We of course work with several clients that use gmail for their businesses, and want to know why we always make one of our very first suggestions that they migrate away from such an easy to use service. A few reasons immediately come to mind: Privacy: Google is in the business of data gathering. They [...]
Troubleshooting Windows Updates can be a frustrating issue many times. The steps outlined in this article http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-update-stuck-at-checking-for-updates/b79ecc03-5534-42fb-8847-43d2c8d98b94?linkId=16543816&Ocid=1.+Owned+NA+(Reactive)_Social_TWITTER_WindowsSupport_20150825_227327310&auth=1) (PDF: Windows Update stuck at %22Checking for updates%22 - Microsoft Community) have helped us quite a bit from time to time. Notes: net stop wuauserv cd %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution ren Download Download.old net start wuauserv Windows Clean Boot
Many times you will want to boot Microsoft Windows in a 'clean mode' where no additional drivers are loaded, etc... Of course, there is also Safe Mode for this, but Safe Mode is a bit more severe, and sometimes, you just need a cleaner/simpler boot, and not necessarily full on safe mode. See attached PDF, [...]