Best Practice: Your “deleted” confidential files are still on your machine – delete them properly!

Deleting files or documents “normally” on a Windows operating system simply moves those files to the recycle bin to start with. These files only disappear from view when the recycle bin is full or the user proactively empties it. In truth the files are still on the computer drive – only the references to them in the file system index have actually been removed. Read more…

Best Practice: Your “deleted” confidential files are still on your machine – delete them properly!

Deleting files or documents “normally” on a Windows operating system simply moves those files to the recycle bin to start with. These files only disappear from view when the recycle bin is full or the user proactively empties it. In truth the files are still on the computer drive – only the references to them in the file system index have actually been removed. Read more…

The 6 most common mistakes in the Home Office

6 most common mistakes in the Home Office

Many of us are still working from home due to the Corona pandemic, and up to 20% of companies want to keep the home office option “after Corona” open. However, some grave mistakes can be made at home, which in the worst case can result in company data or even the company network being compromised. … Read more

Micrososft support for Windows 7 ends one week today. What will you do with your old PC or Laptop?

Deleting files or documents “normally” on a Windows operating system simply moves those files to the recycle bin to start with. These files only disappear from view when the recycle bin is full or the user proactively empties it. In truth the files are still on the computer drive – only the references to them in the file system index have actually been removed. Read more…

Best Practice: Your “deleted” confidential files are still on your machine – delete them properly!

Deleting files or documents “normally” on a Windows operating system simply moves those files to the recycle bin to start with. These files only disappear from view when the recycle bin is full or the user proactively empties it. In truth the files are still on the computer drive – only the references to them in the file system index have actually been removed. Read more…

Migrating to Windows 10: What to do with your old PC?

Deleting files or documents “normally” on a Windows operating system simply moves those files to the recycle bin to start with. These files only disappear from view when the recycle bin is full or the user proactively empties it. In truth the files are still on the computer drive – only the references to them in the file system index have actually been removed. Read more…