Dropbox.com allows registered users to share up to 2 GB of data between devices wirelessly– for free. With Dropbox, you can download music from your Smartphone, and listen to it on your computer. Edit documents on your iPad while you’re on the road, and when you get home, you’ll have the same documents already on your computer. No more thumb drives. No more emailing files back and forth to yourself.
How it works: Dropbox gives you a 2GB “Box” located in the cloud for you to store whatever you want in. Then, you control who and what devices have access to that box. For instance, you can create a folder inside the box containing your vacation photos. Once you put the photos in the box, you will automatically be able to view them on all of your devices with Dropbox installed (Smartphone, tablet, laptop).
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Sad to say, but it isn’t always a good idea to upgrade your software to the latest and greatest version. An upgrade can potentially exhaust or damage your systems in ways you hadn’t anticipated. For example, Office 2003 uses up considerably less resources than Office 2010, which is too bad because there are a number of handy new features in Office 2010, like the way the new version of Outlook organizes your email. If you are going to upgrade your software you should consider upgrading your computer and maybe even your network.
Another issue that we see out there: Some computer peripherals like printers, scanners, plotters and even mice do not work with Windows 7. Even though the switch may seem like a great decision, it could cost you a considerable amount of time and money. If you are considering an upgrade to Windows 7, we recommend you have your system evaluated to see if the new software will run sufficiently on it. Make sure you indicate if you have network devices that you print to that are not directly connected to the computer in question. In fact, we really suggest you get a full network audit before taking the plunge.
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We just caught a couple new “Phishing” scams going around that we want everyone to be aware of. They look pretty legit and have potential to trick even the saviest users.
Here’s the scam: Decision makers receive an email notice that an ACH payment has been canceled. It prompts the user to click on the attachment for a detailed report. If the attachment is opened, a virus is installed. Once the file is open, it asks the user to either enter information or download another file.
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If you’re a Fixed IT customer, it should be. In case you haven’t heard, on Thursday nights, the Dynamic Edge team is hard at work into the wee hours of the morning performing maintenance on your computer. We apply critical security patches, install software to make your computer run faster, manually scan for viruses, quarantine spyware, clean up temporary files, and defragment hard drives. We’re like the tooth fairy, but better. Because when your computer runs properly, you’ll make more than a nickel.
How can you help? Just leave your computer on for us, so we can make sure it is in tip top shape.
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Yes? Sometimes the best solution to this extremely irritating and worrisome problem is the simplest solution– Reboot!
Many users, especially desktop users, fall into the trap of never turning off their computer. Leaving a computer running 24/7 does save on start up time and gives us a chance to do maintenance. However, over time a computer left on will begin to slow down more and more. The reason? Wasted energy. As you probably know, your programs utilize a number of your system’s resources in order run smoothly. Unfortunately, these resources frequently remain running even after you’ve exited the program that needed them. This means that as you open and close programs, resources are snatched up but never released. At some point your computer begins to use hard drive space as RAM. This slows everything down!
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Sick of waiting for your files to open? Does your computer freeze up all the time? Are you constantly rebooting?
These are all signs that your computer network is in desperate need of maintenance or possibly an upgrade.
What makes computer networks run slow?
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