[This is an edited and updated version of a post from 2013.] If someone calls you claiming to be from Microsoft and tells you that your computer is reporting errors to Microsoft, it's a scam. If that person offers to "fix" your computer, you should hang up...
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Protecting Yourself and Your Business Against Global Hackers
During the past week, computer systems throughout the world were reported to be disrupted by an extensive ransomware attack, mostly affecting Britain and Russia. Transmitted via email, the malicious software encrypts files and demands ransom before users can regain...
Verizon Email Transition
Verizon email customers have been receiving an email message informing them that Verizon is discontinuing their email service and moving all accounts to AOL. While we can help in your migration to another email provider, it is not necessary to switch to another...
Keep Control of a Critical Business Asset
Recently a business customer of ours which uses our hosted Exchange service emailed us, casually letting us know they were implementing a new web site with a web developer. It all sounded fine, until I did a little digging and discovered that they had handed over...
From Calvin Trillin: The Scariest Word
One of our valued clients sent us this essay by revered humorist Calvin Trillin. Of course, if you are on our Remote monitoring and Maintenance plan you do not have to worry about random updates affecting on your PC or Mac.
Windows 10 Free Upgrade Offer Ending Soon
Microsoft's Windows 10 free upgrade offer ends on July 29th, 2016. After this date, if you want to upgrade your Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer to Windows 10, you'll have to purchase a retail version of the software. We don't see any reason to upgrade. As we've...
Schedule Sending in Outlook
One of my facvorite features in Outlook (for PC) is the Delay Delivery option. You can schedule an email to go out at a future date and time, and if you leave Outlook open, it will automatically send at that time. Sometimes I'll have a good idea over the weekend or in...
Microsoft Windows 10 Update Shows Up at the Worst Possible Time
If you find that Windows 10 update notification annoying and intrusive, imagine how this weather reporter felt. While she handled the interruption with grace and aplomb, we can help you avoid those insistent Windows 10 pop-ups altogether. Contact us for a quick fix.
Six Features Outlook for Mac is Missing
We rely on Outlook for email, calendar and contacts. We use hosted Exchange services to share calendars and contacts through Outlook, and to wirelessly sync that info to our laptops and mobile devices. We have both Mac and Windows computers in our network, and over...
If You Have QuickTime for Windows Installed, You Should Remove It
One of our valued customers called my attention to this issue yesterday. Apple is no longer supporting QuickTime for Windows because it's not needed anymore. The result is that QuickTime for Windows has security vulnerabilities which could endanger the security of...