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    February 26, 2018

    What Happens When You Visit a Website?

    It’s something you probably do dozens of times a day without thinking: type a website name into your web browser’s address bar, press Enter, and see the site within seconds. …

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    January 12, 2018

    4 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Digital Life

    Many people make New Year’s Resolutions to set goals for bettering themselves at the start of a new year. Why not set a few technology-related goals for yourself? Today, we’ll …

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    December 5, 2016

    How to Take a Screenshot, and Why They’re Beneficial

    Did you know that your computer includes built-in tools that allow you to take a screenshot—a picture of what’s on your screen? This ability has a variety of uses: you …

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    May 31, 2016

    Why an SSD is the Best Computer Upgrade You Can Make

    Whether you’re using an old PC or just got a new one, you probably wish it was faster all the time. You’ll see all sorts of advice online about how …

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    August 13, 2015

    Internal IT vs Outsourcing – Which Is Right For Your SMB

    You want reliable IT systems that can be a competitive advantage for a reasonable cost.  How do you find a resource who can best achieve this? Should you hire internal …

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    July 9, 2015

    10 Reasons Your Business Should Consider Windows 10

    On July 29, 2015, Microsoft is bringing fundamental changes to the classic operating system with its Windows 10 release. Are these changes good or bad?  Where do they stack up …

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    June 3, 2015

    We are Adobe Certified Resellers!

      We have achieved status as an Adobe Certified Reseller and can now bring both perpetual key based licensing and cloud solutions from Adobe to your business.  Everything from Creative …

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    July 16, 2014

    Houk Consulting Achieves a Microsoft Silver Small Business Competency

    Houk Consulting earns distinction through demonstrated technology success and customer commitment. Houk Consulting has achieved a Silver Small Business competency, demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business …

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    February 5, 2014

    5 Things your Business Needs to Know about the Cloud

    There are a lot of discussions around the “Cloud” .  But what does this really mean to the average business?  Should you even care?  Some say everything should be Cloud …

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    February 14, 2013

    Window 8/2012 Mapped Network Drive Issue – Resolved

    For those of you who have been wondering why your mapped network drives just didn’t work under Windows 8 or Server 2012 without workarounds, Microsoft released a fix through Windows …

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