Tech Tips From a NYC System Administrator
Problem: User has a Blackberry. Is part of the company’s BES. Syncing wirelessly is the company’s default setting when deploying Blackberries. This particular user did not have the option. When I checked her Wireless Sync settings under the Contacts–> Options — >Desktop, it said “Not Available”. I tried the following steps: 1. From your Blackberry,…
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Time to revisit your facebook privacy settings again: Facebook has announced that developers of Facebook apps can now gather the personal contact information from their users. Read more…Rogue Facebook apps can now access your home address and mobile phone number | Naked Security.
Problem: Mapped shared network folder would intermittently disconnect itself, and user could not remap it. When trying to remap it, user would get one of the following errors messages: “Local device name is already in use” “The drive could not be mapped because no network was found” “The [\\Server Name\Folder] is not accessible. You might…
Spam. We all get them. Some come with attachements that are just viruses or trojans. Some come from folks in Nigeria who want to give us $2000 cash. Some purportedly come from financial institutions looking to verify your info. What we need to remember is that NO bank, NO credit card company, NO financial institution…
Facebook is getting bigger and sharing more info. It’s time to revisit your privacy settings and make sure you’re not opting into anything automatically. First stop is “Instant Personalization“, which basically allows FB partner sites to gather your info. Opt out by going to your Account –> Privacy Settings, then click on the Edit Settings…
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This is getting SCARY. So basically, unless you opt out, when you’re logged into FB, and visit a partner site (Currently Yelp, Docs.com, Pandora – but I’m sure the list will grow), the partner site will know you’re a FB user and will ask you if you want to “personalize” the site. By that they…
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Malware/Trojans spreading via emails linking to fake Holiday E-Cards purportedly from “your friend” or your “Online Banking Team”. Christmas, Amazon and Zbot – it’s that time of year again – Sophos.
Make sure your IE has the up-to-date patches (or switch to Firefox) and update to the latest Adobe Flash Potent malware link infects almost 300,000 webpages • The Register. A security researcher has identified a new attack that has infected almost 300,000 webpages with links that direct visitors to a potent cocktail of malicious exploits….
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Savvy kids can access explicit online worlds: FTC | Reuters. For parents, one way to restrict access is to use the free service OpenDNS. Simply go to OpenDNS.com and sign up. Download and install the dynamicIP updater client and install to your PC. This updater gives them your IP and allows them to filter your…
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Downloaded and installed Firefox 3.5 yesterday, and the first thing I noticed was that the “x”, the close button, was missing on the tab, when only one tab is open. Where did it go? I don’t know if it’s a bug, or a feature, but I miss it. Sometimes I want to close a page…