Now in the current situation, many people have left the country. And therefore, from time to time, acquaintances and clients request to remotely fix their computers. I communicate a lot with foreign friends, and I can say the following. The level of training of specialists there is lower, and if they are good, then the prices are correspondingly higher by an order of magnitude.

Of course, for those who know me for a long time, I help free of charge in quick cases. But sometimes you need to tinker not an hour, not two, but more to do everything as expected. Just yesterday, I spent two hours with a non-weak computer that was crammed with rubbish, without antivirus and an elementary temporary file garbage cleaner. Another interesting factor was that the dismissed employee put the teamviewer program into autoload. That is, he saw his computer remotely for a couple of months, and if he wanted, he could do something himself.

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Forgetful customers or how to make them remember sites. From time to time I check the sites of customers for work, or rather, whether it opens at all. Why? Well, sometimes they don’t see a notification in the mail that the domain needs to be renewed or paid for. Usually, after it has not been paid, and a month has passed, you can forget about it, but a domain that is 5-10 years old has value. Even if the site itself is filled, that is, hosting is less valuable then making a backup copy is an order of magnitude easier than thinking about how to return the domain.

How do I register a domain with a client? First of all, I choose the email that is in his smartphone, so that he can always see the notification. We tie up a mobile number to be able to recover the password and login. Well, once a month, just in case, I go over the websites of customers, there are enough phenomena)

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