If you receive a letter in the mail from Domain Listings, it’s a scam — do NOT send money to them!
Domain Listings Website Listing Service Scam
Category: Security
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.
MailChimp Could Not Create SSL/TLS Secure Channel
Peeps’ Software integrates with MailChimp, allowing stores to automatically add new consignors and customers to their MailChimp mailing list.
Recently, our app started returning the following error:
Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel
Liberty Consignment Software ‘Local Processing Error’ With Gmail
When the Item List Email in Liberty, depending on the version of Liberty you’re running, it’ll either just *appear* to send (but didn’t), or you could get an error.
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates
Windows 7 reaches its ‘End of Life’ in January 2020. Computer Peeps can fully manage the process of staying on Windows 7, via Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program.
3 Ways To Better Secure Your Consignment/Resale Store
There are some really handy, neat things you can do with a few inexpensive gadgets — all in the name of better-securing your consignment/resale store!
How To Fix Windows Networking Issues After Windows Updates KB4480960 & KB4480970
TL;DR: Head to Control Panel > Windows Updates, click View Update History, click Installed Updates, uninstall KB4480960 (reboot) then uninstall KB4480970 (reboot).
Heading To San Antonio for the NARTS Conference? Keep Your Connection Secure With Private Internet Access!
Are you heading to the NARTS conference in San Antonio, TX this year? If so, how you connect to the Internet while you travel, is something you should be aware of – i.e. your connection is likely not secure.
Protect Yourself from ISPs Selling Your Personal Information
Everything you do on your Internet connection, can be seen by your ISP. That information, while you might not care who sees it, is about to become a commodity to be sold and utilized in ways you might not approve of.