As Microsoft's Windows 10 rollout continues, we are experiencing as many problems as there are computers at the moment. For anyone with a newer PC, Windows 10 offers a few niggles but nothing major, but if you happen to be operating Windows 7 or 8 then those little problems can turn into a paralysis of [...]
Like Starbucks, McDonalds, Subway and Costa, adware is everywhere. Unlike those companies, most adware isn't for products you are willing to part your cash for, but all the same, it's hard to escape the tide of adware. If you want to reduce the amount of adware you receive you can follow these six steps; it's [...]
Windows 10 was meant to be a smooth and effortless OS upgrade for millions, but not all is well, there have been numerous reports of problems being felt by Microsoft users. Privacy issues aside, here are the main ones: 1. You are still waiting for your upgrade There isn't much you can do if your upgrade [...]
We often get asked to recover deleted data, this time we are showing you how to delete it. Permanently. We recently wrote a guide about how to get rid of an old hard drive and have been asked to explain in greater detail, how to permanently wipe it clean. So, here it is: what to do [...]
Here are some of the most common laptop problems our users have experienced with their laptops, and a few ways in which they can be fixed...where possible. Why does my laptop screen have lines running through it? This might be because at some clumsy point in its life it has been dropped, banged, bashed [...]
Smartphones meet their maker in a variety of ways; the last three cracked screens for have been putting my iPhone in the same pocket as my car keys, crushing it under the rails of my car seat while searching for it and just dropping it in a particularly clumsy episode while opening a door. When [...]
What does dust do to your computer? Come to think of it, what does all that dirty, smoky air do to the insides of your computer, too? And what happens to all the debris and detritus of cake on a Wednesday? It might well be slowing down your hard drive. Depending on your environment, the amount [...]
Windows 10 is out now. Since the news of it was announced last year many people have been wondering how this free upgrade will work and what benefits it will bring. PCs are now able to upgrade to Windows 10, which has been touted as the last major Windows operating system release. From here on Microsoft will see [...]
With no Windows 9, Microsoft has jumped straight to Windows 10 which launches this Summer, new updates include Cortana, Mobile syncing and Project Spartan offering up Edge which finally replaces Internet Explorer. So what happened to Windows 9? One theory had it that it’s name was too close to Windows 95 and 98 and that [...]
Yosemite National Park, California The earlier Yosemite upgrades of 10.10.1 and 10.10.2 concerned themselves mostly with hidden bug fixes and reliability issues. Yosemite 10.10.3 takes a good look at some major functions and introduces some improvements and new features. In April, Apple released the latest update of Yosemite and with it new features [...]