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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Changes Coming to AT&T and Bellsouth – What Does It Mean For You?
Changes are coming to those of you who use either an AT&T or Bellsouth email address. If you only use AT&T for internet service, this does not apply to you. For several years, AT&T has had Yahoo handle their email environment. That is changing. Yahoo aka "We only got hacked two times and we're begrudgingly…
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Can’t Get Internet (Mail/Web) with Windows 10 as of this week?
If you're getting an error in Windows 10 that you don't have a valid IP Configuration, don't waste your time calling AT&T or Comcast. It's not them. Windows 10 released an update bug to their operating system this week. I have seemed to figure out how to fix it. If you can't follow what I'm…
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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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The Power of Facebook and Twitter
I hear from a lot of people they don’t want to be a part of social media, that it’s a waste of time. I agree to an extent. For example, I trimmed back my personal Facebook account from 200+ people to basically just family members. Facebook is a great way to post a family happening…
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What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked
If you feel that someone has broken into your email account and sent out emails to people in your address book, there are a few questions to determine to what level of hacking has occurred and how to respond effectively and efficiently. First of all, where are the contacts located that are getting the SPAM…
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