Recently, we had a store report they could no longer print to a tag printer, that was shared and physically plugged-in to another computer. That other computer was running Windows 10 and it started Tuesday/Wednesday — i.e. Windows Updates. tl;dr – Remove KB5005565 from the Windows 10 machine.
We’ve now had a number of storeowners come to us after being hit with a ‘ban’ from Shopify — i.e. Shopify disables their checkout and says they cannot use Shopify Payments (that’s how customers pay for your items via credit card, Apple, Google, etc.) if they’re selling designer/brand name items.
The ConsignPro ‘All Bold Fields Must Be Completed‘ bug is one we see somewhat frequently here at Computer Peeps.
If you’re looking for a ConsignPro update, the best way to do so is to convert to Peeps’ Software!
If you receive a letter in the mail from Domain Listings, it’s a scam — do NOT send money to them!
As part of Peeps’ Configuration Protocol (our treatment/setup of a Windows machine), we tweak, prune, and better-secure the Windows environment to make it both cleaner, as well as safer for our customers. With Windows 10, the amount of work involved increased exponentially vs. Windows 7. There are so many places Microsoft has added potentially annoying or confusing things.
And as of the latest round of Windows Updates, we’re now seeing the weather appear in the Taskbar:
Recently, a handful of customers forwarded me emails to see if this was something that needed to be taken care of.
