“Be prepared” is the boy scout motto. However, Hurricane Sandy is upon us and perhaps you’re not as ready as you’d like. Here are 4 simple things you can do today to prepare your computer network for the upcoming storm.
Verify your Backups are Working Properly
If you’re a managed service client, IT Radix does this for you on a regular basis and we’ll be doing an extra special check this weekend.
We're pleased to officially welcome Dan Parzanese to the IT Radix team. Dan comes to us from NJIT Newark College of Engineering. He has been a plumber’s apprentice since 2006 proving that he is likely more handy than some of the IT Radix team with a wrench.
Protect Your Harvest
In this issue:
On 9/21/12, Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to address a critical security hole in Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9.
What does this mean for you?
If you're an IT Radix managed services client, we've got you covered. Simply reboot your machine if you are prompted.
This time last year, we were all recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irene. Fortunately, Hurricane Isaac didn’t have the same impact. Winter storms are ahead of us. September is National Disaster Preparedness Month. The threat of fire, flood, severe storms, water damage from office sprinklers—and even theft—is very real.
For many years, Apple stated on its website that the Mac OS wasn’t susceptible to viruses like PCs. However, In June, Apple updated its website and removed this claim due to ongoing virus attacks. IT Radix has always recommended anti-virus software for Mac machines for two reasons: (1) yes, they can get viruses, and (2) they could always be a carrier of viruses.
I'm always looking for ways to use my software, especially Outlook, more effectively. Here's a few of my favorites:
Outlook Tip #1: Was an important message sent to the Junk E-mail folder? If an item gets moved to your Junk E-mail folder by mistake, select the message, and then press CTRL+ ALT+J.
Outlook Tip #2: Keep track of messages that require action.
GoDaddy DNS down
Around 1pm this afternoon, GoDaddy started experiencing issues with their DNS service. What is DNS and why do you care? DNS or domain name service is essentially the yellow pages of the Internet. If a computer wants to know how to go to a website or send a piece of email, it needs to look up the desired "phone number” (technically an IP address) to get there.
We're pleased to officially welcome Charles Reid to the IT Radix team. Charles comes to us from Rice Catholic HS and this past weekend successfully completed the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring exam. Congratulations Charles!
At Rice, he was “the IT guy” and as a result, he has a variety of experience with desktops, servers, phone systems, teaching, and more.
All computers, tablets and smartphones have regular updates released by the hardware and software manufacturers. Why update? The basic answer is to ensure that everything works.
For example, Microsoft pushes out updates so the operating system will run smoother and seamlessly.
