Computer Talk with TAB

Google outage caused havoc! Navy can’t bake any cookies on the USS Gerald Ford because they are not allowed to fix the broken ovens! UK attorneys better not use AI unless they are sure the info is correct, AI Chat, Scammer Youtube channel going after the bad guys, AI flunks logic tests, Wikipedia authors getting angry at AI summaries, PCMAG shows you how to get around Age Verification laws….maybe we need better laws?

Erik Semmel from TAB Computer Systems and Computer Talk With TAB calls in to discuss the latest in the tech world.

Cannon Scanner issues cont…, Cleaned up my computer and got texted when I walked into a store….cameras are everywhere, Tool to monitor USB traffic, Win 11 System seems slow. Coud Windows Auto-Tune be causing my performance issues? Issues with WTIC shows on my phone,

Is your Senator calling you about your Accounts? Ship in Alaska can’t put out fire, USB-C Standards…Microsoft just wants it to work computer MFGs, Can’t use Youtube on Firefox, New MINT Phone getting message how do I block it? My Facebook account will not let me change the password, Salesforce Social Eng Attack getting into large companies by asking, Google Maps lost it’s mind in Germany…all roads closed! Bank Breached by 3rd party, Cannon Printer/Scanner issues,

How do I turn off MS Copilot, ChatGPT defies orders to shut down! Do I care if my memory has integrity? Apple is changing the naming of OSs to be based on Date vs a random number. Why am I not getting the Win 11 Update what’s wrong with my computer? Gonetspeed getting to my house! Still can’t get my scanner to work, Why does my App and Browser security stop working, Riffusion Ai generated Music, Windows updates do the Security updates come by default? How long to keep PC on to be updated.

Asus Routers have a major back-door issue, Own a ton of Crypto? Look out for that Wrench! Google Search may be disrupted by AI summaries, Google AI did not know what year it was when asked! Laptop charging issue, RAM and HD Updates for older laptop, Microsoft to start offering 3rd party patching via Winget, CISA Alert of Commvault SaaS customers. 8 year old laptop what do I use,

More AI Fun with Erik Semmel from TAB Computer Systems on Tech Tuesday

Erik Semmel, Vice President – Client Success for TAB Computer Systems, and host of Computer Talk with TAB Saturdays from 9-11am. Zero day concerns, Don’t use these PIN Codes, Rideshare companies are asking for tips before the trip. You can use Win 10 after October 2025 but it will cost you.

Peter Kelly-Detwiler is the Co-Founder of NorthBridge Energy Partners LLC, an independent consulting organization with expertise and perspective on US energy markets. Will explain the Spain Power Outage last Week. Win 11 Updated but my memory integrity is off, More Energy Talk, Win 11 issue my TPM not Active, Got Cyber Insurance? Your Ransomware attack might be more costly! Brother Printer solution?

Why Chrombooks are blowing up in schools, Kuwair Cracks down on Crypto, SF BART System breaks down, Searchable PDF issue, MSN Outlook email going to Archive by default, Win 11 Upgrade issue is your TPM on? Having issues with Win 11Tabs.

Yale Health breached! Company monitoring Software data leaked on the Web for all to see, Laptop purchased in 2022 how hard is it to update to Win 11? What do I do with the Win 11 iNET folder?

Peter Kelly Detwiler talks Energy - Co-Founder of NorthBridge Energy Partners LLC, an independent consulting organization with expertise and perspective on US energy markets. NorthBridge works with retail energy companies, institutional energy consumers, technologists and investors providing strategic business development, market research, and technology development services.

Chris had a browser issue not a file assoc. issue, My file is too big, Quickbooks issue with my data, Data Breaches, FL want’s to allow back door to encryption!

Win 10 to Win 11 Upgrade, My HP system, 2 years old, black screen, Need to Run Diags? iPhones picture to Windows, Secure email and backing it up, What security should I use for my new PC? Yes we found the correct driver, My Cell Data is not working…..pay the bill!

AI Application to shop actually never used AI!, My son used AI to look at a contract that was created by AI, Limited computer skills and needs a new PC, Bill Gates predicted stuff, UK using police Data to predict crime, Scanning not working on my Printer, Can’t read the paper, Running out of space on my Outlook account is running out of space, Can’t wipe my PC!!

UK is building AI Datacenters but have no idea how they are going to power them, Ubisoft reminds the court that your video is not yours, M365 Family gets broken by Microsoft, My Facebook account got locked but it’s a scam! Costly Microsoft Office vs Free Libra Office TechSoup.org, Very old MAC with old Audio files, Facebook removed our post abut Facebook scams! WOW!! University of Maryland Medical Center seem to have not noticed spyware on more than 400 systems used to spy on women for more than 10 years!

