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Reduced-fee IT support for in-need not-for-profits

I'd like to try an experiment. I'd like to offer our IT support services for a greatly reduced fee to not-for-profits...
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Windows or macOS?

As much as I love my MacBook, here are two compelling reasons why they're the wrong solution for small businesses.
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Autodesk products: Qt platform plugin could be initialized

C'mon, Autodesk, let us automate hotfixes already!
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"Why do you call our staff 'users?'"

"Why do you call our staff 'users?' They're actual people; they're our employees."
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Why can't everything just work?

More often than not, your IT provider isn't breaking things. (Though sometimes we do. 🥹)
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Fortigate site-to-site VPN connects but no traffic passes

A possible solution if your Fortigate site-to-site VPN connects but passes no traffic
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New default Aptos font in Word breaks printing via "Adobe PDF" printer

Acrobat can't handle Word's new Aptos font.
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Add a new domain as an alias to all of your Microsoft 365 accounts

Add a new domain as an alias to all of your Microsoft 365 accounts
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Reduced-fee IT support for in-need not-for-profits

I'd like to try an experiment. I'd like to offer our IT support services for a greatly reduced fee to not-for-profits...
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"I like it, but can I have it for less?"

Low rates are the source of poor service.
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Should I extend the warranty on my PCs?

Sometimes, our clients want to know my opinion on whether they should renew, so I thought I'd put my thoughts in writing.
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Why can't I delete desktop icons?

While on its face, it would seem that one should be able to delete whatever one wants on their desktop, it's not that...
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The Hidden Cost of Cheap IT Support: Why Skimping Leads to Poor Service

Cutting costs wherever possible can be an appealing strategy, but when it comes to IT support, going for the cheapest ...
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The advantages of architecture-focused IT support

Architects have a lot to consider when choosing an IT support provider
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The importance of inventorying PCs: or, how I learned to love asset management

There was a time that most of our clients were small enough that we could roughly remember who had which PC. And, when ...
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What you should look for in a managed IT provider

When choosing an MSP (Managed Service Provider) for your small business, there are several factors you should consider...
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We have a guy

I've been doing a lot of cold calling recently and a response I often get is, "We don't need IT support; we have a guy who
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What place does IT support have when everything is in the cloud?

Although cloud computing has made it easier for small businesses to store and access their data, they still need IT support
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Benefits of IT Support for Small Businesses

If you are a small business owner, you know how important technology is to your daily operations.
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Solved: The namespace cannot be queried. The RPC server is unavailable.

When setting up DFS for a client this weekend, I was met with this error...
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Please remove Zoom; we don't use it

Just uninstall the software! That's what we requested!
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OneDrive: the difference between Direct Access vs Link Sharing

The difference between sharing a OneDrive link and giving someone Direct Access is that sharing a link is like publishing
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What problem are you trying to solve?

Too often, the people we want to help come to us with solutions, not problems.
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Innovative Technologies

Windows or macOS?

As much as I love my MacBook, here are two compelling reasons why they're the wrong solution for small businesses.
read more
IT Support

Autodesk products: Qt platform plugin could be initialized

C'mon, Autodesk, let us automate hotfixes already!
read more
IT Support

"Why do you call our staff 'users?'"

"Why do you call our staff 'users?' They're actual people; they're our employees."
read more
IT Support

Why can't everything just work?

More often than not, your IT provider isn't breaking things. (Though sometimes we do. 🥹)
read more
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What we were up to in June

Hands down, the highlight of June was helping a client move away from their unreliable on-site phone system to a cloud-...
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What we were up to in May

The highlight of May had to be transitioning one of our law firm clients off of their Windows server and into a ...
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What we were up to in April

This month, Qore became AIA DC affiliate members! We love helping architects so much, that we joined the AIA DC and its ...
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Hire internal IT or outsource?

As the owner of a managed services provider (MSP,) I’ve witnessed many small business owners weigh this question.
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How to correctly handle mailboxes of departing staff members

Managing the IT-side of staff departures is an unavoidable part of our job, and in every case, we're asked to forward...
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Protip: vendor-specific email addresses

How to avoid spam and identify email address harvesters
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Revit Server: "This operation could not be completed. Please try again."

Yesterday, I installed Revit Server 2021 for a client, but when they tried to open the server, they got...
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Get Time Matters icons in Acrobat DC

If you're a Time Matters user, you know how helpful it is to have the TM Open and TM Save icons in Acrobat!
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Connect to your work computer

Here's how you securely remote into your work computer
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Connect to your work computer: create a QR code/key pair

The first step to getting you remoted into your work computer
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Set up my remote work PC

Set up my remote work PC
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Azure Agent replaces NPS certificate

Azure Agent replaces NPS certificate
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Manage Windows 10 Startup Apps start-up status

Manage Windows 10 Startup Apps start-up status
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Move Google Chrome profiles to a new computer

Move Google Chrome profiles to a new computer
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Save money on Azure Reserved Instances

Save money on Azure Reserved Instances
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How Microsoft software generates users’ initials

Outlook uses a different algorithm from Teams!
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PowerShell: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

How to fix "Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel" with a registry edit
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Find your SharePoint libraries in macOS

In Windows, when you visit an SPO site then click Sync, the OneDrive app syncs the library
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How to get OneDrive out of a sync loop

Today, we got a desperate call from a client who, despite verifying that AutoSave was turned on in Word, had lost ...
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Set up your new, work-from-home Windows 10 Home PC

Congratulations on the purchase of your new computer! Let’s get you set up so you can work from home. This guide assumes...
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Get Outlook for Mac to open iCal invitations

You might find that when you open calendar invitations in Outlook on your Mac, the Calendar app opens instead of Outlook...
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Better antivirus

While we’re still using Bitdefender’s security suite, we’ve upgraded our clients’ PCs to Bitdefender’s fuller-featured...
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Azure Migrate: The ASR cannot be registered due to an internal error.

When migrating one of clients’ servers to Azure using Azure Migrate, w...
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HP printers: An install operation took too long to execute

HP makes incredibly good printers and incredibly bad printer software...
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Trusted IP addresses ignored in Azure CA policies

We have a client who has a line of business app that syncs its content...
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“Other user” option missing from Azure AD-joined PC login screen

While working on an issue yesterday, I disconnected a client’s PC from...
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Microsoft Teams missing for new users

Today, we found that a new user at a client didn’t have Teams on their...
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Find the source of a locked-out account

Netwrix wrote this cool PowerShell script that reveals the source of locked-out AD accounts, but there’s an error in ...
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OneDrive files stuck in Sync Pending

On two occasions now, we’ve seen cases where files in OneDrive aren’t syncing (Status: Sync Pending,) and as a result...
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