Here are some things to consider before opening up suspicious emails that you may have received.

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“It’s common these days for virus’s to spread through e-mail.

And it’s important to be careful with e-mails even if you know the person who sent it.

Computer experts at Springfield College suggest “googling” the subject line of an e-mail before opening it, if it looks suspicious.

“If you do open it, the potential is that some of the malware will read through your address book and send out huge e-mail blasts to everyone in your address book,” Trish Dalessio of Springfield College’s ‘Technology Solutions.’

Another good way to check e-mails before you open them, is using the preview option that many programs have.”

For more information and more tips on how to prevent virus’ from coming into your computer system,

contact me today to discuss.

USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. It is commonly known as a specification which is used to communicate between a host controller (normally laptops or personal computers) and devices. Ajay Bhatt is the name behind this invention who actually invent this specification when he was working with the technology giant Intel. It is considered a very useful invention.

The intention behind inventing Universal Serial Bus (USB) was to get rid of several well-known parallel and serial ports. Several peripherals of the personal computers and laptops can be connected with the help of USB in which external hard drives, flash drives, personal media players, printers, digital cameras, keyboards and mice are also included. Currently most of the above mentioned devices are using USB as their standard method of connecting with laptops or personal computers.

Virtually 100% of organizations have deployed anti-virus and anti-spam capabilities. However, even using a fairly broad interpretation of data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities, which would include products that don’t provide true DLP functionality, far fewer organizations have deployed such a capability. Clearly, this suggests that organizations of all sizes are well aware of the need to monitor their inbound communications for spam and malware.

HP is introducing refreshed laptops for the back-to-school season, with new features baked into everything from the HP 210 Mini notebooks to the higher-end HP Envy series. More entertainment-centric features include 3D and Beats Audio sound technology, but more powerful processors and graphics will likely appeal to a broad range of consumers, students and businesspeople. HP also seems determined to enliven the look of its laptop lines, with new colors and sleeker designs. Some of this redesign is performance-related, such as the HP Pavilion dm3′s heat-dispensing architecture; but much of it simply intends to set HP apart from other manufacturers. For more information on HP Laptops, please inquire today.

With today’s increasingly mobile workforce – workers on business trips, sales people in the field, telecommuting employees, IT administrators managing servers from off-site locations, etc. – there is an increasing need to provide access to corporate IT assets while the user is physically outside the corporate network. Doing so in a secure, scalable and economical way poses several challenges for the corporate IT departments.

For more information on Remote Desktop solutions, inquire today.

Here are some best security practices that you can exercise and implement with your home or office computer.

1. Upgrade and update your computer’s antivirus daily.

2. Keep up to date with all Windows Updates – especially the high priority security updates.

3. Implement a strong password on your computer (make your password at least 8 characters in length with one numeric, one alpha character and one Captialized letter)

4.  Run Microsoft Disk Clean-up at least once a month.

If you have any questions regarding any of the above suggested security practices to run on your computer, please feel free to contact me today and I will be happy to help.  Enjoy and be safe!

You can’t undermine the importance of computer in your life in today’s world.   No matter which field you are working or what you are studying, if you are not using computer then it can be said that you are unnecessarily missing out the advantage of computers. There are people who have this phobia for computers and they think that it is too complicated to handle.  Operating a computer hardly requires any special skill that you need to possess.  All that you need to do is get to know certain computer basics which will provide you with a general idea about the functioning of a computer and then nothing will seem difficult.

If you don’t have any idea about how a computer works then the first thing that you should do is to get acquainted with all the devices of a computer.  Have a clear idea about the various input and output devices of a computer and know which device is used for what purpose.  It may sound strange but it is true that initially people often find it difficult to put the mouse pointer at a desired place on the screen.  Certain things like knowing the difference between a hardware and software or what are the various operating systems that are available and used mostly can increase your computer knowledge remarkably.

An operating system can be called as the main driver of your computer which makes it possible for you to perform various computer activities by linking different hardware to different applications.  The most widely used Operating Systems are the ones made by Windows like Windows 7, Windows XP, etc.  There are other Operating Systems like MAC or Linux which are mainly used for specialized purposes.

As most people use the Windows Operating Systems so if you want to know the computer basics then it is sensible for you to start with MS Office.  MS Office is a program consisting mainly of MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint which makes writing, calculating and making presentations convenient for us.  MS Word is used all across the globe by everyone for writing purposes.  It is an application which makes you write error free English in whatever size or font you prefer.  It has a built in thesaurus which can provide you with a god stock of words and it also detect any spelling mistake or grammatical error in your writing.  MS Excel is mainly used by people for data entry.  It is a spreadsheet where you can put quantitative details in an organized manner.  By using this application, you can do long and tiresome calculations within no time.  MS PowerPoint is an application used by people in order to make presentations.

Among computer basics, another thing which should be known to you is how to use the internet.  Visiting a website, sending mails, chatting etc. are some of the things which you should be aware of.  There are various Internet Browsers using which you can access the internet.  Knowing how to use an internet browser is extremely important nowadays.  Computer is also a device which you can use effectively for entertainment purposes like listening music or watching movies.  So, when you are learning the computer basics, knowing how to operate a media player in a computer might also become handy.

For more information on the basics of computers or if you would like to receive training on computers, please feel free to inquire with me today.