Author: Nick Rogers

Windows 10 Update – file deletion bug fixed

Microsoft claim to have identified the cause of the deletion of users’ files by the later update to Windows 10 (1809) and have released a fixed version to ‘Insiders’ before making it an automatic...

Beware of Windows 10 Update deleting your files

The latest Windows 10 Update (1809) due for automatic download next Tuesday has been reportedly deleting users Documents, Photos, Music etc for early adopters of the update. Microsoft has since pulled the automatic update:...

Beware Dodgy Links

How to Check If a Link Is Safe to Click When Browsing the Web or Reading Email There’s a good, informative article about this on the TeamViewer blog: On the internet you will barely...

online service passwords Yahoo etc

After the latest admissions from yet another online service, Yahoo, that account logins, passwords etc have been compromised, it is timely to  consider the implications – especially as a lot of UK BT Internet...

Only One Week Left to Get Windows 10 Free.

The free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on July 29, 2016. After that, you’ll have to pay for a new license if you ever want to upgrade to Windows 10 on your computer. You should seriously...

Skype Not Responding

Oh dear, after recent updates to Skype for Windows, it stops working and shows “Not Responding” in its window title bar. This seems to be happening since version 7 updates of Skype. I’ve seen...

Windows Update Pushes Windows 10 Upgrade

In Windows 7 recent instances of Windows Update appear to be heavily biased towards forcing the “optional” Upgrade to Windows 10: But, if you want to stay on Windows 7 for now, how do...