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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. This is a rather straightforward question all of us are asked. And most of us can give a quick and accurate answer, something like our address is 3240 Maple Leaf Lane. Obviously, this question and answer refers to our home or business address. Now, what if you were asked: what is your home Internet address? Some might reply: do you mean my email address? Guess what, it does! Ah, but that was before everyone had a cell phone that needed to get on the Inte...
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Operating Systems » Earth Oasis Computers Blog
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. This is a copy of an email sent to all our clients. Windows XP No Longer Supported. Since it has now been officially retired by Microsoft, we are getting a lot of questions about Windows XP. What should you do? First off, it’s not going to just stop working. When Microsoft says they are not going to support it anymore, what they mean is they won’t be putting out anymore new patches or updates (Windows Updates as they are commonly called.).
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. The Most Common Thing We Hear. BY TOM SLAUGHTER OWNER OF EARTH OASIS COMPUTERS. The most common thing we hear in my business? It is “I’m really dumb (or bad or inexperienced) when it comes to computers.” So the first question I’m going to answer is – are you in fact really that dumb when it comes to computers? My confident answer is maybe inexperienced, but not bad or dumb. If you moved to Italy and spoke no Italian, could you learn the language? It’s go...
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Setting Limits on Digital Devices » Earth Oasis Computers Blog
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. Setting Limits on Digital Devices. THE PARENT COACH by JAN ROBERTS – EARTH OASIS CLIENT. This column first appeared in The La Canada and Pasadena Outlook Newspapers on May 14, 2015. Dear Parent Coach,. I was awakened at 2 am recently, and discovered my 14 year old son on the computer playing games. We were both surprised to see each other at that hour! I was very upset. He said he lost track of time. I need help with a consequence. A recent study by the ...
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Windows XP Retirement » Earth Oasis Computers Blog
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. This is a copy of an email sent to all our clients. Windows XP No Longer Supported. Since it has now been officially retired by Microsoft, we are getting a lot of questions about Windows XP. What should you do? First off, it’s not going to just stop working. When Microsoft says they are not going to support it anymore, what they mean is they won’t be putting out anymore new patches or updates (Windows Updates as they are commonly called.).
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Online Security » Earth Oasis Computers Blog
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. BY TOM SLAUGHTER OWNER OF EARTH OASIS COMPUTERS. The holidays are upon us and the scammers, con artists and the just plain crooks are in full force. How do they hope to steal your identity and your money. Here is one way. We all know how traditional fishing works. You get out your rod and reel, and then head for a nice fishing spot. Then the choice becomes “which of my lures should I use? 8221; Or maybe you are old school and like using bait. 8221; The m...
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. How much do you charge? All of our prices can be found on the support page of our website. Click here to go there. Return to Faqs Main Page. Do you charge for return visits? It depends. If we are returning to fix an issue that we didn’t get right on the previous visit, then you should not be charged. The point is that we want to be fair and ethical. Return to Faqs Main Page. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Letting Others Use Your Computer.
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Personal Tech » Earth Oasis Computers Blog
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. Letting Others Use Your Computer. BY TOM SLAUGHTER OWNER OF EARTH OASIS COMPUTERS. I’m never surprised when a client calls or comes into the shop and says, “I let a friend use my computer and now it’s not working properly.” Feel free to substitute “grandchild, son, daughter, neighbor and sometimes even spouse,” for “friend.”. That can be exactly what happens when you let someone else use your personal computer. I’ve seen it happen over and over. I was aw...
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Earth Oasis Main Site. Earth Oasis Computers Blog. BY TOM SLAUGHTER OWNER OF EARTH OASIS COMPUTERS. The holidays are upon us and the scammers, con artists and the just plain crooks are in full force. How do they hope to steal your identity and your money. Here is one way. We all know how traditional fishing works. You get out your rod and reel, and then head for a nice fishing spot. Then the choice becomes “which of my lures should I use? 8221; Or maybe you are old school and like using bait. 8221; The m...