Win 11 Pc 2 years old boot issue, New Laptop came with a password, need to factory reset, How do I find my Android Phone? Mozilla getting into email, BSOD going to change to BSOD, Dell laptop died what do my lights mean? Planned killing of Win 10 means what?

Microsoft Turns 50! Every OS Sucks! AI is being used to produce content the FBI might be interested in, Claude’s new Learning mode AI suggests the student should try to answer the question themselves, Log-in to new computer forcing log-in, I want to watch the Yankees but they think I live in RI so it’s blacked out! Game Cocks Vs Huskies! What’s a KVM Switch? Google Docs vs Microsoft, AI bots are killing Wikipedia sites by scraping and scraping and scraping. Oracle breach was a breach….of old systems they say.

Win 10 to Win 11 Upgrade, My HP system, 2 years old, black screen, Need to Run Diags? iPhones picture to Windows, Secure email and backing it up, What security should I use for my new PC? Yes we found the correct driver, My Cell Data is not working…..pay the bill!

Scientists using Tech to read manuscripts with light, Looking more and more like Oracle was hacked, Don’t use on-line File Converters!, My laptops is 6 years old what do I do? Looking for a new PC, Setting up new Firewall, Can’t get my Laptop connected to internet.

College football coach steals data of 150K student athlete, Microsoft accidently wipes out Copilot during an update, My Paycheck printout is causing a Malware Bytes warning! Secure Private email is necessary these days, Wireless Printing issue from my cell phone to Brother, Proton secure email explained.

More Mail Encryption talk, AI makes up that a father killed his 3 sons! Cloudflare putting up a head-fake to AI Scrapers, Why is my iCloud full…do I even need it? AI Music attorney – Top Music Attorney, Apple User having issues with Exchange Mail, Setting up new Laptop, IRS Pausing 80Billion Tech modernizations….because AI.

Click-Fix Phish, Volt Typhoon lurking in electric company more than 300 days, Do we want AI to make Medical decisions yet? AI Search getting it wrong 60% of the time, EZPAss Scam, Consequences of Technology, Alternative to M365, Communication issues with Adobe issue with my Scanner, Do Scammers look at search history?

Proton email, Norton Scam got me with a banking scam, Spellcheck and password manager issues, New internet and I can’t see my printer, Cell Phone plans, My tablet password will no longer work what do I do?

Erik Semmel from Tab Computer Systems and Computer Talk with Tab discusses the latest tech and scares Brian and Gerry Brooks with some news.

More NAS talk, Quantum computers being used to hack Crypto? New to streaming and don’t touch it, Money to Burn Crypto, Find my phone, Cobra Currency, KVM Switch for Laptops, Youtube TV customizations, Replace old AIO system, Mouse Settings to find my mouse, Old Printer to new PC, MS Copilot forced in search.

Pixel update includes live scam message detection, Brother printers may have issues with non-brother ink, Latest Android update will use AI to see if you are getting a text scam, SEC says Meme coins are not subject to federal securities laws. MTA strapped 6 pixel phones to train cars to detect problems and found 92%!, TD Bank Text scam beware! May be scammed by Dir assistance, Got a notification that my reg is slowing my PC down, Strategic Bitcoin reserve, Power outage issue with my PC, Update on my network shares issue, NAS Drive Types spinny or SSD?

Fiber Internet choices, Scammers hitting people with fake jobs, iPhone Antivirus built-in? How to deal with duplicate pictures – Alldup, VoIP questions and we got a Vote!!, TurboTax Talk, Ooma Talk,

Microsoft is killing Skype, BCE Compromise cost a company $500,000.00! PayPal scammers are using PayPal to scam you! Turbo Tax death by 1000 fees, Vote for Computer Talk with TAB – Hartford Courant Best of CT! Don’t mess with the scammers, TurboTax talk, Email with Proton mail, What Router do I need? Win 11 Update now I can’t see my network shares, New PC win 11 and now I can’t load music to my iPod anymore or move it off it either.

Erik Semmel from WTIC's Computer Talk with Tab and of course Tab Computer Systems discusses the advancements in Artificial Intelligence.

Mac talk continued, Old Acer win 7 how do I get past the Admin password? I think I was scammed, Need to share data with the wife…NAS, Should I get my own Router? We fixed a guys mouse issue, Quickbooks issue it’s costing me a arm and leg! Fiber they want me to purchase 1000mpbs….i’m only at 3mbps now.

