The most common complaint I hear about computer systems is, “My computer is slow!”
Category: General
USPS Directing Customers To A Fake Website
How Can Pushbullet Benefit Consignment and Resale Store Owners?
Do Your Employees Know What To Do When the Internet Is Down?
It’s Saturday. You’re not working at your store today, but an employee is opening and running the store for the day. They go to get online and realize there is no Internet connection. They try to use the consignment software on the computers throughout your store, but they get error messages. The credit card system is down too!!!
Peeps’ Summer Special #1
We’re proud to announce our Consignment Hardware Summer Sale!!! Have you been putting off replacing an old Point of Sale or Inventory Intake PC? Now’s the time to act!
Why You Should Not Utilize Your ISP’s Router
This issue is one that began long ago, when ISPs realized customers were asking for ways to connect multiple computers and have WiFi.
The Computer Peeps Do Not Recommend TSC Tag Printers
If you’re utilizing consignment software and a thermal tag printer, stick with the Zebra tag printers.
AOL Data Breach, User Data Stolen
AOL is reporting a massive data breach which affects a “significant amount of users”. AOL is recommending users change their passwords immediately.
According to AOL’s Security Team:
This information included AOL users’ email addresses, postal addresses, address book contact information, encrypted passwords and encrypted answers to security questions that we ask when a user resets his or her password, as well as certain employee information. We believe that spammers have used this contact information to send spoofed emails that appeared to come from roughly 2% of our email accounts.
If you utilize AOL for your consignment software’s email functionality, or for your personal email, please be sure to change your password right away.
SourceForge Injecting Malware In To Software Installers
A popular and long-standing software download site, SourceForge, is injecting malware in to its software installers.
Windstream, Your Techs Are Bad and You Should Feel Bad
It’s Friday, the day after Independence day here in the States. We received an emergency email from a client who is unable to utilize their point of sale system for processing credit cards.