What is a VPN and Do I Need One?
What is a VPN? When you leave your home/get out of the car, you lock the doors, right? Similarly, protecting your information online is just as essential. We should protect …
Troubleshooting: HP Envy All-In-One Desktop
After the May 2020 Windows 10 update, you may be getting the blue screen of death on your HP Envy All-In-One Desktop. Specifically a Kernel Mode Exception (K-Mode), due to …
Facebook is a Creep
Have you ever seen Facebook ads on things that you never searched for on your phone, but DID talk about? Facebook says they don’t eavesdrop on you, but many folks …
Blockchain: What the heck?
Blockchain is shaping up to be one of the big buzz words of 2018. A lot of this fervor is due to the spectacular rise and fall of Bitcoin recently. …
Skimmers & Shimmers on ATM’s
What are skimmers? Skimmers harvest your credit card info from your card without you knowing it. How? It sits on top of the real card reader, hidden in plain sight, …
Antivirus: Please Use It
When was the last time you thought about your antivirus software? How long have you been putting off the update reminders? If you feel personally attacked by these questions, let’s …
Anti-Virus Software Recommendations
We get asked a lot what AV (anti-virus) programs we recommend. Here’s our current recommendations as of June 2016: Avast Anti-Virus The free version of this is quite good. Our …
You’ve been hacked!
Are your friends telling you they are getting spam emails from you? Are you getting bounce notices from emails you didn’t send? Your email has been hacked. How did this …
MS Outlook: My Email is stuck!
Every once in a while, an email will get stuck in your Outlook outbox or inbox, and your Outlook stops working properly. The principle for fixing either hang-up is the same – …
You Need a Usage Policy
Why would your business need a Computer Usage Policy? First, we all blow a little bit of time every day surfing the web at work. Can you fire someone for …