Windows
Protect yourself against Wannacry ransomware
Here are some basic yet essential tips to protect yourself against ransomware such as Wannacry. I’m sure it won’t be the last piece of ‘ransom’ malware to be released. Wannacry was a nasty piece of malware that surfaced a few weeks ago, and was covered extensively by the media due to the problems it created for […]
Stop Forced Windows 10 upgrades
There has been much written about Windows 10 and how it forces users to upgrade from Windows 7/8 even if they don’t want to. How do you stop it? Luckily there are a few ways, 2 of which are shown in this post. If you’re like me, you love Windows 7 (or maybe even 8), […]
Upgrading Office 2010 to 2013
Worried about losing data/emails when upgrading Office 2010 to 2013 ? It’s shouldn’t be a drama, and I’ll run you through what I did to help you doing it seamlessly yourself. I had Office Professional 2010 on my main PC, and realising I had a Office 365 home license not fully utilised, I thought it […]
Outlook Express emails remain in outbox after sending
Not everyone is using the latest and greatest email client such as Thunderbird or Outlook 2013 – many people still use Outlook Express because it’s simple and it works most of the time. It works well with Windows XP that is still in use even though Microsoft don’t support it anymore – anyway that’s another […]
How to disable the Java update message balloon
I’m sick of the Java update message popping up every day. Now if it was a legitimate message I would take action and update it, but when i go to do it I’m told that the Java version is current. WTF? There are a couple of ways to stop it. The first is disabling the […]