Services
Since the beginning, Short Solutions has focused on providing the services that are most important to the end user. The services that help one run a business more efficiently through electronic communication or to simply protect a family from Internet predators. Each service we provide focuses on what is important to you to make using your computer a pleasure versus a pain or a sink hole of time. Our services include, but are not limited to:
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PC repairs and upgrades: Troubleshooting PC hardware can be quite a challenge for the unitiated, even with the help of books, web resources, etc. Troubleshooting skills tend to come with experience, and if you don't have any, it's tough to know where to start. We will take the steps to troubleshoot the problem accurately. Whether it's, a "dead" LCD screen, problems with your CD or DVD drive, or you want to determine if wireless is the way to go for your keyboard and mouse, Short Solutions can ask the right questions to get you the best fit for your future computing.
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Anti-Virus Protection: Antivirus protecion is must-have in this day and age. At Short Solutions, we can help you choose the best antivirus solution based on several parameters liek virus detection abilities, features, and breadth of protection. Whether you're seeking total system coverage or an ala carte solution, we can implement the most suitable and cost effective solution to provide superb virus protection for your PC. Because every system and client is unique, we evaluate your situation to find the right protection best suited for your PC and your level of experience.
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Spyware Removal: In the recesses of your computer, 20-30 invisible processes run silently in the background. Some hog system resources, turning your PC into a sluggish computer. Worse yet, other useless processes harbour spyware and Trojans - violating your privacy and giving hackers free reign on your computer. Short Solutions can stop all of this now. We can ferret out these useless processes and make your computer run safer and faster.
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Home, Office and Wireless Networking: Many folks setting up networks rush through the job to get their Internet connectivity working as quickly as possible. That's totally understandable. It's also quite risky as numerous security problems can result. Today's Wi-Fi products don't always help the situation as configuring their security features can be slow and non-intuitive. At Short Solutions, we can recommend, setup and test the proper harware and software to have your home or office Local Area network (LAN) running smoothly and securely.
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Internet Installations: Cable or DSL? Should I run wires or go wireless? Router or Access point? Internet Explorer or Mozilla? Many questions surround getting on the net which increase the chance that extra software and sometimes even harware will end up between you and your ultimate objective (getting on the internet quickly and safely). Short Solutions can help you make the right choices so that you eliminate that which you don't need to surf the web in peace.
- Backup Solutions: Data protection is crucial for protecting your business's continuity or personal sanity. If your only data backup is on a computer, and the hard disk fails or is damaged by a power surge, your data is gone. For adequate data protection, you need to establish a data backup system that will allow you to sleep at night knowing that you can get back what could be lost.
The basic rule for business data protection is that if losing the data will interfere with doing business, back it up. The basic rule for personal data protection is if it will be missed and can't be reproduced another way, back it up
You can reinstall software programs if you need to, but recovering the details of transactions, business correspondence or that picture you took on your last vacation is impossible if those files are lost or damaged beyond repair. Short Solutions will outline each of the steps needed so you can establish a data backup system that will effectively protect your critical business or personal data from disaster.
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Hardware Disposal: Most businesses don't take into account the total cost of disposing of obsolete and unwanted hardware when tracking total cost of ownership (TOC). Even some large corporations are generally clueless when it comes to budgeting for disposal at the end of a PC's life cycle. In fact, the cost of getting rid of hardware such as a desktop computer often exceeds the income generated by selling the stuff. Among the costs associated with disposing of ancient hardware are the labor involved with disconnecting the PC from the network, backing up the data, scrubbing the drive of all data, and in some cases, reloading an operating system so the machine can be sold. Overhead costs range from shipping to processing paperwork.
Failing to plan for disposing of IT equipment can produce more than a headache. Short Solutions can often provide a more cost effective solution to this ever growing problem and help avoid potential, regulatory fines, bad publicity, and even litigation in regards to confidential data on hard drives. In some cases, we may even be able to consult on the future budgeting of this self replicating issue.
