Every day I get a call or email (or text, Facebook message, tweet, DM on Nextdoor... I thought this technology thing was supposed to make things easier!) where the person lets common sense go out the window and needs my advice to not be technically savvy but help them understand there's a scam happening and…
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Windows 7 Support Ending January 14, 2020
Official support for Windows 7 is ending on January 14th. Before then, you can either upgrade your existing computer to Windows 10 or buy a new computer with Windows 10 already installed. Or buy a Mac, ChromeBook, or give up your computer technology ways and get a yellow legal pad with one of those 4…
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Don’t Clog Up Your Browser
I've had a few calls this week about slowness in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. One thing that Chrome and Firefox allow are custom add-ins that let you do stuff like block ads, add toolbars, control your searches, etc. What you need to be careful with is that many of these programs are malicious in…
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Best of Jewish Atlanta 2019 Readers’ Choice Award
I was just named the 3rd best IT resource by the Atlanta Jewish Times, a contest I had no idea I was entered into. Scanning over the 'honorable mentions', a guy named Adam Friedman got some votes also. I should safely assume that's me (what's the chance of Adam Freedman and Adam Friedman vying for…
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Windows 7 Support Ending January 14, 2020
Official support for Windows 7 is ending. If you didn't get an official Microsoft pop-up, you probably will. You can either upgrade your existing computer to Windows 10 or buy a new computer with Windows 10 already installed. My recommendation is unless you have a really good computer, it's time to go buy a new…
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Streaming and Other Thoughts from Adam at Dunwoody PC
The needs of home technology are changing. Because more content being stored in the cloud in services like Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, and email is synced to a server like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo/AT&T/Bellsouth and Comcast, people aren't so apt to want to pay to have their old computers cleaned up. Stick Windows…
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AT&T Outage in Dunwoody
If you're one of the unlucky ones, your AT&T Internet Service is out tonight. I live in Meadowlake and my neighbors who use AT&T U-Verse (DSL level - maybe not the AT&T fiber folks but not sure) are out of service. It's one of the few nights that it feels good to be a Comcast…
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Important Issue Regarding AT&T Email Problems
I came across a weird issue this week where a few users were having password issues connecting their PC to their Bellsouth.Net or AT&T.Net email addresses. After a ton of trial and error and a lot of research, here's what I discovered. AT&T made a change to their security by adding what is known as…
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Windows 10 – Another Big Update
Starting April 30th, Microsoft has been rolling out a big Windows 10-1803 update. This is one of those hour + long updates that won't be fun if you're trying to shut down in a hurry. You will need to do it. It adds a slew of fixes, enhancements and obviously, parts that weren't broken before…
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I heard you bought a store. What is a SOHO Office?
Back in December I bought a retail print shop called SOHO Office. We are located next Lauderhill's in the Orchard Park Kroger shopping center around the corner from Los Rancheros. We print everything from business cards to banners including invitations, signs, auction paddles (ok, just once, but it will be a donation for the Dunwoody…
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