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This week I had a new client bring me their PC because they couldn’t access their Tax data in the Genutax software. They had five years stored in there and needed to access it to do their taxes. Talking to the client I found out that earlier in the year they had an older computer that crashed while they were working on their taxes. [Read more…]
Data Breaches are becoming more and more commonplace. Each day we trust our personal information with businesses and corporations with the expectation that they will guard and protect it, but that doesn’t always happen. Y-Not Tech Services wants to help you if your data has been compromised.
Two weeks ago we talked about how to spot and avoid Tech Support Scams, but what if you’ve already been caught up in a scam? First, it’s important to realize that it isn’t your fault. The people running these scams are professionals and you are not alone in falling for it. Each year, according to Microsoft, about 3.3 million people are caught in these scams and the scammers take in up to 1.5 billion dollars. Now that we know there are a lot of people being hit by this, let’s look at what we can do if you’ve been hit. Here are seven things you need to do to recover from a Tech Support Scam.
“Your Antivirus needs to update.” “Your computer hasn’t been scanned in 27 days.” “Virus definitions on your system are out of date.” “We found 3 infections on your system – What would you like to do?”
If you have seen a message like any of the above and were confused by it, don’t worry – you are not alone. Many of the computers I look at for clients don’t have sufficient virus protection. I find that some of my clients purchase and install antivirus, but don’t know how to configure it so it ends up outdated and ineffective. [Read more…]
Tech Support Scams are becoming a real problem. Each week I hear of people paying anywhere from $200-$800+ for tech support and not getting anything from it. Today I’ll expose the ways tech support scammers trick their victims so that you can avoid being caught. Here are the six best ways to spot a Tech Support Scam.
I recently got a new printer for Y-Not Headquarters and I thought I’d talk a little bit about the factors I looked at when I chose to replace it. I’ll also talk about why I chose the printer I did.
In this case, I didn’t need a new printer. The one I had was working fine, however, I was replacing the ink at an alarming rate. The printer I had was not one I would ever choose to use for a business (or home for that matter…), but it was given to me by a client that couldn’t get it to work and chose to just replace it instead of trying to get it to work. He nearly forced me to take it, and since I didn’t want to be rude I obliged. When I got it back to headquarters and tried it out, I found that it worked just fine. I let my client know, but he didn’t want it back, so I started printing out Flyers to promote my business. I printed about 50 before needing to replace the ink. [Read more…]
Whether you want to keep an eye on the kid’s room or you are worried about break and enters and other security concerns, a security camera can find a home in almost every house and business. For many, the price of a decent camera has been a barrier, but camera quality has been improving and today, I’m going to introduce you to a great little camera that is affordable enough for nearly anyone!
I get asked this question a lot when I’m working with clients. It seems that every Windows User knows they need an Antivirus (although they often don’t have one that’s properly installed and updated), but Apple users are more hesitant about it, and I often get asked:
Windows 10’s next major release is scheduled to drop sometime in October of 2018 and Microsoft has announced that there is a small problem with it. The update fails to check if the PC has enough storage space to install the update. If the PC is lacking in hard drive (or Solid State) space, the update will fail, and then try again. And fail. And then try again. And fail. Well, I think you get the picture. The biggest problem with this scenario is that you will see a poorer performance from your PC while it tries to install the update, and since it will keep trying to install, the poor performance will continue. So in this post, we’ll show you a simple way to free up Hard Drive space in Windows 10. [Read more…]
This week’s blog post is going to be a short news roundup. We’ll focus on two new services Y-Not Tech Services has begun offering. Let’s get right to them. [Read more…]
