Have you ever noticed how many news stories read like a drama movie script? They have a villain, fear, controversy and suspense? Maybe it is good business but it seams that any news channel you tune into somewhere half of the viewers are actually …
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Everybody Asks: Which Operating System is better? My answer is the one you are used to. Learning new will take more time than the time you will save. Just properly maintain what you have and occasionally upgrade. Save yourself some stress. …
ANDROID: TROUBLESHOOTING EMAIL Use the following information to troubleshoot common issues when setting up Go Daddy Workspace email on an Android device. In the meantime, you can always use our MobileMail (http://mobilemail.secureserver.net) to keep in contact with customers, friends, and …
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For small businesses, home offices (SOHO) and even families with photos good backups are essential. Every harddrive including your backup drive will eventually fail. Add to that fires, natural disasters, theft and viruses. Everybody that computes has potential loss of …
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Status of your email is updated in my Evernote posted here Hello from Jim Ensign, Ketra, Barb Brauer, Stefan and the rest of Turning Pointe’s Tech Support team. You should already be aware Turning Pointe is taking advantage of the semester break to …
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If you work with other people or on multiple devices you should have a common space to share files that syncs to multiple device. This way you always have the current way copy of the files. Dropbox is also popular because …
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Remote support to your desktop or laptop: Have you ever wanted somebody else more experienced to remote in and help you with your computer while you just watch? Remote support allows somebody to drive the computer screen, look at the …
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The internet is filled with software that promises improvements to your computing. Many good software programs are available for our computer but there are many more that are not. Beyond that an IT support “Best Practice” is to limit the software …
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Block the employee from accessing company email on the server but allow the supervisor to respond to their emails. Change their email password on the server. Create an email forward from the old employee account to their supervisor. Add an …
Trusted CTO: How do I control my home stereo volume from my iPhone? Tom Tom: In addition to several Bluetooth enabled stereos there are several wifi controls for home media devices. Her are some examples; iOS and Android Home Theater Remote Control Apps …
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Symptoms: Outgoing Outlook 2007 sent through some IMAP servers get stuck in your local Outbox despite the fact that the email has actually gone out repeatedly. This will continue until your Outbox is empty or you fully exit Outlook. Restarting …
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Why share calendars? The biggest question for shared calendars is: Why share a calendar electronically? Isn’t that just a pain? Maybe you are used to “keeping it simple” and just send out some emails or a paper calendar. Flawless approach right? Actually in …
Here is how to print from an ipad to various printers. About AirPrint – Apple Support Setting Up AirPrint on your iPad – YouTube How to Enable AirPrint in Windows 7 – YouTube What if it is not an AirPrint printer? Look in app store for …
If you are having issues you cannot resolve yourself then complete the form and email help@ryallymca.org If the need is more urgent than 5 business days then also call or text 630-445-1586 Routine Maintenance: All computers including Apple, Windows PC and Linux …
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Many of us access our email contacts and calendar from multiple devices and want to keep all that data in sync so that we are not having to duplicate all our time and efforts maintaining email on every device. For …
Tech Support is often unproductive until you find necessary personal technology records. Meanwhile, most of us have too many accounts and passwords to remember. Lost or missing credentials causes frustration, wasted time, and wasted money. Yesing the list below you can …
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Question: Jim: My XP laptop is failing and my cell phone is old. I do not have text yet and use very few minutes. I liked the size of the 7″ Samsung tablet you showed me. My son says I …
Updates of iTunes to version 11.1.4 on windows computers has not gone smoothly and results in several errors. This issue has shown up on windows XP-Windows 8 computers both 32 bit and 64-bit. It is my guess that updating to this …
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Presentation Technology Gone Wild! If I mess up the tech for this presentation we will all learn the most valuable lesson possible: That is to avoid the temptation to use unnecessary technology in a presentation. Technology helps if it …