 Marc
has always had a love for technology, it all
started when he first began "playing" on a ZX
Spectrum in 1982.
But it was in 1991, whilst serving as a Medic in the Royal
Navy, that he designed a database for recalling
sailors for routine vaccinations on an old DOS
PC. It saved the medical team many hours in
administration hours and from that moment he was
truly "hooked" on the value of PCs.
Then when he logged onto the Internet for the
first time in 1994, Marc was instantly taken
with it and started to learn how to create
websites!
When Microsoft released
Windows XP in 2001, home users were starting to
connect to the Internet in large numbers. By
then Marc was an IT manager for a charity based
in Brighton and could often be found online, in
his lunch breaks, supporting newsgroup users
with Windows software issues.
In 2003 Marc decided to create
a website dedicated to hosting articles on the
common Windows XP support issues and so
UpdateXP.com was born.
Microsoft spotted his work supporting the
online community via his website and newsgroup
contributions. This recognition of his
technical knowledge and willingness to help
others led to him being awarded their
Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
award - more
here.)
Marc gave up his job as an IT
manager in the summer of 2004 and has worked
full time ever since supporting users of Windows
software and services. The core of his business
is built on
SBI 2.0
Working from his home office
he regularly tests "beta software" from
Microsoft, and with his MSDN and Technet
subscriptions can access virtually any server or
client operating system for evaluation and
review.
As well as being an
established authority on Windows XP, Windows
Vista and now Windows 7 (plus
Windows Errors). Marc has a keen interest in audio and
video compression techniques and in 2004
released a small utility for listing installed
codec's on a Windows XP computer -
SHERLOCK The CODEC Detective. (now over
1.8 million downloads!)
In 2007 Marc co-created an application for
small businesses to utilise the Amazon.com S3
storage network
Data
Bucket Pro,
as well as co-creating the worlds 1st
offline utility for creating Google Video
Sitemaps
Video
Sitemap Pro.
Marc has also released (2008)
a small utility for listing all system and
signed drivers on a Windows Vista computer -
SHERLOCK the Driver Detective.
In January 2010, Microsoft
rewarded marc their "Microsoft MVP Award" for
his continuing efforts in supporting Windows
users online.
 Sarah
Liron BSc (Hons)
Marc is married to Sarah...
They first met at their local church youth
group, but their friendship started to grow a
few years later after meeting again at a friends
Birthday party in 1991.
Sarah was then at Reading University completing
her Physics & Maths degree and Marc was based at
a Nuclear Submarine base in Scotland. After spending the
whole evening talking about sub-atomic physics
Marc just knew she was the girl for him!!!
They married 5 years later and Sarah has been
a long suffering "geeks" wife ever since!
She enjoys using technology, is even considering
completing her Masters degree in Medial Physics,
BUT she has no intention of
being labelled a "geek" herself...
They
live in the historic town of Lincoln, UK.
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