Who sent that email?
Do you really know who sent that email? You surely know by now that a favourite trick of scammers is to try and convince you that their dodgy email has been sent to you by a trusted contact. Even though
Blue screen – should you be worried?
Have you heard your IT support people talking about a *blue screen of death*, but were afraid to ask what they meant for fear that the answer would be technical gobbledegook? The aim of this blog is to demystify this
New to networking? This book could help
New to networking? This book could help You have been invited to a business networking event and you are filled with trepidation. What’s the etiquette? Will you make a terrible faux pas? Then IT industry adviser Richard Tubb has published
Is your email thirsty?
Is your email thirsty? Surely one of my more bizarre questions! Can email accounts experience thirst, and if so, would it be possible to direct some of the recent torrential rainfall in their direction? The reason I ask: a recent
Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends
Once more unto the breach, dear friends You are sure to have recognised this quote from Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth, but are you pondering its significance for IT support? In the play, the English king is encouraging his troops to
Why your IT helpdesk could be your Achilles Heel
I imagine this type of message is sadly familiar: Email from *CEO* using a non-company personal address Addressee is the accounts payable clerk Text: “Heading into an important meeting. Could you let me have your personal mobile number so
Have MFA? There could be a chink in your armour
*Ping* An email lands in your inbox. Oh, it’s from once of your clients; you wonder what she wants. Rather a strange subject, though, and it is requesting that you log in to view the document. You backtrack – is
Windows 10: so long and thanks for all the fish
Do you remember Windows XP? You probably thought it would last forever but Microsoft called *time* on this operating system in April 2014. Apparently, there are still some tenacious XP users out there (including in governmental departments) but the majority
Business Awards – you could be in the pink
Lotteries, prize draws, premium bonds, business awards: are you that person who says “I never win / I’m not lucky” and doesn’t even give it a go? Where luck is involved, someone is bound to win so depending on how
20 years: where has the time gone?
Do you remember what you were doing 20 years ago? Computer Troubleshooters Tonbridge remembers it clearly as it is all recorded in the business section of a local newspaper: the launch of our onsite IT support service was announced! The
Why the Northern Lights could be bad news for your computer
Did you witness the colourful night-time display over the skies of Britain on 10th May? The Northern Lights were spotted as far south as us in Kent, a truly rare occurrence which lit up social media with posts of purple
Have you been quished?
Did you ever wonder why scandals get the suffix “-gate” in the media? You know, issues like queuegate – Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby getting to the front at Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state – or Kategate – the 2024 Mother’s Day