Open Late & Saturdays!

Due to increasing demand and for your convenience, we have extended our shop's opening hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays! See our new hours below, in red.

For full details of our opening hours, including on-site visits, please see our Hours of Business.

Phone us now on 01372 46 4321.

Does your child have an iPhone / iTouch? THINK - Parental controls!

I was chatting on Friday to one of our customers who said how much she appreciated our Previous TechTips "Internet Dangers! Protect your Children". She said she then reviewed her own children's internet access, and realised that her 13 year old has an iTouch which she could use to access all sorts of content, and in the privacy of her own bedroom. Hence I was asked:

Could she be protected from accessing inappropriate content on her iTouch?

Well, the answer is YES! iTouch & iPhone devices with the latest software (OS3.0) include options to restrict access to programs such as... READ MORE >>

TechTips: Internet Dangers! Protect your children

The internet reflects today’s world in so many ways and needs to be treated as such. This means restricting our children from accessing objectionable content, adult themes, and inappropriate language. It also means knowing where they are (ie. which website they are on), who they’re with (ie. who they’re talking to), and what they’re doing.

Social networking websites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace can be fun but must be treated with caution. READ MORE >>

New Price List

We have realigned our price structure to reflect the realities of today's economy and you will be pleased to learn that this has resulted in an overall 20% reduction of our prices. Click here to view our new prices!

Snowy Scenes

Yes, we're all very aware of the so-called 'blizzard' conditions we're experiencing, but we wanted to let you know that we have remained OPEN throughout! We've managed to get to almost all of our on-site appointments to enable our customers to continue using their computers for work or play during this cold spell.

If you dread the thought of braving the icy roads to get you work perhaps you can work from home. If all you need is access to your work computer then LogMeIn lets you access your work computer from home. All you need to do is install it on your work computer (which must be left on), then go home, go to the LogMeIn website, log in, then click on your work PC. You can check your emails, access network resources, etc. Oh, and it's free.

We have moved to new premises

Our new location is a beautiful shop front on the corner of Giggs Hill Green on the Portsmouth Road. We're opposite the Jaguar garage and The Angel pub.

With massively increased bench-space, a superior network infrastructure and a more central location we can offer a faster service for our customers.

The fact that we come to you means that for many of you, the only difference you’ll notice is the quicker response times and a faster turnaround for services carried out ‘on bench’ (in our workshop).

If you’ve not used us before and you have a problem with your computer, or you’re looking to upgrade to the new Windows 7 (released on October 22nd), or you’d like to ‘wireless-enable’ your house, or you’d like a backup installed, or you have any other computer-related issue why not give us a call, or pop in for a chat.

Our new address is: 20 Giggs Hill Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0BT (View map)

Our telephone number remains the same: 01372 46 4321

Dropbox – This is simply BRILLIANT

Dropbox is a program that automatically synchronizes your files and folders across multiple computers using the internet.

Perhaps you have a PC and a laptop and you'd like to be able to access your documents from each without having to manually copy files between the two using a USB stick. Well, Dropbox solves the problem, and it does it simply and inexpensively.

So, how does it work? First you go to www.getdropbox.com and sign up for a Dropbox account... READ MORE >>

Bing - Microsoft's re-branded search engine

Microsoft has replaced it's search engine, 'Live Search', with 'Bing'. It has a new look and feel, a few new features and in my view is certainly an improvement. Try it for yourself: www.bing.com

TechTips: Tube Strike Special - Work from Home
Click here to read the full article!

Remote Access

You might have heard the adverts for Go2MyPC. Using this program you can literally sit in front of your home computer and view the desktop of another computer (ie. your work computer). You can use the keyboard and mouse, access shared drives etc. READ MORE >>

Exchange Email (sync email, calendar & contacts between computers)

If you have an exchange email account with Microsoft Outlook, your email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and more will sync between computers. Send an email from one and you'll see it has been sent... READ MORE >>

New Facebook Scam - beware of fake messages from friends!

There's a new phishing scam to be aware of if you're a Facebook user, and it goes something like this: 1.You receive a facebook message in your email seemingly sent from one of your friends, which says "Look at this!" and provides you with a link... READ MORE >>

Twitter – for Twits?

There's another phenomenon happening online which seems similar to the Facebook explosion that occurred a couple of years ago – it's called Twitter (www.twitter.com), and you may have heard Stephen Fry talking about it lately on the news. I decided to jump straight in and see what all the fuss was about... READ MORE >>

Review: The iPhone

It’s the phone everyone’s talking about, so is it any good? I’ve had my iPhone for about 3 months, and I use it intensively. I use it for work, for email, for its diary, as my iPod, for texting, and as a phone.

The first thing to say about it is that it is beautiful, and very cool. But once you get past that, is it any good? Well, the simple answer is no. It’s not good. It’s outstanding. READ MORE >>

Cheap Software for Students! (including Microsoft Office & Kaspersky Security)

Software4Students is a programme designed with Microsoft to help students and parents access professional versions of software for home use. The licensee is required to be a school student in the UK. The software is therefore much much cheaper...READ MORE >>

Don't want to pay for Microsoft Office? Use OpenOffice 3 for FREE

Have you ever heard of OpenOffice? OpenOffice 3 was released on 13th October. Compared with Microsoft Office, it looks about the same, feels about the same, and it’s FREE...READ MORE >>

Learn to Touch Type

Is touch typing becoming a lost skill? Most kids now learn how to build a website before they learn the basics of touch typing!

There's a great (free) website which tells you which fingers should press which keys and then gives you exercises to help you practice, starting with easy combinations of letters and getting progressively harder as you become more accomplished. That website is www.sense-lang.org.

Be warned! Antivirus 2008 is actually SPYWARE

In the last few weeks we have seen a number of computers infected with a spyware program called 'Antivirus 2008' or 'AntiMalwareGuard', sometimes preceded with the words 'Windows' or 'Vista' to give it credibility. DO NOT TRUST, BELIEVE OR PURCHASE ANYTHING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. Antivirus 2008 can be...READ MORE >>