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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Windows 11 has been announced, when is it coming? Despite Microsoft announcing a few years ago that Windows 10 was going to be their last release of Windows and that in future it would just be subject to updates, they have now confirmed what many have thought for a while – Windows 11 is on […]
What is the difference? Ever since the introduction of Windows 8 onwards, Microsoft have made it harder to setup your machine to login in to Windows with a local account how you would have normally done so in previous versions of Windows. They would now rather you sign in with a registered Microsoft account, it […]
Bringing your device in for a clean install of Windows? There are times in your devices life when you may need to perform a clean install of Windows for various reasons such as problens within the current Windows system such as failed updates or corrupted files, or that your computer is so slow a system […]
Selling your device? There all comes a time when we want to upgrade our PC or laptop, or maybe just upgrade the storage device inside them and we may want to dispose of the old hard drive or sell it on. What about my data that was on it? Naturally, you are likely to migrate […]
I always have my browser store my passwords, is it safe? It is very common amongst users to let their favourite web browser store their passwords for websites, email accounts etc. Whilst convenient for the fact you do not have to worry about inputting your password each time you visit a website and it saves […]
My laptop or desktop PC is getting hot, is it dangerous? Yes! Whilst it is often common for a laptop or computer to run warm, components that start to overheat can lead to many negative effects on the running of your system including: Component failure (can be costly!) Strange sounds from the fan(s) Crashing, freezing […]
