by Roberta | Jun 1, 2017 | Messages from the Owner, Messages from the Owner, News
[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...
by Roberta | May 15, 2017 | Messages from the Owner, News
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...
by Roberta | Mar 27, 2017 | News, Tech Thoughts and Tips
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...
by Roberta | Feb 23, 2017 | Messages from the Owner, News
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...
by Roberta | Dec 11, 2016 | Geek Humor, News
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...
by Roberta | Jul 22, 2016 | Messages from the Owner, News
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...
by Roberta | Jul 15, 2016 | News
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...
by Roberta | Jul 1, 2016 | Geek Humor, News
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...
by Roberta | Jun 25, 2016 | News
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...
by Roberta | Apr 20, 2016 | Messages from the Owner, News
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...
