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Information and Observations from the Front lines of Small Business Computer Networking and Support…

Entries for July, 2010

How to find sensitive data on your computer…

Have you ever worried about what information may be saved to your computer? Maybe you recorded a credit card number or a Social Security number and saved it somewhere, unprotected?
Free Windows utility, Identity Finder scans your hard drive looking for sensitive information, like credit card numbers and passwords. The utility will bring the information to [...]

Don’t reinvent the wheel, get free document templates from Microsoft…

Microsoft has a free document template repository that contains everything from fax cover sheets to brochures. This is a great tool for any business to leverage that will save time and make your life easier.
Accessing this repository is easy and can be done from right within the Microsoft Office software suite. They have even produced [...]

2 easy steps toward securing your wireless router…

I was contacted by a 13 News reporter recently and asked if he could interview me for a news story they were doing. This story was in light of Google’s recent admission that they collected data about unsecured wireless access points while taking pictures around Hampton Roads for Google’s “Street View” service. Long story short, [...]