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Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

Reasons To Upgrade Your Computer Whether Old Or New To An SSD

Reasons to upgrade your computer whether old or new to an SSD Just bought a new computer and disappointed by how slow its performing already? Or have you got an old computer that you really love using but are tired of waiting around on slow loading times? Perhaps you think you couldn’t upgrade to an…

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

VitalTax – Low Cost Online VAT Return Software

Every small business in the UK now has to submit their VAT return online. There’s plenty of software recommended by HMRC such as Sage & Xero, but they might not be cost effective solutions for your business. One of our business clients who works as an accountant recently came in to get her laptop repaired…

Posted on February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by jmcarson — Leave a comment

How To Protect Yourself From Scammers in 2019

Each day in Northern Ireland, scammers cost people, businesses and the economy tens of thousands of pounds and cause emotional distress and harm to the victims and their families. Scammers are getting better and better at making people give them money. In February 2019, two people in Northern Ireland lost almost £20,000 each. Scroll down…

Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 by jmcarson — Leave a comment

Mastercam won’t start up – Fixed

Mastercam is used by machinists, CNC programmers and engineering students. Students will mostly use a laptop for Mastercam and the problem with this is that Mastercam, like most professions CAD/CAM software is built to run on a Desktop PC with a dedicated graphics card. Running Mastercam on a laptop will work, but a common issue…

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by jmcarson — Leave a comment

How To Find Out If Your Passwords Have Been Hacked

Google has released a new Chrome extension that automatically checks and lets you know if any of your passwords are secure or not. The extension is called Password Checkup. There are other companies that offer this service, but the one from Google seems to be the easiest to use. Once the extension is installed in…

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

What Computer do I need to run Dairymaster ?

This question gets asked quite a lot by dairy farmers who are either upgrading an existing milking parlour or installing a brand new parlour. Note: Using a laptop is not recommended as the computer has to run 24 hours a day. At Carson IT, we have been supplying both New & Refurbished Computers for milking…

Posted on December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

Best Way To Share Steam Game Library With Friends

Being able to share Steam games with close friends and family members is a great way to get more value for money out of your games, but it’s not the easiest thing in the world to configure. You’ll need access to your own computer and your friends computer as you will have to enter your…

Posted on December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

Which Laptop Do I Have?

This post is designed to help you find out which type of laptop you have. Here’s the top 5 reasons why our customers have needed to know which laptop they currently have: Diagnosing faultsUpgrading informationInsurance purposesGetting up to date driversTrading in against a new laptop Manufacturer It’s normally very easy to find out the name…

Posted on December 20, 2018January 8, 2019 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

Watch Out For Fake Emails From Friends

Anyone who has provided their personal details as a result of a fraudulent email should report it via ActionFraud at www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. If they have provided bank details, they should call their bank urgently. This type of email has been doing the rounds lately, specifically people who have a bitinternet.com…

Posted on December 19, 2018January 4, 2019 by Carson IT — Leave a comment

£50 worth of discounts!

To celebrate our tenth anniversary we are giving all of our customers £20 off any laptop or pc purchased from our website. Just type in the code GIFT20 at the checkout to get an even better deal. And for the Christmas season we’re also giving away free copies of Kaspersky Internet Security worth over £30!…