So, Bank of America is no longer charging users Overdraft fees when they overdraw their accounts when purchasing an item or services they already can’t afford. Looking at this on one side you can cheer for joy because they can no longer charge your $35 for a $5.00 overdraft on a Starbucks latte! However, on the opposite side you can see their largest revenue maker will fall and it is likely other fees will go up and possibly other services could be cut. Then, think about it yourself…if you are like me you have NEVER over drawn your account because you are responsible so why do we need government regulation? (more…)
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Bank Of America Overdraft fees
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Remove Confiker - Can’t get to Microsoft websites or Windows Update
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Let me ease your frustrations on this one…you have the Confiker virus and there is no fun way to get rid of that crap because confiker blocks all the websites that house the tools for this! However, we are here to help you get rid of this one easily because we will include the Symantec tool here for you for FREE and confiker CAN’T block this!
DATA BREACHED BY COMPANIES OF ALL SIZES - FTC REPORTS!
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010So, you think your data is safe again because you are a small business? Think again! The FTC just released information that thousands of consumer identities have been compromised from businesses with as few as 1 person to major corporations being shared on P-2-P networks for ANYONE to download and view. Your business can very well be effected by this very simple method of being hacked and having all your business data compromised. Read the story below and ask yourself, do you want to be the recipient of this letter and worry about potential law suits? (more…)
Hosted Exchange Pricing - How it benefits your small business
Monday, February 22nd, 2010You are wondering what Hosted Exchange costs and you might even be wondering why there are such price fluctuations in the market from the extremely high to the dirt cheap. In this quick and brief blog I will try to outline the differences between why some people charge $5.00 and some $25.00 and why Portbridge Internet’s Hosted Exchange is in the middle. (more…)
Hosted Exchange Vs In House
Monday, February 22nd, 2010You are probably at the cross roads where you want to bring your small to medium sized company up to speed on technology and get the robust email and shared calendar tools needed to compete in this rapidly changing marketplace. Today’s market is breeding smaller more personable businesses and they (and you) need the same tools the larger faceless company’s have without the same expense and maintenance costs. We introduce to you, Microsoft Hosted Exchange to save the day! (more…)
Hosted Exchange in North Carolina
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Portbridge Internet now offers fixed low cost Hosted Exchange to all small and medium sized businesses in the United States. (more…)
AAA Vs Insurance Roadside Assistance
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Way back in the day all you had was good old AAA Auto Club for roadside assistance when you needed help when stranded. These days the Insurance companies and other programs offer the same service! Unknown to some people that a few of these other companies are just reselling AAA packages but most Insurance companies have contracts with certain towing companies. (more…)
PDF Documents Print slow - HP Laserjet
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009You are probably pulling your hair out wondering WHY ON EARTH ARE THESE PDF’S PRINTING SO SLOW!!!
If you own the old and trusty HP Laserjet 4000 series then I have a solution for you that you wouldn’t believe…USE THE WRONG DRIVER!
Here are the steps for setting up a network printer (let’s assume you have a computer dedicated for this or a server:
1. Setup a new printer and add as usual (either network or locally depends on your situation)
2. When you arrive at the “Select Printer Driver” Select the HP Lasterjet 4 driver
This is an older driver, but it forces the printer to use PCL5e and your PDF’s will work much faster.
Windows Initialization Failure - Winsock Failure 10107 - DHCP Not Starting - Windows Vista
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Windows Vista users may experience an issue with obtaining an IP address via DHCP when starting their computers. For Windows Vista users who are on a Active directory domain (Either SBS 2003 or any standard Active Directory domain) may experience the “Welcome” message on their screen for long periods of time and sometimes it may never get past that point.
We at Portbridge have noticed that there is one common fact about these computers that have this problem, they all have had McAfee Security Suite installed and once removed. This horrible software somehow causes problems with Winsock and other TCP/IP files on the Windows Vista machine.
We have listed the proper steps to properly remove McAfee as to avoid these issues:
1. Go to Control Panel and Select Programs
2. Uninstall ALL McAfee related programs
Now that you have uninstalled all these programs please download the following tool:
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
1. Download this to your Desktop or wherever you wish.
2. Rick click the downloaded file and select “Run as administrator”
The program will now start removing all the files associated with McAfee. This should PREVENT the issue from ever happening. HOWEVER, if you do run into this program where DHCP won’t start and you can’t get online do the following:
1. Go to: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd
2. Rick click on CMD and select “Run as administrator”
3. Enter the following command: Sfc /scannow (This may take a few minutes, go have a snack and a drink)
4. Once this is done enter the following command: netsh winsock reset
New Opportunities in a different economy
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Notice the title of this blog posting carefully. I didn’t use the word “Shrinking” because that is a statement that isn’t necessarily true and it only serves to create a “doom and gloom” aura that does not encourage growth. Let’s take a stroll down old memory lane and the times that our economy has changed. (more…)