If you purchased, installed, and activated a qualifying Microsoft Office 2007 product between March 5, 2010, and September 30, 2010, you are eligible to download Office 2010 at no additional cost. Check out the details to see if you qualify, and if you do, get this done before the end of October. Upgrade page Eligibility [...]
Microsoft’s Fixit Center
On April - 23 - 2010
Microsoft’s Fix it Center is a do-it-yourself troubleshooting program that tweaks common Windows issues, and it comes straight from Microsoft. It’s average-user friendly, and addresses everything from network glitches to media player issues. Fix it Center is still in beta, but is stable enough to use. The program offers a variety of categories (27, to [...]
Fake Antivirus – don’t be fooled
On February - 27 - 2010
Microsoft’s Security Essentials, which you can get directly from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/ seems to be a pretty good anti-virus program. But be warned there is a fake program with a very similar name making the rounds. The fake one is called Security Essentials 2010. Avoid that one. If in doubt, don’t download from a link [...]
“How did my computer get infected?” Acrobat Reader!
On February - 17 - 2010
We used to fear floppy disks for transferring viruses and other nasties to our computers, then emails, maybe USB sticks, even web sites. According to rather thorough report at ZD Net, Malicious PDF files comprised 80 percent of all exploits for 2009, due to flaws Adobe Acrobat Reader. Essentially that means that most infections that [...]
Important Windows Updates
On January - 27 - 2010
I’m seeing an increase in clients with virus/malware problems this week, and I’m also aware that there are some significant security updates that users should apply. If you haven’t lately, I would recommend doing the Windows updates very soon (including an important Internet Explorer update) and also applying the latest Adobe Reader updates, which also [...]
Anti-Virus software
On January - 12 - 2010
Choosing the right anti-virus software can be difficult, partly because it’s very hard to compare them, partly because it depends on what is important to you, and partly because the landscape keeps changing. Do you want the one that is the best at detecting viruses, or the one that is best is removing viruses, or [...]
Backup now!
On January - 3 - 2010
Like the leaves of Autumn, your hard drive will die. Your hard drive is where all you stuff is stored. Please make sure that the things that are important to you, like your photos, email, documents, addressbook, and financial/tax data are stored in at least two places. If you have a copy on a USB [...]
Keeping Windows fresh for the long haul.
On December - 31 - 2009
Maintaining Windows for the long haul.
