Tech Tip Tuesday: Fear of going to the Cloud? Never fear Microsoft is here!

Well, well, well, when you thought Microsoft Office 2016 would be the last perpetual Office update, well think again.  Microsoft teased Office 2019 as a part of its Ignite Conference.

Still focused on the cloud, Microsoft still realized that not everyone is ready to jump to the cloud with Office 365.  Yea, they realize some of you still want stand alone software.

So now you may be asking what exactly should you do. What are the benefits of having the cloud version of office with Office 365 or the stand alone version with Office 2019?  In the end it is up to you and what you prefer.  When it comes to 365, Microsoft wants to be a part of your utility bill, something you need and budget for annual.  So like a Tech movie review let's go with the good the bad and Tech Worthy of each.

Office 365: The Good

• You always have the latest update and newest features for everything in the office suite
• 1 TB included of One Drive Space
• The ability to install the software on multiple devices (up to 5); laptops, cell phones, tablets, etc
• Access your software and data from anywhere
• Free Technical Support

Office Stand Alone 2016, 2019 etc

• One time Cost, you buy it its yours forever
• Get only what you need like Excel, Word, Power Point or pay more for the whole suite

Office 365: The Bad

• Giving up about 100 bucks a year

Office Stand Alone: The Bad

• Only security Updates; No new features or software upgrades
• Can only install on one device

The Tech Worthy

• Uh guess I didn't think this through, the good  can also be considered a part of the Tech Worthy.

Final Thought

Again its up to you.  For me I have 365 because I have multiple devices and use more products in the suite like publisher.  If you just need word, excel, or power point just go with the basic stand alone edition.  Or if you don't want to pay Microsoft anything check out  Apache Open Office.  It's free!  

"Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose."

Tech Tip Tuesday: Nooooo not CCleaner! Update Now!

How Things are going...

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Despite it all Tech is back after a long hiatus.  With moving and work, life has been giving me quite the beat down.  So, yea its been mostly work eat sleep and repeat with some Madden 17 and 18 thrown in there.  I thought 18 would be better but it cheats worst than 17 especially in competitive mode.  Madden and its evil ways are for another blog or even podcast.  Maybe I can get the fellows of what Chill B has dubbed the Mut squad to talk about it. J Cizzly, T.O, Teflon Viper?

Anyway this ain't Tech Talk, this is Tech Tip Tuesday.  I once told you about a nifty bit of software called Ccleaner.  Well, seems good ol CCleaner was hacked and was installing malware on users PC's.  Don't panic, if you use the program you should have seen a pop up to update.  If not either uninstall or update the software.  Its that simple. 

Check your version:

Affected versions: CCleaner v5.33.6162 or CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 for 32-bit Windows PCs. The Android version for phones doesn't seem to be affected.  To be safe you can just hit check for updates at the bottom right of the program.


For more information check out: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ccleaner-hack-affects-227-million-computers-heres-what-to-do/ar-AAs8Ukp?OCID=ansmsnnews11