I wanted to make sure that you were aware of a really bad virus that has been making its rounds and has infected one of my Dunwoody clients. The virus is call Cryptolocker. The way that you would get infected is by opening a SPAM email that has a .zip file attachment and proceeding to…
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Training
One of the benefits of having a mac is that if you get stuck, you can go to the Apple Store for some training, for $99/year (but of course, based on their marketing, no one should need that!). They can do this because they make the machines, the operating system, most of the software, etc.…
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iYogi and other Authorized Experts
I have two clients that have been basically misdirected by purported experts iYogi after paying a maintenance contract fee in the hundreds of dollars. One user was locked out of his email as he had forgotten his gmail account password. iYogi had him reset his router and modem. Really? I didn’t know they were related.…
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Windows 8
My official opinion is it’s not horrible, but it’s not great. It’s built for a touch screen computer so using a keyboard and mouse with it is a joke. Microsoft is trying to get the same interface standard across their Surface tablet and Windows 8 phones. I’ve heard the phones are very good. I’ve heard…
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AT&T/Yahoo E-Mail – Mass Hack or Epidemic of Annoying?
Every day it seems that I receive emails from clients with AT&T where their email has been hacked. I get a hyperlink to a web site and usually no subject in the subject line. Usually the email goes out to everyone in their web based contact list. Upon opening their email to survey the damage,…
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Recommended Networking Equipment
Right now (yes, it will change over time), these are the following parts I like when I need to do installations. Unless you’re having a problem you DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING. Router: ASUS RT-66U. This is a N900 router, has gigabit switching, 3 external antennas, has 2 usb ports for connecting a hard…
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Not Just Personal Computers
OK, so Dunwoody “PC” was a bad business name. PC is so circa 1981-2012. Now, in 2013, there are smart phones, smart TVs, smart cars, etc. And the smarter the equipment gets, the dumber we become trying to figure out how to get everything working together happily. Well, my skills are much more than I…
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I’ve Moved (professionally and personally!)
Because PostNet Dunwoody closed its’ doors in September, I had to find a new place to work with and I found a great one only right down the street. SOHO Office is located at 2090 Dunwoody Club Drive, #106 in the Orchard Park Kroger shopping center. They are awesome people and they can help you…
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What To Do With Old Equipment
Would you be interested in securely disposing of your old hard drives, cell phones, PDAs in a way that NO ONE would be able to ever get the information off them, ever? I am talking with a company that has invested in essentially a mobile hard drive/wood chipping system that can shred your old data…
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How to Buy a Laptop…and How to Save your Work
While typing this entry, Microsoft Word froze up and I lost it all. What I have to occasionally relearn is to SAVE OFTEN especially as you’re working on documents. I do get that question often “my son was working all night on his term paper, never saved once and the computer died. How do I…
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