Author Archives: mclark

A client told me recently that they sometimes open the images on the random emails that they receive, to check them….not the best idea. Why Images in Emails Can Be RiskyTracking Pixels (Most Common Risk)Many phishing emails contain invisible 1×1 … Continue reading →

The Quick Access part of the panel on Windows Explorer disappeared with an error…tried all the windows options, clear cache, set back to default, nothing worked…. Try this, run CMS as admin… del /f /q “%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations*”del /f /q “%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations*” Worked … Continue reading →

You can bypass the “let’s connect you to a network” screen by killing the networkconnectionflow.exe process using the Task Manager. Since you already have Windows 11 installed at this stage, you can launch the Task Manager on top of your … Continue reading →

So this is a Windows 11 based laptop, purchased from Curry’s, 2022. The job was to reinstall the whole thing. The login credentials were lost (no is wasn’t stolen) and to get the PC working again we needed to reinstall … Continue reading →

So you have an older PC and you want to give it away, or even sell it. Perhaps to a friend, a family member or a charity for example. You have deleted all your data off of the drives, uninstalled … Continue reading →

Phishing for passwords is a great pass time of any cyber criminal.  The conmen already know your username, as that is now your email address.  It is the password they covet more than anything.  The criminals are getting cleverer, the … Continue reading →

Be careful of all kinds of social media asking for various bits of information!  They seem innocent, but are they really?  Give nothing away.  Call the company direct, using their actual phone number, if you wish to discuss anything. We’ve … Continue reading →