Related to computer use generally, not hardware or operating system specific.
Windows 10, version 1809 (Enterprise, Education, IoT Enterprise)Windows 10, version 1909 (Home and Pro)Windows Server, version 1909 (Datacenter, Standard) EXPIRESMay 11, 2021 Windows 10 Versions Expire The title isn’t a typo–Windows 10 must be upgraded to… Windows 10. In truth Microsoft has elected to not rebrand it’s Windows Operating System yet, but is in fact … Read more
TrapCall.com is one of many software solutions that claim to reduce your spam calls: www.trapcall.com/blog/how-to-stop-spam-calls. The entire article is geared toward getting you to buy into their software product by giving you a pretense of information about how to stop spoofed robocalls. The software is a TRAP itself! It is mostly a misnomer to call … Read more
People vary in how they like to meet up. You may be driving by and see our sign and decide to pull in. It’s a good bet if you see the neon open sign turned on. Or you may be on a tighter schedule and prefer to pre-plan when you will be able to have … Read more
The new solid state drives are currently lauded as better than the traditional hard drives. In plain English, here is what consumers need to know. For non-technical people, HDD is Hard Disk Drive, and has been used in computers for decades. It has a spinning platter and needle arm much like that of an old … Read more
Making a smooth worship experience for congregations is an art unique in its own right. The entertainment industry perfects certain aspects, but in a congregation of worship, entertainment is not the goal at all. In fact, the best worship teams seek to fade entirely from the platform as they lead the people to enter into … Read more
A plethora of devices on the market make even those of us who have had a smart phone for several years uncertain whether to invest into something different. Here at B.A. Computer Services we endeavor to research everyday technical solutions and provide very practical advice (albeit not purely scientific) about our findings. Clearly dissatisfaction or … Read more
In sequel to Byte Size Matters article, a frequent occurrence of Microsoft computers on slow network connections in rural areas is the partial updates that attempt to download (unsuccessfully), eventually resulting in a frustrating slow or corrupt computer system. There may be a number of good reasons your computer has deteriorated. A virus sweep is … Read more
How much drive space a computer needs is relative to one’s lifestyle practices. For most people, a few hundred Gigabytes of storage will last the life of the computer, which is about 10 years. (If you hear about Gibibytes, it is technically a more accurate measure of drive size because it is based on the … Read more
There are several basic scenarios when evaluating your drive problem. Under normal operating conditions, it is rare that a drive’s physical mechanisms fail so badly the data cannot be recovered. Before assuming drive is physically bad, use the operating system drive tool to see whether the drive is still recognized. If it is, then likely, … Read more
In short, DVD movies are encrypted by the movie-makers such that special software is required to decipher them. Older copies of Microsoft Windows® were automatically able to decipher the movies because Microsoft automatically included the software with the operating system licenses. Windows® 8, and 10, and current releases of Linux do not natively have the … Read more
