Are you suffering from slow internet speed? Is your broadband struggling to cope with an iPad, laptop, PC, Xbox and smartphone running all at the same time? Is everyone in the house using 3G because it's quicker than the internet? A slow broadband internet connection can be enormously frustrating, especially if you work from home. [...]
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 [...]
VoIP stands for “Voice over Internet Protocol” which potentially means free phone calls through the internet, using technology designed for the 21st century, rather than billed calls from your landline, which uses the same kind of technology since the 1970s! Which is why Hale IT have renewed their partnership as a certified provided of 3CX, one [...]
It can happen to all of us, that moment when our human radar temporarily forgets the latest position of a full cup of coffee at our desk. Then there is the moment of horror when we realise what has just happened. Coffee and computers aren't mutually compatible, at least not when spilt. Remain calm. While [...]
Have you ever taken a sledge hammer to an old piece of computer hardware? Satisfying isn’t it? It’s the same pleasure we get when we throw our junk over the barrier at the local household waste facility As we watch it crash to the bottom of a, preferably empty, container. When breakages happen by accident [...]
A virus, in medical terms, cannot be seen by the naked eye, it is genetic material unable to reproduce on their own until they latch onto living cells. Then they penetrate the protective coat of protein of the living cell and start to multiply by dividing themselves, over and over and begin to spread. What [...]
It can be enormously frustrating when you turn on your PC to find that your homepage or search page you have become accustomed to doesn't appear. If, like me, it happens to your search bar, you might start to even distrust the search results. But why it changes isn't always as straightforward as you think. [...]
When you get a new computer, you will be thinking, ‘what should I do with my old one?’ Don’t just throw your hard drive away. Computers have all sorts of toxic chemicals that are pretty dangerous to people and the environment. They also contain a huge amount of personal data like passwords, licence keys, finance [...]
Let’s back it up a minute, go back to basics, get back to reality. Backing up isn't always your first thought when using a PC or laptop. Back in the day when 1 megabyte computers were king, backing up data didn't hold so much relevance, now we’re talking terabytes. If you aren't backing up your [...]