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Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute Super Bowl 54 – Poll – Who Will Win? Sunday 2/2/2020 Quick Poll:  Who do you think will win Super Bowl 54? #superbowl #superbowl54 #miami #football #nfl

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute Reset Your GPU In Windows 10 (Without A Reboot) Issue: Ever had your displays get out of whack, maybe random artifacts on the screen, abnormal font/icon sizes, etc?  There is a quick hotkey combination you [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes Office 365 E-mails Are Not Sent (550 5.18 Bad Outbound Sender) Issue: When a user sends an email, it does not reach the recipient, instead getting a non-delivery kick back reporting the following error: 550 [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (January 2020) Summary: On January 14, 2020, Microsoft released software fixes to address 49 vulnerabilities as part of their monthly Patch Tuesday announcement. Among the vulnerabilities patched were [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes The BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) Vulnerability Quick Summary A recently discovered, critical, flaw affecting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in multiple versions of Microsoft Windows has been discovered. Both Microsoft and the Department Of Homeland Security strongly urges [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 Minute Wishing you all an enjoyable Memorial Day! A special thank you to those who sacrificed for our ongoing freedoms. Bless the families who have lost loved ones. – The BlogEncounters Team Tags: #memorialday

Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes Scam Alert Scammers Defrauding Consumers By Prompting Expensive Call Back The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has issued a warning to consumers regarding a reported ‘wave’ of “one” or “single” ring phone calls (aka Wangiri), usually [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes How To Binge Watch The Fast And The Furious Movies Warning: this article contains some spoiler alerts – especially the final video.  You have been warned 🙂 Updated: 30 Sept 2021 – Added .5 Episodes [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes No Sound In Firefox Web Browser It took a while to figure this one out.  All other Windows apps have sound…  Youtube videos play fine in Chrome, Internet Explorer and even Edge…  But Firefox is [Read More…]

Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes Microsoft Windows Defender Dialog Popups Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 can all use Windows Defender, the free virus protection from Microsoft.  Normally pop-ups from the program would easily handled, for example [Read More…]