Well, I did it. I updated my PC to Windows 8.1. A friend of mine upgraded his computer at the same time which was helpful as we could compare experiences. And so, without further ado, this is what we found… Installation About the only problem I had with the install was finding the actual install ...
Perhaps getting a jump on the upcoming Windows 8 upgrade due in mid-October, Apple released its 7th generation mobile operating system in September. The new iOS 7 has been extensively reviewed across the web — mostly positively — but I’d like to get in my two bits and note a couple of things I do ...
By the end of 2013 there will be a major change coming to many of the secure web sites and mail servers on the Internet: effective January 1, 2014 all secure certificates used on the Internet will need to be upgraded from 1024 to 2048 bit encryption. For those of you who have no idea ...
Yes, the title of this month’s post may make you think of that old Monty Python bit about Spam and eggs however, sorry to say, that won’t be the case. I’ve noticed in the last few weeks a huge increase in the amount of Spam showing up in my junk mailbox. By now most people ...
With the onset of summer comes the end of another school year. For working parents this can be a tough time of year. Juggling work and keeping an eye on little ones can be a challenge for any parent. This month I am dedicated my post to all the working parents trying to balance their ...
Starting approximately six months ago Skyway West has been allowed to resell ADSL (DSL) services over 6 Mb to our business customers. At that time we were capped at 15 Mb and then, two months ago 25 Mb came available (location depending). Before these higher speeds opened up to us Telus made some significant changes ...
At the end of 2012 I did a two-part review of Windows 8 where I pretty well gave it an overall thumbs up rating. Since then I have had a few more months to use Microsoft’s latest operating system and I thought I would compare my earlier experiences to those I have now. So here ...
Last month I spent a good portion of the week cleaning up after one of the worst cases of blacklisting I can remember during my twelve years with Skyway West (read a post of mine from last year on how to prevent your Outgoing Mail being tagged as spam). An employee of one of our ...
I’ve mentioned DNS (Domain Name Services) before (here, here and here), but I have not yet written about what are the best IP addresses for customers to use when configuring a PC or network to access the Internet. There are a few things to consider when setting this up, and while most techs are familiar with ...
