John Kirkby, Author at iTech Western Australia

How to setup iiNet/Westnet emails from The Messaging Company on phones and Outlook

If you’ve made the decision to pay The Messaging Company (TMC) and keep your iiNet/Westnet email active, you should be aware of some changes that you may need to make for the emails to remain active on iPhone/iPad/Android SmartPhones and Outlook for Windows or Outlook for Mac Accessing emails via Webmail remains unchanged and is […]

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How to move emails off iiNet/WestNet/TPG

Email / John Kirkby

From 15 September 2024 your iiNet/Westnet/TPG email accounts will not longer be free. Your year of free subscription to “The Messaging Company” (TMC) will be over and you will have to pay $30 per year or more to keep using those accounts. Or you can open a free Outlook.com account and save up to $95.40

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How to create a FREE Outlook.com email address

Email / John Kirkby

A Free Outlook.com email adress gives you 15GB of mail storage and if you have a 365 Personal or 365 Family subscription that increases to a 50GB MailFile How to create an Outlook.com email address Click on the following link to go to the Outlook.com sign-in page https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/outlook/email-and-calendar-software-microsoft-outlook If you already have a Microsoft Account

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Is there a WPS button on Starlink router?

Hardware, Internet, Starlink / John Kirkby

The simple answer is NO, the Starlink router does not have a WPS button To be honest, if you need a WPS button to setup your device, it means the device you are linking to is probably a cheap printer or cheap Wi-Fi booster. Better quality printers will have an interface where you can select

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Problems connecting printer to Starlink?

Internet, Starlink / John Kirkby

The Starlink router is a pretty powerful Wi-Fi router but some printers and peripherals such as Camera’s and doorbells sometimes have trouble connecting to it. If you have that problem, try the following solution. 5. Select the “Split 2.4/5 GHz Networks” , button 6. Give the new Networks, unique names and passwords Going back to

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What is Cloudstrike and should I be worried?

Security / John Kirkby

Don’t PANIC it’s NOT Microsoft that is the issue here …. but a smaller Cyber Security (think Anti-Virus program) called CrowdStrike that caused all these issues …. I think they just lost a lot of customers. A cyber-security company called CrowdStrike just caused major IT outages worldwide by causing corporate computers and servers worldwide to

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How to stop SPAM emails

Email, Security / John Kirkby

We show you how to stop spam or substantially reduce spam and phishing emails without needing to purchase 3rd party “washing” or “cleaning” software or services. Many of us receive our emails to our computers (Windows/Mac) and devices (iPad, Tablet, Phones). Most of the spam-stopping techniques described herein are assuming you use a Windows PC

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What is Phishing?

Email, Security / John Kirkby

Updated computers or iPad protect you from computer viruses but it’s Phishing you really need to worry about. What is Phishing? If you send and receive emails and SMS messages you are constantly being exposed to Phishing. Phishing scams try to steal your identity, login and password details in an attempt to steal money from you directly (internet banking) or redirect you

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iPhone users, do this now

Email, Security, Smart Phone / John Kirkby

Icloud backup off for Microsoft Authenticator

If you use Microsoft Authenticator for 2FA/MFA codes when accessing work or secure accounts, make sure you do this BEFORE you lose, damage or transfer to a new phone iPhone users are used to the fact that as long as you have an iCloud backup of your phone, recovering your data to a new or

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How to add Bigpond email to phone

Email, Smart Phone / John Kirkby

How to add a Bigpond email account to a phone (iphone/android) or tablet (ipad/samsung) Telstra are actively trying to get rid of Bigpond email users by making it increasing difficult for them to use their email accounts. Especially on new devices such as smartphones and tablets If you have a new phone or tablet or

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