Individual support and training for your home and small business computing needs
Would you like someone to support you with completing online forms for such important tasks as managing your:- 1. Council Tax account 2. Universal Credit – or ESA 3. Phone account for your landline/broadband – and/or your mobile phone 4. HMRC account for tax 5. Home and/or Vehicle insurance The above are just 5 common…
Have you made an online purchase that you later realised was a mistake (as happened to me recently)? These actions should be taken: Contact your Bank or Building Society – Request that they halt the payment. Ask them if you can file a dispute against it if not. Inform them that you do not wish…
Do you know what the “tell tale” signs are? Many are in the picture below – Scroll down to see if you spotted them all ! How many did you spot? Julia the PC GP Answers: A. Ppl Team – PayPal would not use this! B. Dear customer. If PayPal were actually writing to you,…
Do you ever receive emails like the one below? How many of the suspicious features have you spotted so far? Maybe there are more you spot – if so, please feel free to add them as a comment on this post. Whatever you do, DON’T click on the link provided. INSTEAD, open up the website…
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…
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…