The doorbell rings. It’s the cable guy with new set-top boxes for your TVs. WAKE UP! It only happens in your dreams – or if you’re about to be victimized by the latest scam.
Continue readingHackers Target Text Messages
Hackers are making a new push at breaching your information through text messages. Their content is similar to phishing emails: your billing, delivery information, etc.
Continue readingWindows 11: Logos and Images and a New Tech Environment
Logos and images – like any work of art – have stories behind them that may not be apparent to the eye of the beholder. One client had a view . . .
Continue readingProblematic Patches
The second Tuesday of the month is Microsoft’s Patch Day – as well as the publication date for Technology Update. For the most part, the patches are bug-free and solve Microsoft’s most vexing problems, but sometimes…
Continue readingWindows 11 Right-Click Menus: Picture This
Microsoft has gone to graphics as the default for “right-click” menus and functions. For those of us of one age, it may be a welcome move. But for many of us of another age, it’s something new to learn – and we usually learn under duress.
Continue readingWindows 11 and Internet Explorer Don’t Mix
We started running Windows 11 on one of our computers, and it works just as we expected – except for one big thing: It doesn’t work with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. IE has become dead to Microsoft since it introduced the Edge browser,
Continue readingWill You Switch to Windows 11?
We remain skeptical about what advantages you’ll gain from switching to Windows 11, but we now know the minimum specs Microsoft will require for you to upgrade.
Continue readingWhat Do I Get for an Extra $240 for a Keyboard?
You can buy a keyboard for $10…or $55…or even $250. Why such a difference in price for something you just use to input data?
Continue readingMicrosoft Windows: When a 10 isn’t Enough, Score an 11
When Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 just a few short years ago, they said that would be their last operating system (OS).
Continue readingTake Control of Your Email
You can probably guess the age of anyone who has an email address that ends in aol.com or yahoo.com. They were around when the “Information Superhighway” . . .
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