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This Weeks Helpful Tips (10/20/2023)

There is a new round of bad guy trickery going on. Bad Actors are using fake websites to request users to "update" their browsers. This is not real! When your browser needs to be updated, it will come from a notification in the browser itself, not on the screen from a website. Here is an article explaining this, and how to check if your browser is up to date if you ever encounter this request (section at the bottom of the article titled, 'How to Update Chrome Safely"). I also mentioned this in my tips from a few weeks about about Chrome and Edge browsers needing to be updated, so this is just a refresher:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2023/10/19/google-chrome-users-warned-dont-click-to-update-browser-on-websites/?sh=6bac5733558e

Two of my favorite Microsoft tools are 'To Do' and 'Sticky Notes'. Both of these tools allow you to take quick notes, and access them in multiple place
To do is fantastic app that allows to to track tasks directly from your email, calendar, other Microsoft apps and on the fly. You can set due dates and reminders, and even share tasks with others on your team and within your organization. My team and I use this constantly, and it keeps all of us on track without have to find a separate app or platform to manage tasks on. It's already built into outlook for everyone!

Here's a good video introduction from Kevin Stratvert to get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQuRomdiJ58

Lot's of folks already use sticky notes. I see them pinned on desktops all the time, but, did you know that if you sign into your sticky notes, then they sync to your email, One Note, and directly into the notes section of the Microsoft 365 app? This allows you to save, backup and access anywhere all those notes that you've been creating and looking at on your desktop for all these years!

Here is a good video as an introduction. It's from a year ago, so it doesn't mention the Microsoft 365 app, so there's a quick 2nd video explaining this app:

Sticky Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDryRmD0-E

Microsoft 365 App: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLMS2Fhcsk

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