1. Our website will start to see more frequent blogs and changes to the store inventory as I expand my stock of hardware and software items.

2. There will be more action going on with our Geoff’s IT Products Facebook Page and Twitter page.

3. My Ebay Store will now expand in our products section to bring more software selection to my clients and my prospective clients as well.

4. I have started our mobile website project which will be coming soon to bring Geoff’s IT Products to the mobile world.

So, some exciting things to come in 2012 as we are now celebrating our 5th Anniversary. We thank all of our clients for their continued patronage and we look forward to continuing to work with you throughout the year.

1. Don’t get benched. Before checking scores online or participating in game-related activities at work, review company policies so you know what’s acceptable and what’s not.

2. Take the occasional time out. If your firm allows it, enjoy quick breaks to discuss tournament highlights with coworkers, but don’t let these talks sideline you from other responsibilities. If you’re a die-hard fan, consider requesting time off to watch the playoffs.

3. Set up a game plan. If you want to take a day off to enjoy a sporting event, ask your supervisor as far in advance as possible so workloads can be managed. There may be many others with the same idea.

4. Don’t step out of bounds. Review your company’s policy and find out ahead of time if your employer is okay with decorating your workspaces to support your favorite colleges.

5. Be a good sport. Regardless of team allegiances, show proper sportsmanship in the office. Leave your overly competitive streak at home.

“In addition to the shortcuts listed on this page, users can find the shortcut keys to their most popular program by looking for underlined letters in their menus. For example, in the picture to the right you’ll can notice that the “F” in File has been underlined. You will then know that you can press the Alt key and F to access the File menu (Note: Some programs require the user press and hold ALT to see the underlined characters). Finally, as can also be seen some of the common features such as Open (Ctrl+O) and Save (Ctrl+S) have shortcut keys assigned to them.

Shortcut keys ABCs

Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software programs. Shortcut keys are commonly accessed by using the Alt (on IBM compatible computers), command key (on Apple computers), Ctrl, and/or Shift in conjunction with a single letter. The de facto standard for listing a shortcut is listing the modifier key, a plus symbol, and the single character. Or in other words, “ALT+S” is telling you to press the Alt key and while continuing to hold the Alt key, press the S key to perform the shortcut.”

For more information on the ABC’s of keyboard shortcuts you can inquire with me today and I will be happy to help.

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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.

Keys to password strength: length and complexity

An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.

• Whenever possible, use at least 14 characters or more.
• The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better.
• Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and characters you use or see most often.

For more information on passwords and security, feel free to contact me today!

For more information on tips and security software that is available to help you with securing your home environment, contact me today.

1. Mobility – Laptops are more mobile than desktop computers.

2. Best Poster – quality of the screens are getting better in the laptops.

3. Lighter Weight – laptops are lighter than desktops.

4. Computer & Better Battery – Laptops tend to be a higher end quality computer and have a longer life battery.

5. Other Features – Laptops tend to have more integrated features – such as webcams, wireless cards, audio and USB features.

For more information on this topic refer to the link below.

1. Do not install more than one anti-virus software.  More than one antivirus will slow down your system.

2. Do not open any email attachements that you don’t recognize.  Just delete them as suspecious emails will more than likely be virus’.

3. Do not download anything that is free which pops up on your screen.  It is a very good possibility that these downloads  are a form of spyware.

4. Do not trust any emails that look like they are coming from your local banks.  Banks do not send generalized emails to their clients.

5. Avoid pop up ads that try to help or resolve an error or virus that it claims it found.  It is more than likely a hoax and it will install more spyware or virus’ onto your system.

For more information or best practices – contact me today.

“If you are experiencing problems setting up your Linksys router we have some useful information for you which may help you get started, especially if you need to know the default IP address, username and password.

To log into and configure your router there are a few things you must do, firstly power on the router and connect it to your computer via an Ethernet cable, usually a Windows-based PC will acknowledge some sort of connection in the notification area by the clock, you must then log into your router.

To log into your router you need the router’s IP address, username and password, as standard most Linksys routers have an IP address of 192.168.1.1, the default username is admin and the default password is admin. However sometimes the IP address is 192.168.2.1 the username is blank and the password is admin.”

For more information or assistance on setting up your Linksys Router, feel free to contact me today!