Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end…after January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer be supporting either Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 meaning they’ll no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running Windows 7 or Servers running Server 2008 R2.
The countdown has started, how are you prepared?
But you can keep the good times…
Tom Beech
Email has grown leaps and bounds over the years, with the ability to get it on your phone, your watch, your laptop – even your fridge if you really want. But there’s always been one part of it that quite frankly sucked. Signatures.
Signatures are great, I use them every day, they’re an easy way to…
We've got a couple of exciting sales roles that we're recruiting for at the moment. If you're interested or know anyone that might be, send us an email to [email protected]
Sales/Account Manager/Business Development Manager
Overview
Since our inception in 2014 we have quickly become established in the market as the go-to people for IT solutions. …
Just a quick blog post to let you know that for all of our managed IT support contracts we pushed our normal patching process forward to ensure everything was fully patched over the weekend due to the outbreak of the WannaCry cyber attack.
In reality we probably didn’t have to as the patches were actually released…
It’s fair to say email has come on a long way in the last 15 years. It’s been promoted from one of those things that helped a bit day to day to ‘oh my god, email isn’t working, I can’t do any work’. Luckily the technology has been promoted too.
It used to be years ago…
IT support comes in a variety of flavours but most cases can be split between preventative vs reactive. This short blog post lets you know the differences between the two.
Preventative maintenance
Preventative work is carried out in the background and is designed to ensure that you keep on working and fix potential issues before they crop up.
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Just a quick heads up, Windows 10 won’t be free for much longer. On July 29, Microsoft plans to shut down the free upgrade option for its latest operating system — and will force users to pay. Some people don’t want Windows 10, and will be happy to see the end of those nagging upgrade prompts. But if you want the new OS, but keep putting it off, now is the time to act. If you wait until August, it will cost you a pretty penny.
Server hardware fails, computers get viruses and users delete things they shouldn't in error.
We live in an age of instant gratification, from having a chat face to face on Skype/Facetime to same day delivery on amazon. It’s pretty simple, we like things to be fast. So why should your computer be any different?
In the IT world finding vulnerabilities is a day to day occurrence. That's why things like Windows updates and anti virus are so important. But we thought we'd give you a heads-up on a potentially scary one being released tomorrow called BadLock. It all ties in to how Windows shares files between servers and users. Unfortunately…
What is ransomware?
It seems a week doesn't go by at the moment without mention of ransomware on the BBC News website - and for good reason, it's very disruptive! Ransomware is a form of malware that works by either holding your entire computer hostage or by blocking access to all of your files by encrypting them.
If…
We all start the new year with the attitude that we’re going to improve ourselves. Perhaps it’s a month off the booze, or time to pick up the ageing weights that have been sitting in the garage for the past 11 months. Basically, January is hard.