Better Business Through Google Apps
Your|I.T. is proud to announce that it has become an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and collaboration tools. Our focus has always been to provide businesses with affordable access to game-changing technology, and Google Apps is just that. With the ability to work from anywhere and collaborate like never before, businesses of all sizes now have the ability to drastically increase their productivity. Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations of any size – all hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize...
read moreNew Internet Explorer Vulnerability Discovered
Another day another security risk. This time it’s Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser in the news. Here’s how we break it down: IE is busted. Switch to Google Chrome. The end. If you’re interested in more of the details PC World can break it down for you.
read moreJava Once Again Reveals It’s Security Gaffes
Oracle’s Java software is in the spotlight again for failing to protect it’s users from security vulnerabilities. The latest vulnerability is already in the wild and effectively being used to infect a high number of Windows computers. While Mac OS X and Linux have yet to be impacted, the threat is NOT Windows specific and we expect to see similar attacks on other operating systems soon. The worst part is that Java apparently knew of the vulnerabilities since April and has done nothing to fix them. So what does this mean for you? Start updating your antivirus software, and...
read moreSome Thoughts on Security
We were delighted to recently have the chance to write a guest blog post for our friend, Shawn Roberts (an Oklahoma City business lawyer). Here’s a brief excerpt and a link to the entire post. Let’s get this out of the way right now. You need antivirus software. It doesn’t matter if you use Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. You had better be running some security software. Regardless of how secure the various computer makers claim their software to be, there are viruses for every OS in existence and you need protection. In addition to protecting yourself, antivirus...
read moreDIY Computer Cleaning tips!
Just as a tip…when I clean a computer, the first thing I do is go to the Control Panel and hit “add/remove” programs (for XP users that is). I generally do a quick scan and see what looks like it should be there and what should not be there. What should be there? Programs you have paid for or knowingly downloaded. What shouldn’t be there? Spyware programs! You can easily tell a spyware program by 2 things. 1.) the word “search” is in the name of the program 2.) the program is very small in size (under 1 mb usually) If you want to delete those little buggers, you can. Just a...
read moreThe “blue screen of death”–is it really your hard drive?
In the next few weeks I’ll be posting some blogs from our archives. Digging all the way back to the beginning, you’ll be getting refreshers of some great information Here’s the first oldie but goodie all the way from 2008! So you get the “blue screen” or “blue screen of death,” what do you do now? If you call someone, you may get this answer, “It’s your hard drive” Or is it… I’ve troubleshooted many of these errors. Sometimes simple troubleshooting is all you need to do. First I would start by turning off your computer. Then unplug all your cords including...
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