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It's Back to School Time

August 14-21, 2010 - Gadgets Computer Store is ready to help get students back to school with a special laptop package perfect for students on the go!

Get a Lenovo G555 laptop with a 15.6" TFT 1366X768 WXGA Vibrantview display and a Logitech wireless mouse; 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (expandable to 4GB); with an AMD Athlon II M340 dual-core processor and 160GB storage.

Laptop also includes Windows 7 Home Premium; 2010 Microsoft Office; a ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics chip; 802.11b/g/n wireless adapter; lithium ion battery and a one-year warranty. Laptop includes webcam.

This offer also includes a free 2GB flash drive!!

Available with a Linksys Rangeplus Wireless N router.

With router, $799.99
Without router, $721.99


Vipre is available at Gadgets for as little as $29.99/ yr.
Or get a Family License for $44.99
Click here for information about protecting your computer against malware

Gadgets  is now offering  DishNetwork. We have teamed with Erik’s Satellite of Hayward to offer our customers a full line up of DishNetwork packages, along with equipment purchases for replacement, upgrade or the do-it-yourself customers.

Gadgets Partners with HCCU to Offer Computer Financing

Northern Lakes Co-op and Hayward Community Credit Union now have a financing solution for purchases of $300 or more. With computers becoming more of a necessity in today’s world Gadgets would like to offer financing for qualified customers. Stop by Gadgets today and fill out an application. In as little as a day you could be walking home with that new computer system you have always wanted.

One thing that has become evident in the recent months is the increase of malware on the computers that have come in for repair. Although these repairs keep us quite busy, we feel it is also in our best interest to keep everyone informed of what they can do to avoid costly repairs and downtime.  The first step to this process is to understand what to avoid in the first place.

Truthfully malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware, adware exist all over the Internet.  These are what slow your computer down or disable it depending on how powerful they are and where they embed themselves in the computer. Some malware even has the ability to steal personal information and data as well.

Knowing what to do is another key to avoiding “the nasties," as we so fondly call them. Many times a pop-up will appear on the screen saying there are issues with the computer and click here to fix them. Step one is not to click anywhere on the window. Instead close it by right clicking on the taskbar and clicking on close. If that will not work hold down the control, alt and delete keys at the same time this should open the task manager. Once you have that open shut off the application that is associated with that window. This should stop the malware from getting further into your computer without any harm. Other safety precautions you can take is keeping the operating system up to date and using an antivirus/spyware/firewall program and keeping it up to date as well.

Monitor your children’s use and use filtering software or services that prevent them from surfing to questionable sites.  OpenDNS is one option.  More information can be found at www.opendns.com Children are curious by nature and where that leads to can be a very damaging in just a few clicks. Online e-mail accounts such as Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail etc… are often targets for spam and other such activities that harbor malware.  Just be aware of what you are clicking on.  Social Networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and the likes are also very common places to find undesirable downloads. Key thing to remember is if it looks suspicious delete it, do not open it.

We realize even the safest practices will not keep all malware away so in the event of a major malfunction it is best to keep all your most important files, documents, photos and music backed up regularly on a USB drive or external hard drive. If your system does need a restore from the square one you will still have the data to put back once you are up and running again. Please feel free to stop by and ask any questions or get a demonstration on what has been covered in this newsletter.