General Topics Why Password Changes Break the Communication to Local Applications Password changes are probably one of user's least favorite things. Not only do we have to choose a complex password that meets the requirements of that particular account and is not something we have used recently, but we also need to pick something unique, something we can remember
Security Topics Security Update: Recent AT&T Data Breach and Important Security Tips If you check technology news you will likely find dozens of stories about data breaches, ransomware attacks, and systems taken down because of attacks or to prevent data loss. The sheer number of these attacks can be overwhelming and make it hard to keep up with what you need to
General Topics How to Fix the Microsoft Edge Browser when it Will not Launch Clicking on an application to open it and having nothing happen can be really frustrating. Unfortunately, clicking on it repeatedly, hoping it will somehow kick into action and launch is futile. Much like sending a job to a printer, if it does not physically print the first time, sending it
Advanced Topics The Reason More Emails are Bouncing Back and What you Can do About it If you have recently noticed more of your emails being bounced back to your inbox, without being delivered to their intended recipients, you are probably sending to Google or Yahoo email accounts. Google and Yahoo recently implemented stricter controls on incoming emails to protect their users. This enhanced security has
General Topics What to Check when Audio Cuts Out Using AirPods in Conference Calls Conference calls, with or without video, are often slightly less fluid than in-person meetings. This can be for many reasons, including the fact that only one person at a time can be heard, that internet and phone connections/speeds play a part, people often hesitate a little longer to give
General Topics How to Move a Window that Appears it Cannot be Moved Outside the Browser There are lots of differences in how websites respond and what they allow. For example, some videos have controls that let you skip ahead while others do not. Some webpages include links that open in new tabs, others open within the current tab. Some webpages allow you to print the
Security Topics 3 Things to Ask a Hosting Company Before Moving your Website There Websites are a great way to creatively represent a person, group of people, business or other entity. Websites can be a great way to communicate things about you or your business in a way that would otherwise be challenging. One of the greatest things about websites is that you can
Organizational Tips The Best Way to Edit a PDF Created by Someone Else There are times when you have a pdf document that someone else created and you don't have access to the original document. These pdfs often use fonts you are not familiar with or have installed on your device. Luckily, there is still an easy way to edit these
Security Topics Security Threats: Malware Exploits Google Login Flaw and 23andMe Data Breach With the start of another new year, there are already several security threats you should be aware of, along with some everyday reminders for data protection. At the beginning of the year there is typically an increase in phishing scams as people wait on multiple tax forms and information coming
Security Topics Why The Edge Browser Now Has a Suitcase Icon & What it Means If you use a device running Windows 11 and install updates, you may have noticed that Microsoft's Edge browser now has a briefcase icon overlaying its logo. This change was rolled out in one of the more recent updates to the Edge browser. The addition of the briefcase
Security Topics 3 Ways to Close Random Popups that are Hard to Dismiss While random popups are something we are faced with year-round, the prevalence of bad ads, popups, and scammy offers always seem to increase at the end of the year. This is especially true before and after Thanksgiving, as Christmas Day nears, and between Christmas and New Years when there are
Organizational Tips How to Set Unique Default From Addresses for Each Email Account in Outlook Many Outlook users have multiple email accounts connected to the application. If you are not sure how to set this up, you can check out this previous post showing how to organize more than one email account in Outlook. For those who are using Outlook for multiple email accounts, beyond
General Topics How to Send Files in Emails as Attachments NOT as Links to Uploaded Files If you use a newer version of Microsoft Office you may have noticed within the last year some changes to adding attachments. Originally adding an attachment simply required clicking the paperclip icon in an email and navigating to the file to attach. An even easier way to attach a file
Organizational Tips How to Easily Paste Data Even When it is the Result of an Excel Formula In several other posts we have discussed complex ways Excel can process data. These can include using formulas, data validation, VLOOKUPs, and much more. However, sometimes you just need the results of those functions without the actual function in the cell. This might be because you are copying the data
Organizational Tips 3 Activities Where You Should Take a Snapshot of a Virtual Server First In a previous post we discussed why businesses need to run on virtual servers. One of the reasons virtual servers are so beneficial is that you can take snapshots of your servers and restore back to them if needed. Snapshots are like a safety net that can be used when
Advanced Topics How to Restore the Ability to Send Email When your SPAM Filter Company Gets Blacklisted Many companies use an external vendor to filter through all incoming and outgoing emails looking for SPAM. There are several companies that provide this service and the purpose is to help prevent SPAM emails from being delivered to users on your network, in addition to preventing SPAM emails from being
Advanced Topics 3 Reasons Why Your Business Needs to be Running on Virtual Servers Servers that run business applications, programs or house business data come in one of two ways: 1. Physical 2. Virtualized In reality, both servers run on physical hardware - otherwise they could not host data and files. However, a virtual server is very different from a simpler physical server. This
Organizational Tips The Best Way to Know What is in an Old Email Without Reopening it There are lots of times when emails come that are received with subject lines that do not really tell you enough to be certain what is in the email. Sometimes this can be because the subject does not really relate to the information in the email, other times the email
Organizational Tips Why Some Small Excel Files Take Far Longer to Open Excel is a very powerful tool with many different types of tasks you can use it to accomplish. For example, you can use Excel to locate and identify data trends, to analyze hundreds of thousands of lines of data and summarize those numbers, to track inventory or spending, to manage
Organizational Tips How to Remove Sound & Modify Video Speeds Using Camtasia Video can be a great way to share information because it allows you to show someone else what you are trying to explain, how to accomplish something specific, how to build something, or just share information in a way where people can see what you are doing. However, editing videos
Advanced Topics How to Create Forms in Excel With Cascading Lists that Control Data Input Excel is a very powerful application, and as such, we have discussed several topics about what it can do including how you can use it to save time, organize data, find patterns, find data outliers, manage data input using predefined lists, chart data over time, and much more. In this
Security Topics Important Service Functionality End Dates for Microsoft Products You Need to Know While hardware typically alerts users of an impending end date by beginning to fail, having slower response times, or crashing altogether, software applications often provide far less noticeable changes. However, software changes can be just as important as hardware changes and being aware of these can have a big impact
General Topics What's Causing Rotating Text to Pop Up in Google Chrome You may have recently been in the Chrome web browser and noticed what seemed to be a random box of text that popped up over the top of the browser. This box is unlike other ads and popups because it has rotating text lines that are often updating like a
Getting Started How to Easily Watch Videos on an iPhone/iPad While Using Other Apps Earlier versions of the iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS, were much less flexible that it is today. Using several different applications at the same time often ended up in the apps stopping or switching between the two was clunky and/or neither app functioning properly. This was especially noticeable
Organizational Tips The Easy Way to Notify Chosen Users When Changes are Made to Files Working cooperatively on files has become more common as there are more applications that can handle this functionality. Most Microsoft Office applications as well as Google apps can handle several users accessing and modifying the same documents or files at the same time. One thing that is less common is
