Author: Mike Ellis

Changing Permalinks in WordPress

April 29, 2019 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

Changing your Permalink Structure For many bloggers just starting out, when we first setup our blogs, we may select to include the year and month (and sometimes even day) in the title of your blog posts. So, for example, on my site “My Dreams of Disney”, I have a blog post that is this permalink: […]

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Troubleshooting mail delivery woes

September 13, 2018 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

When E-Mail Delivery doesn’t work Have you ever run into this problem? You are sending an email to someone, they don’t receive it, and you don’t receive any sort of bounce message? No delayed delivery notice, no unknown user bounce, nothing at all to help troubleshoot the problem? That happened to me yesterday, and there […]

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Tackling IT Administration from a MacBook Pro

August 4, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

Recently, I was given the opportunity here at Tech Solutions NC to try out a brand new MacBook Pro as part of a focus group.  This is something that really intrigued me, so I signed up for it.  Last week, I received the MacBook Pro, and am now in the process of testing it out. […]

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Solid State Drive

Upgrading your laptop to a Solid State Drive

March 29, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

Have you ever been intrigued by the idea of opening up your laptop, taking the hard drive out, and replacing it with something else entirely?  In today’s post, I’m going to talk about the process I used to replace the hard drive that came with the laptop when I bought it — a 5400RPM 1 […]

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Saving a Contact Group in Outlook 2016

February 14, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

Have you ever received an Outlook 2016 contact group from someone and weren’t sure how to handle saving it into your contacts so that you could use it?  I know that I have, and others I’ve worked with have as well.  You would think it would be as simple as opening the group (which usually […]

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Who is our Typical Client?

January 23, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

At Tech Solutions NC, we’ve been using our years of experience to help you out of your computer difficulties for a year now, and we are grateful for the opportunities you give us to serve you and get the most out of our technology.  But who is a Tech Solutions NC typical client? Typical Client […]

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Family Security – Life360

January 18, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

When it comes on your family’s security, there are many things that you can look at to keep them safe.  Today, I’m going to take a look at an app that my family uses that has been very helpful in keeping us connected with one another.  Today, we’re going to look at the Life360 app […]

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Computer Components: What’s important to have?

January 16, 2017 Mike Ellis 0 Comments

When you start talking about computer components, just about everyone has an idea of what that means.  As computers age, and new purchases are considered, the thought inevitably turns towards what sort of system you should have.  In this post, I’ll help you weed through the clutter, the keywords, and the confusion. Together, we’ll help […]

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