In our last article we talked about the history of the different account types. So, how much does this matter in a practical sense? It’s tempting to use a home licence for your business needs; it’s cheaper and business owners often already have a home licence that can be shared with up to five employees. […]
Valerie Green
Personal and Work accounts; what’s the difference?
Click here for the previous article Following on from our previous article, where we summarised the basic differences between the account types, we realised that the amount we could say about it in detail is quite a lot. To avoid swamping users with a wall of text, we’re going to break it into smaller parts […]
Types of Account
Do you know which kind of account you use to log in to your computer? There are three types and they each have different functionality. The local account belongs to the computer, the personal account belongs to an individual, and the work or school account belongs to an organisation. Here’s a quick explanation of what […]
Phishing Notifications: Part 2
Click Here For Part 1 In our last article, we talked about a trick that malicious sites use to gain access to your computer and send you obnoxious notifications. These look harmless, or even helpful, but can cause a lot of trouble for you. As promised, we are now here to discuss how you can […]
Sneakernet
Sometimes in the world of computers, you get concepts that sound like they surely must be an April Fools’ joke but are actually a real thing. One example is ‘Sneakernet’. The term Sneakernet refers to moving data by transferring it to a portable storage medium, such as a USB stick, a removable hard drive, or […]
Phishing Notifications: Part 1
Click Here For Part 2 So, I was doing a Service-IT for one of our clients and a couple of notifications popped up on the right-hand side of the screen whilst I was running a Hard Disk check. Those seem legit; all you do is click on them, right? Yeah… they’re not legit. Firstly, the […]
Charging Forward
How often do you feel the frustration of desperately searching for a charger and a free socket for your phone when it’s hovering threateningly at 5% battery? In a home office especially, it’s likely that the sockets and wiring were put in place before computer use became widespread. Have you considered updating your sockets? Did […]
Centralised vs Decentralised
With the development of contact tracing apps to counter the spread of COVID-19, there has been discussion of centralised and decentralised methods. So what do these terms actually mean? The short version is that the centralised method is designed to collect more data and compare it on central servers, while the decentralised method collects as […]
Big Green Shout
How can you make your ‘new normal’ Greener? Here at Solidarity IT, we always aim to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. 🏠 Home-office (single premises)📞 Remote Support (visits only when absolutely necessary)🚗 Car Share (Co-Cars Hybrid/Electric)📄 Digital paperwork♻️ Waste recycled If anyone has any other suggestions of ways we can minimise our […]
Benefits of Protect-IT
Protect-IT defended a client’s laptop against a virus attack recently. It was detected in a piece of Malware called “browserassistant.exe” lurking in the hidden app_data folder. It was continually blocked by AutoProtection and then removed via remote access. The first time the customer was bothered by it was when I called them to let them […]