Tech Tip #71: Protect Your Business From Scareware
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Little Red Riding Hood was skipping through her normal web routine and clicked on an interesting looking article on Facebook. It brought up a scary red screen that …
Tech Tip #70: Back Up Your Browser Bookmarks
Out of all of the data that is processed and stored by a web browser, our collection of bookmarks/favorites is probably the most important and significant. At some point in our computing careers, we are …
Tech Tip #69: Secure Your Network
In today's cyber age, there is no room for mistakes. Ransomware and other forms of Cybercrime are so prevalent that no company, no matter the size, is safe. Employee negligence, and unpredictable natural disasters are also …
Tech Tip #68: Avoid Spam Emails
Would you just give your bank account information to anyone who called you up and asked for it? Probably not. For the same reason, you wouldn’t just download attachments from your email messages without a …
Tech Tip #67: Keep Your Product Keys Safe
After a bad Microsoft service patch, we have seen several "Blue Screen of Death" issues causing the computers to continually halt during power up with "inaccessible boot device" errors. In order to get these unfortunate computers up and …
Tech Tip #66: Remove Unwanted Programs
Remove Unwanted Programs from Windows 10 One of the downsides of Windows 10 is the amount of pre-installed Microsoft applications including, but not limited to: Eclipse Manager, Feedback Hub, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Mobile Plans, Xbox …
Tech Tip #65: Have a Business Continuity Plan in Place
Data is essential for all types of organizations today, so ensuring access to mission critical applications and data following a disaster is critical. However, business continuity and disaster preparedness are about so much more than …
Tech Tip #64: Protect Your Identity
What's Your Identity Theft Prevention Strategy? It's that time of year again, time to scramble to get your taxes in order for Uncle Sam. Tax season can also bring out the scammers and cyber criminals in full …
Tech Tip #63: Don't Rely on Luck
There’s never a need to rely on luck when you’re always prepared! We all have data that needs to be backed up and protected so taking proactive measures can limit stress and time to recovery …
Tech Tip #62: Know Your IP Address
What is an IP address? The technical answer would be that an IP address is a unique string of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate over …