You’re chugging along, getting work done, feeling good about your output and taking great satisfaction in your productivity for the day — and then that pesky alert pops up on your screen telling you that there’s a software update available. You ignore it, figuring you’ll do it later. Sound familiar? But if you’re like most…
In many situations in life, we rely on the advice of professional experts for important reality checks. Think about the last time you had to hear some tough love from your doctor or from an auto mechanic. Sure, we sometimes don’t like to hear that we’ve been doing something wrong or that we’ve messed up…
There should be little doubt in anyone’s mind that technology profoundly impacts our daily lives. We use it extensively for work and play. Businesses rely on technology to thrive and though there are much to be said for the upside of technology, there are pitfalls as well. #1 Videochat Communication Although there are a number…
Just about everyone uses cloud file services like OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, and others, but have you ever considered the pitfalls of these services? Were you even aware that there were any? Let’s explore these services and what you need to know to make the best use of them and understand how your actions, or…
An unfortunate reality in our field is that there is no standard minimum qualification to offer IT support services. This leaves room for many pretenders. As your IT support needs develop, you should beware of people pretending to be proper IT support. Your business is more important than that to trust it to fakers. The…
Far too many organizations have no formal IT support strategy, and along with that comes no IT support budget. Successful companies recognize that IT support is an ongoing factor of their normal operation. It’s not something that you wait to break and then have it fixed. The productivity of your employees is worth ensuring that…
We’ve encountered many businesses who told us they had backup set up, but when asked “do you know it’s working?” they had only their assumptions. In many areas of life, a false sense of security is worse than the lack of the same security and this is certainly one of them. You assume that the…
Every business has IT challenges and each has their way of solving them. Many struggle to get through the challenges because they don’t have a formal process for dealing with them while others operate much more smoothly since their staff has easy access to the support they need. The coronavirus pandemic has only highlighted the…
It seems like every time Microsoft produces a new release of Windows, there’s so much resentment towards moving to it and lots of appreciation of how the previous version served so well. I think the release of Windows 7 was a lot less heated because it really didn’t change much compared to Windows Vista,…
Windows Server Essentials is the relatively new line of server software from Microsoft. Compared with its standard edition counterparts, Windows Sever 2012 Standard vs. Windows Server 2012 Essentials 2012, it offers a simplified licensing scheme, built-in integration with Office 365 hosted services, and included solutions for easy remote computer and file access. It offers a simplified…
User Access Control was first released as a security feature of Windows Vista in 2006. It’s that screen that comes up whenever you try to install something that gives you a chance to deny the application full access to your computer. When it first came out, it was understandable that there were applications that had…
Our contemporaries over at Daveway Tech hit the nail on the head when it comes to why you should purchase business-grade computers. In our experience, the computers available off the shelf at the big box stores like Best Buy, Staples, and Walmart are all a bad decision for your company. It seems that inevitably, the…
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