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THOR TECH SUPPORT
I’m always looking for new clients. If you need computer help of any kind, please call me for a free estimate/to set an appointment. - Thor. 416-557-9165

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Computer help for individuals and businesses
Over 25 years experience. Professional. Confidential.
416-557-9165
Located near Bloor & Spadina, downtown Toronto.
On-site support anywhere in Toronto.
Remote support – I do much of my work this way now, especially for clients further way.

Regular maintenance/check-ups, emergencies, virus & spyware removal, speed up a slowed-down system, upgrading, purchase-consulting, computer security, tutoring, system building, networking, data recovery, and more.

Hardware & software support – Windows PCs and Macs, smartphones, and tablets, Chromebooks, Linux...

Much less expensive and better quality support than other large tech support services.

Research & Sourcing:
I can help you find the right system/laptop/device for your budget and needs so you don’t have to worry about knowing specifications/understanding sales person’s pitches in stores. I can also custom build or upgrade computer systems.

Normal hours: Mon-Fri, 12pm to 7pm and usually late afternoons on Saturdays. But, I’m also available for other times and on weekends if need be. See the web site for more details:

Thor Tech Support - Personal and small business computer tech support at reasonable rates. Toronto, Canada personal computer tech support

I've been using Libre Office (mainly Calc and Writer - equivalents to Excel and Word) since 2010. If you don't need the Outlook email program, and you don't do more obscure things in Excel or Word, you might want to give Libre Office a try.

LibreOffice takes aim at Microsoft Office with free guides to help users switch Last month, The Document Foundation launched a campaign urging Office users to try out LibreOffice. Now, it has followed up with a user guide for version 25.2 to help make the switch easier.

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-bans-libreoffice-developers-account-without-warning-rejects-appeal/

Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal A LibreOffice developer has shared his experience of having his Microsoft account banned, and how the company has been uncooperative in helping him recover it.

Rogers and email - some important news.
As you know if you are a Rogers email user, the email is hosted by Yahoo.
As of April 3, 2024, yes, 2024, you can no longer create new Rogers email addresses.

Rogers is encouraging customers to transition to other email services like Gmail or Outlook.

Today, July 24, 2025 - there have been a lot of issues accessing Rogers/Yahoo email from programs as well as on-line. There may be a large outage re: the Rogers\Yahoo email. I haven't seen any news about such an outage yet (July 24, 2025 1:54pm). UPDATE: as of 3pm (or earlier) it seems to be working again.

I would strongly recommend to anyone with a Rogers/Yahoo email address to get an Gmail address and switch to using it instead.

For anyone still using Skype, it's time to switch:

Microsoft is shutting down Skype The end of the Skype era.

Firefox has fixed and updated it's ability to edit PDF files. Make sure to update to the latest version of Firefox first.

Check it out here:

www.mozilla.org

Chrome has just disabled uBlock Origin. Time for people to switch to Firefox

https://www.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/new/

See also:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/browsers/compare/chrome/

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https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/police-warn-extortion-letters-and-emails-are-a-scam-1.7046825

Police warn extortion letters and emails are a scam A new scam is being reported in communities across the country.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/09/21/microsoft-windows-10-windows-11-warning-for-millions-of-pc-users/?ss=cybersecurity

New Microsoft Windows Warning—You Must Never Do This On Your PC This stupidly simple attack is now global.

For those still on Windows 7 or 8:

Mozilla keeps Firefox alive on legacy Windows versions with extended support According to the official Firefox release calendar, the extended support release version of the Firefox web browser will continue to receive updates through at least March 4,...