Planning for life without Windows XP

Microsoft will be ending the live of its most popular operating system, Windows XP, on the 8^th April 2014 and do you know how this will affect your business? Do you know whether the applications you use on a daily basis are compatible with more recent versions of the Windows operating system?

Helpsheet: Blacklisting Spam in Message Defence

Message Defence is the HBP Group’s anti-spam solution and that can protect you from unsolicited and malicious emails. To ensure that spam messages are blacklisted correctly (which will stop you receiving them again), follow this guide which has been created by the HBP Group IT Support Team and you can view more by visiting http://www.hbp-group.co.uk/support.

Windows 8 – Must see features for businesses

See which features we believe are important for businesses in Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, Windows 8, in the infographic we’ve created below.

Do you have remote workers? Install this fix on your server

If you are a remote worker or have remote workers within your business, Microsoft have recently released an update that can help protect you from a known issue with the remote desktop protocol that can potentially allow unauthorised access through the remote desktop service.

IT Helpsheet: Creating a new user in Windows Small Business Server 2008

Learn how to easily create a new user in Windows Small Business Server 2008 with this helpsheet which has been created by the HBP Group IT Support Team. You can view more of the helpsheets out support teams have created by visiting http://www.hbp-group.co.uk/support.

What are hosted IT solutions and how they can help you?

With hosted IT solutions you are able to create an IT structure for your business that is secure, cost-effective and flexible. By hosting your software in the cloud you will be able to offer your staff the flexibility of accessing your software from any location with the same security of having the software located on your physical servers.

IT Helpsheet: Checking Your Backup Status

Checking the status of your backup is important to ensure that in the event of a disaster, you’ve got a copy of your data. View this helpsheet to see how you can do so in Symantec Backup Exec 2010. This helpsheet has been created by the HBP Group IT Support Team and you can view more material such as videos we have created by visiting http://www.hbp-group.co.uk/support.

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