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Red Hill House, Hope Street, Chester, CH4 8BU


Office 330, Cheshire College, Ellesmere Port Campus Off Sutton Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7BF


Email: info@tst.uk.com

Phone: 01244 457870

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14 Feb

Analogue Switch Off

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in Broadband, Telephony
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The analogue switch off will involve the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) landlines being switched off in 2025. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) lines will also be turned off at the same time. The switch off will happen across the whole of the UK and will take place at the network level. All services that rely on PSTN will be affected, including: broadband, security alarms, EPOS...

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06 Dec

Remote monitoring

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in IT Security, IT Support and Services
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We may ask you to install our Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software on your computer so that we can remotely access it to provide you with help.  If you are on a support contract with TST, you will already have this software installed.  This article explains what RMM is, what is does and why you should keep it installed. The RMM application is usually installed...

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28 Nov

Should I install Windows updates

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in IT Security
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During the course of our day to day interaction with customers we sometimes hear the comment "I don't install Windows updates because they slow down my computer" or "They take up space on my PC". We thought it may be useful to set the record straight and debunk some myths about Windows updates. Windows updates are released regularly for currently supported versions of the operating system. ...

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10 Nov

SOHO Firewall

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in IT Security, IT Support and Services
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A hardware firewall usually sits behind the broadband router to protect your SOHO (small office/home office) business network from external attack.  It usually analyses incoming traffic and filters out threats as they try to reach your network. The firewall acts like a perimeter fence around your network. This hard barrier for your small office/home office (SOHO) against intrusion provides several benefits: Updated several times a day...

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07 Sep

BackupBuddy Alert

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in IT Security, Web hosting
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If you are using the very popular Wordpress plugin Backupbuddy to backup your Wordpress website it is essential that you upgrade to version 8.7.5.  If your version of Backupbuddy is less than 8.7.5 you must do this urgently.  See the full announcement about Backupbuddy below: We recently discovered a security vulnerability in our BackupBuddy plugin. The vulnerability could allow a breach to your WordPress site, so we are...

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