Fake security products have been the bane of the nastiest malware on both Windows and MAC systems for about the last 3 years or so. Some of these fake programs intend to mask themselves as being the true Windows Security Center, while others try to mock Windows Defender. The trend has become so troubling that Microsoft […]
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FireLogic is a mere two days away from its second birthday, and I’ve been reflecting on a lot lately. What we’ve done right, what we’ve floundered on, what we can improve on, and so forth. While we are always advocating how much small businesses can save by moving their systems to Google Apps, it’s always […]
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April 8, 2014 is the magical date. Windows XP will officially be considered “End of Life” on that day which means no more security patches, no more hotfixes, no more much of anything related to Windows XP. A lot of customers have been clamoring to the old OS for a while now, and we’ve gotten plenty […]
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Two products we have become heavily invested in, both in customer demand and personal satisfaction regards, are Google Apps and the Chromebook laptops. Both products can most definitely be used separately of eachother to much positive effect. But together they happen to be an unstoppable force in providing an effective means as a classroom tool […]
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We’ve been busy the past few weeks helping out Park Ridge Public Library patrons get their new Kindles and other e-readers setup. The Christmas season was busy with Santa delivering the new hot devices to more than a few residents’ homes! No matter how great the Kindle may be as a reading device, it’s useless without any […]
A lot of customers have been hearing the buzz about Windows 8 and are asking us “what does this means for me?” It’s a tough question to answer with excellent accuracy since 1) Windows 8 is not yet released 2) Windows 8 is not in finished form yet and 3) Windows 8 may change greatly […]
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Last month, FireLogic traveled out to Buffalo High School in Buffalo, MO to help out the Dallas County R-1 Schools get going with their fresh purchase of Google Chromebooks. The district had limited exposure in laptop devices as a whole, and set up a brand new wireless network to span the classrooms that would be […]
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At FireLogic, we got behind Google Apps from early on for many reasons. A guaranteed uptime of 99.9% was just one of them. It’s no secret that our own company backend is hosted on Google Apps, and we have been training others on the product for a while now. But when customers ask about the […]
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A client recently came to me with an issue regarding pages that were printing out with text that literally had characters overlapping one another. Frustrating indeed, and at first you may believe that this is tied to a physical problem with your printer. In reality, this most likely is due to an incorrect driver that […]
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More than a few of my customers have been asking how they can change back their Yahoo Mail interface to what is known as the “Classic” look. While the new interface is catchy and works for many, some prefer the cleaner, simpler look of yesteryear. If you’ve mistakenly upgraded to the new version and have […]
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The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend is one of those few innovations that benefit employees and employers. Employees like to use the same technology in the workplace that they’ve already mastered at home. Employers like the fact that they don’t have to put out for more equipment and training. Both can appreciate BYOD’s environmentally […]
With one big exception, online shopping can be a great experience for consumers. More and more people like the ability to access their favorite stores from anywhere and businesses like being able to help more customers access their products and services. According to a November 2013 Burst Media study, 45.7 percent of survey takers say […]
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It’s no secret that we run most of FireLogic’s day to day communication and file sharing needs off of Office 365, afterswitching from Google Apps late last year. Our entire team is using Exchange Online mailboxes for email. SharePoint and SkyDrive Pro act as our secure file server in the cloud. And Lync is the […]
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Consider the following brainbuster of a scenario which we recently spent half a day trying to diagnose…. and finally squashed: You have a Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS (Remote Desktop Services) server that is providing session-based desktops for users at your office. You may or may not be using User Profile Disks with RDS 2012 R2 […]
When you’re at the mall, you wouldn’t lock the door to your car but leave the window down, right? The risk is the same when it comes to tech security. Many people protect their computers with some kind of antivirus but leave their networks with all the default settings. It’s important to know the difference […]
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We’ve all heard the same horror stories. You get home, can’t find your cell phone, and your stomach drops. You start racking your brain for where you last had it. You picture all the data you have on there: pictures, videos, music, bank account information, to-do lists, and on and on. We have good news […]
