Currently, all of Facebook’s services – that includes Instagram and WhatsApp — are completely down.
Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Outage
Cannot Print to Printer Shares on Windows 10
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.
Shopify Banning Consignment/Resale Stores
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.
Peeps v2.18 Update!
Liberty5 Crashes (Access Violation) If You Click Log Off
ConsignPro ‘All Bold Fields Must Be Completed’ Bug
The ConsignPro ‘All Bold Fields Must Be Completed‘ bug is one we see somewhat frequently here at Computer Peeps.
Another Successful ConsignPro Conversion to Peeps’ Software!
If you’re looking for a ConsignPro update, the best way to do so is to convert to Peeps’ Software!
Domain Listings Website Listing Service Scam
If you receive a letter in the mail from Domain Listings, it’s a scam — do NOT send money to them!
Yet Another Windows 10 Option to Configure
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:
Norton 360 Scam Email
Recently, a handful of customers forwarded me emails to see if this was something that needed to be taken care of.