusing.

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Vishing – “Hi, Your Computer is Infected.”

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:June 10, 2016

The Setup

Scenario 1: You’re on your computer, casually surfing the web. A website here, a photo site there, maybe playing some music. Suddenly, the screen goes weird and then there’s a big error message claiming your computer has been infected! What do you do now? Then you notice that under the error message, there is the number for Microsoft! How convenient! A little too convenient actually.

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What Not To Do…

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:May 27, 2016

Many people come to us confused about what they can do to avoid viruses and malware. Our first typical answer is protect your computer with a layered approach. A leading antivirus program (like BitDefender) AND the leading anti-malware package (Malwarebytes). The combination of the two differing approaches to pro-active protection should protect you from most “attacks”. But that’s only part of the solution (and the easiest part). The rest of the story depends on you.

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