Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.
Here is a bit more about how we can help the hearing impaired with computer problems and such.
All of Call That Girl’s computer services can be offered with TTY for those who are hearing impaired. Call That Girl is dedicated to providing the best tech support for all of our customers, and can accomplish this with the help of TTY and remote service. Everyone needs Outlook support, virus removals or a computer tune-up now and again, so Call That Girl for the best computer repair for the hearing impaired.
Maybe you do, maybe you don’t? Many of my clients have told me over and over that when they book an appointment with me, they feel like they are booking a therapy appointment. I am guessing it’s because of the calming methods I use to get information out of them and how they manage their inbox. Or because they feel they went through a minor exorcism. Either way, at the end of our appointments, I have you thinking completely different about how you manage your email and more importantly, your email life.
I have written many blogs about Outlook and helping. If you’re not sure you’re ready to book an appointment yet, please go to our search function at the top of the page and type in “Outlook” and you will find many more blogs I have done on the subject to help. Are you ready right now? Please call 612-865-4475 and ask to get on Lisa’s calendar. I’m here to help!
Unsure about the various plug-ins or add-ons you’ve downloaded to your browser over time? Or maybe you didn’t even realize you have downloaded anything. Plug-ins and add-ons are optional software downloads that can improve your web browser’s capabilities and features. Many times these extras are not necessary, and can even carry spyware with them occasionally (see Monday’s blog). Fortunately, there are tools available to check for bad plug-ins and add-ons, so you can reduce your vulnerability. Browsercheck.qualys.com is a good one to run on all of the browsers that you use to make sure your computer is not being harmed by anything. Click the link above to scan your computer now!
If you come across any problems that you can’t take care of yourself, give us a call! 612-865-4475
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It’s about time that I write this darn blog about Chrome and FireFox. And it’s a long one folks. I know these are two of your favorite browsers, but unfortunately they are now allowing spyware to be installed into your internet experience without your knowledge. Question and answers below!
How do the add-on’s and plug-in’s get installed?
You are surfing along the internet and these Plug-Ins and Add-On’s just install themselves. Or maybe you clicked on an “allow” button, but assumed you needed it. Either way, most people do not just add them.
What do they do?
They are supposed to help your internet be better, your games play better or your pictures load faster. I have seen literally dozens of different In’s and On’s it’s insane.
Are they always for real or are they useful?
No and not really. I have seen them act as one program, but are really spyware. Especially the “Google” add-on’s. Hackers are smart and know you probably won’t delete a program with the name Google in it, but that is where the spyware is hiding out. Are they useful now? No, your internet should not change if you don’t use them. We surfed nicely before them right?
How can you tell if you have bad add-on’s and plug-ins?
Chrome: Here are some screenshots to help you see the extensions and you can disable or delete them. If after you do, you are still redirected then call us and we can help with removing the search settings as you probably have a virus at that point. 612-865-4475 or email info@callthatgirl.biz
Firefox: Go to Tools/Add-Ons and look through the extensions and plugins, delete as you need. If you are still being redirected, please call us for help as you may have a virus. 612-865-4475 or email info@callthatgirl.biz
Ah just let me tell you all how many happy clients I have been seeing lately. Now is a good time for many people, business is good and people are ready to get their business technical needs in order. Sometimes things take time, the right time, the right budget…or just the last time you wanted a headache over technology.
So you may be asking, what is Hosted Exchange? In a quick sentence, it’s a simple way to manage your email, contacts, calendar and tasks “in the cloud” and everything just synchs.. I moved our company to this platform about a year ago (after having struggles of sharing my calendar with my employees) and would never go back to IMAP or POP for managing mail and just having Outlook standalone manage my other work. Sure, it costs a few bucks a year to do, but once you’re on it and see it working, it’s a valuable business tool and great asset for your company. Just one person can enjoy hosted exchange or those that really enjoy it are larger teams of staff who need access to each others inboxes/email, calendar, contacts, tasks and public folders.
#5 Everything just synchs! Are you the type who has 3-5 devices and nothing synchs? This solves that problem. iPads, iPhones, Androids, Windows phones, tablets, computers and the online web version all work great.
#4 Out of office messages work (finally!)
#3 Share your calendar with your team flawlessly, allows permissions levels of others to view your calendar, edit and manage. Get rid of back door or 3rd party applications.
#2 Free Outlook 2010 upgrade ($130 value)
#1 You can share all of your company’s contacts and update with ease instantly with other team members.
Here is a bonus, assign tasks to other team members. This feature is not like Microsoft Project, but if you have delegation needs, assigning tasks works great. The other member can update the task and it stays in the to do bar in Outlook nicely.
With that all said, I could probably rattle off another 5 awesome things about hosted exchange. I mostly just love the feel of having the corporate environment back in my life, even though I don’t want to go back there 🙂
If your business is interested, please contact me at 612-865-4475 or email Lisa@callthatgirl.biz
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Is anyone else out there as irritated as I am about Skype not closing or quitting? It’s like the family member that won’t leave at Christmas! Even though I am a technician, not every annoyance deserves my precious time. Just like you, I sometimes just wait until I can’t stand something anymore and deal with it. So let’s deal with it together. First we will deal with Skype just always starting up when your computer turns on.
If your Skype starts up with your computer and hangs out at the bottom of your computer with the rest of your apps, your Skype is set up to “Launch at startup” of your computer. So yea, it’s always there. Here is how you can disable this…
Disable start up in Skype itself. Open Skype and go to “Tools” and select “Options”–then uncheck the box “start Skype when I start Windows”. Then it’s gone and should be gone for good!
But now, let’s say you start Skype up and use it, chat away and then you want to get out. You can sign out, or quit…but guess what? It will probably still linger like that awkward cousin at Christmas! I want it gone, I hate seeing it at the bottom of my screen! First, I try right clicking on the app and choose the option, “Quit Skype.” It will ask if you are sure you want to quite Skype and inform you that you won’t be able to send or recieve messages anymore. Select “Quit” and it should go away, but a lot of time this doesn’t work. So then I go off and kill it in the task manager. Really, that’s the best way I have found to get rid of it. For now, it’s not that important of a tool for me to put much time into figuring out why the thing won’t close properly…other than Skype did it as a master marketing plan to keep it in your face every day and night.
Lisa
