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CenterState Bank Security Alert
This advisory is for people that bank with CenterState Bank. CenterState Bank Important Security Alert CenterState Bank customers have been contacted by individuals calling in regards to debit card transaction activity. The individuals sound legitimate and may appear to be calling from a CenterState Bank telephone number; however, you will […]
Why MAC May Not Print To Ricoh Printers
I Recently ran into an issue with a MacBook Air not able to print to a Ricoh MPC 4503. To isolate the issue I installed a PostScript driver and turned on user codes. (they are using user codes to print in color) After enabling the user codes I still could […]
Disable WordPress Plugins via MySql
Sometimes a WordPress plugin will take down your whole site which can drive you nuts. You can’t get to WP-Admin to fix it and you are left wondering what to do next. Well here is the solution. Login to cpanel in most cases this will be domain.com/cpanel Go to phpMyadmin […]
Outlook AutoComplete Fix
This Article contains a simple way to understanding the process of restoring your AutoComplete within Outlook after performing an upgrade or changing the Outlook profile. Outlook maintains the AutoComplete list. The list is used by both the automatic name-checking feature and the automatic completion feature. The AutoComplete list, also known […]
Print shop Operations
Good Afternoon Hello Fellow Tech’s . Today I want to talk about what is needed to run a efficient print shop . now a lot of you will say that it should be simple enough but in fact it is easier said than done . there are all kinds […]
APIPA – Automatic Private IP Addressing
Short for “Automatic Private IP Addressing” this little Windows function is very cool. It will autoconfigure an IP address if your DHCP server is not available for whatever reason. APIPA will always give an address of 169.254.0.0/16 or 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 and the subnet will be a class B or 255.255.0.0. APIPA […]
What is a NIC
A NIC or Network Interface Card is a device that allows you to connect to a network. A NIC may be wired or wireless but either way it has circuitry required to communicate on a network. It is NOT a “NIC Card” because the “C” in NIC stands for Card […]
Prevent Windows from Automatically Adding Networked Printers
With the addition of Windows 10 comes a new host of problems. One of the most irritating is having a network device automatically installed on your computer and cluttering your device list! Prevent Windows from automatically adding networked printers by following these steps: 1: Navigate to control panel, select network […]
How to open a CD drive if it is unpowered/not working
Broke CD Drive? No problem, to retrieve a CD from a broken/unplugged CD drive there is a pin hole under the tray for manual eject. To use this unfold a paperclip then press the manual eject to open the CD. Below is a picture to locate the pin hole on […]
Windows 10 updates and SMB1 for scan to PC
Good Morning Today we are going to discuss how to fix SMB1 after windows 10 dose a update to your system . As we all know windows is constantly doing updates . Well in a interest to combat the wanna cry virus Microsoft has been pushing out a series […]
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