tech support for how you work and live
Richardson, Tx
and Surrounding
DFW Areas
tech support for how you work and live
Richardson, Tx
and Surrounding
DFW Areas
Windows 10 has not announced any end of support for Windows 10 besides “2025”, but they do quit supporting older “versions” of Windows 10. Here is what I mean: If you run the “winver” command (just type that command in the “Type Here to Search” box next to the Start Button, and run that command […]
Since Windows 10’s introduction in July 2015, we have been moving to a newer method of pushing out major updates that are arriving every 6 months. To see what “build” level your Windows 10 version is using, type the command: winver in the “Type here to search” field on the taskbar and double click the […]
The Dallas area is experiencing rapid business growth and due to that growth, many hackers are targeting companies in the area with Ransomware. We’re 2nd in reported attacks, just behind Los Angeles, CA. For 2017, Ransomware has become the biggest Internet threat, more than viruses and other malicious threats because they reap money faster than […]
Mac Users need to be aware of Fake Adobe Flash Updates (as do PC Users). As I always tell people – go to the source for your updates Adobe products – go to www.adobe.com to get your updates (you may also receive an Adobe Reader icon in the system tray to update Reader, those are […]
Attention! I’m getting DAILY calls and emails from customers reporting of scam artists calling them to attempt to get on their computers with stories of “your computer has been flagged with numerous threats”. Even “you have a subscription and we need to log in to clean this up” (from a company they’ve never heard of), and […]
See if this problem sounds familiar: Problem Statement from customer: I don’t know if you’ve encountered this before, but my blog page on my website is not allowing me to click on any of the content to see what is written. Every other page allows me to put the cursor over items that can be […]
Many calls that I receive are in regards to not being able to connect to the Internet. Here is my checklist of top tips in getting this issue resolved: Are other computers at this site able to connect to the Internet or is this computer specific? If all computers are affected, disconnect power from the […]
I receive many business cards that use @yahoo.com, @gmail.com, @hotmail.com, @sbcglobal.net or some other “free” email address for business. If your email account is compromised on one of these services, whom do you call? (Beware that a Google search may give you a scammers call center to call into. Google and Hotmail do not have published […]
One of the biggest threats on the Internet is Ransom-ware. The other danger for your computer is not having a backup. Here is an easy way to automate the process of having a backup: I use Carbonite as my backup service. For $59/year, unlimited storage on their server – whenever my computer is idle, it […]
If someone claiming to be from “Microsoft” or “Windows” or perhaps “your Internet Service Provider” and they want to remote into your computer because “they’re receiving reports of various infections” and if you let them remote onto your computer – they will help remove that data (yeah, right). DON’T LET THEM REMOTE INTO YOUR COMPUTER! […]
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