While many people subscribe to one of Microsoft’s “365” programmes, where you can get Office and OneDrive storage for an annual fee, others prefer to use a standalone version of Office. What’s more, if your needs are fairly basic, just writing letters and simple spreadsheets,…
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The world of smartphones running Google’s Android is a very fractured overall eco-system. Some manufacturers support handsets with updates for many years, while others can seemingly drop all support after just one. Fortunately though, if you use an iPhone from Apple the situation is much…
When you’re out and about using your smartphone, you don’t tend to think of malware and hacking. This is your phone after all. What could you possibly be doing with a phone that would be insecure, and it’s surely being kept up to date anyway…
Windows Updates are an unfortunate necessity. We need them to keep Windows 11 secure and running properly, and we can’t opt out of them though we can pause them for a few weeks when necessary. It is possible to tame and control Windows Update though,…
Windows Updates come to your PC with some regularity. Anti-Malware updates will normally be delivered once a week, while stability and security updates will come once a month on what is called “Patch Tuesday” which occurs on the second Tuesday of each month. Then there…
If you are using Windows 10 on your PC, it’s possible you will be able to upgrade to Windows for FREE! There are a few caveats with this however as, unlike the free upgrade offer from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 back in…
Sometimes you’re working on a project that’s so important, you can’t afford to be interrupted by anything, let alone Windows installing updates and, worse, asking for you to restart the PC. It’s easy to pause updates in Windows for up to 30 days. From Settings, open Update…
Windows Update can sometimes be a pain. While it’s both necessary and helpful to have security and stability updates automatically delivered to your PCs, this all too often results in restarts and downloads happening at the most unhelpful times. Fortunately it’s very easy to control…
When a new Feature Update is installed on your PC, a copy of your existing Windows installation is kept as a backup, just in case what is effectively a new version of Windows causes a problem and needs to be uninstalled. This backup can take…
Windows Updates can be annoying, especially if you have a low-bandwidth Internet connection. Fortunately Windows 10 includes controls to help you manage how you receive updates on your PCs, and from where they come. Opening Settings and navigating to Update & Security and then Delivery Optimisation is…
