Arctech Computing Mandurah

29/03/2026

Given all of the ongoing/recent Micro$haft destruction of their OS/Office/Outlook/Teams/Calendar & etc...it just might be time for you to escape to: Linux Mint Mate.

https://www.xda-developers.com/pretty-much-everything-important-windows-11-has-broken/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-in-classic-outlook-for-windows-ecf61305-f84f-4e13-bb73-95a214ac1230

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5773034/how-to-fix-the-syncing-of-teams-and-outlook-calend

Keep in mind-- Micro$haft is a company that knifed in the back-- every, single company in existence in the 80's, only to trot out this absolute BS. And THEN, force their customers to a "subscription" service. Never forget: subscription = CONSCRIPTION.

Nearly ALL computers, can successfully run Mate-- no data-scraping/"telemetry", not susceptible to M$ viruses, it simply works-- and works VERY well. I've been running Linux Mint Mate since 2009. My personal, everyday PC is a desktop I assembled for myself, in 2014! So fast, so clean. Perfection.

I've now installed Mint Mate + "tweaked it" for the perfect OWNER-experience. Yes, you actually are treated as the owner of your computer, not just a product to be harvested aka M$haft/Crapple.

PS: I should add that 90% of the people I installed Mint for are 70+ years old, and every, single one has been absolutely thrilled.

The operating system is OSS (free, but I encourage donations), and I charge $150 to install and optimize.

Hit me up if you're interested. You'll find Mint is MORE familiar than the current offerings out there.

Best to you!

If I create any meetings in Teams it is not being reflected in Outlook calendar

29/05/2025

I just got off of the phone with yet another email hostage-- someone who, through no fault of their own, has been locked out of a years-old acct. because of failure of IT/tech/salespeople to fully explain how to protect their accounts properly when they're first set up.

Actually, it's salespeople who often do the most damage by either not understanding what THEY'RE doing when implementing accounts for customers, or they "sort of" understand but leave out the important things, such as a secondary email account to cover if you lose your password or phone. Or, not telling the customer that they cannot keep trying different passwords. This generally leads to a loss of the account, and for many people, that's devastating.

This is more than, "buyer beware", this is an ever-shifting, highly-confusing landscape that requires due-diligence, but, that's difficult to do when you don't know the "language" so don't even know what to ask.

BTW, I get plenty of younger folks caught in the same net, so it's not always the elderly.

So, if 𝒚𝒐𝒖 happen to get caught out-- you know where to find me. 😉

01/04/2024

April 2nd. Go to an ATM & withdraw any amount today. Anything.

The fight to stop banks & politicians holding your money hostage counts on a backlash!

Do this tomorrow (2 Apr) & then sign anything that floats past to strengthen paper currency, no matter what crooked govt or bank says otherwise.

17/03/2024

If you miss the way things used to be:
tax billionaires,
support unions,
and buy local/Australian whenever possible!!!

04/04/2023

"The Right To Repair Movement"

Yes, there is now a movement across the world to stop these large corporations (starting with Apple) from blocking or preventing third-party repair people from repairing their products. The biggest issue isn't what most people would assume it is: small shops take the repair money from the hands of the manufacturer. But, that's NOT the issue at all. Nor is the claim by Apple and others that "third-party repairers aren't qualified"-- which is not only a lie but also borders on libel/defamation at the least. One of the videos linked below shows the US gov't dept. which oversees these third-party repairers, states that there is no evidence to support Apple's claims.

No, the true issue isn't that Apple or these various entities "care" about you or your purchase after you leave with it-- what they're trying to do is to stop ANY repair. In other words, without third-party repairers, these companies can deliberately make/sell their planned-obsolescence items and then simply refuse to repair anything after any arbitrary time they wish. And we all know that will be as short a timeframe as possible.

In other words, you could have purchased a top-of-the-line computer two years ago which can easily last 5-8 years (or more). Yet if these companies (like Apple) get their way, they can simply refuse to repair that unit which not only forces you to buy another (how convenient for Apple) but also lands MORE poisonous trash into the overflowing landfills we already cannot handle!

The next time you have a chance to sign petitions which SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO REPAIR, please sign!!! Current legal battles are showing that money is being used to "finesse" laws in the favour of these big corporations.

Here are a couple of videos that talk about how destructive this lie from Apple and others actually is and how incredibly criminal Apple is especially:

Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_SZ4tfLns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_NRcy5mxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrILfIE9IB4&t=3s

https://tinyurl.com/rossmatrixLet's get Right to Repair passed! https://gofund.me/1cba2545🔵 We fix Macbooks & offer free estimates. https://rossmanngroup.co...