The following is what SchoolMessenger reported as the reason for the downtime that lasted most of the day on April 15th. (It was not so they could finish filing their income tax. They are in Canada, not the … Read the rest
New Portal Branding
School Messenger will be implementing the new branding for the OCPS district web sites (not employee intranet or school sites) overnight on November 13th while you all are watching the election results in this country. You will see the … Read the rest
Windows 10 October 2018 Update: New .ZIP bug could lead to data loss
(Reposted from TechRepublic: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-october-2018-update-new-zip-bug-could-lead-to-data-loss-admits-microsoft/?ftag=TREe331754&bhid=23541743592606605630532585926095)
I normally do not repost material from other people’s websites or blog posts, but this was too important to not make available immediately.
Microsoft has admitted that a second bug made it into the Windows … Read the rest
Use of Flash is Strongly Discouraged
Flash has had serious security issues for years. The following news item was posted on arstechnica.com on August 21st.
Chrome 69, due to be released on September 4, is going to take the next step toward phasing out support for … Read the rest
Having Trouble Reading URLs Sent To You From Outside OCPS?
I’ve recently had trouble reading and using URLs sent to me from people outside of OCPS. They appear to be encrypted by a data security product called Proofpoint. So I developed a couple of tests that leads me to the … Read the rest