Last week, Adobe released security fixes for its Shockwave and Flash media players. Additionally, Microsoft released seven patch bundles that address at least 34 different vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Windows and other software. However, at least one of the Windows’ flaws is currently being exploited. Six of the seven Microsoft patches that were released yesterday...
There have been reoccurring issues running Office Professional Plus 2013 under Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Terminal Services or in a Citrix environment. Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn’t released much information about this. You can sign up for Office Professional Plus 2013 via an Office 365 subscription, or as part of the Office 365 E3 Suite; which allows...
On July 8th, Microsoft officials reminded their Microsoft Partner community that there are only 273 more days until they’ll be dropping all support for Windows XP. Beginning April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide patches (including security patches) or updates for Windows XP – regardless of the fact that Windows XP still has an...
On July 8th, Microsoft company officials said they’d be delivering Windows 8.1, codenamed “Blue” to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in late August 2013. Microsoft released Windows 8.1 for public preview on June 26th during its Build Conference. However, there are no more preview/test builds scheduled, and the next stop is RTM (release to manufacturing). Microsoft...
As mentioned in an earlier article, a severe storm flooded parts of Toronto on Monday, July 8th, and left thousands of homes and businesses without power. As of 11:15 p.m., Tuesday night Toronto Hydro said that 31,500 of their customers were without power. This forced many businesses to shut down, losing precious hours of work...
Across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), including the majority of Mississauga, intense rain knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of residents. The rain also managed to flood some roads and major highways badly enough that drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles. In Mississauga, a city of more than 700,000 people, 80 percent of...
Your IT system is the brain, heart, lungs and circulatory system of your business. Just like you wouldn’t trust any doctor to handle your health, you shouldn’t trust your IT system to any just anyone or any company. You need and deserve a Managed Service Provider (MSP) who is reliable, trustworthy, capable and who provides...
Shared by Boston IT Support professional: Dan Adams. Microsoft Office has so many features and it’s impossible to keep track of where they are on the ribbon. Users remember the features on the home tab because they are the most often selected. Microsoft Office programs have hundreds of commands available on these tabs. Most often,...
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Is Essential For All Businesses Today. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning can save your business from downtimes or even a complete closure due to disruptive and disastrous events such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, plant explosions, terrorist attacks, computer viruses or power outages. In the case below, a train...
Allowing employees to bring their own device and use it at work is very popular due to the benefits of increased productivity and cost effectiveness. With BYOD, employees provide their own technology, which means their more likely to work on their own time. If you own or run a business this may sound like a...
Are you fed up with IT Services Providers that: Don’t return your phone calls? Only show up when it’s convenient for them? Don’t have a clue about what you want and need? Use “techie” language that you can’t understand? Act like they’re doing you a favour? Don’t accept this treatment one more day. Look for...
Before now, Apple has focused primarily on the consumer market. However this never stopped enterprise and business customers from using their products. Now for the first time, Apple is releasing Apple iOS 7 with its new software features designed for business users. Functionality is extremely important for business users today, and Apple has addressed this...
