I’m posting my Tesla referral link for clients, friends, family or anyone else that might be interested in Tesla products. I’ve become quite educated on the Model S, Solar Roof, and Powerwall products. If you are interested or have questions about these products feel free to contact me. – Ryan Leed

https://ts.la/ryan76491

There are times when malware can be so embedded in a system, then even a full scan will not be able to fully remove the malicious files, or worse yet, finds nothing at all. For those cases, running an “offline” scan is recommended or in any case where you need more confidence in clean bill of health from your antivirus software. This feature is built into Windows 10, but Microsoft also makes it available as a stand-alone product. I recently had a request to provide a clean bill of health for a system. I used it to perform a full system scan and provide the scan results to ensure the system was free of malware.

Here is a link to Microsoft’s Defender Offline page

I had the opportunity to test the new T-Mobile 5G Home Internet service. The 5G/LTE wireless gateway (manufactured by Nokia) is included for free when signing up. Cost is $50 a month with autopay. If you’re looking for an alternative to your current provider, I would recommend giving the T-Mobile Home Internet service a try. They do have an address qualification to make sure they have good coverage in your area. Here’s the link to the eligibility checker.

https://www.t-mobile.com/isp/eligibility

If you have slow or unreliable service with your current provider, cellular is a proving itself to be a viable alternative for some. With an average signal of 3-4 bars out of 5, download speeds were between 200-300 Mbps download. That’s fast enough to outpace DSL, basic cable and most fixed wireless. Only upper-tier cable plans have more bandwidth, FttH is still a long a way off in the old pueblo.

It doesn’t seem that long ago when Windows 10 started picking up steam and overtook Windows 7 to become the most mainstream Windows operating systems used. Well, it’s time to start counting a new statistic. Windows 11 is now available for installation for those that meet the system requirements.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

System Requirements:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications

Lots to schools have opted to use Google Classrooms. Some have been given ChromeBooks by the schools, other may need to use to family computer. For a number of reasons, you may want to isolate your child’s OS and Internet activity to a separate device. To bridge the gap, Neverware has a free version of ChromeOS that works on many PCs and laptops. I was successful using a Dell Optiplex 9010 all in one.

Here’s a link to their site for more info.

Here’s a link to their USB Installer.
(WARNING! USB FLASH DRIVE WILL BE ERASED!)

Here you will find a list of all the web advertising companies that are currently tracking you.

https://optout.aboutads.info/

It’s not very often a flaw of this magnitude comes along. If you have an iPhone or iPad and use the mail app for email, then you will want to patch as soon as possible.

The Register has an article with the current state of affairs

If you have a need to move between cloud providers, Mover.io might have what you are looking for.

https://mover.io/guides/

Moving to the cloud can be a challenge to say the least. One of the more cumbersome bits is how to forklift decades of data to the cloud, but keep ease of access while maintaining security. Leed Computer Consulting has used many methods to do this. From web clients to PowerShell scripts. We have found that while the OneDrive client software can be reliable data mover larger workloads require something else. If you are facing moving over 250GB of data we suggest using the SharePoint Migration Tool. Here’s a link to learn more and download SPMT from Microsoft.

This is starting to become a big problem. If you use Office 365, be aware of emails with links that take you to a login page. Some email forgeries can be very convincing, but take a closer look. Before clicking a link, you should verify that the link is leading you to a real website. This is especially important if you are asked to provide your username and password. The simplest method we’ve found is to hover your mouse over the links in the email to expose where they lead to. Even if the link uses HTTPS, make sure the URL leads to something easily recognized as legitimate. Note the link in this email goes to a non-Microsoft website.