Critical Vulnerability

In late October Microsoft issued a rare emergency security bulletin for Windows computers. A security update has been rushed out ahead of the normal update schedule to address a critical security hole that affects Windows 2000, XP and Vista. To keep your system safe, visit update.microsoft.com and keep your system current.

The specific bulletin issued by Microsoft was MS08-067. The vulnerability could allow code to be remotely executed on an effected Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 system.

Recent Help Desk Hints

Stop Blackberry Spam

November 5th, 2009

Does your Blackberry need an extra weapon in the ongoing battle against unsolicited junk email? JMR staff and clients have had great success with the Antair Blackberry Spam Filter. It runs right on your handheld with no need for additional desktop or corporate filters. You can find a 30 day trial at antair.com.

Dropbox is easy!

November 5th, 2009

At JMR we’re constantly impressed with how easy Dropbox automatically synchronizes files between Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Just drop a file in a folder on one system and it instantly appears on the others. You can get 2 GB of storage for free at getdropbox.com.

Brainstorming 2.0

March 22nd, 2009

For your next brainstorming session, check out bubbl.us. This slick, free web application lets you create quick, colourful mind maps that can easily be shared, emailed and printed. Why waste time copying notes from whiteboards?

MX Toolbox

March 22nd, 2009

Computer viruses often attempt to use infected machines to send out spam. You may not even know that it’s happening! If your corporate mail servers are blacklisted it could have severe repercussions on your ability to do business. With MX Toolbox you can quickly find out if your company has been listed.

Free Professional PDFs

January 14th, 2009

Word and Excel documents are fine for internal use, but when sending documents to clients there’s nothing more professional than a PDF file. Free software like PDFCreator can turn any document into a print-quality PDF. It’s as easy as printing. Download it free at www.pdfforge.org.