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Jerry Stern, Technology Consultant

Tamar Osterman, Jerry Stern, and Paige Sunderland, with the Secretary's Citation for 35 years of computer services by Science Translations.

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Accessibility Guide for Windows 11
April 10, 2026 - Jerry Stern
Accessibility Guide for Windows 11

Windows 11 has a lot of options for improving both the sights and sounds of Windows for those users who need some help. Whether you’re adjusting these options for yourself [...]

Unique Passwords, Always
March 24, 2026 - Jerry Stern
Unique Passwords, Always

These phish attempts are worse, much worse, for those of you who insist on using one password everywhere and forever. Again, once a phishing attack lands a password and user [...]

Phish-Spotting
March 10, 2026 - Jerry Stern
Phish-Spotting

Phish are evolving. In the past, large schools of phish were easily recognized as scams by looking for stupid stuff in the allegedly-urgent emails. There were spelling and grammar errors, [...]

OneDrive? No, thanks.
February 24, 2026 - Jerry Stern
OneDrive? No, thanks.

Windows 11 just won’t shut up. OneDrive this, backup that, and it’s all a distraction from getting work done. In the free February 2026 PC Updater News, learn how to [...]

Silencing Windows 11
February 10, 2026 - Jerry Stern
Silencing Windows 11

Windows 11 is noisy. Popups and ads everywhere, and they’re mostly OneDrive advertisements. In the free February 2026 PC Updater News, learn how to turn off the notifications and popups. [...]

Paperless Offices
January 27, 2026 - Jerry Stern
Paperless Offices

The first step towards not buying more file cabinets is to stop adding to the pile. You need easy PDF software for scanning paper, combining scans with existing PDF files, [...]

There’s News for 2026
January 13, 2026 - Jerry Stern
There’s News for 2026

Some large businesses are changing how they work, or perhaps don’t, as of the start of 2026. Microsoft has mangled the Office trademarks yet again; Office, formerly known as “Microsoft [...]

$10 for Microsoft Office!
December 22, 2025 - Jerry Stern
$10 for Microsoft Office!

Nope, not really. Office isn’t $10 or $19 like those ads are showing on major sites. Those ads you’re seeing are scams. The correct price for Microsoft Office is either [...]


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