Past articles that are saved for historical purposes.
When I attempt to visit bacomputer.net and certain other websites I get this message that the site is not secure. Does that mean the website is dangerous? NO. What it means is the website has chosen not to encrypt the data on it’s site. If you inspect the address line you will see either an … Read more
Applicability: You have been running Windows 7 and have newly migrated to Window 10 on one or more PCs; you still have variously formatted disk drives, some under Windows 7 and some under Windows 10. DANGER LEVEL: HIGH — Possible Loss of Entire Windows Installation Microsoft has quietly changed the underlying formatting of NTFS between … Read more
In a nutshell, B. A. Computer Services discourages the purchase of liquid ink-based printers for general printing purposes. Nonetheless, there are some good reasons to buy specialized ink-based printers, primarily related to photographic printing. Ink-based printers are sometimes offered free with purchase of a computer for the simple fact the printer itself is not the … Read more
For further information on what to do, see also the article McAfee PHISHING SCAM ALERT. In this particular case, we blocked the sender, and forwarded the email to phishing@paypal.com. It is also important to note what we did not do: We DID NOT PANIC. We DID NOT CALL THE PHONE NUMBER in the email. We … Read more
In today’s online world, nearly every company, every website, every electronic service, wants to assign you an account consisting of a login account name and a password. The concept seems simple enough, for the first account, but then you sign up for another service, and they assign yet another login account name, and associate yet … Read more
This article cannot be an exhaustive discussion, but we felt this highly technical subject needs to be addressed in toddler language for citizens over 60, who are still largely using traditional brick and mortar investing. Toddlers love to play with ABC blocks, so visualize that you have a dozen sets of such blocks with a … Read more
It has come to our attention that Google has a policy of arbitrarily suspending business profiles for alleged policy violations WITHOUT any process in place to notify the business owner of the alleged violation prior to the suspension taking place. This effectively kills off the business contact to the world and may result in customer … Read more
YOU GET AN Email from a legitimate looking person who reports an invoice paid for a subscription to McAfee. You do not own or use McAfee software, or you have it and your subscription is already current. WHAT IS HAPPENING! You ask yourself, I don’t remember paying that? Or, I used to have McAfee, I … Read more
Do you maintain your lawn? Do you clean your house? Trash is picked up at curb? But what about those old electronics? B. A. Computer Services will assist you in recycling most electronic equipment free of charge with your paid service agreement2. You may bring your equipment to our service center or you may set … Read more
For some, Yahoo has a been a beloved site with everything from free email, to free advertising, and free chat, dating, stock quotes, just about everything under the sun. Sadly, Yahoo hasn’t had a very robust financial backing for some time. Yahoo email is now owned by Verizon and Verizon has announced it will slowly … Read more
