Public Notices Archives

Green Mouse – Our Hours Over the Holiday Season

26 Nov 2019 Gina Whytein: Public Notices

Nearly Happy Holidays everyone. With about four weeks remaining I thought I'd let you know what our holiday hours will be this year. If you have any computer issues you would like solved before Christmas please bring them to our attention sooner rather than later, and remember that Windows 7 will become unsupported as [...]

End of Support for Windows 10 1803

15 Oct 2019 Gina Whytein: Public Notices

I've been writing about the end of support for Windows 7 (January 2020) for a while now, but before that happens, Microsoft are going to end support for Windows 10 version 1803, which was released in April 2018. Apparently they've learned their lesson with the significant numbers of update-reluctant Users and are now just going [...]

Latest Windows Patch Causing Printer Issues

08 Oct 2019 Gina Whytein: Device Care, Public Notices

Yesterday Simon spent some time trying to figure out what was wrong with an HP printer, only to discover that Microsoft's latest Windows patch was the problem. Here's the article from Techspot. The patch, KB4517211, was ironically meant to help resolve a particular printing issue but instead of that, Users are reporting serious issues in trying to [...]

Payday Filing – The End of the Grace Period

02 Oct 2019 Gina Whytein: MYOB, Public Notices, Xero

Hopefully anyone who pays staff will know that on the 1st of April Payday Filing became compulsory. On the 30th of September the six-month grace period ended and now IRD are going to start getting serious about compliance. What is Payday Filing? Starting on the 1st of April this year, employers must now file their employment [...]

Online Ad. Tech Support Scam

26 Sep 2019 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

Two 'Tech Support' scammers have been arrested in the US recently in a scam that I don't think I've discussed before - the online Ad. Tech Support Scam. Here's the article from Techspot. The access point for these scams are those ridiculous ads that pop up on less reputable websites. You will have seen them - 'Doctors [...]

Chromebooks have a Set Expiry Date

18 Sep 2019 Gina Whytein: Devices, Public Notices

I suppose we should be used to this sort of thing by now. Windows 7 is essentially 'expiring' next year, in that Microsoft is discontinuing support. And if you have an old iPhone or iPad, like me, you will know that at some point you will reach the very last IOS update that your device [...]

Upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 – The Time Has Come

28 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Online Safety, Public Notices

If you read my blogs you will know that I've been harping on about this for about a year now. In January 2020 Windows 7 will become unsupported by Microsoft, which means that any time a scammer, hacker or other bad actor pokes a hole in the security of Windows 7 systems, Microsoft will no [...]

How to Watch the Rugby World Cup

20 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Public Notices

The Rugby World Cup starts next month. It will run from the 20th of September to the final on the 2nd of November. There are two main ways to watch it and how you do it will depend on how far down this rabbit hole you want to go: Spark If you intend to watch [...]

Cambridge Neighbourhood Support

07 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

I received an email from Cambridge Neighbourhood Support this week, which you can follow on Facebook. It hadn't really occurred to me before but of course this is another resource for local news and assistance relating to scam activity as well. The email detailed a particular scam that has been reported locally to the Cambridge Police. [...]

Convincing IRD Scam

24 Jul 2019 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

There is a sophisticated scam doing the rounds at the moment - an email purporting to be from the IRD, offering refunds. It looks all very official, you can check out what the scam email looks like in this article in Stuff. And it's almost perfectly timed to coincide with the real tax refunds that [...]