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[Attention] this is a protected Vmail!
I recieved two emails to two separate accounts this morning with the subject title; “[Attention] This is a protected Vmail!”. Both emails suggest they come from Microsoft and contained an attachment that says it is an audio message but points to a web page. This...
How Will Your Non Profit Handle COVID-19?
Canada now has over 4000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) infections, mostly British Columbia and Ontario, with everyone recovering so far. Here's a close to real-time map view of the COVID-19 breakout. The issue for Non Profits really is having staff...
[Attention] This Is A Protected Message!
Received a few emails today with the subject line as: [Attention] This is a protected message! You do not want to click any links in this email, it is spam and should be destroyed. Protected Message Looks Like It Is From Microsoft Take a look at the image at the top...
Start 2020 Fresh – Clean Out Your Inbox
Start 2020 uncluttered and clean out your inbox. It's like cleaning up your desk, you'll feel better and you'll focus better. Here's six handy tips to clean out your inbox more quickly using built-in features of Outlook. How To Sort Your Message View Your Outlook...
12 Days of Christmas for Techs
Here's a fun technical version of the 12 Days of Christmas! Twelve and Twenty drops Eleven punch-down blocks Ten T-1 Lines Nine Nanoseconds Eight bits of Data Seven Subnet Routes Six Switches switching FIIIVE GI-GAAH-HEEERTZ! Four Feet of Fibre Three Ply Wire Two...
How To Set Up Outlook Out Of Office If You Don’t Have Exchange / Office 365
Heading out of the office for a few days on a business trip or vacation? Here's how to turn on an Out of Office notification in Outlook. Note: These steps are for when you are NOT using Office 365 or an Microsoft Exchange service. If you have Office 365 or Exchange...
How To Articles
How To: Kindle Fire Email Setup
Your Kindle Fire is more than just an eBook reader. With access to 27 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, games and so much more, your trusty little device does what it can to provide you with a constant stream of entertainment. However in our connected,...
5 Ways To Keep Your Computer Healthy During Cold & Flu Season
Lets face it, sometime or another we all get sick. Whether it's the rainy day sniffles or a full on flu, everyone has to at some point give our body the things we need to help ourselves get better. Your computer is no different; this complex, opus of technology that...
How To Use Gmail for Getting Things Done (GTD)
I am a big fan of the GTD (Getting Things Done) method - and it is a method so you can implement it successfully many different ways. I use Google for email, calendar, documents, and tasks and so I needed to figure out how to make GTD work within the Google ecosystem....
How To Disable Java
Java has recently been exploited and using it could make you vulnerable to computer attacks. Here's how to temporarily disable Java. Internet Explorer 9 Go to Tools --> Manage Addons Under the Oracle America Inc section, click the Java applets shown and at the...
IE8 Is Slow To Load Pages
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has an easy fix to the slowness problem when you first install it. There's other solutions as well. IE8 was introduced in March 2009 and ss of August 2012 IE8 is used by about 13% of the world for browsing websites, significantly...
How To (NOT) Make Money On The Internet
Do you want to make $10,000 a month on the Internet? Me too, but it won't happen using the secret contained in this website shown below. You have all no doubt seen the banners and advertisements telling you that you can make significant money on the Internet - and...