Several times a month someone stops by the shop at RB’s Computer Service looking for help to get their iPad to work like their laptop. It seems simple enough, just get a keyboard and mouse that works with their iPad, plus some apps...
Several times a month someone stops by the shop at RB’s Computer Service looking for help to get their iPad to work like their laptop. It seems simple enough, just get a keyboard and mouse that works with their iPad, plus some apps...
When I was a kid, we would occasionally get a phone call from someone that dialed the wrong number. After the caller learned that whomever they were looking for was not associated with our home, they usually apologized and hung up. ...
If you want to avoid a cyberattack and getting your computer or network hacked, one thing you can do today is to stop ignoring those pesky software updates. Almost everyone has experienced software update pop-ups. They seem to appear...
By October 2017, a cryptocurrency called One Coin accumulated around $17 billion in value. Then One Coin’s founder went missing. Investors soon found out One Coin was not a cryptocurrency at all. They were duped by a...
In addition to ransomware demands and payments hitting new records, the recent ransomware attack on software firm Kaseya threatened businesses worldwide. In response, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
If you are concerned about the security of your office network system and computers, there are things you can do to diagnose and test them. But when the results conclude your security is vulnerable, determining a solution might require some...