Author: Mike Halsey

The Day I Became a Victim of Card Fraud

Two days ago I was checking the transactions on one of my credit cards and immediately spotted two transactions that had clearly not been made by me.  Both were for Amazon and for different amounts, one for around £2 and one for over £90.  I…

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The Ticking Smart Home Bomb

You’ve probably heard the stories but then long forgotten them.  Home internet routers having vulnerabilities that then allowed them to be hacked from elsewhere in the world, giving criminals backdoor access to your home network and, by extension, all your internet connected devices.  This isn’t…

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What’s so Super About Markets Anyway?

When I moved to France a few years ago I set myself some goals.  One of these, for there were many, was to eat and drink more healthily and support my local economy as much as I could.  This led me to start sourcing some…

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The Unexpected Rise of Twitter Blue Snobbery

It’s safe to say that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter some months back sparked controversy and debate.  I’m not going to get into all that in this blog post, but I do want to talk about something I’ve noticed as being on the rise in…

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Turn off Search Highlights in Windows 11

When you search in the Start Menu in Windows 11 you will find that Microsoft have a Smart Search feature that can offer you what it believes are relevant searches and even adverts.  You might not want these though, especially if you have already set your…

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Reinstall OneDrive in Windows 11

OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file sync utility, it’s built into Microsoft365, and it’s an incredibly useful feature.  Sometimes however you can find that OneDrive becomes corrupt, fails to work on a PC, and can be run at all.  Luckily there’s are easy fixes…

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Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11

Diagnose, troubleshoot and repair any type of problems on your PC from startup and file access to cloud services and the issues caused by hybrid-work.  This book contains everything you need to know to keep PC systems running optimally, and to repair problems quickly and efficiently.…

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How to Reset OneDrive in Windows 11

Sometimes you need to reset Microsoft’s OneDrive file backup and synchronisation service, and set it up again.  This might be because it has become corrupt, or it might be because you want the files syncing to a different drive or folder on your PC.  OneDrive…

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Choosing Sustainable Cloud Services

When you choose to purchase cloud services for your business or organisation you might be concerned about the sustainability of those services, or whether in purchasing services run from major datacentres you’re actually making the problem of climate change worse. The simple truth is that…

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Manage Power Efficiency on iPhones and iPads