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Based in Tokyo with more than 27 years in business, bilingual IT outsourcing company eSolia shares practical, field-tested tips that are genuinely useful—drawn from years of hands-on experience.

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Securityby: Rick Cogley

Critical PHP flaws: five questions to ask your web team today

On the night of 2026-10-21, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posted on X urging site operators to apply a PHP fix as soon as possible. If that’s difficult, she said, temporarily taking a website offline is one effective way to reduce the risk. A prime minister weighing in on a programming language patch is unusual, and it tells you how serious this one is.

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Windowsby: Rick Cogley

Beyond File Explorer: Better File Managers for Windows

You want to move a batch of files from one folder to another, so you open a second File Explorer window, drag it into position next to the first, and hope you drop the files in the right place. File Explorer handles this, but it doesn’t make it easy.

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Ways of Workingby: Shiori

Stay Focused While Working from Home! How to Create a Comfortable Digital Environment

Since the pandemic, working from home has become the new normal. Without commuting, many people feel they have more time and find it easier to maintain a healthy work-life balance, which can even boost motivation. On the other hand, remote work often brings new challenges: eye strain, shoulder and back pain, lack of focus, and feeling overwhelmed by too much information—what we might call “digital fatigue.” In this article, I’ll share some practical IT-based tips to help you create a comfortable, “fatigue-free” work-from-home environment.

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Securityby: SK

How to spot ZIP bombs and macro viruses in email attachments

Have you ever opened an email attachment without thinking twice? Files labeled “Invoice”, “Report”, or “Meeting materials” may look routine — but some are cleverly disguised traps that can cause system failures or data breaches. This post highlights two common threats in corporate environments: ZIP bombs and macro viruses.

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Windowsby: Kabaya

Windows runas: open admin tools without logging off

In day-to-day IT support, situations often come up like:
“I normally work with a standard user account, but sometimes I need admin rights to uninstall drivers or access admin web consoles.” Logging off and switching accounts every time is tedious. That’s where the built-in Windows runas command comes in handy. It lets you run programs using an admin account only when needed, without changing your main login.

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Peripheralsby: YM

QWERTY vs. JIS keyboards and what the F1–F12 keys do

The keyboard we use every day without a second thought. While we take typing for granted, haven’t you ever wondered, “Why are the keys arranged this way?” or “What are the F1 to F12 keys for?” or “What exactly is the Fn key?” This time, let’s explore how the keyboard layout evolved into its current form and delve into the roles of the function keys and the Fn key.

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