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Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Beth Burnside and team turn technology tar pit into a smoothly running machine
LuAnn Gossett used to consider computers a necessary evil. As administrative assistant for the Mental Health Association of Northwestern PA, Gossett spent about 30% of her time troubleshooting computer problems in the 40...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
We received a great deal of positive feedback regarding the “Keyboard Shortcuts” QuickTip we’ve sent out recently. However, did you know that you aren’t limited to just the shortcuts that come pre-configured in Windows? Read on and learn how to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts for any...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
We’ve received more than a few user complaints about odd behaviors in Adobe Reader X, the PDF viewer from Adobe, Inc. Problems range from the program crashing while attempting to print, to inordinately slow load times. If you’re experiencing problems with Reader X, make sure you have upgraded to...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Whether you’re leisurely browsing the headlines at your local coffee shop or catching up on emails while you wait for your flight to board, just about everybody likes taking advantage of public Wi-Fi hotspots. But did you know that if you don’t take precautions, just about everything you do on a...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, May 03, 2012
Most Windows power-users will tell you that the key to speed is to forego the point-and-click of a mouse in favor of keyboard shortcuts. We’ve covered shortcuts using the Windows key, but this week’s QuickTip focuses on shortcuts to help you quickly navigate the file tree in Windows Explorer, the...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Thursday, April 26, 2012
CMIT is nation’s first MSP to offer patch management service that small businesses need
These days, the viruses and malware that can cripple business computer systems hitch rides on tools virtually every business uses: Adobe PDF and Flash files and JavaScript on websites.
That’s in part because...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Thursday, April 19, 2012
SMBs can’t afford to lose their data, and mobility opens the doors for multiple security risks
The much-discussed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement that’s swept across the business world in recent years has also opened up data security risks that businesses are only now beginning to face.The...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Phishers and Internet scammers are always coming up with innovative ways to separate victims from their money. One of their favorite tactics is to prey on victims’ fears about taxes by posing as the IRS, particularly around filing deadlines. Here are a couple of tax scams that, at first glance,...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Recent tornadoes in Texas and the Midwest, along with other recent extreme weather events, remind us that catastrophic data loss is one of the most detrimental events that can happen to a small- or medium-sized business (SMB). According to the The Underwriting Guide for Insurers, only six percent...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, April 05, 2012
Facebook switched all users to the much-discussed timeline format for all pages on March 30th. Perhaps the most obvious change is the inclusion of a “cover image,” the large banner-like graphic at the top of your timeline.The exact dimensions are 851x315 pixels. If you upload an image smaller than...
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