Jesse Mueller Dropbox phishing can arrive in your inbox, as an invitiation to open an “important” file. But if you don’t recognize the sender, or weren’t expecting such an email, don’t trust it! Here are the details of this type of scheme: The Phishing Email Message Let’s go over this recent example. There are a few tells … Read more
Most schools use a Student Information System (SIS) to manage all of their students’ records, grades and personal information. PowerSchool is the biggest SIS company in the US and Canada, and they just suffered a data breach. If you have kids in K-12 school right now, you may want to know more about this: Data … Read more
Microsoft has not been straight with us. We’ve been gearing up to kiss Windows 10 goodbye on October 14, 2025 when we don’t have to. If you are still using your Windows 10 computer, check out these details, because you might keep using your computer for longer than you thought. Windows 10 is getting a … Read more
In this era, it’s harder and harder to buy and download music. New audio CDs have disappeared from most stores and many websites have stopped selling MP3 albums. The music industry hopes you’ll stream your music, as that is now where they make their millions. But some of the older generations still see merit in … Read more
Divider lines, in Microsoft Word, are something special. Here are a few tidbits that may help you use them. The Basics To insert a divider line in Microsoft Word, press Enter to start a new line, type three dashes and press Enter again. You’ll have a horizontal line across your document. It looks really good, … Read more
We all have to deal with a certain amount of spam. But if you notice a sudden and major uptick in the spam coming to your inbox, pay attention! This could be a spam bomb. This is a smokescreen tactic used by cybercriminals to hide what they’re doing… The strategy is this: A bad guy … Read more
This scam gets to be wildly successful, this time of year, because many of us are patronizing Amazon so much. As the standard notification emails roll in from all of your purchases and returns, The Amazon Purchase Scam email may arrive in your inbox. Please don’t mistake this for a true Amazon message! This is … Read more
Microsoft is making more and more changes to its email clients. Long gone are the peaceful days of Windows Live Mail. Mail is also being taken from us, and Microsoft is foisting their “New” Outlook on us as a replacement. “Classic” Outlook users are being offered that same “New” Outlook, but when they take the … Read more
Occasionally, I am asked how much graphics memory is in a particular computer. This is usually because someone is about to buy a demanding piece of software, and the system requirements for that program include VRAM or a dedicated graphics card. Not all computers have this kind of extra memory, and PCs don’t make it … Read more
Microsoft, in their inestimable wisdom, has quietly removed Wordpad from Windows. This has been a long time in coming, and a recent update finally nixed it. If you never used this app, this may be no big deal to you. But if you still like it and use it, here’s how to get Wordpad back … Read more