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Microsoft Surface Repair - Orange County Computer, Inc. Microsoft Surface made it's debut in 2012 and it's popularity has skyrocketed as the latest technical "must-have" for thousands of consumers. This unit is easy to purchase with an average ticket price ranging from $800-$2000 depending on the memory, storage capacity, model and add ons. So what […]

It's not Microsoft on the phone! Believe it or not, we still get calls at Orange County Computer from customers that report receiving a phone call from "Microsoft" about their Windows Operating System. This scam has been going on worldwide for over 8 years now. These cyber-criminals even have the nerve to call our offices every […]

Windows 10 Operating System is Coming July 29th. The Windows 10 Operating System is coming and should be the fix to all the woes of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. It may be everything that Windows 8 lacked. Here at the Orange County Computer Tech Repair Center, we have downgraded many of our clients from Windows 8 […]

Reported Friday July 17th: UCLA Health System Hacked leaving 4.5 million patients with compromised Social Security Numbers and other vital health information. Despite the UCLA Health System hack, this cyber attack occurring nearly a year ago in September of 2014,  patients were not notified until July 17th.  UCLA Health System detected suspicious activity on its networks back in October […]

Farewell Windows Server 2003, Microsoft ends support on July 14, 2015. The ever popular Windows Server 2003 has been officially put to rest at Microsoft. Support and updates formally ended last week on July 14th, 2015.  This means that Microsoft will not longer issue security updates for any version of Windows Server 2003, hence any network running […]

China's biggest internet retailer says it has begun testing drone-based deliveries to hundreds of customers. It says the trial will last three days and be limited to areas within a one-hour flight of its distribution centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The company's blog adds that it believes the technology has the potential to speed up deliveries. […]

Another Anthem Blue Cross data breach compromises personal information of millions. Anthem, which operates as Anthem Blue Cross in California and a variety of other brands in other states, announced Wednesday Feb. 4, 2015 that hackers had obtained personal information on million of its health insurance customers, including the CEO, Joseph R. Swedish. What did the […]

While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer faces retirement, the software maker has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan. During Microsoft’s Convergence conference in Atlanta on Monday, Microsoft’s marketing chief Chris Capossela pretty much admitted that the name Internet Explorer was on […]

Organizations trying to upgrade Windows Server 2003 before the end of its product lifecycle have another worry, namely, the impending loss of security support. Microsoft posted a reminder late last week that it will stop sending security updates to System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection for Windows Server 2003 on July 14, 2015. That's also […]