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tips[1]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Wireless routers are insecure by default.  Passwords & credit card numbers can be read as they travel through the air.  Enable security and encryption.")
tips[2]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Authorized network users might be your weakest link in network security.  Don&#8217;t leave passwords written down on or near workstations.")
tips[3]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Create an emergency administrator account.  Seal the username and password in an envelope, and store it in your fire safe or safe deposit box.")
tips[4]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Enable automatic updates (security patches, bug fixes, drivers) on your computers, and leave the computers on overnight so the updates will be applied.")
tips[5]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Everyday users on your network should not use accounts with administrative privileges - it&#8217;s a security risk.  Admins should only use such accounts when tasks require it.")
tips[6]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "To help avoid viruses, configure computers to boot directly to the c: drive.  If they boot to a: first, an infected floppy disk left in the drive can infect the whole machine.")
tips[7]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Three FREE ways to speed up your computer: defragment your hard drive, delete unnecessary programs and Windows components, and reduce the size of your recycle bin")
tips[8]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Be sure to format your hard drive with NTFS.  It&#8217;s more secure and efficient than FAT or FAT32, and also allows you to use compression or encryption on your files.")
tips[9]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Consider VoIP telephone service for your business and home.  It&#8217;s past its infancy, and is now reliable, clear, and much less expensive than traditional telephone service.")
tips[10]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Are you doing tape backups regularly?  Do you store a copy offsite?  If not, consider what it would cost you in time and trouble to recover or rebuild all of your data.")
tips[11]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to manage and secure your network, and even to deploy software.  We&#8217;d be happy to help you with them.")
tips[12]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Use NTP servers to keep the clocks synchronized and accurate across your whole network.  It&#8217;s easy to set up, and the service is free to use.  Ask us if you need help with it.")
tips[13]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Want to restrict your users from accessing porn, or sites about hate groups, gambling, drugs, weapons, games, or email?  Ask us about a ComSift Internet content filter.")
tips[14]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Schools: Ask us about how we can help you get FREE high-speed Internet access!  We may also be able to help you get a free VoIP telephone line!  No catch - No committment.")
tips[15]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "If your network uses roaming user profiles, don&#8217;t save files on your desktop - it slows down your logon & logoff, and if you need to reset your profile, the files could be lost.")
tips[16]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Setting NTFS permissions on private files and folders is a great way to protect them from being viewed or modified by unauthorized people.")
tips[17]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Keep your computer&#8217;s clock accurate - if it gets out of sync with the server by more than a few minutes, it can affect your access to network services.")
tips[18]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Hire trained, certified technicians to work on your computers - your nephew may provide a quick fix, but possibly at the expense of security or disaster mitigation.")
tips[19]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Ensure that you ALWAYS have an offsite backup of any data you wouldn&#8217;t want to lose.  You can&#8217;t predict fires, earthquakes, floods, theft, lightning, or other disasters.")
tips[20]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "Q: How often should you do backups?  A: How much data can you lose?  For example, on average, with monthly backups, you&#8217;ll lose two weeks of data in a disaster.")
tips[21]= new Array ("TIP OF THE DAY", "It sounds silly, but the reason the technicians always ask if it&#8217;s plugged in and if it&#8217;s turned on is that complicated-looking problems are very often that simple to resolve.")
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