Author Archives: Daniel Gauthier

About Daniel Gauthier

Daniel is a local computer repair guru in Markham, Ontario Canada. Owner and operator of TwinBytes Inc. computer services. Author of Tech-Knowledgy, and expert guest speaker on Toronto's Breakfast TV, Rogers daytime TV and CKWR 98.5FM Waterloo.

Introduction to Linux Ubuntu 11.10

If you are a Windows user and have been thinking about switching to a Mac for reasons of more stability, security and less viruses, you might want to check out this video below on Linux Ubuntu.  It’s a free alternative … Continue reading

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Calls from Microsoft about computer problems – phone scam

Many people are getting calls now from companies who initially identify themselves as Microsoft saying that they noticed you have problems with your computer and they need to be fixed right away before your computer crashes. Once you start questioning … Continue reading

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Change email passwords regularly

Happy New Year! Here’s a tip to start your year off right!  It’s also serving as a reminder which I will try to do more often for everyone via my Facebook, Twitter and Linked In pages.  It’s time to change … Continue reading

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The future of Apple, Microsoft, and Linux…

When I started playing around with computers including programming and games, it was around the age of the first personal computer with Commodore 64 using tapes, which then lead to 5 1/2 inch floppies, and then to 3 1/4 inch … Continue reading

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Hard drive warranties are being reduced

Both of Western Digital and Seagate internal HDD will be changing their warranty policies on the new year of 2012. Western Digital – Effective date on January 2nd, 2012. Desktop and Mobile (Blue and Green family lines) change from 3 … Continue reading

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Computer repair tip #2 – Windows updates, Adobe updates, Java, etc.

Typically, when speaking with some people, they say “I have Norton installed” or “I have AVG” or some other antivirus program they will quote, telling me it is up to date and doing scans.  What they don’t realize, and I … Continue reading

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WiFi health concerns in school – view from a technology expert

As a computer technology expert, author, regular guest speaker on CKWR radio as well as a speaker on Breakfast Television and Rogers Daytime, I write my professional opinion on this issue. From a recent article in York Region’s paper parents are pulling … Continue reading

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Computer hard drive prices more than doubled in price in about a month!

I recently went to order a hard drive through my regular supplier and noticed there are none showing with prices.  I asked them and it’s due to the prices of hard drives recently sky rocketing that they can’t keep updating … Continue reading

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Apple Vs. Windows, who needs repairs more often?

Apple vs. Windows.  There’s obviously more computer repair shops for Micrsoft Windows than there are for Apple computers.  But Microsoft also has more market share too.  So you can’t compare directly like this who has repairs more often.  You need … Continue reading

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Businesses recieving payment by Interac Email Money Transfer

I had my first email money tranfer payment a while ago and deleted it by accident probably thinking it was spam because the person didn’t tell they paid that way, and I called the bank to see how secure this is, and … Continue reading

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