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Our IT Ninja hunts Bugs and Challenges in order to keep your Nanaimo Business Running Smoothly.

Reducing VM Performance Impact due to Disk I/O from Large file transfers on Hyper-V Host

March 19, 2026

A Nanimo Business recently needed Managed IT Support to “future-proof” their accounting system that had been running on an old PC sitting under a desk! We all know the scenario – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Well, it broke. We managed to recover the device and get it booted. We decided it was time to migrate this machine to a VM and host it on their office Hyper-V server. The customer requested that we keep the same…

Resolving T619 T4 Submission Errors from Simply Accounting for the 2025 Tax Year

March 2, 2026

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General

If you, like many other Nanaimo Businesses have been attempting to submit T619 forms for the 2025 tax year through the CRA but generated from Simply Accounting and encountered repeated rejections from the CRA due to missing fields or empty entries, you’re not alone. We recently provided technical support to assist a client facing exactly this scenario, and here’s how we resolved it using Notepad++ and the CRA’s XML validation tools. The Problem: CRA Rejections Due to Missing or Empty…

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Windows – Finding and Removing Accidentally Created Duplicate Files through a mistaken copy!

February 25, 2026

Aspyn IT Specialist

PROGRAMMING

How We Helped a Client Recover from Accidental OneDrive Duplicates in Nanaimo A client recently reached out to us looking for Nanaimo Business IT Support after accidentally installing Microsoft OneDrive. This is surprisingly common — OneDrive can change default locations for Desktop, Documents, and Pictures. In this case, the client terminated OneDrive mid-copy, and through some confusion, copied back the files from the new location which left a large number of files partially duplicated. Fortunately, we were able to restore…

Setting up VSCode Text Highlighting

January 28, 2024

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PROGRAMMING, VSCODE

Like most devs, I often leave notes directly in the codebase I am working on. Forgetful humans need reminders! In the past, I would try to use a format that would stand out when I review the file later. I would speckle my code with entries like the following: I found myself using a lot of dashes or equal signs coupled with CAPITAL LETTERs to help draw the eye. VSCode with an extension has the ability to bring COLOR into…

Aspyn IT Specialist

Aspyn IT Specialist

Reducing VM Performance Impact due to Disk I/O from Large file transfers on Hyper-V Host

Resolving T619 T4 Submission Errors from Simply Accounting for the 2025 Tax Year

Windows – Finding and Removing Accidentally Created Duplicate Files through a mistaken copy!

Setting up VSCode Text Highlighting

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