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Macro Systems has been serving the Metro Washington, DC area since 1997, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Explaining Network Drives

Explaining Network Drives

You often hear about “drives” when working with technology, but there are many different types that a computer might use in your business's day-to-day operations. Listed below is an explanation about some of these drives do and why you should know where they are and what they stand for.

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How to Dock your Laptop while Keeping it Closed

How to Dock your Laptop while Keeping it Closed

The laptop is an excellent piece of office equipment because of its portability and its power to meet the needs of most of today’s workforce. However, when in the office, many prefer the much larger screens that are more typical of the traditional desktop. Let’s talk about how you can get the best of both worlds by plugging your laptop into a set of peripherals and using it while it's closed—effectively turning it into a PC’s tower.

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What Your Business Needs to Know about Free Antivirus

What Your Business Needs to Know about Free Antivirus

If you are old enough to remember when, like most computer software, antivirus came in a large textbook-sized box at the store, then you probably remember a time when that was the only protection you really needed.

These days there are countless free versions of antivirus out there. How much protection do these actually provide, and when and where might they be a good fit?

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The Technology That Got Us Here

The Technology That Got Us Here

Think about all the experiences you've had thanks to the rapid innovation of technology. We can all agree that technology is cool. These we have $10 drones, mugs that keep your coffee warm, and LEDs everywhere. 

So what’s next? 

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What to Look For When Shopping for a Laptop

What to Look For When Shopping for a Laptop

We spend a lot of time working with the technology that businesses depend on, including the laptop workstations utilized by just about everyone in many modern organizations. As such, listed below are some of our insights so that you know what qualities you should look for when you’re ready to acquire some additional devices for your organization.

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How to Adjust the Size of Your Desktop Icons

How to Adjust the Size of Your Desktop Icons

If you frequently utilize your desktop to store icons and files, and if you’re like most people who do this, you probably have a cluttered desktop that is difficult to manage. While you can and should take time to clean it up from time to time, one faster way you can do so is by adjusting the size of the icons found on your desktop.

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How to Clean Your Keyboard

How to Clean Your Keyboard

The keyboard that you're using to access this blog is, in a word, gross. While we aren’t going to go into too much detail about what makes keyboards so grimy, we did want to outline how you can easily clean up your keyboard every so often, just to make sure that it’s A: more hygienic, and B: less likely to malfunction at some point.

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An AI Writing a Post About AI

An AI Writing a Post About AI

Over the last few months, we’ve seen a significant rise in AI-generated content. From AI-generated artwork to convincing but fake videos of famous people, AI has quickly become an interesting enigma with a lot of apparent applications.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Command Prompt

Everything You Need to Know About the Command Prompt

While using your computer, you have probably seen a black box pop up with a blinking cursor in it. This is what is commonly known as the command prompt, which is a helpful tool for IT administrators to perform certain tasks, but you probably won’t use it much yourself. Having said that, it’s fun to know what it does and what it’s used for!

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How to Deactivate the Windows' Sticky Keys Feature

How to Deactivate the Windows' Sticky Keys Feature

Sticky Keys, the Windows accessibility feature that keeps modifier keys like Shift and Ctrl active after you’ve pressed them, have a legitimate and necessary purpose for some. On the other hand, those who don’t need Sticky Keys can find them immensely annoying. How to deactivate sticky keys if you don’t need them is listed below.

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Tips to Ensure Your Desktop Remains Maintained

Tips to Ensure Your Desktop Remains Maintained

Maintaining your organization's technology can be a lot to handle, especially if you don’t have any IT staff members on hand to dedicate to its management. Managed services make this process a lot simpler, ensuring that, amongst other key benefits, your desktop solutions remain up-to-date and prepared for anything. Listed below are three basic tips to follow to ensure your desktops remain maintained.

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The Process Our Clients Follow When They Need IT Support

The Process Our Clients Follow When They Need IT Support

You’re busy working, when suddenly your computer crashes…what do you do? Of course, your first response should be to reach out for support. Listed below is an explanation about how your acquisition of support may go, even if your problem cannot be resolved remotely.

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The Best Announced Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals

The Best Announced Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals

With the holidays approaching, people are ready to go out and find the best gifts for their loved ones. That being said, people don’t want to spend their money frivolously; they want to find the best deals while they are available. Listed below is a list of some of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that have been announced so far.

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Traveling Security Tips for Your Mobile Devices

Traveling Security Tips for Your Mobile Devices

We know that you might not feel comfortable traveling yet, but when you do, it is extremely imperative that you take steps to protect the technology you take with you on the road. Here are some of the best ways that you can keep your mobile devices safe while traveling.

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How Microsoft is Addressing Employee's Mental Health

How Microsoft is Addressing Employee's Mental Health

Workplace stress has increasingly been viewed as a prescient issue for businesses, with an enhanced focus on identifying the causes and mitigating the impacts. A recently published patent from Microsoft helps to demonstrate how seriously this is now taken… although it also raises the question: do we really need technology’s help to identify when we feel stressed?

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What You Need to Know About Blue Light

What You Need to Know About Blue Light

Every day it seems like there’s a new threat to be concerned about. Clearly, there’s the Covid-19 threat that the whole world’s been dealing with, but there’s also the smaller things that we’re supposed to be worried about, such as “blue light”, for example. What is that, and what can it really do?

As it turns out, blue light is more than just a marketing gimmick, and can potentially impact your health. Listed below are a few tips to help you filter it out, and why you may want to do so.

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Is This the Era of the Desktop Computer Ending?

Is This the Era of the Desktop Computer Ending?

Is the era of the desktop computer coming to an end? Is it time to rip the bandage off and trash the traditional bulky tower, cables, and monitors for something sleeker, lighter, and more specialized?

Maybe!

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Options for Turning Off Windows

Options for Turning Off Windows

While your attention is probably more dedicated to how you use your computer while it’s on, it is just as critical to consider the different ways that you can turn your computer off, in a manner of speaking. The varied options present in the Start menu will each have their own effect, so it is imperative to be aware of what these differences are. Listed below is review what each option does so that you’ll be able to use them more appropriately.

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The Difference Between Shutting Down and Restarting Your Computer

The Difference Between Shutting Down and Restarting Your Computer

You might be familiar with a situation where your technology is malfunctioning and someone says to you “Why don’t you turn it off and turn it back on?” What you have no way of knowing is that by turning it off and turning it back on, you aren’t getting the same result you would if you simply restarted the machine.

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Everything Your Business Needs To Know About Bloatware

Everything Your Business Needs To Know About Bloatware

For the individual, it is thrilling to open the box that your new computer arrives in. However, for a business, it can result in a slew of issues. A hardware refresh can be an exciting time for a business, especially if it has been required for a while; one problem, though, is that some new hardware comes with unwanted software. 

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