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Check out the forums and get free advice from the experts, including malware removal and how-to guides and tutorials . Converse about Windows 10 , get system building advice or download files ... Go to forums >> Exchange Server – Chinese Hafnium Hack 9 Mar, 2021 No Comment If your organization runs Exchange Server with OWA, assume that it was compromised between 02-26-21 and 03-03-21. Exchange Server versions 2013, 2016, and 2019. Patch ASAP Multiple Security Updates Released for Exchange Server – updated March 8, 2021 – Microsoft Security Response Center Check for 8 character aspx files in C:\\inetpub\wwwroot\aspnet_client\system_web\ Scan Exchange Server logs with Microsoft’s IOC detection tool: Microsoft IOC Detection Tool for Exchange Server Vulnerabilities | CISA More technical information to determine if systems are compromised: Mitigate Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities | CISA Unfortunately, none of these will remove the threat actors, web shells or backdoor trojans left behind. An estimated 60,000 organizations worldwide have been impacted. Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Error Trying to Claim All Access Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox Series X / S 8 Mar, 2021 No Comment Xbox All Access offers free hardware up-front, and Game Pass Ultimate for a 2-year subscription price of $24.99 for Series S, or $34.99 for Series X. Game Pass Ultimate includes xCloud streaming, hundreds of Xbox and PC titles, every Microsoft Studio game, and all of EA Play’s titles. After 2 years you own the hardware, for less than if you purchased it and Game Pass Ultimate separately. All-in-all a pretty great deal! Unfortunately, there have been some errors when trying to claim Game Pass Ultimate included on the console. It’s not showing in the settings titled, “Included with this Xbox”: If you’re not seeing the claim now button after setting up your new Xbox, try logging out and logging back in. If that doesn’t work, restore by pressing Home > Profile & System > System > Console Info > Reset console > Reset and keep my games & apps If it still doesn’t work, the Xbox might have been shipped out without the retailer registering the serial number with Citizens One. Call them at at 1-888-824-3783 with your account number and serial number (Citizens One handles the line of credit for Xbox All Access) When clicking the Claim Now button, “Try that again – Something happened on our end. Try again later” error occurs. Followed by a long App Error code: The best option for this error is to contact Microsoft phone support. Use these steps: Xbox Status | Xbox Support Click Contact Us button Select Hardware & network , then select I need help setting up my console Chose the option to call back Tell the agent a new X Box Series X with Game Pass Ultimate, gave an error message when clicking on the Claim Now button, “try that again, something happened…” They’ll check your account. You likely already have an active Xbox Live account, and they will have to cancel it to make the new subscription work. Remaining months will be added to the new Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Click Claim Now button again, and Success! You could also wait for your current Xbox Live subscription to expire, then activate the new one on your console (you have 2 years). Or, if you don’t have much time remaining, cancel the active Xbox Live subscription yourself, and then activate the new one. Enjoy your new Xbox Series X/S and Game Pass Ultimate! Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Echo Flex — Maybe the Best Echo You’ve Never Heard (of) 21 Dec, 2020 No Comment I’m guessing the Amazon Flex is probably being returned in large numbers. Which is unfortunate. There’s really nothing wrong with the product, I fact it’s awesome! However, it may not fit the perception of what an Echo device should be. You may have noticed a not too subtle pun in the title. So, let’s address the Flex’s biggest shortcoming — the speaker. It’s okay for listening to Alexa’s speech. Horrible for music. If your idea of an Echo device is that you’re going to communicate from across the room, listen to some music, and control devices. You’ll be 1/3 happy. So why buy a Flex with a tin(n)y little speaker? First reason is the price. You can buy one right now on Amazon for $9.99, shipped free with Prime. However, because a good percentage of these are likely being returned, there appears to be an ample supply in the Amazon Warehouse from only $6.99 Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Echo Flex – Plug-in mini smart speaker with Alexa Second reason, there’s no external adapter. There’s a built-in plug on the back and adapter inside. Which means this Echo can go places others can’t. There’s also a USB-A port on the bottom. Not only could this be used to charge your phone, it could power a Bluetooth speaker. Read the rest of this entry » Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Can’t get an Xbox One Series S/X? Upgrade your old one! 19 Dec, 2020 No Comment There are plenty of stories about people refreshing their web browser for hours, only to find an anticipated shipment of Xbox One Series S or Series X selling out online in seconds. Easy to understand why when they are selling for twice the price on the secondary market. It and the Sony PS5 are the hottest gifts this season. We could argue whether you should buy a new generation console at launch. The lack of games, software and hardware bugs, an expected price drop — but that’s for another article. If you’re one of the few lucky enough to get a next generation console, the first thing you’ll probably notice is faster loading times. What if you could get your Xbox One S or X to load games faster? Help ease the pain of having to watch all the videos of lightning fast load times on new consoles. Read the rest of this entry » Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Why I Still Teach Malware Removal 8 May, 2018 No Comment When Microsoft introduced Windows 10, it used the tagline “The most secure Windows ever – and built to stay that way”. In a perfect world, everyone would now be running on Windows 10 and enjoying the enhanced security features that are included. This is real life, however, and that’s not how it works. There are still millions of PCs running Windows XP, four years after Microsoft ended support for the product, and millions more than that running Windows 7. Aryeh Goretsky, a researcher for ESET, states in a white paper that the number of computers “…running Windows XP has stayed about the same over the last few quarters at around 5.5 percent. While that may not sound like much, it means there may be somewhat over 80 million computers out there still using Windows XP.” ComputerWorld estimates that at the end of 2019, just a year from Windows 7’s retirement, an estimated 47% of Windows computers will still use that OS. Read the rest of this entry » Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Yoast SEO, do you need to be green? Content analysis and importance. 21 Mar, 2016 1 Comment Yoast SEO is not only one of the most popular WordPress plugins, but one of the most popular WordPress plugins overall. One ...