If you have a Microsoft Exchange server at your business, Microsoft Outlook has the ability to access more than one mailbox at a time. This is a useful feature if multiple users need to share access to the same email address, or if someone needs to cover another person’s email (when an auto-responder won’t suffice) while on vacation. (more…)
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Using Microsoft Outlook to Access Other Users’ Mailboxes
Friday, June 12th, 2009What is “Unified Threat Management?”
Friday, June 5th, 2009“Unified Threat Management” is a buzzphrase (that is, a few buzzwords strung together) heard a lot in networking and network security. Essentially, this is something (usually a device) which combines several network security services, including email filtering, web content filtering, firewalling, intrusion detection/prevention, and others. A UTM device can provide other services as well, such as VPN (Virtual Private Networking) support, to allow your remote workers to securely connect to your office. UTMs frequently seen in small businesses because they (usually) carry a lower cost than purchasing and managing several separate devices or software packages to perform the same functions. (more…)
So, How Do I Drop Those Administrative Rights, Anyway?
Friday, May 22nd, 2009If you’ve read my previous post on why administrative rights over your computer are a bad thing and you are motivated to do something about it, you might ask “just how do I go about dropping these rights to make my system more stable and less prone to malware?” (more…)
Why You Do NOT Want Administrative Rights on Your Computer
Thursday, May 14th, 2009This is almost always a hot button with some users. One of the absolutely most effective ways to shield yourself from viruses and spyware is to not log on to your computer as an administrator. As soon as I say this, I usually encounter some resistance, because users think that giving up admin rights equates to giving up power. In a way, you are, but for decades I’ve likened full admin rights on a computer to walking around with a loaded gun that might go off at any minute, and pointing it at people (including yourself). I have seen plenty of damage done by users who thought they needed (or just wanted) administrative rights over machines, and in truth, they did not. (more…)
Why We Recommend Foxit Reader Instead of Adobe Reader for PDFs
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009This is an excerpt from an email we sent out to several clients last month, but remains as good advice for many others as well.
In recent months, Adobe has suffered from numerous critical flaws in their Acrobat and PDF Reader products, necessitating frequent upgrades to keep the software current and patch against these vulnerabilities. Furthermore, Adobe’s software has gotten increasingly bloated and more cumbersome to deploy with each version. (more…)
Microsoft Disables Autorun
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009In this blog post today (and one yesterday), Microsoft announced that they will be disabling AutoRun. (more…)