Google+ January 2012 ~ High Tech House Calls
Expert Computer Consulting for Homes and Small Businesses

Let there be hope...

Life has changed there is no doubt and we wanted to reach out to see how you are doing.

As we go through this interesting time, we are trying to look at this as an opportunity to focus on our family and on friends like you. Let us use this extra time to catch up and talk more. Let us cook food that is not fast, but interesting and satisfying. Let us learn to enjoy a time to try new things. Let us find ways to enjoy time at home!

Computer Security

If my client base is any experience, anyone can be a victim of a Ransomware, Malware or Virus attack.

What can you do about it?

I conduct audits of your entire computer infrastructure and apply best practice solutions to plug the security holes on your computers, Smartphones and networks.

Now offering consultations to give you the best protection possible:


404.229.0839
carlthorne@hthcatlanta.com

Jack of All Trades, Master of Many

Jack of All Trades, and Master of Many

We provide technical support for:


Homes and small businesses

Windows and the Mac OS platform

iPhones and Android Smartphones

Wireless and wired networks

New device setup

Old device upgrade or repair

One-on-one training

Remote assistance


How To Stop Malware

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Reducing the Cost of Duplicating Car Keys

Have you gotten any duplicate car keys made lately? The days of going to Home Depot and spending $2.00 are over! Many car keys have a security feature built into them that dramatically increases the cost of obtaining a duplicate. The feature is a computer chip that must be programmed for your engine to start. It appeared that there was only one way of obtaining duplicate keys with computer chips embedded in them: the car dealership. Take the car to the dealership.  Leave the car.  Come back later in the day when the new key has been cut and programmed.  Pay $150 plus to get your car back along with the duplicate key. Here is an alternative: Go to West Paces Smith Ace Hardware...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Recycling That Old Computer or Cell Phone?

Is there data on your electronic device that you don't want the world to see such as last year's tax return or the credit card information for your iTunes account?   There are two methods we offer for you to secure data from old devices: Removal of the hard drive from the computer. You can keep the computer for the "just in case" situation where there is data on the old hard drive that you may still need. High Tech House Calls can read the data off of the hard drive and copy the files you need to your new computer at any time. Your old computer will be recycled without the hard drive that contains your personal data.  Your hard drive can be re-formatted. This erases...

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Review of the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet

The Nook Tablet is a great eReader that also has some functionality of a tablet. If you are expecting a fully functional tablet like an Apple iPad or any Android Operating System Based Tablet like the Samsung Galaxy, think again. There are over 300,000 applications available for Android devices on the Android Marketplace. Unfortunately, Barnes and Noble has blocked your access to these applications. Amazon has a library of approximately 20,000 applications. Access to this library is also blocked by Barnes and Noble. You are limited to the Barnes and Noble library of 1,200 applications. Since the Android Operating System is owned by Google, a key component of any application is it's interaction...

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