Newsletter Archives

• Wrapping up July’s updates

  Posted on August 7, 2023 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  We’re at the dividing line. We are working on getting July’s updates installed and reviewing whether we have Windows 10 22H2 installed. Meanwhile, that window of opportunity for installing updates is closing soon.

  But that’s just the Windows side of the patching world. On the Apple side, we’ve had to deal with zero-day patches this month. Not to be left out, Android is doing last-minute beta testing on Android 14 beta 4.1.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.32.0, 2023-08-07).

  Patch Watch Apple, Cloud services, CVE-2023-32019, InControl, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, WSUS, WuMgr, Zero Day

• Choosing a web-hosting service: The ins and outs

  Posted on August 16, 2020 at 20:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums
  

  SMALL-BUSINESS WEBSITES

  By Will Fastie

  The heart of the Web consists of millions of web servers, constantly streaming out trillions of webpages.

  Relatively speaking, web servers are simple affairs — but choosing whose servers will host your website … not so much.

  Years ago, a brilliant programmer I know once quipped that he could build a web server with just 12 lines of code. He was probably correct: for an exceptionally simple website, one containing nothing but text-based HTML, serving up pages is nothing more than requesting a file from the server and rendering it in a web browser.

  Today’s websites are, of course, far more complex.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.32.0 (2020-08-17).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Cloud services, SSL Certificates, Web-hosting services

• How we automated the Win7 ESU-purchase process

  Posted on February 10, 2020 at 01:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL BUSINESS

  By Amy Babinchak

  At Harbor Computer Services, we specialize in providing IT services to small businesses with between one and 100 computer users.

  An important part of those services is helping customers modernize their business processes by effectively using applications and tools provided with their Microsoft 365 subscription. Often, this entails automating repetitive office tasks — an approach we also apply in our own business. Here’s an example.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.6.0 (2020-02-10).

  Small Business Computing, Windows 7, Windows Patches/Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Cloud services, MS Forms, SharePoint, Win7 ESU

• When moving to the cloud goes really badly

  Posted on December 16, 2019 at 01:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  CLOUD SERVICES

  By Amy Babinchak

  Cloud computing is revolutionizing IT for small businesses, but there are still many skeptics.

  That surprises me as an IT consultant and provider. A well-implemented cloud environment can provide highly productive computing solutions, detailed security, and a boost to a company’s bottom line.

  Unfortunately, cloud services are not immune from botched installations. Recently, I was called in to investigate and repair a shockingly shoddy cloud implementation — easily the worst I’d ever seen.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.46.0 (2019-12-16).

  Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Cloud services, Computing help, IT consultants