IT Support is more than just looking after your computers. Sometimes people have problems with their routers, or have to relocate and plug their router in at a different building or location. You need to make sure that the power adapter you use is the correct one for the device as they can easily be […]
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A PC clean is an part of your IT policies if you want your equipment to be reliable. Spring Cleaning Lots of people give their homes a good spring clean, getting rid of dust that has built up and helping everyone breathe easier, and this also works for computers. Dust in your house (and computer)
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Building a business requires commitment and determination. It’s a hard work! You start each day with a schedule for delivering your products or services, acquiring new customers and retaining the existing ones because your business needs to prosper. It’s a sure thing! Cash is king and so is data! No business can prosper on air
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Jack Welsch once said: “Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the bast people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It’s that simple.” I agree, it may be simple but only if we invest our time and effort in gathering new knowledge, sharing information and upgrading
At Octagon we have evolved as the years have gone by, we started repairing PC’s. We moved on to supporting servers and then on to networks and so forth as our small business clients wanted the latest affordable technology. Every company has different requirements, from just an email address to an all singing and dancing
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Although we all have time off over Christmas and the New Year – the nature of the work we carry out for clients means that we never really stop. Computers and IT infrastructure can have issues any time of the night or day and cyber security incidents are unpredictable. I used to go out and
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With Christmas round the corner I have been spending time on various shopping sites, where Edge was constantly suggesting useless discount coupons to me. Worse then that, poor coding meant that the pop-up box suggesting coupons would often appear blank, just obscuring the web page I was wanting to read. How to disable Microsoft Edge
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At this time of year the cyber criminals become a lot more active, it is their chance to get more money from unsuspecting consumers. I have seen a lot more email slipping through the cracks, as the bad actors manipulate their malicious messages to avoid detection. Over the last few days I have seen email
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Over the last twenty years or more, most governments have gently changed our attitudes and behaviours using nudging. How many people would regard it as OK these days to drink and drive, smoke in front of children, or spit in public? In thirty years’ time I can envisage young people being upset at older people
