The announcement that Windows 10 (final) would be launched on 29th July took a lot of people by surprise, including yours truly. The general consensus being that October was the most likely general release date for the new operating system. Now, in a recent blog […]
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Windows 10: 3 Weeks and Counting… Much to the chagrin of many people, the traditional Start Menu was dropped from Windows 8 and 8.1 and replaced by a Start Screen. As you would no doubt be aware by now, the Start Menu is back in
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In a recent article I reviewed and recommended Secure Folders as a simple and effective means of protecting sensitive files and folders – catch up with that article here: Protect Sensitive Files with ‘Secure Folders’. In true Murphy’s Law, shortly after I published the article,
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Mad Max: Fury Road Director: George Miller Writers: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy. Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult Release Date: 15 May 2015 (USA) Also Known As: Mad Max 4 IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/ I had the opportunity to watch the new Mad Max movie recently
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Why oh why did Microsoft do away with the feature to password protect zipped folders? There are many reasons why one might want to hide or protect certain files and folders, either from prying eyes or for security reasons. Encryption technology is one solution but
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A useful feature in Windows 7 and 8, for me anyway, is the ability to add extra clocks from different time zones. I read somewhere, can’t remember where, that this feature is no longer available in Windows 10. However, that information is incorrect, adding additional
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As a computer repairer I’ve come across plenty of PCs over the years that are running like molasses, in fact, it’s one of the most common complaints I encounter. The causes are diverse – I’ve even come across PCs with two or more antivirus products
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So, I was happily browsing away this morning, as is my usual crack-of-dawn practice, and came across a web page that I wanted to bookmark, opened up the Bookmarks menu in Firefox and noticed this: I’m not the most observant of people so this item
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StickyPassword, makers of the excellent password manager of the same name, is offering a “Security Pack” deal including 6 heavily discounted products: StickyPassword: Excellent password manager – license is LIFETIME Avira Pro: Top notch antivirus – license is 1 year SpyShelter Premium: Highly regarded anti
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware + Junkware Removal Tool = Bad News for PUPs With the recent acquisition of the popular Junkware Removal Tool software, Malwarebytes has added another string to its security bow. Although, I guess it’s really a case of strengthening an existing string rather than
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How to change your router’s default password, and why you should! Last week we published an article relating to router security, you can catch up with that article here: Quickly Check that your Router Hasn’t Been Hijacked. At the end of the article I suggested
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In a recent blog post, Microsoft’s Gabe Aul made an announcement which seemed to suggest that anyone running Windows 10 Preview as part of the ‘Windows Insider’ program and who logs in to same using a Microsoft account would then receive the final version of
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Much has been written about download sites and their bad practices – forcing adware wrappers, unfettered bundling, not filtering out malicious software, etc. – seems many of these sites are more interested in generating income rather than providing a safe download environment for users. So
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DNS, yet another of those infernal acronyms. Domain Name System is an essential component of everyone’s connection to the internet and is used to translate readily identifiable domain names, such as www.davescomputertips.com, into the numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses required to access websites – sort
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