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How do you know a tech is certified?

Easy, all IT-related certifications that I am familiar with issue a card stating the certification and often there is a verification tool available on the Internet to validate it.   Just ask them for it, they should proudly display their certification.  They are not easy to get and many require upkeep by continuing education units (CEU)s [...]

Another example…

Perfect example… customer just came in with a computer problem nightmare that has been going on for weeks.
Computer got infected with Rogue Antivirus scareware.  They took it to Staples.  Staples couldn’t clean it and rebuilt OS instead.  $100 later, computer back home doesn’t work right.  They take it to another computer shop in Sedalia… well [...]

CenturyLink Touts Wireline as Best Bet for Rural Internet

Tom Gerke, executive vice chairman at the newly-branded telco CenturyLink, made clear recently that relying on wireless technology to achieve expanded broadband access in underserved areas simply won’t cut it.  

Scareware

It’s the latest rounds of viruses out there.  They seem to get people playing around on Facebook games… it’s not ads on Facebook, but rather when you start playing the games, then you are on the game’s website.  Then you stray off the game’s site onto some ad then BAM!
You then get a pop up [...]

Welcome to Earth…

I was on a call and it was one of those situations where the company hired out their IT, then the management changed and IT and the old manager blew town with all and I mean ALL of the documentation, software… well everything.
Here we are trying to access a server without a password.  Okay, so [...]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  We are excited and look forward to a fruitful year in 2009!  Craig Computers will keep your systems running fine in 2009!