As you embark on international adventures, ensuring smooth technological connections and security is paramount. Here is a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the digital landscape of your foreign destination with ease and confidence.  Considerations covered in this article: VPN: Your Global Gateway When traveling, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) becomes your indispensable digital companion. [ Read More ]

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Severe weather, fires, theft, and misplaced items while traveling are already high-stress situations. You may find yourself needing to submit an insurance claim or police report for your phone, laptop, or tablet during one of these situations. You start to make your report and get asked the make, model, and serial number of your device. [ Read More ]

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In today’s era of easy car rentals and rapid advancements in automotive technology, modern vehicles are equipped with a range of features designed to enhance user experience. However, many of these features may require access to personal information, which poses significant privacy risks if not managed properly. Key features and Their Privacy Risks What Information [ Read More ]

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In the modern information age, safeguarding sensitive information has become more critical than ever. Whether it’s personal data, university data, or even your social media accounts, both password security and physical security are crucial in protecting our valuable resources. Here’s why these two components are essential and how you can enhance them. Password Security: The [ Read More ]

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FindTime is a plugin for Outlook that assists in scheduling a meeting with expected attendees. Under OSU’s current licensing agreement, employees are able to freely install FindTime. FindTime can be used with Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Mac, and Outlook on the web. Intended meeting attendees are not required to have the add-in installed to vote [ Read More ]

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It is a good idea to keep software that you use frequently up-to-date on your computer. Up-to-date software provides several benefits including fixing issues from previous versions, patching security issues within the software, and installing new beneficial features. Directions for updating Zoom Windows client. The first thing you will need to do is open the [ Read More ]

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No doubt: you are aware of the little pop-up windows or notifications on your computer screen. They tell you software updates are available for your computer, laptop, tablet, or other mobile devices. You might be tempted to click on the “Remind me later” button or even click on the “X” and close out the notification, especially [ Read More ]

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We all know about our software always wanting to install updates. Windows, Office, Adobe, Zoom, and just about any other software we install. At some point your software wants you to install, buy, download, or do an upgrade to a new version. This usually means the previous software versions will no longer be supported, End of Life (EOL). Now, [ Read More ]

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What is Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and why do I need it? MFA enhances the traditional user ID/password combination that has been used for years. Using MFA increases account security by requiring a user to provide multiple forms of identification, like something you know (a password) and something you have (such as a mobile device). Because [ Read More ]

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Application Developers in DASNR IT are actively working with State Specialists to produce “pocket guides” – booklet forms of decision support systems – in EPUB formats. These formats can be opened and viewed on mobile devices similar to a book. This blog post provides information on how to open the EPUB file on both the [ Read More ]

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