Basye PC Security & Repair

03/18/2026

Someone's at the door: "Knock, Knock, I'm Here for My Phone!" Do you know what to do? Scam or not, you may want to think about how to react.

10/03/2025

Internet Purchase Exchange Locations offer you greater safety, when meeting up with someone to conduct a transaction.

08/29/2025

Just wanted to share my recent experience with NVCC’s Workforce program and thank them for helping me pass the EC-Council CEH v13 certification exam. It was a great experience - even though I was honestly shocked to pass on my first attempt.

I put together a long blog post about it, with some study tips and lessons learned for anyone planning to take the exam. Fair warning: it’s a wall of words, so only dive in if CEH certification is on your radar.

https://www.mythoughtonit.com/2025/08/ceh-v13-surprising-pass.html

08/07/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/107a5a74a42b7a4c973ac1789a74413c27237151b4045b267346e67a4568d5e2?trk=share_certificate

Check out my certificate for “CompTIA Data+ (DA0-002) Cert Prep”: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/107a5a74a42b7a4c973ac1789a74413c27237151b4045b267346e67a4568d5e2.

06/28/2025

06/18/2025

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Earners of the CompTIA Linux+ certification have the knowledge and skills required to succeed in a Linux operating system environment. CompTIA Linux+ earners have demonstrated the ability to configure the system, navigate the command line, and use common package management systems. They are also abl...

04/11/2025

Good article here about fake captchas. Please read it and be aware of what you click on.

This is the most dangerous thing I've seen in some years, so pay attention, everyone. You NEED TO learn about this, because it is a MAJOR DANGER and is currently infecting a local valley website. I want everyone to be able to recognize this, and not fall into this kind of trap!

https://bluescreencomputer.com/2025/04/10/watch-out-for-fake-captchas/

01/30/2025

Finally Security+ certified.

https://www.credly.com/badges/7324ae36-ae25-42e6-a327-8be126a763ec/public_url

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Earners of the CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist (CSIS) certification have the knowledge and skill required to support hardware and software systems. These secure infrastructure specialists will also be able to protect an organization’s assets from internal and external threats.

01/28/2025

Okay, here's another great article from BlueScreen Computer. I followed his instructions and it was easy to switch back to classic Office 365 - once you new you had to go to 'cancel' first. Shame on you Microsoft. In you case you did not know Microsoft apparently 'upgraded' everyone's Office 365 by adding Copilot, without telling you anything more than that they were increasing prices for your subscription. I have no desire to use a sub-standard Copilot, especially when I already pay OpenAI $20 a month directly.

If you pay a recurring fee for Microsoft 365, I have important news for you. I am sorry, but prepare to be angry:

Recently, I mentioned that 365 pricing had increased by $30/yr. Microsoft 365 Personal jumped from $70 to $100, and the MS 365 Family plan grew from $100 to $130. But in doing so, we were not told that the old plans and pricepoints were still there. Microsoft is again guilty of the sin called Lying Through Omission.

There are actually 4 different plans for Microsoft 365 now:
Microsoft 365 Personal for $100/yr
Microsoft 365 Family for $130/yr
Microsoft 365 Personal Classic for $70/yr
Microsoft 365 Family Classic for $100/yr

The big difference? Classic plans do NOT have Copilot and AI built into them. That's it. Microsoft silently upgraded everyone and raised their prices without permission to pay for the Copilot and genAI that no one asked for.

The big cover-up? You cannot see these Classic plans until you go to cancel your subscription. They are completely hidden from the Microsoft website, and only shown if you log in and have an active 365 subscription, and you click the Cancel button. This is the darkest of patterns and I hope that legal consequences will befall Microsoft... some day.

For now, if you want to go back to your old 365 pricing, here are the steps to do so: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/switching-to-microsoft-365-personal-and-family-classic-plans-58342e83-38e7-4cda-b63b-88604a8fb7ef

If you want to become a classic 365 subscriber, you must sign-up for one of the new expensive plans, and then immediately cancel it to find the option for a classic plan!

10/29/2024

Basye, BlueScreen Computer is someone you should be following for great computer and IT related info. Here he talks about using a pricing tool to follow Amazon's pricing game. Great article for consumers and Techies.

If you use an Amazon Price Tracking tool, it will help you know the truth about the price history on an item, before you decide to buy.