Until recently, there has been one problem with my home setup: backups. Yes, I’ve been taking regular backups of the websites and the databases, but those backups have been sitting in a hard drive only one foot away from the server itself. So if my place were to burn down, both the server and the backups would be gone. If someone robbed me, they would probably take the server and the backup drive. What good are backups if they’re in the same building as the source computer? Not very good at all, I say.
A few weeks ago, I discovered Mozy.
Mozy is an online remote backup service that gives you up to 2 GB of space on their servers for FREE where you can backup your files. Even better, it will keep the backups up-to-date automatically, similar to the way Mac OS X’s Time Machine works. I’m a huge fan of Time Machine, and wish that Windows had something as elegant. Mozy comes close. Instead of keeping a huge archive of backups like Time Machine, Mozy keeps a backup of only the latest versions of files. This will probably be good enough for most users’ needs.
If you need more than 2 GB of space for your backups, Mozy offers monthly and yearly payment plans for as low as US$4.95 a month. For businesses, there are Mozy Pro plans. I’ve been more than happy with the MozyHome free plan, so give that a try before deciding whether a monthly plan is for you.
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Do you have an old desktop computer or notebook lying around that you don’t know what to do with? Why not convert it into a dedicated file server (also known as a Network Attached Storage device), attached to your network, where everyone connected can save and share files? It can even be handy as a network backup device where you can back up computers connected to the network.
We can do this for you for a flat price of $99! We will pick up your old PC, set up the hardware and Drop it back off and set it up 2-3 Days later.
Save Money by Reusing Old Hardware – Compare $99 to the price of a new Networked Attached Storage (NAS) Device $300+
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Call now and let us set up your computer – after one year the cost of your tune up will pay for itself!
You already pay your bills online and get electronic statements, but there are even more ways you can stop killing innocent trees and wasting time and money dealing with paper. It’s time we went paperless.
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Call now and let us Tune Up your computer – after one year you our the cost of your tune up will pay for itself!
These tips can be done anytime, and even as often as every couple months if you like, but you should do them all at the bare minimum of once per year! So here are some essential tune-up tricks to speed up your PC. Best of all they are all free!
This tune up guide will walk you through the following steps to get your PC running speedy again. Most of these steps take only a few minutes to complete and make a big difference in your computers performance. I have used everyone of these and they all work great.
- Registry Cleaner
- Updated Virus Software
- Spyware Checker
- Disk Defragmenter (Defrag)
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Call now and let us set up your computer – after one year the cost of your tune up will pay for itself!
The average desktop PC uses about 100 watts of power while it’s running. Computers still take a long time to start up, so I understand why some people leave their PCs on rather than shut them down after every use. But when you start to add up the costs, leaving your computer on actually adds up to quite a bit of money over the course of year. With the improvements in Sleep mode in Windows Vista SP1 and the excellent power management built-in to Mac OS X, you can save money, power and have a PC that starts up quickly. Continue reading to find out how.
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