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Scott Larson, located close to home in downtown Santa Rosa, California offers one-on-one personal assistance in Computer Services in the Sonoma County area. Specializing in Computer Installations and Repair. Data Recovery, Computer Maintenance and Performance Tuning. New Computers and Upgrades. Website Design, Development and Maintenance. And finally, help with Multimedia projects such as DVD authoring and online video presentations.
Why Choose Scott Larson Consulting?
What separates Scott Larson Consulting from other technological consultants is our dedication to clear communication, open honesty, and real world experience with a wide range of computer problems going all the way back to the DOS and Windows 3.1 days. Scott Larson Consulting now focuses mostly on handling computer setup, installations and repair with Windows XP, Vista, Windows Seven and Linux..
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE USING OUR SERVICES
Please see our list of prices and also before making any inquires check out our company polices. We are a small organization and do not have the financial backing to cover many liabilities.
Scott Laron Consulting operates on an appointment basis only. Please call for an appointment before stopping by.
Introducing the "Review Guide" Series "Looking ahead at Windows 7"
2010, April 13 - 21:58 — Scott LarsonScott Larson is happy to introduce a review guide to Windows 7 tailored to average computer users who are sitting on the upgrade fence. Scott Larson has spent a good 8 months testing this new operating system top to bottom and I can tell you that I'm much happier with it then I was with Vista. This guide talks about Windows Vista history and Windows 7's new features, performance options and hardware specifications.
Acronis True Image 2010: Checking to see if backups are completing on schedule
2010, February 23 - 17:40 — Scott LarsonYou Installed Acronis True Image 2010 but you are having trouble figuring out if your backups are running on schedule. Click read more to find out how to verify if backups are running successfully and also how to interpret log entries when they fail.
Laptop Battery Failures with Windows 7
2010, February 3 - 22:09 — Scott LarsonNew reports are coming out about a possible flaw in Windows 7 installed on laptops and notebooks. First reported by users on Microsoft TechNet, users are claiming that battery life has dropped to bad or almost unusable after upgrading from WindowsXP/Vista to Windows 7. Users are getting error messages from Windows 7: "Consider replacing your battery.
Quick Guide to NOSCRIPT
2010, January 30 - 15:50 — Scott LarsonNOSCRIPT is a plugin for the Firefox Web browser. It protects your computer from potentially dangerous scripts executing without your permission. This guide will show you how to interact with the options when you visit a web page that NOSCRIPT is preventing you from using.
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(Disclaimer: This tips are for general protection informational purposes only and not designed to be taken as fact. We are not in any way shape or form responsible for how you use this information. If something bad happens as a result of following these tips, you and you alone are responsible.)
1. Keep your computer up-to-date with the latest updates from Microsoft
2. The leading cause of getting computer viruses usually involves forgetting to keep your anti-virus program updated. Don't let your subscription lapse simply because you don't feel like paying for a yearly subscription, you usually end up paying for it in the end.
3. Don't click yes to windows that ask you to download or install things you don't need. Unless its a message coming from a program you already have installed on your computer that you feel you can trust. If you don't know, ask Scott Larson before clicking yes to anything.
4. Be careful visiting sites you are not familiar with, they could be sites that will inadvertently try to get you to install spy-ware on your computer.
5. Make sure you have some kind of backup solution on your computer. If your computer crashed right now, resulting in a total loss of data, what would you do? Do you have a backup of your email and documents stored somewhere else? Let Scott Larson help you with the details of coming up with a backup solution that will prevent a catastrophic loss of your data.
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