By now if you're still running Windows 7, you've gotten all sorts of messages about upgrading to Windows 10. You need to. You're not going to be just susceptible to malware, you'll be susceptible to vulnerabilities in Windows 7. You can download Windows 10 for free. Go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Upgrading can be a pain. Here's…
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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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Should you get a mac?
Macintosh Negatives – I really like the Mac. In fact, I was fortunate enough to have a Macintosh in 1984 and loved it. There are two huge negatives to switching to a Macintosh right now, 1 has to do with Blackberries and the other has to do with Activex. If you have a Blackberry phone,…
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