Apple pulled end-to-end encryption from UK to allow surveillance of citizens, Largest Ethereum heist 1.46Billion from a cold wallet, Why is malware bytes scanning like crazy after update, Why is my pc not working properly after an update? Gov Lemont wants to double down on datacenters…but has no idea how many we have to start, My old Apple computer replaced with a new one.

Erik Semmel from Tab Computer Systems and the Host of Computer Talk with Tab discusses AI advancement and other newsworthy tech items!

FBI are warning people to stop sending money to scammers….76% of the victims didn’t know they were being scammed….what the other 24% were doing is another matter, Should I upgrade my PC to Win 11? How do I get my Pictures off my phone? So what happens when I delete something? My Dell mouse is slow, New Laptop specs and recovery drives, Win 11 ready? My MAC Calander is screwed up.

Dating Aps not banning the bad guys, Datacenter energy demand skyrocketing in VA, Microsoft had a page to help you uninstall edge…not, Proton Email is setting a Conversation View, AI is making us dumber, Lawyers getting in trouble for using AI in their cases, Brave Browser seems slow, N. Korean’s still scamming US Companies with the help of US citizens, Do I need to do any maintenance of my Android or Apple Tablet?

Using a digital wallet and password manager, Does Elon have Admin Access? My Cox POTs line is not working, Cutting the Cable now what do I do? Setting up a Proton Email account, My computer says OpenDNS is not green, UK ordering Apple to not allow citizens to encrypt their iCloud Accounts.

Simsbury women gets her money back thanks feds, Meta trains AI on stolen books from the dark web, Secure your system, PlayStation network still down! Looking for a new computer and I want to be sure my iTunes list is preserved, Turbotax is only download is that ok? My Ooma was buggered up, Win 11 upgrade req TPM 2.0 so the instructions to trick it with an older TPM are now gone.

Wifi work continues, What kind of internet options do I have? Mac any good? Why is a $200 Celeron not a good idea? I tried partitioning my XP computer and now it won’t boot? Windows Security warning scam, My Toshiba laptop finally died should I use the Free Dell my friend gave me? NASA can’t tell the roadster was not an asteroid, New version of SOPA.

Community Health Cennter CT Breach that no one knows about, Power School Breach the lawsuits are coming, Deepseek AI disruptions are coming, What happened to my Outlook Classic? How do I share a large file with a group? Speakers not working what should I do? My emails are scarring me they want me to buy bitcoin, So yes the Drones were nothing to worry about, Samsung Smartwatch will soon monitor your blood sugar, Should I move to Gonetspeed? Microsoft will stop allowing Scareware…finally, My Wifi is kinda flakey.

China AI threat sparks a huge tech stock sell-off, Game changer in Watch Tech, YouTube seems to be testing Hour-Long un-skippable adds!

Power School breach…there a Cloud company! How do I stop the pop-up-ads? How do I backup my start menu? My cars was being tracked and I was not aware, Be careful your not hiring a North Korean! 161 Vulnerabilities patched! Startlink can save you money if you let them talk to your Insurance company, How do I turn off notifications?

Stargate AI Project do we think CT will be a site….hmmm, Apple sued for PFAS in the watch bands, How do I keep my Wife Happy? My Laptop is not talking to my HP printer, My Win 11 Laptop Notification, Surveillance Pricing is a thing so your price may not be the same as another person’s price, People are selling smartphones with TikTok app on the device.

Erik Semmel from Tab Computer Systems calls in to discuss Trump Coin, Higher Prices through AI, and more on this Tech Tuesday

Titania Jordan from Bark talks about how states should consider keeping kids off Porn sites. GM On-star may be selling you location data, Are Apple Office tools any good? Backing my systems, What System do I need? What is the S Flavor of the Windows Software, Another Streaming device option, How to protect yourself from AI?

Apple AI turned off AI News summaries features that was making up headlines. Brits are just now trying to keep kids away from Porn, United Health Care post the notice of the Care breach but made sure search engines would not find it, Chromebook updates are delayed, Secure your accounts! PC Health Check, Can I upgrade my old PC? How do I turn off Apple AI on my iPhone? Is Cloud More Expensive than owning the software? Why is my 7 year old PC so slow….it’s old! Do I need to deprecate my Admin rights on my home PC?

Erik Semmel from Tab Computers is the Host of Computer Talk with TAB on Saturdays from 9-11am on WTIC. He joins us to discuss facebook and other social media platforms.

Continue Phone Link troubleshooting, Epson Printer will not Print, Home Land-line phone replacement, Asus Firewall vulnerability should I replace? How do I improve my cell service, Honey “service” not working but is paying itself!