All blogs provided by Affordable Computer Repairs and Service are based on the opinions of the computer technicians working here in Brisbane.
Windows 10 Not Booting – Error Message BOOTMGR is Missing
If you have a problem with Windows 10 not booting you may see at some stage the following error messages: “BOOTMGR is missing – Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart”…
Outlook Not Working?
Is Your Microsoft Outlook Not Working? If you are having problems with your emails, Outlook not working properly or its slow in loading then it’s time to get to work…
Uninstall Windows 10
Looking to Uninstall Windows 10? For whatever reason, you may want to remove Windows 10 from your computer. We get asked about this all the time/ We also understand the…
Solid State Drives and Hard Disk Drives
SSD vs HDD Generally – on a $ per Gb basis – SSDs (solid state drives) are around five times* the price of HDDs – so are the newer technologies…
Technical Computer Terms
Computer Repair and Other Technical Terms Below is a list of technical computer terms and their meanings. The technical terms listed below are not specific computer repair terms but are…
How To Repair A Computer That Won’t Boot
My Computer Won’t Boot or Start-Up – What do I do? Advice on How to Repair a Computer That Won’t Boot This article answers as far as possible the questions…
Our Computer Repair Log
Computer Repair Log December 2016 Affordable Computer Repairs and Service – Computer Repair Log This is a list of customer enquiries that we have received for computer repairs in Brisbane…
More Than One Computer Screen?
Considering Using More Than One Computer Screen? The use of more than one computer screen or monitor is called multi-monitor and a clear definition of this is provided by Wikipedia….
Is Windows 10 The Best Windows Operating System?
Is Windows 10 The Best Windows Ever? Really? In our experience, the answer to the question “Is Windows 10 the best Windows OS?” has been camouflaged by spin and marketing hype…
How to Avoid Hard Drive Failure
The Very Real Risk of Hard Drive Failure Hard Drive Failure – The potential for data loss and need for data recovery & how you can mitigate the problem……. Or…
How to Care for an External Hard Drive
How to Look After Your External Hard Drive? Care for an external hard drive is really quite simple as you will see from the information provided below. Given that it…
Screen Time for Kids and Digital Technology
E-Safety and Screen Time for Kids At Affordable Computer Repairs and Service, we understand the increasing internet usage within the household and by children. This article addresses the importance of…
Apple Macs Increasing Popularity
Sales of Macs and PCs – Apple Macs Increasing Popularity? We are a computer repair business based in Brisbane and a great deal of our repair business is Mac repairs. …
The History of Computers
It is difficult to imagine life without computers even though the history of computers is actually quite short. Computers have become so ingrained in modern day society that it is…
The History of Computer Repairs
Looking Back into the History of Computer Repairs The profession of computer repairing is relatively new. The industry is characterised by an extremely fast turnover of knowledge and skills. This…
How Good is Windows Defender?
Windows Defender that comes default with Windows 10 is generally agreed upon to be an improvement on previous versions of this anti virus software, but how good is it? There…
Which Computer Brand is Best?
Which Computer Brand is Best (or the most reliable)? Perhaps it’s not the right question & not the one you should be asking… People will often ask which computer brand is…
Is The Computer Repair Industry Growing or Declining?
The Computer Repair Industry As a very busy and successful computer repair business in Brisbane, this is a question that is obviously of great importance to us. Will the computer…
E-Waste: When Will Our ‘Throw-away’ Society Wake Up And Smell The Rubbish?
E-Waste Computers and Technology in Australia How Have We Become a Throw-away Society? A hundred years ago, a typical household’s waste consisted mostly of food scraps and coal ash. Most…
Most Popular Browsers 2015 and 2017
What are the Most Popular Browsers Currently in Use? In 2015 we wrote an article about the most popular browsers currently in use. We quoted statistics from StatCounter and now in…