Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Top network security tips for home users If you read yesterday’s post ‘Top computer security tips for home users’ you will already have an idea of how to protect your computer while connected to the internet. If you have a wireless or wired network in your home, you need to … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How to change a PC power supply Today’s blog post centers around one of the most important yet underrated PC components, the power supply. It doesn’t grab the headlines like a processor or graphics card and doesn’t have big numbers like RAM or an SSD, yet no computer can survive … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Why is a simple reboot the most effective computer repair? Ask any computer repair technician about any kind of computer issue and the first thing out of their mouth will be, ‘have you rebooted?’ While it may not be what you want to hear, there is a good reason why … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Sure signs you need to call the data recovery experts If you don’t have the luxury of in-house IT staff, how do you know when you need a little expert help? While prevention is always better than the cure, there will be occasions when you lose data to physical or … Read more
Microsoft’s Windows Troubleshooting Platform (WTP) was designed to help the millions of Windows users with basic troubleshooting. WTP is an automated system that has a huge repository of tools, diagnostics and how-to information. It is seen as a second line of support for users before they had to resort to calling the Microsoft helpline. It … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How to troubleshoot Windows 10 Anniversary Update activation issues Upgrading to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now the only way to continue to receive security patches, fixes and improvements to Windows. The update changed some fundamental aspects of the operating system and this is now the minimum requirement for … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Fixing ‘Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action’ errors. Microsoft Outlook is a great email application that works pretty well once you have it set up and running. However, it being Microsoft, Outlook also has its fair share of problems. Whether you’re running it as an … Read more
Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – Ten ways to troubleshoot your internet connection We take the internet for granted and for good reason. We can access it anywhere, at any time from just about any device. Why would we not take it for granted? How about when it goes down or when your computer cannot connect … Read more
If you’re seeing the message ‘This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection’, it means you are trying to do something Windows doesn’t want you to do. The message is part of SmartScreen, a feature of User Account Control (UAC) within Windows 10. It is an essential protection designed to keep core Windows files … Read more
If you haven’t got it already, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is a significant collection of bug fixes, improvements, feature updates and more. It’s a large download and takes a while to install but all updates from now on will likely require it to work properly. It brings Windows 10 up to version 1607 which … Read more
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