Author: Mike Halsey

If you have a lot of Internet favourites (also known as bookmarks) to give you quick access to different websites, they can often become cluttered and difficult to manage.  Microsoft’s Edge web browser has easy to use tools to help you manage them, and you…

If you are colour blind you might find it difficult to read text and other items on your PC’s screen.  Windows 11 comes with useful settings though to get around this, and make using your PC and much more pleasurable experience.  In Settings click Accessibility in the…

Ransomware is deeply unpleasant, and not something you ever want your computer to become infected by.  What ransomware does is encrypt all the files and documents on your PC, including all your precious photos, and then demanding you pay a ransom to unlock them.  If…

If you do a lot of work on your PC then you’ll probably be aware of the three most-used keyboard shortcuts, that have been around since the earliest days of Windows, Ctrl + X (Cut), Ctrl + C (Copy) and Ctrl + V (Paste).  While this will enable…

Written – February 2022 Do you spend too much time on your smartphone?  People are spending far too much time on their smartphones, endlessly scrolling Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or other social networks, checking and sending messages and email, and browsing the Internet.  It is widely…

Get started with Windows 11. This book shows you how to set up and personalize your PC in order to get the best experience from your documents, photos, and your time online. The book introduces you to the new desktop, start menu, and settings panel.…