Spruce Up Windows With These Free Windows Themes and Backgrounds

Free Windows Themes the Right Way

No deep technical jargon in this post, I promise.

As you roam around the office, you’ll see the same Windows backgrounds on everybody’s computer. If I had a nickel for every time I saw the scene with the palm trees on the little island…

Why not give yourself something to look at that’s a little different from everyone else?

Go here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/themes and download any of the free windows themes you like.   Or just download a free background if you like.  These are free windows themes, and you can be confident that they are virus-free as well.

Warning:  The wrong way to get Free Windows Themes

Please do not Google “Free Backgrounds” or “Free Windows Themes” and go whereever it leads you!  This is a common way to pick up Malware, and nobody wants that (except the black hat hackers)!

Personalize Your Free Windows Themes

Microsoft provides info on personalizing your free windows themes. Mullarky Business Systems is glad to help.

You’ll find lots of ways to personalize Windows 8x and your free Windows 10 upgrade coming soon, as described in our previous post at XXXXXXXXXX – right here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/personalize-pc-tutorial

You’ll find tips on choosing where you go when you login, making your desktop look (and function) the way you like, personalizing your lock screen and more.

 

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Uptime, security and productivity are key ingredients for business.  It sure doesn’t hurt – and may well help – if you have a little fun and increase engagement while you cover those bases!

Please contact us for help with your computer / network uptime, security and productivity – and to personalize your work spaces for the productivity, engagement and enjoyment of your staff.

 

 

Spruce Up Windows With These Free Windows Themes and Backgrounds

Free Upgrade to Windows 10 - BIG NEWS

I’d heard some rumors and simply did not believe them.

Microsoft is good at some things and lousy at others.  What they are best at is making money!  So the rumors that Microsoft would offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 made me laugh.

But seriously, folks, it’s TRUE! According to their web site, they will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 devices for a period of one year.

Windows 10 Free Upgrade Offer

I am waiting for details of this plan, but in the meantime, you can read about it here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about

While you’re there, be sure to give them your email address so they can notify you when your Free Upgrade to Windows 10 is available.

Remember, when something is free, you usually get what you pay for.  Do your backups.  Check your security after the new Windows 10 install.  Or contact us and stay on the right track.  We’ll save you money on licensing, and an ounce of protection in security and backups is worth at least ten pounds of cure!

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Free Upgrade to Windows 10 - BIG NEWS

Poweliks Malware Removal

I just got done cleaning a “Poweliks” infection from a client’s PC in Muskego. It went undetected by two anti-virus / anti-malware products. Symptoms of this Trojan horse include slow performance, high disk activity, lots of connections displayed when you type netstat at a command prompt, and powershell appears in task manager for no good reason.

By far, the fastest way to clean it up is a free Poweliks malware removal tool at: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-poweliks-trojan. Download the file and run it. Very quickly, it will tell you if you are affected or not. If you have the Malware infection, the tool will allow you to remove it. You should then reboot.

After the reboot, run the program again and it should come up clean. Then, run another virus/malware scan to find any other malicious programs. Why doesn’t your anti-virus / anti-malware program detect this? Because Poweliks lives in your registry, rather than as a file on the hard drive.

Let’s be careful out there!

Poweliks Malware Removal