Individual support and training for your home and small business computing needs
If you’ve been setup for a while, have you considered checking if your ‘online presence’ is still completely up to date? Even if you don’t recall setting them up, you will have online profiles on a number of sites online. Obviously the key profiles for you will be different to others – but one would…
Did you know that Word for Windows contains a fantastic ‘Read Aloud’ feature which is both easy to use and astonishingly reliable (in my expience)? You just need to have Office 2019 or above, or Office 365 installed on your PC to use this great Word feature. Here’e how it works:- No. 1 – Pllace…
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Updating your password is a pretty simple process whichever online account you are using and should take less than 15 minutes. The most important steps are:- A. Choosing a secure password – which meets the criteria of the website B. Memorising it or writing it down in a SECURE place ! C. Having a Recovery…
When did you last check the security of your Google or Microsoft account? If you can’t remember, it’s probably too long ago! Even if you mainly use it on a home PC and a smartphone, It’s vital to regularly review your logon password as well as your recovery phone numbers and devices, because the service…
Do you use the same PIN or passcode for more than 1 device in your household? This is a very, very risky thing to do – as a family client of mine recently found out. The parent had for years used a simple 6-digit code to unlock 3 devices during the time when they were…
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Unless you are the only person who EVER has access to your PC, please be very, very cautious about allowing your browser to save your logon passwords. Why? Because anyone opening up the browser window can do the following within just a few minutes:- 2. Export the ENTIRE list of website logons with their user…
Let occasional users log in as guests Did you know that you can let other people use your Mac temporarily as guest users without adding them as individual users. This is great because:- NOTE: Files created by a guest are stored in a temporary folder, but that folder and its contents are deleted when the…
Other Samsung phones, and other makes of phone, may also have this feature. Did you know that you can put your phone into Do Not Disturb mode for a specific period of time? This means that, before going into a meeting at say 1pm you can set your device to come OUT of Do Not…
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Do you know how easy it is to check the full address, including postcode using the first line of address? Head to https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode A full UK postcode includes 2 parts which is usually in the format of SW16 1EF
Whenever you use a browser to log onto your bank’s website, consider where it is safe for you to do so. For example:- NB. Don’t assume your bank will “time you out” if you leave the screen. Not all do, and some still leave the page you were looking at visible to another person which…