PRIVACY AND LINUX Introducing Kodachi! A linux BUILT for privacy and security!I have had a NUMBER of customers asking – whats the most PRIVATE and SECURE system you can build?

TOPTECH/THE ELDEST GEEK IS ADDING A NEW STRASBURG LOCATION!BUT WE ARE STILL IN ALEXANDRIA (AND WILL REMAIN!!!) 🙂Folks think the shop is moving. ITS NOT DONT WORRY! But I live

TOPTECH/THE ELDEST GEEK IS ADDING A NEW STRASBURG LOCATION! STILL 🙂I’m at 425 Stover if you need to bring something by in the meantime! Call me first! BIG TECH ISSUES. 

TOPTECH/THE ELDEST GEEK IS ADDING A NEW STRASBURG LOCATION! There will be (reasonably shortly) a drop location in Strasburg! our family has moved out there! Now – the Alexandria store

TOPTECH/THE ELDEST GEEK IS ADDING A NEW STRASBURG LOCATION! There will be (reasonably shortly) a drop location in Strasburg! our family has moved out there! Now – the Alexandria store

APOLOGIES – again Its been a while. Super busy helping folks in these Days of the Virus!I try to get these out once a month, but I’ve had a lot

APOLOGIES – Its been a while. Super busy helping folks in these Days of the Virus!I try to get these out once a month, but I’ve had a lot going

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – TopTech is designated as an ESSENTIAL BUSINESS and will remain OPEN! 10-7 Monday through Saturday.. And Sunday by appointment. Curbsite Pickup as needed. Pickup and delivery as

Much to talk about vis a vis Coronavirus and worthy of an additional email! Hope it is appreciated!!! CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – TopTech is designated as an ESSENTIAL BUSINESS and will

Been busy recently – and have let my newsletter suffer!  But – here it is!! Much to discuss. CORONAVIRUS! What do do? what to be worried about??? We are in

TOUCHBAR Data Recovery! its possible! but NOT on 2018+!! Have been saving some folks bacon when their Touchbar (2016-2017) Macbook pro fails – but the data is important. WE CAN

SORRY FOR DELAY – its bit a while I know! Have had some health issues and been super busy, and I had not realized it had been a while since

The New T2 chip what is it? why do I want it? or DO I want it?? Apple has incorporated its own chip (the T2) in all new 2018 iMac’s

RUNNING Sierra and High Sierra on older Macs! YES! There are now patched versions for Sierra and High Sierra that let you run these even on OLDER Macs – where

MORE BLUFFS – They are getting common!! Many customers (and myself as well) have been receiving threatening emails claiming access to your system, planting viruses, got proof you are into child pornography

BLUFF RANSOMWARE EMAILS! BE WARNED – BUT NOT TOO CONCERNED! NO NEED TOPAY THEM! Many customers (and myself as well) have been receiving threatening emails claiming access to your system,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL – and what *I* have to be thankful for! Here is wishing all my customers and readers a most Happy Thanksgiving! Its been a tough year

WIN1804 BREAKS SMB Networks!  AND WIN1809 is out OCTOBER 2 & REPORTEDLY WIPES DOCUMENT FOLDER etc?? HUGE PROBLEM being reported BACK UP BEFORE UPGRADE OR YOU MAY LOSE YOUR DOC

END OF DAYS.  The Mt Vernon Antique Center was demolished this week. DEVASTATED. It is with a very heavy heart that I have to report that Sam demolished the Mt

GREAT NEWS FOR THE ELDEST GEEK! TOP TECH is OPEN! Come visit! Our new address is 8332 Richmond Highway, Suite 205! Check out our nice SIGN on Richmond Highway: “Home

GREAT NEWS FOR THE ELDEST GEEK! WE HAVE A NEW LOCATION! I am happy to announce that we have signed a lease on a new space, and we will be

WELCOME to New Readers – If you are new to this newsletter just a word of explanation – I do this newsletter roughly once a month – and I put

GREAT NEWS FOR THE ELDEST GEEK! TOP TECH is OPEN! Come visit! Our new address is 8332 Richmond Highway, Suite 205! Check out our nice SIGN on Richmond Highway: “Home

GREAT NEWS FOR THE ELDEST GEEK! WE HAVE A NEW LOCATION! I am happy to announce that we have signed a lease on a new space, and we will be

MT VERNON FIRE UPDATE FROM THE ELDEST (and temporarily Homeless) GEEK Its not been a week since the fire (Monday Night).  I’ve put up some images on my website www.theeldestgeek.com

dont usually write these emails this often (as you all well know) but I’ve been asked by quite a few of you what you can DO about KRACK – the

MORE HIGH SIERRA ISSUES! HUGE SECURITY FLAW – and Filesystem changes! There have been additional problems with High Sierra – And it was revealed last week you can log in

MAC OS 13 – High Sierra.  Upgrade or no?  short answer NOT YET I have been evaluating High Sierra the lastest Mac OSX – and there are a number of

ALL ABOUT KRACK NEW WIFI VULNERABILITY – I’ve had a quite number of customers ask me about KRACK – the subject of quite a bit of recent news! Well –

THE RUSSIAN THING I have been watching this with considerable interest (as I’ve pointed out several times) and I’ve been asked recently -whats changed? whats different? and what do we

Artificial Intelligence (AI)  and Jobs in the future We are getting VERY close to a true AI system folks.  And the implications are rather huge. No I’m not talking about

SSD UPGRADE IN YOUR FUTURE? MAC? PC? iMac? BEWARE YOUTUBE!!! I’ve been struck in having 3 customers very recently who all purchased SSD upgrade kits for their Imacs. In each

SIERRA – whats the story now? OS Sierra seems to be acceptable now – and we are putting it on our newer macs 🙂 And I’ve just installed it on

HACKING – whats the story? I’ve been asked a lot recently about hacking. Folks thinking they had been hacked. Worried about their data. Their computers. Their servers. Their websites…. so

Thoughts on the Galaxy Note 5 – and android google lock is broken! I’ve been loving my Galaxy S5 for quite a while – and just picked up a Note

JULY 29 HAS PASSED.  FREE WIN10 UPGRADE DONE. I’ve gone back and forth many times over my own possible upgrade. I’ve decided AGAINST doing it.  For several reasons. One –

MEMORIAL DAY A good day for reflection – on our country and on the various aspects of our lives! And a good day to remember the veterans.  I see many

RANSOMWARE REVISITED Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water! Last email I reported on some notable successes in the fight against ransomware – but

RANSOMWARE NEWS – GOOD AT THAT! You have maybe read my recent scriblings concerning Ransomware! Well – we have some GOOD NEWS! I was at a customer last week and

WHATS THE FBI iPhone APPLE STORY ABOUT? You have all been reading about the iPhone that the San Bernardino terrorist left behind and the FBI lawsuit trying to force Apple

APPLE Issues – USB C cables – and Office problems with El Capitan! A BIG warning to folks with the NEW Macbooks that use USB C. STAY AWAY FROM CHEAPIE

You’ve no doubt seen the stupid ads on TV by PC Matic. And your friends have expressed their concerns. And we at the Eldest Geek have had a LOT of

A lot of any computer person’s work these days is virus and data security/recovery. And at The Eldest Geek we have unrivaled expertise here. A lot of computer shops (and

I’ve been watching blogs and such like for years and never really seen the need to participate – but slowly I’ve been changing my opinion and we will be getting

WELCOME TO MY NEWSLETTER!  – from TheEldest Geek! I’ve been asked several times if I would do a newsletter – and I’ve done one for my Mac Customers for some