Posts Tagged: Windows
March 17, 2020 Cyber SecurityBy: Eric Woodard HardwareBy: Eric Woodard SoftwareBy: Eric Woodard TechnologyBy: Eric Woodard
Six Reasons PC Setup Fees are a Win-Win
Six Reasons PC Setup Fees are a Win-Win We often get asked, why does Protek charge PC setup fees for new laptops and desktops? The short answer is, these fees make sense both for the…
January 15, 2019 SoftwareBy: Eric Woodard
Sandbox: Safe New Way to Open Windows Files
With the new year comes change. Microsoft Windows decided to get on the band wagon and help address the fear of opening .exe files for its users. Meet Windows Sandbox. While some users use virtual…
July 3, 2018 SoftwareBy: Eric Woodard
Are You Ready for Windows 7 End of Life?
Windows 7 has been one of the most loved operating systems that Microsoft has ever come out with and many people are still using it today. Recently, Microsoft announced that if you haven’t upgraded systems…
Tuesday Microsoft had an event to announce it’s latest products. One item of note they released is a new version of Windows that is fairly locked down to help them compete with Chromebooks and the…
April 13, 2017 Tech NewsBy: Eric Woodard
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Windows Vista
Every other year, Microsoft gets it right with their operating system, Windows. If you can remember back far enough, Windows ME was terrible, Windows XP was a work of art. Windows Vista was terrible, Windows…
April 29, 2016 What the Tech?By: Eric Woodard
QuickTime; Quickly Becoming Dangerous For Windows
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last Thursday issued a warning to remove Apple’s QuickTime for windows. The alert is coming after a trend Micro’s report of two security flaws in the software; the software…
Microsoft’s latest PC operating system arrived with fanfare yesterday, and has received overwhelmingly positive reviews so far, but is it ready for your business? Let’s take it for a spin and find out. Is…
November 7, 2014 TechnologyBy: Eric Woodard
Wouldn’t it Be Nice if Microsoft OS Upgrades Were Free?
Operating systems aren’t designed to last forever. This is why new versions are released every few years or so. In the case of Microsoft, selling their latest OS has always been their bread and butter….
The news is out; what was previously thought to be Microsoft Windows 9, code named “Threshold,” has been revealed to be Windows 10. While leaks have already shown us quite a bit of what the…
Microsoft put out the fire from the zero-day bug affecting users of its popular web browser Internet Explorer by releasing a security patch. This IE bug is a bad one that allows hackers to take…
March 10, 2014 SoftwareBy: Eric Woodard
Windows XP Becomes a Business Liability on April 8!
If you’re still running your business or home PC on Windows XP, then it’s vital that you upgrade to a newer OS. Yes, your decade-old Windows XP system may be working just fine, and therefore,…
March 4, 2014 SoftwareBy: Eric Woodard
The Time to Upgrade Windows Server 2003 is Now
By now, you have hopefully heard about Windows XP being no longer supported by Microsoft come April, but what you may have missed is that there’s another popular Windows OS, Windows Server 2003, that’s also…