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NHS UK Ransomware Attack – What to do to protect yourself and your business

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Today the NHS in the UK has come under attack from a ransomware attack causing huge damage to their systems which has had a knock-on effect on patients including cancelled appointments and operations. This attack seems to have been able to attack the NHS due to outdated systems allowing the attack access through the Microsoft vulnerability which is patched in Microsoft …

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Recover Lost files with EaseUS Data Recovery Software

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Ever came up with the situation when you deleted some important files of yours by mistake. Then you wished if those files could be recovered but all you did was wishing. Not anymore, Now Recover Deleted Files easily by Free Data Recovery Software i.e. “EaseUS Data Recovery Software”; a very user-friendly software. EaseUS Data Recovery Software comes up with two …

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Malware Bytes – Real-Time Protection layers turned off

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If you are using Malware Bytes Premium then you may have come across the Real-Time Protection layers turned off error like below: This is with the version 3 release of Malware Bytes and seems to have affected the version 3.0.4. We came across this error and carried out various tests in our lab like uninstalling and reinstalling in case there …

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Install files into ProgramData folder using Visual Studio Installer

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If you are a regular user of Visual Studio and you also use the Visual Studio Installer to create EXE and MSI installers for your programs then you sometimes may need to copy files to the ProgramData hidden folder. Within Visual Studio Installer this option is not easily available to you like the User’s Desktop is for example: However, you …

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How to remove the Edge icon from Internet Explorer after Windows 10 Creators Update

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So you have updated to the latest Windows 10 Creators Edition (1703) and you are using Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft have decided that you need an Edge icon on your tabs to try and encourage you to start using it – annoying yes? Well there is a very simple way of turning it back off again. Instructions Click the little …

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Shoretel – How to fix the retrieving prompt error

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If you are using a Shoretel IP telephony system and you access the Director from a client machine, then you may come across a problem when accessing Auto-Attendants and Workgroups with audio prompts. the problem usually is that it will stick on Retrieving Prompt and then never go any further than that until it times out: The reason this is an …

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