Managed Solutions

Quick Tip MrFixit for Windows Update Issues

Have you ever encountered errors with Windows Update or had it just stop prompting you all-together? This might be the solution to your problem. Either way it is a web page at Microsoft that will provide the right tool depending on what Operating system you are running. To run the utility navigate to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 and click on the Microsoft Fix It icon or link: You will have one option that can be selected, only use this option if the first attempt without it che...

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Updated Windows 7 Application Compatibility List

Microsoft has created a new Application Compatibility List for Windows 7. While they state it is for IT professionals anyone can access it via their website. If you are unsure if applications you need will work (use this link to learn about how to make anything compatible if it is not on the list below) with Windows 7 this is a great place to start: Windows 7 Application Compatibility List

Windows 7 is Ready for Business

It has been a long time since we’ve recommended an initial release of a Microsoft Operating system for business use but we’ve reached that plateau again with Windows 7. We are encouraging our clients to implement Windows 7 when replacing existing systems. There are of course always exceptions to this recommendation, the most important being resource intensive older software applications such as design and cad software. They need to be evaluated for compatibility prior to making the shift. Your b...

Windows 7 Using Sticky Notes

Not everyone uses Outlook or a similar program to store their tasks and reminders, or perhaps they might seek something a little more visual. Windows 7 sticky notes will deliver that for you. This video will demonstrate to you how to access, create, change and delete sticky notes on your Windows 7 equipped computer.

Windows 7 Quicktip Aero Snap Feature

The Aero snap feature on Windows 7 is really useful. You can use it to maximize a window by left clicking and dragging that window to the top of the screen or drag left or right to have the active program use that half of the screen. This is what you might see in the Microsoft commercial. There is a small problem, what if you have 2 or more monitors? It doesn't work unless you drag it all the way to the right, left or top most screen edge. You can actually use this feature even with multiple scr...

Office 2010 Beta is Public

Microsoft made a couple of big announcements today, first that the 2010 Beta is available and anyone can participate. The second big announcement was the Social Media Connector included in Office 2010. If you're interested in learning more check out this article on Microsoft's MSDN blog. If you'd like to skip the article and jump to the goods go download the beta from Microsoft's 2010 site.

Internet Explorer Users Run Windows Updates – VU#180513 KB #972890 – ActiveX control

Update 7/15/2009 - the link to "Disable" below will now take you to a page with a link to the security update for this issue. Not long ago an exploitable flaw with ActiveX control for streaming video was discovered and is being exploited. The flaw itself has not been patched and there are only work-arounds that involve disabling the controls. For this reason we are advising the following until a patch is available: 1. Use an alternative browser such as Mozilla Firefox. 2. Disable the vulnera...

KB910721 Spam and Virus

Just yesterday I answered a question on LinkedIn related to new scams that are circulating on the Internet. Not less than 24 hours later I saw something that was new, creative and likely to cause some damage as it actually harbors the payload Win32/Kryptik.TL - a Trojan Horse Virus that as of 6/24/2009 is not circulating much. While the format they sent has the Microsoft look and feel (Top Image), it does not duplicate the email format of Microsoft notices (Bottom Image).

IE7 and Adobe Security Alert

We have received a notice from US-CERT about a security flaw involving Internet Explorer 7 and Adobe Acrobat. The flaw only affects windows based machines that have Internet Explorer 7 and Adobe Acrobat products. If you have both of these products installed your system could be compromised if you opened a pdf file that was crafted to exploit this flaw. This flaw has been labelled critical, and we are prioritizing addressing this flaw with our customers. Who should be concerned? Anyone wit...