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• The basics of patching and repairing balky Windows PCs

  31-01-2022 18:30
  
  When you have a Windows computer and have to deal with Microsoft patches, hard drives that die, and hard drives that should be updated to solid-state drives (SSDs), there are a few key tasks you need to know how to do.This month’s updates turned out be disruptive for business patchers. For domain controllers and Server 2012 R2 virtual servers, in particular, users had to uninstall the January updates to keep their hardware from rebooting. I often see users deal with patching side effects
  
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• 'It's time to move on': Former Packers executive on Aaron Rodgers' future in Green Bay - WISN Milwaukee

  31-01-2022 16:00 via wisn.com
  'It's time to move on': Former Packers executive on Aaron Rodgers' future in Green Bay  WISN Milwaukee
  
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• Apple makes it easier to share 'unlisted' apps with employees, partners, and others

  31-01-2022 13:43
  
  Apple’s most recent App Store improvement — adding support for unlisted apps — should help business users, educators, researchers, and others who need a consistent and limited way to share iOS or iPadOS apps with small groups of people.Unlisted apps via the App Store
  The company's decision involving unlisted apps is a welcome addition because it means you can exploit Apple’s internationally available App Store infrastructure to distribute apps to small and restricte
  
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• Google Meet cheat sheet: How to get started

  31-01-2022 12:00
  
  Google Meet lets you hold video meetings with your co-workers — or family and friends — using your PC’s webcam or the selfie camera on your phone or tablet. It works as a web app in a desktop web browser, and it’s also available as a mobile app for Android and iOS.Meet is free to use if you have a Google user account, such as a Gmail account. And if you use Google Workspace (formerly called G Suite), Meet is included with your paid subscription.To read this article in fu
  
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• Survey: Many UK organisations leave their collaboration tools vulnerable

  31-01-2022 07:15
  
  More than half of UK employers would struggle to operate for longer than an hour if their collaboration platform went offline, according to research from videoconferencing and collaboration software company StarLeaf.A recent survey of 2,000 UK-based employers found that 97% of organisations said real-time communication tools  such as Zoom, WebEx, or Microsoft Teams, are now “absolutely essential” to carrying out their operations. But only 32% of CIOs, CISOs, CSOs, and CTOs have
  
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