Kevin The Tech Guy

09/15/2024

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Making The Complicated Simple

09/11/2024

A Study From 2023 Revealed Some Computer Repair Shops Snoop Around While They Work, and Why My Customers Will Never Have To Worry About That

An investigation by CBC’s Marketplace in 2023 uncovered a disturbing trend: technicians snooped on personal photos and sensitive information that had nothing to do with the repair in more than half of the cases they studied.

An investigation by CBC’s Marketplace in 2023 uncovered a disturbing trend: technicians snooped on personal photos and sensitive information that had nothing to do with the repair in more than half of the cases they studied. When you drop off your phone or laptop for repair, I'm working on YOUR…

09/10/2024

ICYMI: Why I Switched From Google Drive to Dropbox [Premium - FREE 30 Day Trial]

A few months ago, I got fed up with Google Drive for a few reasons that I'll get into later in this post. After some trial and error, I landed on Dropbox and am very happy with it. Here's what happened.

A few months ago, I got fed up with Google Drive for a few reasons that I'll get into later in this post. After some trial and error, I landed on Dropbox and am very happy with it. Here's what happened.

09/06/2024

Why Choose My Computer Services Over Going Somewhere Else?

If you're considering buying a computer or getting one built at a
big box store, please think twice. Here's why turning to a local home-based computer repair business like mine is the smarter choice.

If you're considering buying a computer or getting one built at a big box store, please think twice. Here's why turning to a local home-based computer repair business like mine is the smarter choice.

09/06/2024

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09/04/2024

Kevin The Tech Guy September Briefing

It’s a new month with new opportunities, and some changes in terms of my website, drop-off computer services, and remote support.

It's a new month with new opportunities, and some changes in terms of my website, drop-off computer services, and remote support.

09/04/2024

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Making The Complicated Simple

09/04/2024

Community Feedback: What Benefits Should I Provide on Patreon That YOU Are Willing To Pay For?

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09/01/2024

In this Quick Tip, I'll show you how to disable the annoying upsell screen that occasionally appears when you turn on your computer. It's the one that says, "Let's finish setting up your device."

Quick Tip: How to Disable The “Let’s Finish Setting up Your Device” Screens on Windows 11

In this Quick Tip, I'll show you how to disable the annoying upsell screen that occasionally appears when you turn on your computer. It's the one that says, "Let's finish setting up your device."

08/29/2024

Backblaze is a cloud option that automatically backs up your files to your account once you set it up. In this subscriber-only blog post, I’ll walk you through the steps to download and install Backblaze on your Windows 10 computer, though the process is similar in Windows 11.

How To Download and Install Backblaze To Securely Backup Your Files To The Cloud [Premium - FREE 30 day trial]

https://kevinthetechguy.ca/blog/how-to-download-and-install-backblaze-to-securely-backup-your-files-to-the-cloud-premium/

08/29/2024

This is part of my subscriber-only blog post series about Backblaze, In this post, I'll walk you through how to restore files and folders from your Backblaze off-site cloud backup account, whether you need to restore those files to their previous locations on your computer after losing a hard drive or a fresh install of Windows.

https://kevinthetechguy.ca/blog/how-to-restore-your-files-using-backblaze-premium/

06/26/2024

Y'all saw this right?

"The deadline is tomorrow. I just went through all 11 steps to tell Meta to keep their grubby fingers off my data (and no, it wasn't a post declaring my data being my property).

Not sure if the statement I used will apply to Canadian law, but big thanks to Deborah for sharing the info."

Sorry for the S*bstack link.

Thanks to StaceyCornelius at mstdn dot ca for the link.

You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.