April 2009

How to Fix Office Compatibility Issues

by James Cash April 28, 2009

This week I’d like to help put right Office compatibility issues. With there being so many versions of Microsoft Office still in use, and new versions on the way, it’s not uncommon for users to have different versions of Office on their PCs. Older versions of Office can have problems opening documents created in later [...]

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Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Due Today

by James Cash April 28, 2009

Service pack 2, which will affect the Office 2007 suite and 2007 Office Server products is due out today, 28th April 2009. The main update is the ability to save in the Open Document Format.  SP2 will also add support for upcoming operating systems including Windows 7. Full detail of the service pack can be [...]

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JamesCash.co.uk Joins Leading Technology Thought Leaders for Breakthrough Industry Conference

by James Cash April 27, 2009

Peer group members learn to manage change, build relationships and help customers succeed in challenging economic times JamesCash.co.uk recently played an active role throughout the first annual Heartland Tech Group (HTG) Summit in Dallas, Texas. HTG attracts industry thought leaders, experts and peers from across the globe. HTG members recently converged to participate and share [...]

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Reducing Outlook / Exchange Mailbox Size

by James Cash April 17, 2009

One of the more common issues I have been dealing with recently has been clients calling me regarding the size of their mailbox. It’s not unusual to be receiving upwards of one hundred emails a day, some with attachments, so it’s not very long before people exceed their default allocated space and are asked to [...]

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Microsoft to Release Eight New Security Patches

by James Cash April 14, 2009

Microsoft is set to release eight security patches, of which five are rated as critical and fix vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to execute remote code on unprotect computers. These updates will be released as part of the monthly “Patch Tuesday” release cycle. Our IT support clients will have these updates taken care of [...]

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Conficker Variant Downloads an Unknown Payload

by James Cash April 9, 2009

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a variant of Conficker which has downloaded an unknown payload from servers connected to a botnet.  The encrypted payload is downloaded via built-in P2P connectivity. Computer users have been warned not to be alarmed, and to continue to exercise caution and implement security best practices including keeping machines updated [...]

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Three Steps to Secure Computing

by James Cash April 8, 2009

Hello, James Brown here, welcome to my first blog post. I’m the newest team member at JamesCash.co.uk, having been here for only a year, although I’ve been in the industry for a while. I’m usually the first point of contact for people who call the office and as such I encounter the whole spectrum of [...]

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Microsoft Reports More Than 97% of Email Is SPAM

by James Cash April 8, 2009

According to a Microsoft security report, more than 97% of email that are sent via the Internet are SPAM.  The emails contain adverts for drugs, product pitches and frequently contain malicious attachments. Read the full article on the BBC News website Unsolicited email presents a major threat to small businesses and can be a significant [...]

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Flexible Working Rights Extended

by James Cash April 6, 2009

Flexible working rights have now been extended to parents of children under the age of 16 as the government looks to help families balance work and home lives.  The right to ask employers for flexible working hours was previously limited to parents children up to the age of six.  Following the changes, a total of [...]

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Could Facebook Improve Workplace Productivity?

by James Cash April 5, 2009

A University of Melbourne study said people who surfed the internet at work for a reasonable time – less than 20 per cent of their total time in the office – were more productive by about nine per cent than those who didn’t. Dr Brent Coker, from the university’s Department of Management and Marketing, said [...]

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