Covid-19 and Working RemotelyA How-To Technology Resource
Welcome to The Computer Center’s Covid-19 resource center for small businesses. Our focus is to provide you with the information you need to keep your business running, collaborate with your team, meet with customers, and make the best of the current situation by leveraging technology. Visit www.computer-center.com/covid19/ for access to more helpful information.
IT Security Tip #30: Start With A Fresh Session Or Browser Window
You’d like to access the company website or a site for one of your vendors from work. When you click on your favorite browser, it opens to your homepage: msn.com, yahoo.com, aol.com, espn.com… You get the point. You then select the bookmark for the desired website and go. BIG problem! Most websites these days have tracking cookies, microdots, and other advertising and data-collection bots that sit on them. These little spies are now following you across your browser session. Be careful with your information. Web portal sites like I listed are filled with ads, and the site’s overhead is paid for with information they get from you.
- Consider changing your homepage to something like https://startpage.com/. They don’t spy.
- Always open a new browser tab when navigating to a new website. Close the last one to keep things tidy after the new one loads.
- Consider using add-ons in your browser to cut down on ads and spies. Not sure how? Ask us.
This Tuesday Tidbits series is one great way to keep your employees informed, but you STILL need a good AUP in place and training. If you’d like our help in creating one for your company, based on best practices, call us at (608) 755-1524. You’ll be glad you did.
Contact us if you have any computer-related needs by visiting computer-center.com.
Microsoft Tips for Windows
Share Office Files
Break free of never-ending email chains. If you’re working in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, select the Share button. You can enter another person’s email address, or copy a link and send it to them. Then they’ll be invited into your document to read or edit. If you’re not ready for someone else to edit, you can choose to create a view-only link.
Shortcut of the Week
Quickly Change Between Open Programs
When switching between open program windows, it moves left-to-right by default. If you press Alt+Shift+Tab, it moves in the opposite direction. If you press Alt+Tab, you can continue to hold down Alt to leave the open programs window up and then switch between Tab and Shift+Tab while holding down Alt.
Have an unfortunate co-worker that’s not getting a copy of the TCC Tuesday Tidbits? Forward them your copy. Or, better yet, have them sign up at https://computer-center.com/tuesdaytidbits/
Submit your TCC Tuesday Tidbit requests and ideas to me by calling (608) 755-1524.
Sincerely,
James Pearson, President The Computer Center 39 S. Main St. – Upper Janesville, WI 53545 (608) 755-1524