The Computer Repair Podcast #328 – Knowledge vs. On The Job Training

Learn How To Run Your Computer Repair Business

Hosted by: Jeff Halash from TechNut Computer Repair

John Dubinsky from Maven Group

Paco Lebron from ProdigyTeks

Computer Repair Podcast #328 Video

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Topics: How do you know when to go into Business?

2019 ANNUAL – TECHCON UNPLUGGED

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Sept 20th-22nd 2019

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God Bless Eric Arduini and his family.

Rest In Peace Eric.  Keep up the good fight.

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Free Forms to help you in your I.T. Business

John Tips

Reg Converter v1.2

Reg Converter is a portable freeware utility to convert .reg data to .bat, .vbs, or .au3. This is particularly useful for files which need administrator privileges in order to be merged into the registry , or for unattended installations.

Am I Behind A Proxy?

This website shows you detailed information about any proxy servers on your internet connection.

Second Factor – Doh?

NinjaRMM Partner Used To Seed Ransomware – Lack of 2FA – 

Why you are doing it wrong

Where is Geolocation of an IP Address?

LENOVO: THE FALLOUT: A REAL-WORLD CYBERSECURITY STORY

 ‘The Fallout: A Real-World Cybersecurity Story’ features actor and tech investor Olivia Munn, who takes viewers through a behind-the-scenes look into the Sony Pictures hack of 2014 by the group Guardians of Peace, which led to leaked emails and created havoc in the entertainment industry. It was also a huge wake-up call to businesses and brands everywhere.

A good one to possibly share with customers….  Do not let this be your business.

SMTP DIAG

Tool is used to identify and troubleshoot SMTP server problems by trying to send message to SMTP server and display all trial log in the log window.

List of computing and IT abbreviations

Bonus Tips:

View RAW Images in Windows 10 With Microsoft’s New Plugin

Microsoft just released a free RAW Image extension for Windows 10 that makes viewing RAW files much easier in Windows’ File Explorer

Caution: Misuse of security tools can turn against you

In a security context, this is a word of caution about making sure the tools we use to keep our information private don’t actually cause the data leaks themselves. In this article, I will be talking about some cases that I have come across in which security tools have leaked data they were intended to secure.

Music By Jim Holley