The Weekly Geek

Protecting yourself from phishing attacks starts with knowing what’s out there. Never click on links from unknown senders or if any detail about the exchange has aroused suspicion. Whenever possible, hover over a link to ensure the destination matches your expectations. Note this will not work on mobile or if short codes are used, so […]

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Recently a customer changed the password on their server in a peer to peer network. As a result, no-one could access the shared folders.The interesting part is one program, that has a database, on the server worked just fine, while another would error out.If they tried to navigate to the server via “Network” it popped […]

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In a previous post I wrote about issues a client, Botanas had with their MSP. Well COVID-19 caused a mistake to be made. You can read that blog here: http://www.theweeklygeek.com/2020/05/04/pay-for-manages-services-dont-get-support/ As a restaurant and needing to stay in business, move the produce she purchased before the mandatory (and in my opinion illegal) shutdown the owner […]

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It seems there are hundreds if not hundreds of thousands of people who cannot sync their iCloud data with Outlook. I just ran across this and spent 5 hours 20 minutes finding the correct solution for my client.Here is the issue, icloud contacts and calendar and tasks are not syncing with Outlook. There are several […]

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As a technology company we pride ourselves on customer service.Unfortunately, too many companies only care about making money. For years I have fought against the “managed service” (MSP aka Managed Services Provider) mentality. Microsoft and Intel have tried their darnedest to coheres tech companies into providing “manages services”. Where the customer is charged a flat […]

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