We want to just give you a quick update about some upcoming changes here at C-Prompt. Many of you will not even notice these changes; however, we want to let you know to be on the lookout for a couple of things. We are in the process of changing our ticketing software. The motivation for this is actually due to a need to change our vendor for our managed [...]
Opportunity of a Lifetime As many of you know, I work as the District Math Coach in RSU #74, in the schools in Solon, North Anson, and Anson. One of our fourth grade students recently received news of the opportunity of a lifetime. The National Youth Leadership Forum: Pathways to STEM is "a unique learning experience for bright, forward-thinking elementary school students who will evolve into next generation innovators, [...]
What to Do if Your Hard Drive Fails If your hard drive is going bad, chances are strange things are happening and you’re a little panicked. It’s where you put your digital memories, your household files and maybe that thesis you’ve been working on for months. As far as you’re concerned, that hard drive IS the computer and failure is not an option. Perhaps it [...]
I feel like I'm often reminding people of this issue, but it's too important to ignore. Is your data backed up? Implementing backup systems are no longer the chore it once was. Backing Systems are easy Too many people assume that their machines will not fail, only to have the unthinkable happen to them and lose all their pictures, tax records, and other important documents. Backing up data [...]
Who is your website hosting provider? We have recently switched our website hosting to SiteGround, and couldn't be happier with the change. We needed some additional functionality that our old hosting provider did not provide to integrate with our ticketing software. In particular, our online store and the ability to connect customer tickets to our website was made much easier with our change to SiteGround. We also found that there were some significant [...]
New Online Store We have just launched our new online store. Customers are now able to both view the actual items we have in stock in our Kingfield store, as well as to make orders on products we recommend on Amazon. See the short video below for more information. We would love to hear your thoughts on this. Feel free to comment below!
We are in the process of overhauling our website and changing where it is hosted. Please excuse any broken links, as well as awkward navigation while we get this up and running. Our hours are Monday - Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. We are located at 66 Salem Road in Kingfield. Please call us at 265-2051 or email us at support@cpromptcomputers.net
Welcome to the November 2016 Newsletter from C-Prompt Computers! We have a couple of new things this month for you. Learn how to avoid some of the common tech scams that are out, and learn how to become a "Google Fu" Master! If these newsletters are not of interest to you, please go down to the bottom of the email and click the "Unsubscribe" link. We want to provide a [...]
Don’t Call Microsoft! One of our clients was allowing her grandchildren to use her computer for some games while she was making supper. Suddenly, a new tab popped up with a warning on it, and a voice began speaking through her speakers saying that Microsoft had discovered that her computer was infected with a virus, and the virus was immediately sending her credit card information out on to the internet. [...]