How to make your Windows 8 computer more like Windows 7 – add a proper Start Menu!
The team here at activIT systems love Windows 8, but being the power users that we are, we really hate not having a fully functioning start menu, like in Windows 7. Fortunately there…
Australia Post scam emails contains ransomware that will encrypt your files – user beware!
The Australian Government has issued a warning about the current round of phishing emails purporting to be sent by Australia Post. The scam emails contain a ransomware payload that encrypts your data and…
Love fishing but hate Phishing? Find out how to spot a fraudulent email quickly and easily
You’ve seen the dodgy emails in your Inbox – emails purporting to be from companies like Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, QANTAS, Australia Post, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook – and the email looks so real and…
How to create a beautifully complex password that is easy to remember
Do you struggle to come up with passwords or passphrases that are complex enough so that your IT system administrator’s don’t flip their lids, but are easy enough to remember so you don’t…
Windows 8.1 – Beginners Guide to the Modern interface
Internally within activIT systems, we’ve been using Windows 8.1 since its release in October 2014, with great success – we’ve found it to be as reliable (if not more so) than Windows 7,…