Harbor Computer Services was affected by the fire on I-75 last night. Our servers and other network equipment still reside in Hazel Park. After the bridge collapsed last night, I got a call from our monitoring service letting me know that the server was unreachable. Sure enough. Power is out. […]
Announcement
No, but you should be careful. The combination of North Korean supporters attacking government websites and Microsoft announcing a security hole has made for a media frenzy. But don’t let the media confuse you, they aren’t related. The issue with the security hole is that a clever web developer can […]
Microsoft is offering a good deal on Windows 7. If you anticipate that you’ll want to upgrade some of your PC’s whether at home or in the office then you should take advantage of the discount. Limited time offer, just launched today! As a way of saying thank you to […]
A couple of people recently asked me where to buy Microsoft Office for their home computer. My stock answer is always CostCo or BestBuy because they will consistently have the best price on any random day. But I wanted to point out an special advertisement that I got today from […]
This is an announcement because it seems like a good opportunity. So if you’re an unemployed IT person and need to update your learning to current versions, or want to become one then please read on. If you know someone that could use this information please forward it on to […]
Microsoft sent me 8 copies of Windows 7 the other day. If you have a geeky side and would like to install Windows 7 on your computer to play around with before it comes out, let me know and I’ll get one of these over to you. It should be […]
We need you to help test a new extremely economical backup system. We are looking for volunteers. There is no risk and it will not disrupt you current backup. If you are interested please contact either Amy or your technician. Harbor Computer Services has entered into a beta testing agreement […]
You may recall that a few months ago, I announced that I was serving on the Elite Technology Team (ETT) with GFI Security, Inc. The ETT is a board of advisors to the CEO and management team at GFI. As part of that effort and through the on-going changes and […]
Harbor Computer Services has changed remote support products. We will now be using NTR Global. NTR Global provides the same support opportunities that the previous solution did, plus a few additional features on the management end. We have also taken in some feedback from clients that the previous URL for […]
This month, we pass a significant milestone for the 2002-2003 era products. Microsoft offers mainstream support for its products for 5 years. At the end of 5 years, the support scales back; at the end of 10 years support scales back again to almost nothing. This is not unique to […]