The 5 things YOU must know about your business’s computers

If someone else is responsible for the technology in your business, it can feel fantastic that you don’t have to worry about that part of your business operation.  But whether that person is an employee, a freelance computer guy or a larger I.T. support company, the responsibility for this part of your business still ultimately lies…

The trials & tribulations of a digital certificate file (aka why you should listen to your husband)

I should have listened to my husband. Armed with my shiny new copy of Windows 7, I was keen to install it onto my laptop to see if the claims were true that this new operating system would give my laptop a new lease of life.  “Remember to take an image* of it first”, called…

Windows Updates? Why bother?

So many people I know are cynical about Microsoft’s ‘Windows Updates’ .. that is, if they even know it exists.  Valiant attempts by Microsoft to make these updates deploy automatically (to your internet-connected PC) have hit some snags – the installations don’t always work and sometimes they can even break the functionality of corporate applications. …