Tech Support for BBG

Heavy hitting scams that should be aware of

Scammers will hit us from all directions. During time of hardship such as the recent year, scammers will come out to do more damages in the most vile of ways. It's better to know things ahead of time and be ready rather than be reactive a bit too…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Mar 21, 2021.

Be careful with your smart mobile devices 1 Reply

Just received a phone call from my wife while her friend was in tears about the husband's phone being stolen, hijacked, and continued to be hacked using the hijacked phone through his synched computer.Lesson to learn:1. If you have a smart mobile…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by John Sheehan Nov 13, 2019.

Warning: Latest scamming wave

Recently, there has been a wave of renewed scamming tactics to gain bitcoins (electronic money) using fear. If you see something like the message below, IGNORE IT!! DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK!! If you are uncertain, do your research and post any…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Nov 12, 2019.

2017/01/23 - Intrusive Warning in full effects 3 Replies

I've received a few emails the past few days, including a few others of my coworkers, with attachments that are quite suspicious, in Microsoft Word, Excel, and even Adobe PDF.This is a new twist in hacking computers using an old approach. MACs and…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Slip Sinker Jan 23, 2017.

BBG Server (Ning) sudden dropouts/unable to connect to

Hi everyone. It appears in the recent months, people are getting more and more dropouts, or cut-offs from BBG Server (Ning), and unable to connect to BBG website. For one thing, this is beyond BBG's control. It's server issues that the tech…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Sep 20, 2016.

Need help with registration at BBG from different platforms 5 Replies

Hi folks. For those who use iPhones, iPads, and MAC base, could you help me in diagnosing the issue we have with BBG registration? Apparently, we have issues with those who use IOS (Apple products) from either registering, posting, or uploading.Let…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by David, aka, "McScruff" Apr 15, 2015.

INSTRUCTABLES ON CHANGING AVATAR PICTURE 2 Replies

Welcome to BBG... one of the first things your going to want to do is establish a profile pic or avatar ... heres howVideo instructable on how to change your profile avatar...…Continue

Started by Slip Sinker. Last reply by Slip Sinker Mar 25, 2015.

Instructable: Using Microsoft Powerpoint for making instructables 12 Replies

Funny as the title sounds, it's actually very intuitive, and simple to use. Those who don't have Photoshop, or any image editor, to use, yet, have Microsoft Office software suite, you're golden.I'm using Microsoft Office 2010 for demonstration, but…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Leo Nguyen Feb 17, 2015.

Insert photo-video-link into comment box (01/29/2015) 4 Replies

Quite a few of our members ask about how to insert photos/videos/links into a comment box, both as attachments, and as inline photo posting. Well, time to create an instructable.INSERTING PHOTO(s)To insert photo(s) as an attachment, click on the…Continue

Tags: Comment, Box, Video, Photo, File

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Leo Nguyen Jan 30, 2015.

Mobile Upload Instructables (Updated 2015, 01-25) 10 Replies

For those who utilize smartphone, tablets, and mobile technology, I'm writing an updated instructable for such an occasion, which is long overdue.For this specific instructable, I'm using an Android based smartphone:Android version 4.4.7…Continue

Tags: Smartphone, Tablet, Device, Mobile, Photos

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Andy is OptiMystic Jan 26, 2015.