Even the best IT departments can’t rule every piece of office technology with an iron fist. People will always store important files on their desktops, which you may not have…
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Did you read that headline in Samuel L. Jackson’s voice? Well, MFA in this case is something a little different than his trademark phrase. You can enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)…
Microsoft Teams: the best thing since sliced bread! A one-stop-shop for your collaboration, your file sharing, your phone and your video conferencing. Even before the pandemic, Microsoft Teams adoption was…
Registry backups have been gone for years…. But you should bring them back. Microsoft disabled automatic registry backups (last known good configuration) in Windows 10 1803, and it’s never coming…
No, you’re not crazy — you did pay for a multi-year certificate. Why is it only good for a year, you ask? The answer to that question goes back to…
Microsoft recently announced it is changing how its Open Business/Open License program works. Up until now, small and medium business sized organizations could purchase Microsoft licensing (Windows Server, Client Access…
US Treasury Department will take legal action against companies who pay ransom. “Let’s just pay the ransom…” This is something I have heard more than once during a ransomware attack….
If information technology is your career, you have experienced or will experience an IT emergency or crisis at some point. If you have not, it is only a matter of time. …
Remote work isn’t really a new concept, but the pandemic lockdowns have really kicked adoption into high gear. As we continue through the uncertainty and confusion that is 2020, it’s…
Ever since this whole COVID-19 thing hit, A LOT of us have been working remotely. Leah shared her tips and tricks back in April, and a lot of it is…
Sometimes the hardest thing in the IT biz is trying to decide if the support/maintenance you’re paying on a particular software or hardware is worth it. The benefits vary drastically,…
Sometimes error messages just don’t make sense in the context they’re given. Take 80090034, for example. After rebuilding a computer (remotely, the joy of work from home), the computer was…