Forgot your email password? So many clients that I work with misunderstand email passwords and how they are created. When I ask them… “what’s your email password“, the two most common answers are… “I don’t have an email password” or “wouldn’t have a clue”. This […]
There’s nothing like starting off the week with a little humor, helps with those Monday blues. Here is another selection of random photos courtesy of DCT’s recommended download site MajorGeeks: Critical “page not found” error Cheap iPads!! Cut the blue wire! – Happy SysAdmin day!
Much has been written about Windows 10 settings and features but here are 6 lesser known features that you may not be aware of: #1 Print to PDF I, for one, am happy to see that Windows 10 has now added the ability to create
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Seems Lenovo is one company that doesn’t learn its lesson. Following on from the “Superfish” adware and problematic root certificate issues earlier this year, Lenovo is in hot water again over a component which some pundits say closely resembles a rootkit. The mechanism under fire
Lenovo Breaches User Trust Again with ‘Service Engine’ Rootkit Read More »
Many people who have upgraded to Windows 10 may not be aware that they are sharing (as in uploading) installed Windows Updates and apps across a peer-to-peer system which has been dubbed “WUDO” (Windows Update Delivery Optimization). The idea behind WUDO is to speed up
Turn Off Peer-to-Peer Update & App Sharing in Windows 10 Read More »
Windows 10 users will notice that File Explorer (formerly known as Windows Explorer) now opens to “Quick Access” by default rather than to “This PC” (as it did in all previous Windows versions): To me, it’s 6 of one and half a dozen of the
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How To Hide or Minimize the ‘Search the web and Windows’ Bar The first thing many new Windows 10 users will notice is the “Search the web and Windows” bar taking up a decent proportion of the taskbar: While this may not present a problem
“Every password you use can be thought of as a needle hiding in a haystack” ~ Steve Gibson Renowned security expert Steve Gibson has recently created a new component of the GRC (Gibson Research Corporation) site called “Haystack” with a view to helping users better
A Guide to Stronger Passwords – How Big is Your Haystack? Read More »
The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world’s most comprehensive newsreel archives, are collaborating to bring more than half a million digitized film clips to YouTube. Between them the clips span from 1895 until present time including categories such as Momentous Events, Movietone
Huge Collection of Historic Clips Now Available on YouTube Read More »
Road rage is an increasing problem worldwide – yes, here in Australia too. How one human being can attack another over something which in the overall scheme of things is so trivial is, frankly, beyond my comprehension. During one such recent incident in Yuma Arizona,
Alleged Road Rage Victim Turns the Tables on his Attacker (video) Read More »
Congratulations to Dale Hilliard, Shane Frisinger, and Bob Tombs. Each one will receive a new Sandisk USB 3.0 Flash Drive! I work a lot with videos and with clients’ machines so I have quite a few different flash drives on hand – all sorts of capacities
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Only 5 more sleeps to go! We recently published an article to help users get started with Windows 10, you can catch up with that article here: Understanding Windows 10 – A Guide to Help Get You Started. Now, with the Windows 10 launch less
Understanding Windows 10 – More Tips to Help Get You Started Read More »
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