Our crappy NBN is being overloaded right now. It was overloaded before it started but that's a rant for another time. There are previous NBN rants here if yo...

These days many of us have more than one computer - a desktop and a laptop, and many other devices besides. Across these devices we'll create documents, take...

Sometimes more is not better. Over the years I have encountered a number of situations where PCs have been running more than one antivirus product concurrent...

Every so often I receive a call from someone who has spilled wine or coke or some other beverage on their laptop. If you are reading this because that is wha...

I've had a few people come to me worried that their windows login is now blurry. Most have had no reason to worry and explaining this as a new design feature...

Ever since computer programs started living on your computer on your hard disk, there's been some need for some form of "Installation" to get them there. Dep...

All of us know someone who just can't let those little things go. For me, that IS me. I am the stickler. I've been outed by the TV show Futurama* and have fr...

Windows ability to reset itself and fix itself, believe it or not, has been getting better over the years. If you plan to use it though there's a clue in the...

Since the release of Windows 10 getting into SAFE Mode has become both harder and easier all at once. If your PC is running you can simply HOLD down the SHIF...

Recently I encountered a very, very annoying problem. A Windows 10 machine refused to see a shared folder on another Windows 10 machine that every other mach...

I was watching an episode of QI a while back and saw a brilliant new thing. It is called "What 3 Words". It is a global location identification system and it...

...then this is how you disable it: https://myrealoffice.com/disable-simplified-account-creation-outlook-2016/ Info' below is a copy and paste because I don'...

Many of your well-meaning friends will tell you to put your phone in rice...or the freezer...or some other hokie substance...in an attempt to save it after a...

There's no need to re-invent sliced bread, so this post will just point you to 2 other articles that thoroughly explain how to clean your PC and laptop. http...

Firstly, apologies to Lord Of The Rings fans. I've never read it and I just thought the title above sounded good :-) This is a little story about poor commun...

I'd gotten used to using the very handy "Text replacement" function on my iPhone. You use it by entering the text that you want to appear when you type in a ...

I know it is November and I know Microsoft has re-released/enabled this update with the major bugs fixed. HOWEVER, in the last 2 days I've had 2 machines wit...

I've seen a few posts about this subject of late so I thought I'd join in. It probably doesn't occur to most people these days, but back in the early days of...

Modern operating systems are very complex but that's not excuse for breaking things that used to work. The latest glitch with Windows 10 is that it has decid...

I had a bit of a weird and new problem the other day. A customer had unpacked and set up their new monitor to their new Windows 10 PC. When the machine boote...