If you have been reading our blog over the past few years you will remember the annual monsoon season reminder. If you are new to our newsletter subscription, MTI had compiled a list of helpful tips and tricks to protect your PC during the Valley’s monsoon season.
1). Back-up your data to an external hard drive [...]
Often times, people confuse operating systems with software programs. It’s a common mishap we see with clients daily, so let’s just clear the air.
An operating system is the software on a computer that manages the way different programs use its hardware, and regulates the ways that a usercontrols the computer. The operating system does not include Microsoft Office software that includes [...]
A crafty new P2P worms is spreading quickly among users of popular file-sharing programs like LimeWire and BearShare (media sharing sites).
The worm lures victims by utilizing a link embedded in a spam IM message. Once clicked, the link leads to a so called image file, but in actuality it is a malicious payload. From there [...]
In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, a new follow-up menu offers several options to help you remember to follow-up on emails.
There is a “Today” follow up flag, a “Tomorrow” follow up flag, a “This Week”, a “Next Week” and a “Custom”. Obviously, if you use a “Today” follow up flag (which is the default), it [...]
Microsoft urged users to immediately apply two of the 11 updates, which address major bugs in Windows Media Player and an important video file format, to block drive-by attacks that will quickly spread on the Web. The media player bug is a movies-to-malware situation, where you’re watching a video but actually being hijacked by a [...]
Microsoft has re-patched its recent patch to correct the Excel spreadsheet issue. The older patch turned English text into Chinese. If you have noticed this problem or need to install the latest set of updates, contact MTI today.
Do you have smudges or dust building up on your PC screen and not sure how to properly clean it?
Utilizing normal household products such as Windex can actually damage the protective surface on the monitor.
MTI recommends purchasing a cleaner made specifically for electronics. They are relatively inexpensive and safe to use on most electronic devices.
Ever wondered what connection speeds you are really getting from your internet service provider? The FCC recently created a free website that allows you to test your connection speeds to determine exactly what you are receiving.
Broadband.gov is a new internet site that allows you to test your bandwidth; this is the rate data can [...]
Like most businesses, your company probably has a website and email, but does your company own your domain name? Domain names are the names of the site. For example, www.mtitechsolutions.com or google.com are both examples of domain names.
Companies may either own their domain name or rent it from a 3rd party source. It is important [...]
Trying to keep unwanted emails at bay is a significant problem that most companies face daily and is still one of the biggest problems on the Internet today.
MTI Tech Solutions would like to share some helpful tips that will help keep email SPAM out of your inbox.
1). Utilize a third party Spam filtering service:
The complexity [...]