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Skegness' No. 1 Independant Computer Repair Shop & IT Support

Call us
01754 611720
Call Us (Shop hours)
Room 4, Albert Road Business Centre
Albert Road, Skegness
Lincs, PE25 3RB
What3words: speaking.elbowed.clef
Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00
Saturday - 09:30-12.00
Closed lunch 12.30-13:00
  • Home
  • Visit Our Shop
    • Visit Us
    • Book A Repair
    • Custom Built PCs
    • New PCs & Laptops
    • Refurbished Products
  • Services
    • PC & Laptop repair
    • Tune Ups
    • Computer Upgrades
    • Virus & Malware Removal
    • Internet/Wifi/Network
    • Mobile Internet Installation
    • Data Backup & Transfer
    • Data Recovery
    • Hard Drive Wiping
    • Home/Business Callouts
    • Business IT Support
    • Phone & Tablet Repair
    • VHS to DVD Transfer
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15 Feb

Buying lesser-known branded “cheap” devices

Where can I find these brands? Websites like Amazon and Ebay are full of devices like laptops and tablets for sale. Some are brand new, some are refurbished, some are by the most popular brands such as Apple, Samsung, HP, Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba etc but there are also many by unknown brands, particularly chinese ones […]

An article by gav Posted in Buying Advice
18 Dec

Is Linux a good alternative to Windows?

First of all, what is Linux? Put simply, Linux is an operating system just like Windows but the big difference is whereas Windows is owned and developed by Microsoft and Mac OS is owned and developed by Apple, Linux is developed as open-source and has various versions known as "distributions" available. Each distribution has slight [...]
An article by gav Posted in User advice
06 Aug

End of life Windows 10, Can I upgrade to Windows 11?

I’ve heard Windows 10 is coming to an end, is this true? Yes! In October 2025, Windows 10 will reach the end of it’s product lifecycle and so Microsoft will be ending all support for it. Machines running Windows 10 will still continue to work but there will be no security updates for it or […]

An article by gav Posted in User advice
10 Jan

End of the free Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10 upgrade

I’m running Windows 7/8, can I still upgrade to Windows 10? In a nutshell, yes, but for free? No! Back in 2015 when Windows 10 was first launched, Microsoft allowed users of a valid Windows 7 or 8 installation to upgrade to Windows 10 for free for the first year until July 2016. But I […]

An article by gav Posted in User advice
08 Aug

Running more than one antivirus software on the same machine

Do I need antivirus software to start with? We always recommend running a good quality antivirus software on your machines for your protection, even having a free antivirus software is better than not having any at all. So surely having two antivirus programs would be better than one? Not necessarily! If anything, running multiple antiviruses […]

An article by gav Posted in User advice
18 Apr

Case Study – Home wifi installation using mobile internet in a rural area

Living in a rural location with poor landline broadband speeds Although we have previously written about mobile data installations on caravans and mobile homes, this is a real life case study that we recently completed for a client who lived in a rural area where landline broadband to the property was very slow and inconsistent. […]

An article by gav Posted in Connectivity
21 Dec

Christmas & New Year Opening Hours

Opening Hours over the Christmas and New Year Period Firstly, we’d like to wish all our customers old and new a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support and custom over the year. Our opening hours over the period will be the following: 24th December 9.30-12 25th/26th/27th/28th December – Closed 29th/30th December – 10-2 […]

An article by gav Posted in Buying Advice
16 Nov

Buying a hard drive with Windows pre-installed

Is it worth buying a hard drive with Windows pre-installed? It is often seen on places like ebay, hard drives for sale with Windows already pre-installed on it, but is it legit and is it worth it? The idea may sound nice, but there are there really any big advantages to it? On the whole, […]

An article by gav Posted in Buying Advice
25 Jul

Mobile Internet To Your Caravan

No site wifi or prefer to use your own mobile internet in your caravan or holiday home? Further to our previous article on site wifi, where there is no built-in site wifi on their site or they are staying at remote locations, many users prefer to use their own mobile broadband within their caravan or […]

An article by gav Posted in Connectivity
10 Feb

Hospitality wifi for your guests – are you safe?

I have a guest house, hotel or hospitality business and offer free wifi to my guests, is that not a good thing? Yes, it is a good thing! One big factor for people nowadays when choosing their holiday accomodation is the quality of their internet access in that is it reliable and of a consistent […]

An article by gav Posted in Connectivity

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