Tech Tips

Several years ago I incubated a new telephone company right here in Central Florida. I had a 5-year plan to build it, perfect it, and then sell it. – All of which I did in those 5 years. The name of the company that many of you long-time customers may recall was Refresh Telecom. Want…

We are sometimes asked whether or not we do price matching on our refurbished computers. Rather than beat around the bush, I tend to reply with “Absolutely not” – and here is why. While the price matching topic is relevant to brand-new products, it isn’t relevant at all to refurbished products. That’s because refurbished computer…

We will start with MS Office 2013, as it was the latest version of MS Office to be considered end-of-life and no longer supported by Microsoft as of April of this year. It’s important to note that each version of Microsoft Office has two main support expiration dates.One I will call the Active Support cycle…

Windows HWhat’s Windows H? There are several shortcuts on your Windows-based computer or laptop that help you get things done quicker – and one of my favorites is using the Windows H command.The Windows H tool works with Windows 10 or 11.Simply hold the Windows key and press the letter H when you have anything…

Hard Drive types and solid-state drive types are explained in plain English. For the sake of this topic, when I refer to a hard drive, I am referring to a data storage unit with a hard physically spinning platter. When I refer to a solid-state drive, I am referring to a drive that has no physical moving parts…

Written by David Leavitt, Owner of Refresh Computers. While I am not qualified to give legal advice, I do consider myself a well-educated person on the unconstitutional overreach of Florida’s use of red-light ticketing cameras. These systems do not provide more safety. In fact, a recent USF study shows they cause more accidents than they…