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Anti-virus We operate under a very simple “best practice” premise for anti-virus. Workstations should have anti-virus that scans only the workstation and related memory sticks, etc. Servers should have anti-virus that scans only the server itself.

The National Security Agency (NSA) has suggested that security systems must be built with the assumption that there will be breaches. No matter how good a firewall that is purchased, or whether you have “the best” anti-virus, there is some way around each level of security.

Printing for wireless users is often confusing I have a laptop.  I bring the laptop to work.  It sits on our wireless network.  My default printer is a nice shiny new Canon multifunction printer/copier/scanner/fax printer.   I go home.  The printer I use is an HP LaserJet 4000.   I routinely go to other locations which have […]

Microsoft TechNet discusses how to customize Office 2010 setup : https://tiny.cc/lks5i  

We are celebrating our NEW office location in Fishkill with the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Please join us for an official ribbon cutting, light refreshments, and networking on Friday November 4th, 2011 at 12:30pm. New office address is 1401 Route 52 Suite 100B Fishkill, NY 12524. Come meet and celebrate with the CSI family and […]

This could really mess things up in the coming months.   We are already seeing this hit the distributors and limit what options we can offer.  Read the entire article here.

Microsoft had a problem with Internet Explorer 9 and Outlook Web App 2010. It appears that Microsoft has resolved the issue in a recent Internet Explorer 9 patch. You can read about the original issue here:  https://tiny.cc/8rh9w

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The other day my credit card company’s fraud unit called the house.  They asked if I had made purchases at a Wal-Mart in Houston, Texas.   I had not.    My credit card was in my pocket.  I haven’t been to Houston since the 1980s.   Someplace locally that I had visited had a data breach.

I remember my first computer experience on a 300 baud modem connected to a DEC terminal printer talking to Erie 1 BOCES in High School in 1974.   This is a pretty dramatic jump from those days.  Read about it here:  https://tiny.cc/c1to5