Tips & Tricks

Is your UPS smart enough to protect your servers and data?

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:30:00 GMT

You may already have a UPS, but this only half the solution. If your UPS isn't "smart" enough to realise it is running on batteries, the server will just run the batteries dry. Once the batteries have been exhausted, the server shuts down abruptly and the chances of data loss are still present.

New Vulnerability in Internet Explorer

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Microsoft has warned that its Internet Explorer browser is at risk of a newly discovered vulnerability.

The company has yet to develop a permanent fix for the security hole but does have a temporary fix that prevents hackers from exploiting a hole to install malicious scripts.

Intuitive IT helps build Queensland flood appeal website

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:30:00 GMT

From late yesterday afternoon to the wee hours of this morning, we were feverishly working away on our computers building the Victorian Restaurants Unite, Queensland flood relief initiative.

New look Intuitive IT Website

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Today we launched a new look for our website. With a cleaner interface, font change to Century Gothic and modified colour scheme, I think the site has increased in readability and professionalism.

Telstra Mobile claims account due in 2 days is overdue

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Telstra stops you making additions to your account when there is an outstanding amount to be paid. That's fair. What's not fair is when they stop you from making additions when the account is due in 2 days time.

Tool to check (and fix) your Facebook privacy settings

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Because of the convoluted and confusing way Facebook has designed the privacy settings it is hard to tell what is secure and what isn't.

Luckily the people at http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ have created a tool that will show you how your private information is shared and then allow you to fix it.

Fixing it can be as simple as clicking a button or just checking to ensure that the settings are as they should be.

Best Business Laptop is MacBookPro - Linkedin experts

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:30:00 GMT

I have to return the laptop to one of my clients that was allowing me to use it. Thus the need for a new laptop.

I thought I’d do some crowd sourcing and ask the LinkedIn.com experts to see what they thought the best business laptop is.

The question I asked was:

I'm in the market for a new laptop and looking for some ideas.

Looking for a 15" business laptop that can run multiple apps at once with grace.

Some apps will be memory and cpu intensive so it needs to cope. Good keyboard & battery a must.

Facebook Privacy Settings - Secure your information

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Facebook has recently made changes to how it shares your data with 3rd party websites. What you thought was private can now be shared with external websites.

This may not be a problem if you are open with all your facebook information, but for most us, the facebook experience was one to be shared with only family and friends.

This is no longer the case and Facebook is receiving a lot flack from tech and security experts.

To protect your information it is highly recommended to follow the instructions in this post.

Outlook VBA coding; three recent lessons learnt

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:30:00 GMT

Outlook VBA coding? Yes I know, it is a blast from the past.

But I'm guessing if I still have to write in this painful, oh so painful medium then there must be people out there to share my pain.

Here are three leasons I've learnt in the past month.

PDF to Word Conversion - A crashing tale

info@intuitiveit.com.au — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT

A client asked me yesterday if I could convert a PDF back into an editable format, mainly Microsoft Word.

I thought to myself, “Well this is an easy win”.

No such luck.