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This is just a reminder that students and teachers can use Microsoft 365 for free thanks to an awesome program called Office 365 Education.
In a nutshell, if you meet the requirements of the program, you can download and run MS Office 365 on your PC, Mac and mobile devices without having to lay out any cash whatsoever. [Read more…]
Question from Marge: I’ve used the desktop version of MS Office for years, but I recently switched to Microsoft 365.
It took me a few days to get used to it but I believe I’m going to like it ok. There’s one thing that I need help with though.
Every time I create a new document in any Microsoft 365 app and tell it to save the file it always saves it to OneDrive.
I don’t feel comfortable using online storage, for several reasons. Is it possible to make Microsoft 365 save my files to my computer’s hard drive instead of to OneDrive? [Read more…]
Ransomware is a type of virus that encrypts all the data on your computer’s hard drive or SSD and then demands that you pay a ransom to a hacker in exchange for the decryption key.
In other words, it holds your files and data hostage until you pony up the amount demanded for the ransom.
And the danger is very real. In fact, ransomware attacks are now one of the most common types of malware attacks being perpetrated on the public. [Read more…]