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Microsoft privacy awareness
Microsoft privacy awareness is and has been on the forefront of concern as long as I have been in tech. That is 25 years. What to do about this real concern. Awareness in the first step. A coworker prompted me about it last month. Many of the people we see every have...
Getting standing desk back
Getting my standing desk back in place after 7 months in a seat is a good. What a relief. When I started the standing desk, I was using cases to elevate the monitors and it really worked. Tekmar got really busy at the end of the April, fighting cybercrime and covering...
Internet of things
The internet of things is very exciting. Enjoy the excitement. It is amazing. A few years ago, a friend had an exciting idea. It was on the edge of the internet of things. Diana came to me because she remembered our talking about a simple electronic device called a...
5 reasons business class laptops are better
5 reasons business class laptops are better The first laptop in my hands was in the early 1990s. It was a business class machine made by Tandy corporation. That’s right Tandy! The parent company of the once thriving consumer electronics retailer, Radio Shack. Tandy...
Keeping systems up-to-date is critical
Keeping systems up-to-date is a critical piece in the computer security puzzle. More than making sense from a security perspective keeping systems to update is a good practice because it is more of a roll-out of new features and functions. With the latest versions of...
Calling all slow updating Office 2013 users
Calling slow upgrade Office 2013 users: Calling slow upgrade Office 2013 users: Beginning March 1, 2017, your users will no longer see Office 2013 as an option for download through the Office 365 portal, and admins will no longer have the option under Software...
Training people to watch for danger signs
This post details why training people to watch for danger signs is a great start and important to information security. It offers several tips and tricks to make it easier for home and business users. Training is not enough it's a mindful approach that makes the most...
Bye bye Firefox secure first
Bye bye Firefox security first: Many admins Tekmar Solutions works with swear by the Firefox Browser. We like it too. But rarely use it with Office 365 or other transaction oriented situations. Admins will have to say bye bye to Firefox secure first effective in March...
Sites Infected with CryptXXX Ransomware
Sites Infected with CryptXXX Ransom-ware Over 2,000 WordPress - and Joomla-Based are known to be infected. According to Trend Micro most sites infected with CrptXXX Ransom-ware are aimed primarily at US users followed by France and Japan. Sites infected with CryptXXX...
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