Disinfecting Your Computer!

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:March 19, 2020

In light of the heightened awareness of cleanliness the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on, we thought it would be prudent to indicate the safe and correct ways to disinfect your devices, especially if multiple people are using them! Viruses, bacteria and germs often lurk in a variety of office equipment, including keyboards, mice, monitors and phones, and are easily transferred by hand contact. This contamination can pose health risks for you and your employees, as well as cost your company time and money in lost productivity. Sanitize your office equipment to prevent the spread of bacteria and disease. Make sure…

Q&A : User Questions, Tech Answers Halloween Edition

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:October 25, 2019

It’s almost Halloween! In the spirit of the holiday, specifically zombies, in this post we cover some of the most recurring (back from the dead) questions we’ve run into so far this year! Q: I see a lot of these online “PC Optimizers” advertised on tv. Do they really work? A: Well... like anything advertised on tv, there are good ones, and there are bad ones. Unfortunately in this case, even the “good” ones barely do anything beneficial for your computer. You’d be better off taking your computer to an actual local computer professional, where you’ll get the service &…

Q & A: User Questions, Tech Answers! Year End 2017

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:December 20, 2017

Welcome to the 2017 edition of our “User Questions, Tech Answers”. 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 edition will showcase some of the most popular questions asked throughout 2017, and also include some new things that we haven’t covered yet.

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Q & A: User Questions, Tech Answers! Year End 2016

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:January 19, 2017

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 edition will showcase some of the most popular questions asked throughout 2016, and also include some that we haven’t covered yet. So without further adieu…

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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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Remote Support

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:January 22, 2016

Geek Easy Computers offers remote support services. We offer it to both our commercial and residential customers. We have found that there is some confusion as to exactly what remote support entails, and the kinds of computer issues we can actually rectify remotely. So we thought we’d try to clear that up.

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AntiVirus or AntiMalware?

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

I’m sure you’ve heard the horror stories. A colleague clicked on something he shouldn’t have and now all of his files are encrypted. A family member opens an unknown email and now pop-ups are appearing all over the place. A friend downloads “a free movie” and now can’t access her WiFi.