Author: Admin
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Setting up Telephone, Online or Smartphone App Banking
We can help you set up your digital banking. Whether we like it or not, society is moving further and further towards a digitised way of doing everything. Some people find this process stressful, however or job is to take the stress out of technology. We reduce stress by doing the tasks for you, and…
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Smart TV Abergavenny – Setup & Configuration
We setup smart TVs in people’s homes, in Abergavenny and surrounding areas. If you want to stream television programmes or films via Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or YouTube, we will get it done. If you have an older television that you want to upgrade to a smart TV, that is also possible by adding Amazon…
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Why Does Switching it Off and Back On Again Work?
Roy from the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, famously asked: Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again? You’ve almost certainly heard a similar phrase before when asking someone in IT support for some assistance. You’ll be on the phone and they ask this seemingly irritating question. I’m still surprised how many people…
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Password Safety: Make Your Passwords Different
Nagging. Every professional seems to nag us about something we’re supposed to be doing or not doing these days. The dental hygienist telling us not to drink coffee, tea or indeed anything but water, and the car mechanic reminding us to change our oil and check our tyre pressures regularly, and of course our doctor…
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Noise Pollution Solution: Pink Noise
We were recently asked to help an elderly gentleman with a noise pollution problem, in his case a noisy neighbour with a loud barking dog. The first recommendation with noise pollution is of course to attempt to get the noise stopped, either through politely asking (which let’s face it doesn’t always work, and sometimes even…
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Formal Response to Est Net’s Proposed Rebranding as Technology Wales
Est Net are a company who help support tech businesses in Wales. Recently, they informed me they were planning on rebranding themselves as Technology Wales. They were aware that I was using this name, but had initially decided to rebrand anyway. Issues like this can be complex for all parties involved, and it rarely goes…
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Launch of Technology Wales Drop-In (Abergavenny)
We are excited to announce the launch of Technology Wales Drop-In at Abergavenny Community Centre. This is aimed at people from all walks of life and at all levels. Come along if you have an issue you want to resolve, of if you want to learn something, or want advice on something, or even just…
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Phishing vs Spear-Phishing
Phishing is a homophone of fishing, although the metaphor of fishing (with a net) can be applied well to phishing. Phishing is where you send out an email to huge numbers of people, in the hope that a small number of people will be tricked by the email, and enter some personal details that allow…
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Virus Removal in Abergavenny (Cybersecurity)
Prevention (Cybersecurity) We can help reduce the chances of viruses infecting your devices, by installing antivirus software, enabling and configuring firewalls. The number one cause of getting a computer virus on your system is human error. This can happen to anyone, including experts, although it’s less likely to happen to experienced users. Once your system…
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Debugging CSS in Drupal 8 (Why aren’t my CSS files being loaded?)
Recently I was trying to style the output from views (in this case, an example property rental search). However, it was confusing to me because although most CSS was working as expected, some was not propagating to the elements themselves. When I did a ‘view source’ of the page I saw four cryptic looking CSS files,…