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Here is a post from Microsoft TechNet discussing issues with Microsoft Excel that have cropped up since MS11-072 came out and was applied.   The article describes the issue and provides a work around for the two scenarios that Microsoft is seeing.   One is dead links and the other is attempting to save an Excel file […]

Microsoft has been introducing the world to what is coming next in Windows 8. This is a good article introducing what comes after Windows 7: https://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/what-it-should-know-about-windows-8-173881?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-10-01

This is a great tip for setting Windows desktop wallpaper from Jeremy Moskowitz at GPAnswers.com.  It is also a good example of leveraging the Group Policy Preference Extensions (GPPE) functionality on top of traditional Microsoft Group Policies.  GPPE is only found in a true Microsoft Active Directory domain and not alternative Group Policy management systems […]

While I’m sure this was accidental, it is one way to protect Internet Explorer’s market share: https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220435/Microsoft_kills_Google_Chrome_with_bad_malware_signature?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-09-30

A few months ago a number of our clients were surveyed in depth by a third party firm about what they thought about CSI.   We are happy to report that the reviews were extremely favorable.   Our thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts.  When asked what CSI could do better, many respondents said that they […]

As Hurricane Irene approached New York, CSI used our 24x7x365 Paladin Monitoring service to help our clients prepare their computers and networks for the impending hurricane.  We were able to quickly identify all the uninterruptible power  supplies (aka batteries) under management which had bad batteries or other hardware issues.

On September 6, 1979 my father and I entered the world of business opening the first store in the region dedicated to personal computers.  I was 17 and had just left for the University of Texas at Austin after helping my dad setup the store and left him to run it while I was in […]

Malicious PDF Documents can be a threat to your business I can’t tell you how many people tell me that they never worry about clicking on Adobe PDF file documents because “they are safe”.  They are shocked when I tell them that infected PDF files is one of the major ways viruses and trojans are brought […]

Dead is still dead, but in Windows 8 the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will be friendlier “sad” face! https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/blue-screen-death-gets-new-life-windows-8

QR Codes are those square bar codes you see popping up on billboards and advertising.   If you have a smart phone and download a QR reader application, you can take a picture of the QR code.  The QR code will be converted to text.  This might be a web page.