New spin on the fake Microsoft calls. Usually the scammers call you but these guys also put effort into getting high on Google's rankings and people searching for "microsoft tech support" will end up calling them. Sad but true. Either way, they'll get you to let them remote into your PC and try to get…
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PCs and second-hand smoke
You know all the commercials about how second-hand smoke are bad for people? Got these from a colleague online. Owners smoked at their computer for years. I've dealt with a few PCs like this over the years and they're next to impossible to get clean (and you don't want to pay for the per-hour that…
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Download sites and “awards”
Next time you're thinking about downloading software and are swayed because it has won awards, remember this.... (Not gonna click? A fellow wrote a program called "AwardMeStars" that does nothing whatsoever and it won awards) http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/
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MS Office is not -part- of Windows
As I've had two email questions this week that both touched on this, let me clarify: Microsoft Office (Word+Excel+Powerpoint) is a commercial product and has never been "free on the internet". It has also never been a part of Windows. It might have come with your computer but that's the manufacturer (Dell/HP/etc) including it in…
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