Since 2015 you could legally upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8 to Windows 10 for free. Microsoft first announced this as a one year offer but still activated any installation of Windows 10 using a legitimate Windows 7 or 8 product key up until last week. You can still […]
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Just as many of us are coming to terms with Windows 11 and getting used to the changes, trying to avoid getting sent somewhere we never intended, and changing to adapt to the new right click menus etc, it is now looking like it will become more intrusive with the […]
Recently I’ve noticed that when people call me to fix a slow laptop there is nothing really wrong with them except the Hard Drive usage is often at 100% or close to it during the slowness. Invariably the laptop in question has a spinning disk, old school Hard Drive installed […]
I’ve been an advocate for Windows File History app since it was first introduced because of its ability to keep an automatic update going without much user interaction needed. I have since discovered that it is not as reliable as one would hope. It seems to stall and then never […]
Windows 10 feature updates happen twice a year. They take a couple of hours (which is extremely disruptive if you didn’t know they were going to happen) and usually you go back to what you were doing. Occasionally you’ll notice the changes and decide whether they’re for the good or […]
Microsoft released the latest feature update to Windows 10 (called the Fall Creators Update) on 17th October. Windows 10 is updated in this way twice a year – the update process takes at least a couple of hours and it is actually the in-place installation of a new operating system. […]
The Wi-Fi vulnerability named KRACK has been in the news recently. Hackers can access Wi-Fi networks and get in between your device and the router transmitting the Wi-Fi, giving them access to everything you are doing on the net: passwords, browsing and even some secure sites. What does this mean […]
Many of you will already be aware that there is a major Windows 10 update every 8 months or so called a feature update. These usually take hours to install and some features of the operating system change. These feature updates are not only necessary and often beneficial in terms […]
Microsoft has announced that this month’s updates will include additional patches to stop attacks similar to the Wanna Cry ransomware. If you have Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 and have Windows updates set to automatic there is no need to do anything. Microsoft is also providing the same patches for […]