Clutch, an independent market research firm based in Washington DC recently released of the list of the top IT services firms in the Chicago area, and LME Services is proud to announce that we landed on the list of the most highly rated managed service providers in Chicago. We are especially proud … Read more
Warning: The ineptitude of the I.T. Guy and the businesses network I am about to recount may be unsuitable for children or people with queasy stomachs. I’m Joe (hello joe) and I’m a capable IT person (gasps intermixed with reluctant clapping) On average, our IT consulting business gets one new client a month via … Read more
Facebook has been in the headline a lot lately, and for all the wrong reasons. This time around FB is getting tangled in a whole mess of culpability gray areas that has garnered a lot of headlines, but in truth is more a warning tale of the state of online personal security than it … Read more
How do computers work? This short article is designed to give you a layman’s view on how computers take electricity and turn that into computer games, word processing, sound and complex applications At a fundamental level, electricity, transistors, and computers are very simple to understand and it all starts from magnets… How Electricity works … Read more
Before discussing what the pros and cons of getting a firewall are let’s quickly explain what a firewall is. What is a network firewall after all? A firewall is a router. The term firewall is usually bandied about because certain brands want to reference their routers as Firewalls because it implies that … Read more
To Setup a VPN to your Office for FREE using Teamviewer between your home and office computers you will need to download and install TeamViewer on both your home computer and your destination computer (or server) If you need a local managed IT services company to help with all your IT and Cybersecurity issues then give LME … Read more
How to fix the issue when Outlook won’t find Office 365 mailbox because there is an on-premise Microsoft Exchange server or legacy domain controller; often this issue will happen after performing an on-premise Exchange to Office 365 migration. First thing I recommend is to use a highly rated managed services provider, like LME Services So, … Read more
How to fix when a Backup Exec email notifications will not send to outside email addresses We had already created a receive connector in Exchange for our copiers, scanners, etc., and had hoped to simply add the Backup Exec server to the list of allowed IPs but in typical BE fashion, things are never easy … Read more
If your planning on moving to Microsoft Office 365 then you’re in the right place because today you will learn what an Office 365 migration is, what the Pros and Cons of doing an Office 365 Hybrid Migration are and how to ensure you are properly prepared for all the pitfalls. 1st Off, what … Read more
Here is how to fix Malwarebytes Console DB rrror Code 5 When doing a remote client push from the Malwarebytes Management Console I received the error ” Installation failed. Failed to open Service Control Manager error code [5] ” and have also gotten the “Installation failed. The RPC server is unavailable. Please allow WMI through … Read more
