Welcome to the Tech Advice Web Site!
My name is Dennis Halnon, and I’m the cohost of Computer Talk with TAB. I’ll use this site to provide my own tech support procedures and advice.
- Setting Up Web Filtering & Shielding for Home Computing
- Focuses on setting up & managing OpenDNS, but includes alternative services
- How to Handle Scare Alerts & Other Tech Support Scams
- Warnings about being hacked, that take over your computer and lock it, or phone calls out of the blue telling you you’ve been “hacked”
- Setting Up Home-Based VPN Service
- Home router VPN service, assuming yours has this feature
- Common Computer Myths & Misconceptions
- Ideas about computers & technology that are commonly believed, but are untrue
- Dealing With a Computer Which Is Likely to Have Been Compromised
- Guide for home users to clean up computers and accounts after a possible compromise
- The Importance of Computer Backups
- Why home computers need to be backed up, and how it can be done
- The Importance of Email Accounts
- Guide to choosing an email service you should use
- Using Package Managers to Install and Update Software on Computers
- How home users can employ “package managers” to manage software on Windows and Mac OS
- Passwords & Authentication: A Case of “The More, the Merrier”
- Best practices for handling passwords and authentication methods
- Setting Up Multi-Factor Authentication for Online Accounts
- Configuring MFA aka 2FA on common online accounts
- Software Recommendations
- Various recommended software titles for various uses, nearly all of them are free for home use
- The Problem of Buying Quickbooks Desktop
- One of two articles on this site intended primarily for business users
- The Problem of Getting Tech Support for QuickBooks
- A second article intended primarily for business users
Computer Talk with TAB
For 30 years, TAB Computer Systems and WTIC-AM 1080 in Hartford, CT have brought you a weekly technology show, every Saturday from 9:00 to 11:00 am Eastern Time. Join our Facebook group to watch the show live and see links we discuss on air, the same links will also be on our Web site as well as X (Twitter) feed. Our show is also a podcast; you can listen to any of our broadcasts by subscribing on the Audacy Web site or your podcast site of choice (now including Spotify).
