As we have mentioned many times, in general, you should always try to keep your PC updated. In theory, this should be all but automatic these days. However, Microsoft have recently mentioned that machines may need to be powered up for at least 8 hours for the update process to complete
As you may have heard on the news recently, or indeed experienced first hand if you're a Neil Young or Joni Mitchell fan that uses Spotify, these two artists have requested their music be removed from the service in a row about Covid-19 misinformation. This blog is not specifically about this, but takes a look how we got here and wonders if there's anything we can do about it as consumers.
For some time, Windows users that didn't have or need a copy of Outlook have had to make do with the (frankly ropey) "Mail" app that has been installed by default unless they wanted to find an alternative. Microsoft plan to change that by bringing a new version of Outlook to all Windows 11 machines this autumn.
It's quite likely that there's a set of websites you always tend to visit when opening your web browser, or certain websites or web applications that you always need to hand. This month's HowTo will outline the simple process to pick a set of tabs to always load when you fire up Google's Chrome browser.
For anyone that has already made the switch to Windows 11, the most obvious change you'll notice is that the taskbar is now aligned centrally, along with a few other tweaks. This month's HowTo explores the new settings to customise what you see here, including moving everything back to the left, should you so wish.
Google have announced changes coming to all Google Drive users in a recent blog. This may or may not be big news for you depending on what you use Google Drive for. In certain circumstances you may find files that you're trying to share or trying to download have been locked.
As we had a break from blogs last month, there's a few changes to Windows 11 either already in place or coming soon that it's worth covering. These include changes to the Control Panel, Office, the taskbar and even the return of Clippy! In this article, we'll quickly run through all of these.
The new version of Microsoft's venerable operating system has now been officially available for a few weeks now. However, it's pretty unlikely you'll have been offered it yet. It is possible to proactively install it in advance of it being pushed via Windows Update. Is that a good idea right now?
If you haven't done it already, you may have noticed prompts to enable two factor authentication for your Google account when signing into their services. Anyone still holding out on doing this will find that it will be enabled whether they like it or not in the next few weeks.
Have you ever needed to look at a website or check something else online from a location other than your own? Maybe you need to check how your website looks outside of the UK. Maybe you want to check the results Google returns when it isn't factoring in all the things it knows about you. Opera's free browser VPN can help with this.
