Yesterday we got a call from our partner rep at Microsoft. She was calling to assess the impact of the rain, wind and flooding we enjoyed from Hurricane Ike. She was calling to check on our clients. Make sure everything was OK. Make sure that there wasn’t some help we […]
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Harbor Computer Services will be changing the DNS server forwarder locations and also applying a client and server side DNS patch as an emergency measure. This change is underway now and is a high priority item. It will take precedence over other minor issues. This will require a reboot of […]
Today Microsoft officially announced what owners of SBS 2003 with Software Assurance are going to be receiving. Up until this time, it was only speculation and an "educated guess". SBS 2003 R2 Component Product Upgrade Path FrontPage 2003 Sharepoint Designer 2007 Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 For Mac Users: Entourage 2004 […]
I’ve long tried to get all of our clients to stop using FTP. FTP is one of the oldest protocols still in use on the Internet and it is inherently insecure. When it was invented there were only 13 computers on the Internet and everyone knew each other. Today there […]
In response to multiple and continuing problems with Adobe software causing our clients computers to hang, run slowly, experience extremely slow printing, application crashes, etc. we sought out and found an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader that we are now ready to recommend to you. It’s called FoxIT Reader and […]
The Quickbooks Accountant’s Copy has seen major improvements in 2008. So please start using it to transfer your Quickbooks file to your CPA. If your CPA balks, then ask them to take a closer look at Quickbooks 2008 and they’ll see that it provides them with all of the data […]
Yesterday Microsoft re-awarded me as Most Valuable Professional for the 3rd year. As a self-employed person, there are really very few awards that you can attain that indicate that you are proceeding through your career successfully and the MVP is one of them. Getting an MVP feels kind of like […]
A large number of PDF documents are now infected opening them could give the attacker full control of your computer. The fix requires that an update be loaded for Acrobat Reader. We will be performing these updates for you during the next update cycle. Meanwhile, the infection is easily avoided […]
Back in March TJX Stores disclosed that 45.7 Million Credit card numbers and customer personal information was stolen. In addition 455,000 drivers license number were stolen. Today they released a statement not admitting fault but accepting all of the network and policy changes recommended by the federal agents investigation. (how’s […]
Business Continuity is a moving target. How do you keep your business going when part or all of it is down? We had that experience Saturday, Sunday and today when the main office power went out and stayed out. We have no idea what Detroit Edison was doing or why. […]