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		<title>Solving a Variety of Consumer Computer Problems (Case Study)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was interesting after my recent varied office session to have a similar situation today with an end-user. Similar, in that it was varied and we covered a lot of ground.
Wayne had saved up a dozen different issues to ask me about or get my help with. And most of these were not everyday items! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solving a Variety of Office Computer Problems (Case Study)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my service calls only involve 1 or 2 problems. Today&#8217;s service call was different. This afternoon, I helped a customer with at least 9 different issues.
I arrived after lunch to help a local small business complete their move into a new office. As is sometimes the case, when I finished the main things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malware Warning: Avoiding Personal Security / Security Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2010/01/malware-warning-avoiding-personal-security-security-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is currently a pretty widespread attack going on by two variations of the old &#8220;your computer is infected with viruses&#8221; scam.
This scam consists of a program that will infect your computer and then harass you in an attempt to extort money from you. The program attacks your legitimate antivirus software and Windows itself, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVG users: It&#8217;s time to update to the new version, 9.0&#8230;!</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/avg-users-its-time-to-update-to-the-new-version-9-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 2009
If you&#8217;re using AVG as your antivirus, you&#8217;ve probably seen some popup windows appearing lately telling you that it&#8217;s now time to &#8220;upgrade&#8221; your AVG antivirus.
In this post, I will tell you how to get the new free version of AVG. And we&#8217;ll also run through how to update if you&#8217;re using the paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Layers of Computer Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I talked with a man who&#8217;s concerned about security. That&#8217;s not at all unusual &#8212; most of us have some computer-related security concerns.
But this particular man&#8217;s small business requires him to deal with some confidential customer information that he in no way wants compromised. So for him, it&#8217;s a bigger issue than it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Capture a Screenshot From a DVD</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-capture-a-screenshot-from-a-dvd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had a customer who wanted to capture screenshots from a DVD he owns. The reason: Slides are presented on this DVD, and he wanted to be able to print a copy.
Should be simple, right?
Not necessarily. On some Windows computers it IS easy, but on some other systems it&#8217;s not easy at all.
In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson in How To Check Out Businesses and Identify Internet Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/a-brief-lesson-in-how-to-check-out-businesses-and-identify-internet-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was written as a follow-up to my post on the widely-advertised teeth-whitening scam.
The following techniques may not enable you to sniff out every possible kind of scam &#8212; you&#8217;d need a much more sensitive &#8220;scam-meter&#8221; to sniff out the typical investment fraud, for example &#8212; but in many cases, especially those similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn the trick, discovered by a mom, to RIP YOU OFF!</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/learn-the-trick-discovered-by-a-mom-to-rip-you-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/learn-the-trick-discovered-by-a-mom-to-rip-you-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/?p=277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you do much web surfing, you&#8217;ve almost certainly seen the ads. They&#8217;re EVERYWHERE.
&#8220;Learn the trick, discovered by a mom, to turn yellow teeth white for under $5,&#8221; they say.
Get really white, beautiful teeth for less than $5? Now if you&#8217;re interested in improving your appearance (aren&#8217;t we all?), that sounds like a pretty good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What it Takes to Really Fix a Virus-Laden Computer</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/what-it-takes-to-really-fix-a-virus-laden-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/11/what-it-takes-to-really-fix-a-virus-laden-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Case Studies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What it Takes to Really Fix a Virus-Laden Computer
I just got off the phone with a woman who told me she had a computer that was probably well-infected with
viruses and other malware, and she wanted to know how much it would cost to fix it.
When I told her the likely cost, she said, &#8220;Okay, thank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost? A *Minus* $58.64!</title>
		<link>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/09/cost-minus-58-64/</link>
		<comments>http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/2009/09/cost-minus-58-64/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.springfieldcomputerguy.com/blog/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any good professional knows that sometimes customers shoot themselves in the foot by skimping to try and save a few bucks, and sometimes they come out really well by actually calling the professional for some help.
Recently one of my customers purchased a new computer when her old computer died. She asked me to rescue the [...]]]></description>
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