Wednesday, 11 February 2015

IT Tech Tips

Tip: Technical considerations before launching a Website

When having any type of website work done, be sure to have your web developer and your IT professional talk before any changes are made. Our Technical Assistance Center have recently experienced several website designers change the DNS settings of our customers without talking to us first, crippling the customers email and remote access. If this is done without ensuring backups have been completed and having solid knowledge of how the clients infrastructure is tied into their website, major complications can occur that can be very expensive to the client to have repaired.


IT firms are usually not in the business of Website Design and Development and web developers are usually not in the business of Network Architecture and other technical services. However, the two should always work together when a new website is being published to ensure a successful website launch.

Tip: iOS 7 Update

We are recommending some great advice from one of the companies in our best practices group from Bloomington, IL, that Apple iPad and iPhone users postpone the upgrade to iOS 7 due to some problems found during testing of the new OS. While the upgrade has some great new features, it has also been found to have some serious issues that you should be aware of before upgrading.
For most employees, we recommend waiting 30-60 days before upgrading so that others can discover the bugs and give Apple and 3rd party app developers time to fix them. If you use an older model Apple device, you should wait longer. If you are a tech-savvy, early adopter, then the upgrade is ready for you to start testing. Just keep in mind that some of the issues cannot be fixed until the next Apple Update is released. If you have already upgraded your device, please be aware of the following potential issues. Not all issues affect all users, but the potential exists for them to affect you after you upgrade.


Tip: Take Easy Screenshots with Windows 8

In previous versions of Windows, taking a screenshot was a multi-step process: You had to print the entire desktop screen, open your photo manipulation program or MS Paint, paste the large screenshot, crop and save the image as a file. In Windows 8, you will only need to hit the Windows Key and Print Screen on your keyboard. The operating system automatically takes a screenshot of your full screen and saves the image file into a Screenshots folder within your account user's Pictures folder. So much faster!

Tip: How To Avoid Data Loss

How to avoid the hardship of the loss of your work data. Many users save files to their computers hard drive and are under the misconception that this data is recoverable if their hard drive fails, because they are on a network. This would be a hard lesson for someone that had important documents and data on their desktops, My Documents or the local C: drive. Make sure that you always save your data on a network share on the companies file server. Like a dedicated users folder or other department share. The server shares should be backed up at least every night to a company backup solution, so in the event that your hard drive fails on your computer, these important documents will not be lost.

Tip: Manage Your Windows 8 Start Screen

See all those tiles? Some – mostly those representing Microsoft’s core apps or apps you’ve downloaded from the Microsoft Store – can get bigger or smaller. Right click on them to see the Start Screen’s “context menu,” a disappearing bar at the bottom of the Start Screen, and you might have the option to enlarge or shrink certain tiles. This is the same way you’ll launch programs with administrator rights and boot them off the Start Screen as a whole: Look for the “unpin” option.Source: http://goo.gl/VYxXK1

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