Announcements
[Partially Resolved] Office Telephone Outage
Widomaker’s business telephone lines are experiencing intermittent trouble. This is frequently preventing us from making or receiving calls, or it causes call quality to be so poor that effective communication is not possible. Our telephone provider is aware of the issue and will, hopefully, have it resolved soon.
If you need to reach us during this time and your call is not answered, or if communication is difficult due to the poor call quality, please e-mail us, or leave a voice mail message, which we will return, during business hours.
Today is the Last Day to Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
As you may already be aware, Microsoft has been offering free upgrades to the latest version of Windows (Windows 10) to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. That free upgrade offer ends after today, Friday, July 29, 2016.
For a home user, Windows 10 is considered, by many experts, to be the most secure Windows version, so far. As a result, you may want to consider upgrading before the end of the free upgrade period, that ends today.
If you have not already upgraded, here is some information to help you decide if you want to keep your current version of Windows, or upgrade to Windows 10…
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July 4th 2016
Our offices and phone support will be closed during Monday July 4th, 2015. We will resume our normal hours on July 5th. All systems will remain monitored during the holiday.
Have a safe and fun weekend 🙂
Memorial Day 2016
Widomaker’s phone support hours will be reduced for Memorial Day. On Monday, May 30, 2016, phone support hours will be from 8:30am to 12:30pm. The office will be closed.
Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, May 31st.
Corrupt E-mail Issues, Friday, March 18 2016
Apparently there was significant file system corruption following the previous Unscheduled Emergency Maintenance for wilma.widomaker.com, Friday, March 18 2016, 8:00 PM EDT.
This issue only effects users with an e-mail address that ends with @widomaker.com (or @tni.net).
Unscheduled Emergency Maintenance for wilma.widomaker.com, Friday, March 18 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
Due to a drive failure, one of our servers, wilma.widomaker.com, will be shutdown for approximately 15 to 25 minutes, starting around 8:00PM ET, today, March 18th, 2016. During that time, some services, provided by that server, will be unavailable.
Maintenance Notice for wilma.widomaker.com, Saturday, March 12 2016, 7:00 – 12:00 EST
One of our servers (wilma.widomaker.com) will be migrated to a new platform. This will require shutting down the server for a brief time…
Holiday Hours 2015
Christmas
Thursday, December 24th: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Friday, December 25th: Closed
Normal Office / Phone Support hours resume on Saturday, December 26th.
New Year’s
Thursday, December 31st: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Friday, January 1st: Closed
Normal Phone Support hours resume on Saturday, January 2nd.
**Office visits are by appointment only. Please call ahead if you need to come in.
Thanksgiving Hours
Offices and Phone Support will be Closed for Thanksgiving Day – November 26, 2015
Phone Support will resume normal hours on Friday November 27, 2015
The office will remain closed throughout Thanksgiving Weekend. This means no office appointments, testing, programming or shipping of equipment. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Office operations will resume normally on Monday November 30, 2015.
All servers and systems will remain monitored throughout the holiday weekend. Any service outages will be posted here, Facebook, Twitter and on the automated phone system when calling in.
Reduced Hours, Sept 9 – 11, 2015
Our offices and phone support will be closing early, at 2:00PM, Wednesday through Friday, September 9th through the 11th. If prompted, please leave a message on our voicemail. We will return your call on the next business day during normal hours.
