Professional IT Services Blog – Networks, Servers, Security, Computers, Websites, eCommerce & AI Laminas_Feed_Writer 2 (https://getlaminas.org) https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/ A step-by-step office IT move checklist for small businesses, from ordering internet at the new address to testing every desk on the first morning. Covers servers, network cabling, VoIP phones, 911 addresses and the settings that quietly break after a move. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/office-it-move-checklist.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/office-it-move-checklist.html 0 Deleting files and reformatting leave business data recoverable on old computers, drives and phones. This guide explains NIST SP 800-88 in plain English, why SSDs need different treatment than hard drives, and how to prepare company phones for recycling. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/data-management-recovery/wipe-data-before-recycling-business-computers-phones.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/data-management-recovery/wipe-data-before-recycling-business-computers-phones.html 0 Windows 10 stopped receiving security updates on October 14, 2025, unless a PC is enrolled in paid Extended Security Updates, and the first ESU year for organizations ends in October 2026. Here is how a small office can check Windows 11 compatibility and sort every PC into upgrade, ESU or replace. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/windows-10-end-of-support-small-business.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/windows-10-end-of-support-small-business.html 0 In California, businesses may not put computers, monitors, phones or batteries in the trash or a dumpster. This plain-language guide explains DTSC's universal waste rules, CalRecycle's covered electronic devices, and a step-by-step way for Los Angeles-area offices to dispose of old IT equipment legally. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/california-e-waste-rules-businesses-it-equipment-disposal.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/california-e-waste-rules-businesses-it-equipment-disposal.html 0 Small business servers rarely fail without warning: disk and RAID alerts, untested backups and end-of-support software usually show up weeks or months ahead. Learn the signs, what monitoring should watch, and how to decide whether to fix, migrate or retire the server. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/server-monitoring-maintenance/signs-small-business-server-needs-attention.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/server-monitoring-maintenance/signs-small-business-server-needs-attention.html 0 Once old office computers leave on a hand truck, they pass through pickup, data handling, testing, sorting and either reuse or dismantling for materials. This guide follows that journey step by step and lists the questions to ask a recycler and the paperwork a business should keep. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/what-happens-to-old-office-computers-when-recycled.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/what-happens-to-old-office-computers-when-recycled.html 0 Retired business laptops and desktops often still have resale value, but only if they are unlocked, wiped and sold before they age out in a closet. Learn how IT asset disposition works, what raises or destroys value, how to run an employee buyback program, and why the data wipe always comes first. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/sell-or-recycle-used-business-laptops-itad.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/sell-or-recycle-used-business-laptops-itad.html 0 When an office closes, moves or shrinks, the electronics hide the most loose ends: leased equipment, data on devices that do not look like computers, and accounts that keep billing. This checklist walks through the inventory, returns, data, accounts, network gear and legal disposal in the order the work needs to happen. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/office-electronics-cleanout-checklist-closing-moving-downsizing.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/maintenance-system-support/office-electronics-cleanout-checklist-closing-moving-downsizing.html 0 Erasing a modern phone is easy; the hard part is releasing it from MDM, Apple Business Manager or zero-touch enrollment, Activation Lock and Factory Reset Protection with your own admin access. This guide gives the right order, the difference between wipe and retire, and what to do with SIMs, swollen batteries and the devices themselves. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/data-management-recovery/retire-company-phones-tablets-mdm-activation-lock.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/data-management-recovery/retire-company-phones-tablets-mdm-activation-lock.html 0 Emptying a server closet or small server room means more than switching off servers: services have to move, archives must stay readable, licenses and domain records need collecting, and batteries, racks and cooling units have their own rules. Here is the order of work, from the first photographs to the final paperwork. ]]> https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/server-monitoring-maintenance/decommission-small-server-room-step-by-step.html https://computer.servicesboats.com/servicesboatsblog/server-monitoring-maintenance/decommission-small-server-room-step-by-step.html 0