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Struggling with using your PC?

Posted on 22 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Struggling with using your PC?
Struggling with using your PC?

One factor you can improve is your experience using the mouse – especially laptop users using a built-in trackpad. Switching from the one which came with my desktop PC to this ergonomic one (this one is cabled), was a great usability experience. Suddenly all my tasks seemed easier as the mouse glided across my screen…

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Laptop connection using a cable

Posted on 10 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Laptop connection using a cable
Laptop connection using a cable

If you’ve bought a laptop in the last few years, you may well have found it doesn’t have a physical network port, called an Ethernet port, which looks like this image below:- If so, it doesn’t mean you can only connect the laptop to internet using wi-fi (though it is more convenient for most people)….

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Accessories, Internet, Online

G A P S in your IT knowledge?

Posted on 23 April 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on G A P S in your IT knowledge?
G A P S in your IT knowledge?

If so, the image below shows just a sample of the computing topics I can help you to learn, or build confidence in using during a one-to-one support appointment which can be as little as 1 hour – or a regular weekly or fortnightly one. Are they the topics you need? What others would you…

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Your laptop

Posted on 18 April 20238 June 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Your laptop
Your laptop

Bought a recent model without a DVD drive? Did you know that – whenever you need one – you can plug one into a USB socket?

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Wi-fi becoming unreliable?

Posted on 7 July 202217 April 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Wi-fi becoming unreliable?
Wi-fi becoming unreliable?

If your wireless connection is becoming unreliable, you can simply plug a tiny adapter like this … into one of your laptop or desktop PC’s USB ports. It will immediately set itself up, ask for your router’s name and password so that it can provide you with a steady connection to your broadband router. Click…

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