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Outsourcing Your Website’s SEO Makes a Lot of Sense

Many customers come into RB’s Computer Service looking for help to get their website on the top of the list on Google Search.  In these situations, we refer them to Social Media MN, a local Elk River internet marketing agency that...

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55% of businesses hit by Ransomware have less than 100 employees

Over the last couple of years, I have written about the growth of ransomware and its threat to small businesses.  If you are a small business owner and those warnings did not trigger action to protect your business’s computers...

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Avoid Missteps Configuring your Network Security Settings

Anyone that has tried to configure their computer or network security settings can find a plethora of “how-to” advice online.  Sometimes this is helpful, but many times it leads to missteps leaving your computer or network more...

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Replace Windows 7 buying a refurbished computer with Windows 10 on it

Every week at RB’s Computer Service we come across a local business running Windows 7 experiencing some type of issue.  Most people have heard Microsoft discontinued Windows 7 updates (both for security and functionality, click here to...

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Many People Mistakenly Think a Router is a “Firewall”

Many of the repairs made to the personal computers and business computer networks RB’s Computer Service is called to fix, restore, and protect from malware attacks, ransomware, and hackers, could have been prevented had the homeowner or...

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Protect Against VoIP Phone Malware Attack

Businesses that upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over the last few years, combined with employees working from home due to COVID more recently, have triggered many businesses to also upgrade their business phone service from landlines to VoIP...

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Benefits of Managed IT Services VS In-House IT Team

Managed IT Services refers to the practice of outsourcing IT management responsibilities to a third party (Norman Spears, Hitachi Solutions, The Importance of Managed Services: 8 Reasons to Partner With an MSP, 2019,...

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Working from Home Data Security: Get a VPN

Many people are working from home during COVID to access a business network for a variety of business functions, such as sending invoices, estimates, and sometimes processing payments.  Several local customers and business owners have inquired...

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Buy a refurbished computer with Windows 10 installed to replace your older Windows 7 PC

Every week at RB’s Computer Service we come across a local business running Windows 7 experiencing some type of issue.  Most people have heard Microsoft discontinued Windows 7 updates (both for security and functionality, click here to...

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5 Reasons Hiring RB’s is Better than DIY Computer Repair

Sometimes DIY computer repair makes sense.  For example, say you get a computer virus, and you have anti-virus software, but your subscription has expired.   Renewing it, updating it, and running a scan may be all that you need to get...

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