Fred's Home Technical Services

24/08/2026

Just had a client ring me saying they had telstra on the phone saying their IP address was exposed to the internet.
THIS IS NOT TELSTRA.
They are scammers wanting to invade your savings.
Told her to tell the scammers where to go. She then also said she lost $30k about a year ago.

NEVER EVER LET ANYONE INTO YOUR COMPUTER OVER THE INTERNET VIA PHONE

They w***y scam you. Hang up

06/06/2026

Fred's Home Technical Services can now do bulk scanning of your hard copy photos into digital form onto a USB.
Don't let those photos deteriorate before its too late.
Photos need to be delivered in boxes or envelopes - not in albums.
You can organise your photos into dates or topics and they will be saved into these groups or you can have them scanned and saved as a bulk group and you can sort in your own time.

Pricing
Minimum Cost $50
0 - 200 photos $50
201 - 500 photos $100
501 - 750 photos $150
750 - 1000 photos $200
For larger numbers contact for a price

27/04/2026

Just had a client over to transfer their data from their old iPhone to their new one, a phone that her partner had purchased for her from an overseas site, they said they couldn't get the data transfer to
Work, I backed up her old iPhone and then when I went to retore to her new one iTunes would not recognize it.
So I rebooted the iPhone, while holding power down and volume down Chi use writing appeared on the iPhone, something I have seen before in blue writing which I know is an Android menu. So it was
Not an ios system. Its a Gake IPhone with a System that looks very much like an iPhone but is not, amazing how it was so much in comparison to a
Genuine one, watch video below.

69K likes, 3.7K comments. "How To Spot A Fake iPhone"

22/04/2026

I will always recommend hard wired cameras over wifi ones.
POE works very well supplying power to your cameras via Network cable.
Wifi cameras can be interfered with, have a read of article below.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/chilling-new-tactic-used-by-young-criminals-in-melbourne/news-story/6cec348ad0cf4979d30e7aabded825f0?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers&fbclid=IwY2xjawRVhiFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6uOmAFZOS6vcBphpKKBmf_YaXsrD3Kg9RvjZRWyQhoNTHQpOyEUEbXijEpsg_aem_ufQZQhOtFRWo2UJiLq6Npg

Home invasions across Melbourne are nothing new, but the way they are being carried out is changing.

26/01/2026

My Home Battery loading up from both Panels & Free from the Grid, ( 11am to 2pm I get free power )
this then can keep my Air Con running at home all day no charge via Sun and then at 6pm I feed a little back into the grid for peak paypack at .12cents per KW, I also get $1 back for not using Peak power while the Day rate is $1.276. I don't need to feed much back to cover my day rate and battery runs all night if I get my % of feedback right...

21/01/2026

Some free apps that work very well
https://www.howtogeek.com/replace-your-microsoft-365-subscription-with-these-5-free-open-source-apps-i-actually-use/

30/12/2025

Thunderbird now suppprts exchange without any add-ons or costs
Read article below

This update has solved a problem we had accepted as normal.

28/12/2025

Currently on a Little break for another few days.
with the kids enjoying a bit of time.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you all out there.
Hope the New year ahead is the best yet for you all.

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12/12/2025

NVR Storage Upgrade for Extra Recording...
Original 2 TB Plus a 6TB that was installed From New and Now also a 12 TB
NVR was also Upgraded to a 36 Chanel Model
Thats 20TB of Security Camera Footage storage for 5 cameras in Clients Home....
Recording kept for Months..