Optimize Windows 10. Try out these 10 simple steps to help speed up your PC and make it less prone to performance issues. These simple tips probably won’t make all that much difference if you’re running a machine with high-end specs but can certainly help […]
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When the operating system will not boot and when the operating system will boot. The best free malware scanners, offline and online, plus the best free bootable rescue solutions. Recent Malware History The incidence of malware infections on home computers has slowed quite dramatically over
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With just about everyone carrying a smartphone these days traditional cameras have become pretty much a thing of the past. The traditional camera is still in vogue with the professionals but for us causal happy snappers our smartphones will do the job. I am often
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Tales of woe. The customer is always right. Well, maybe not always, perhaps very seldom… Hard Drive Full Some years ago, when I upgraded my laptop, I gifted my old Asus laptop to son number two. The laptop was quite old then and must be
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Last week we published an article about the latest Windows 10 update (2004) and what new features/changes it introduces. I openly admit there is not much among the list of changes that I find overly exciting. For years now users have been complaining about various
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Most email services place a limit on the size of emails including attachments, generally around 25MB, and users need to look elsewhere when wanting to send a large file. One of the most common and best methods for sharing large files is via cloud storage
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Earlier today one of my clients contacted me because he couldn’t access outlook.com via the Edge browser to check his webmail. I ended up connecting to his computer remotely through Windows 10’s Quick Assist app– what a great app this is for people such as
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Hold your breath folks, the next major Windows 10 update is now rolling out! Seriously, no need to be concerned as Microsoft is adopting a much more sensible approach to this latest feature update than it has previously. First of all, Microsoft is rolling out
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A number of reader comments in response to a recent article brought to my attention that some users might be a tad confused about the function of Windows Security as opposed to Windows Defender. I hope what follows will help clarify. Windows Defender vs Windows
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If you’ve been a Windows 10 user since its first release, or have been updating Windows 10 through multiple new builds, you will likely see that your hard drive now contains more than one recovery partition. These partitions do not display under ThisPC and you
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I love shopping online, much to my lovely wife’s dismay. I am a self-confessed gadget freak– if it plugs in or runs on batteries, I want one. However, I am very cautious when shopping online, dealing only with reputable vendors, and paying only through PayPal–
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Back in February, we reported that Edge was edging closer to Firefox in the desktop browser market share with numbers for January showing Edge at just a single percentage point behind Firefox. I said in that article… ”I don’t believe it will be too long
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Antivirus products are, in my opinion, a lot like insurance– a necessary evil. These days, I tend to rely mostly on the built-in Microsoft Defender which does a good enough job for me and, as the latest results from AV-Test illustrate, will also do a
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Almost every time Microsoft releases updates for Windows 10 we read about more issues caused by these updates. Indeed, one well-known site pretty much makes a living out of reporting all these problems with Windows Updates. I have often gone to bat for the users
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