Hey Comox Valley! Lately we’ve been getting a lot of messages like this one: “ChatGPT told me to grab a Windows license for next to nothing, and now it doesn’t work at the office.”
Many young entrepreneurs, the people building a coffee startup or a tourism business on the Island, are running into the same problem. AI chat tools sometimes suggest “easy” shortcuts such as grey-market keys or retail editions that don’t fit business use: they may not be licensed properly for your organization, they can be deactivated later, and they get in the way of compliance and secure updates. When the business then buys proper licensing through legitimate channels, the real cost shows up, and the cheap route ends up being the expensive one.
We’ve also seen people spend hours running complicated scripts copied from an AI chat to “fix” a broken Windows install. AI can be a great assistant, but you still need to understand what a command does before you run it on a business computer.
The good news: this is easy to avoid. Human Touch IT helps small businesses buy the right equipment with valid, properly licensed software (for example Macs, or Windows PCs set up with genuine business licensing), and we offer a Free IT Assessment for small businesses. Need a laptop that just works, or Wi-Fi that covers your whole store? Call or text +1 250-792-0190, message us on WhatsApp, or visit humantouchit.com. No hacks, no workarounds.