Category: Technology

  • Computer / Technical Issues? Here’s Some Suggestions

    TechGuyLabs.com – From smartphones, computers, wearables, smart speakers, internet security, to digital cameras, gaming, and home theater systems Leo Laporte provides entertaining tech talk that appeals to the inner geek in us all.

    Into Tomorrow – Dave Graveline and the Into Tomorrow team are deeply passionate about consumer tech. For 25 years now, we’ve been discovering, testing, playing, and living with the technology available today and … “Into Tomorrow”.

    Kim Komando – The Kim Komando Show is a three-hour weekly production jam-packed with dozens of digital-lifestyle tips and tricks, security alerts, great online finds and so much more. As America’s Digital Goddess®, she shares the latest gadgets out on the market, breaking tech news and privacy tips to help you stay safe and secure when you’re online.

  • This Week’s Webmaster Tip – GDPR

    The European laws are changing. Although the United States is a bit behind, we are sure they will be catching up. European law now states that web publishers must include the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) warning which gives visitors information about cookies and other forms of data storage that might be contained within their websites.

    WordPress

    Our platform for developing websites is usually WordPress. One of our favorite plugins to help comply with the GDPR is Cookie Notice for GDPR by dFactory. Used by over a million websites, it is one of the easiest to install and work with. It includes lots of features for linking to your Privacy Policy, colors, and positioning of the notice.

    Additional Information

    European Commission

    Find out what your organisation must do to comply with EU data protection rules and learn how you can help citizens exercising their rights under the regulation directly from the European Commission’s Rules for Business and Organizations. This page, in English, is an excellent FAQ featuring most questions commonly asked.

    In Review

  • Adobe Bridge Crashes on Startup

    We have experience many crashes using Adobe Bridge 2019 and 2010. Extremely frustrating even when using some of the techniques offered by Adobe themselves on their website.

    We came across an Internet posting by Jim Doty, Jr. on his website jimdoty.com that “seems” to do the trick for us. It appears he found this technique somewhere using a Google search, but we’ll give Jim the credit for at least finding this.

    Immediately (and I mean immediately) after pressing the icon for Adobe Bridge, press the Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). IF a window shows up (in case it didn’t), his post suggests “Select all three options – Reset Preferences, Reset Standard Workspaces, and Purge Entire Thumbnail Cache – and then click OK.”

    In our case, Bridge just started doing the indexing thing and we were back up and running after about 30 minutes while Bridge re-indexed a network drive. We are a Windows shop, so I’m unclear if this would work on Mac OS.

  • Cleaning Up Windows 10

    WinSxS

    Windows uses a system folder called WinSxS to store files that are needed for your Windows installation, as well as backups or updates to those files. It’s a space hog, however, taking up several gigabytes of space and growing with each Windows Update you perform. Use the steps below to clean up unnecessary files in that WinSxS folder and reclaim valuable hard drive space. 1

  • Sending Secure Files NOT using Email

    Firefox Send

    Firefox Send – Simple, private file sharing: Firefox Send lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. You can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever.