Why are Home Users and Business are not going to Cloud Backups? Businesses have been slow to move to the cloud because of lack of technical expertise, and they have concerns over data loss and compliance breaches. Home users often do not have cloud based backups setup at all or correctly because of the cost … Read more
BST Accounting Firm in Albany Had A Data Breach Well it happened. I received a letter, and shocking another Albany based business was most likely breached and customers data could have been accessed. If the recent attack on the Town of Colonie and the big attack on the City of Albany wasn’t enough. BST Accounting … 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 a endless blotches updates and the 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 … 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
Data Loss in the Town of Milton The Town of Milton in Saratoga County suffered a data loss. Milton is located near Ballston Spa. The town’s previous administration intentionally wiped the towns computers of nearly all data including files and programs. The new town Supervisor Benny Zlotnick stated is is uncertain who did it, but … 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
macOS Catalina is Causing Data Loss Michael Tsai, the developer of EagleFiler and the SpamSieve plug-in for Apple Mail has written a blog post detailing reports that macOS Catalina is causing data loss in Apple Mail when upgrading to build 19A583 (macOS Catalina 10.15.0). It’s Not Just Windows Back in October 2018, Microsoft rolled out … 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