Category Archives: News

WiFi KRACKs Attack

Now that the information of the vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol has been released publicly, here is a link to what has happened: https://www.krackattacks.com/ The WPA2 protocol is used in every wireless device on the market today.  If you don't want to read the whole article, basically what you need to do is to research if your Wireless Router, Access Point, IoT device etc. has had a firmware release to deal with this as well as making sure that all of your operating systems (Windows, Linux and yes, macOS) are updated. For my customers, I have already applied the firmware updates necessary to negate this vulnerability....

Printer Stuck During Installation

If your printer gets stuck during the installation phase (i.e. doesn't get past "initializing printer"), and you can't 'remove' it to try again, here is one solution to get rid of it. I have run into this issue more often lately and it has always been frustrating to clean up after a failed printer install.  The first step is to get into Device Manager - in Windows 8 and 10, right click the Windows Icon to get to the Quick Access Menu and then choose 'Device Manager'.   Once in Device Manager, on the Main Menu, select 'View' and then 'Show hidden devices'. You can now scroll down to the 'Print queues' section and then delete the printer that is stuck initializing. For good measure, go ahead and reboot your...