Why You Shouldn’t Buy a Touch-Screen Laptop
A couple of weeks ago we talked about why you shouldn’t buy a cheap Windows laptop. This week is almost complete opposite – why you shouldn’t buy more expensive laptops with touch-screens!
A couple of weeks ago we talked about why you shouldn’t buy a cheap Windows laptop. This week is almost complete opposite – why you shouldn’t buy more expensive laptops with touch-screens!
The term “virus” is often used to describe many different types of infection a computer might have. Virus, when used as a blanket term, can describe any number of potential computer programs. What these programs have in common are they are typically designed to cause damage, steal data, or spread across the network.
If you’re in the market for a laptop that you plan on using for a long time, whether it’s for business or just personal use, you may be wondering if there’s a real difference between regular consumer computers commonly sold in retail stores or business grade computers that you probably won’t find in brick and mortar shops.
Holidays are just around the corner and many people are starting to shop for gifts for themselves and their family. If you have an older computer, you might be tempted to replace it with a new one, especially if you could find them on sale. It’s a bad idea and here is why…
Being hacked is the single biggest fear of most computer users. Many believe the first sign of strange behavior or errors on their PC is a sign hackers have taken control. But are hackers really inside your machine, stealing your information? Or should we be on the lookout for more subtle signs? What does being hacked really look like?
Oh no, it’s this time of the year when Microsoft is releasing new updates… This time it’s called Windows 10 October 2018 update and it seems to be the worst quality update ever! There are numerous reports about documents and pictures disappearing after installing it.
Did you get logged out of Facebook on Friday? Did it ask you to type your password again? It’s because 50 million people got hacked. I noticed it on my own computer and phone and thought it was strange. Apparently, Facebook logged out many customers to protect their accounts.
In the last couple of years, I’ve seen a dozen or so computers that Windows 10 just doesn’t like… they would work ok for a while and then after system updates, refuse to boot. In most cases, they will freeze on Windows 10 logo just before it shows the login screen. After a few forced restarts, Windows would try to do automatic repair and it usually fails. Even System Restore doesn’t help, either failing with random errors or having been disabled altogether – thanks, Microsoft!