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Do Genius Bars located in Apple Stores perform Data Recovery? If your Apple computer, iPad or iPhone happens to be having issues or needs data recovery, the first thing that most people thing of is to contact Apple Support. Within the limited 1-year warranty or with if you purchased Apple Care, Apple will help you … Read more
Windows 10’s Feb 2020 Update Could be Microsoft’s Biggest Mess-up KB4532693 is deleting files Windows 10’s seems to have endless blotches updates and Windows 10’s Feb 2020 update is no exception. The last one happened just last month. These failed updates impact home and business users who are unable to use their computers and even … Read more
Windows 7 Bug Prevents Users from Shutting Down or Rebooting Computers Users of Windows 7 have been getting a “You don’t have permission to shut down this computer.” error according to user reports. Tech forums including Bleeping computer and multiple Reddit threads (1,2,3) report the Windows 7 bug prevents users from shutting down or rebooting … Read more
Windows 10 update is causing boot failures Boot Failures A new Windows 10 update is causing boot failures. Windows 10 KB4528760, which is Microsoft’s important security, is failing to install for users and the bug now appears to be widespread. The installation issues are widespread with more than a hundred reports from registered users on … Read more
Town of Colonie Cyberattack Colonie, New York – Hit by Ransomware Attack The town of Colonie’s had a cyberattack, forced to run operations offline. The Town of Colonie Cyberattack attack was discovered Wednesday, Jan 15th in the evening. “The town has not paid any ransom” according to the Albany Times Union and town spokesperson Sara … Read more
Windows 7 Ends Support Soon, You Need To Move On Microsoft will soon be ending support for Windows 7 on January 14th, 2020. Support will end soon for the immensely popular Windows 7 operating system on January 14th, 2020. All home users and small business should should stop using it ASAP, and move on. While … Read more
After 10 years of support Windows 7 is nearing an end Last updated October 16th, 2019 Microsoft is about to end extended support for Windows 7 on January 14th, 2020. Support Windows 7 is nearing an end with only a little over 3 months left. What is extended support? How is that different from normal … Read more
Everything you need to know about Ransomware Why just give your computer a virus when we can get money? That is exactly what a hacker would ask. Whey just give you a computer virus when you can be held to pay a ransom? This is an overview of ransomware, including what it is, its history … Read more
Microsoft Suspends Windows 10 October 2018 Update Due to Data Loss Last updated October 9th, 2018 Microsoft has halted the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update due to major bugs experienced by users, including one that’s leading to the removal of certain user files which results in data loss if you do not … Read more
What is Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR)? Disaster recovery (DR) of backups involves policies, procedures, and deployment to recover data or the continuation technology infrastructure, systems and data following a data loss caused by a disaster. Disaster recovery focuses on the technology systems supporting critical business functions. Disaster recovery is, therefore, a subset of business … Read more