Category Archives: Essential Information
UK families on fraud alert – Revenue admits loss of 25m personal records and what to do and look out for
This evening (Tuesday), you should know by now that HM Revenue and Customs has lost computer discs containing the entire child benefit records, including the personal details of 25 million people – covering 7.25 million families overall.
Updates, updates, updates – when, what and how?
It is the eternal struggle of living in the twenty-first century and owning any thing electrical. It always needs a little MOT and an update. Sorry, but there is little I do can to solve that issue for you. But, … Continue reading
Important update to Adobe Reader
Just a quick, but important, note to say that there is an update for Adobe Reader that contains an important security fixes.
Facebook users are making themselves more likely to be a victim of identity theft
With the ever increasing numbers of people signing up to Facebook, and I have noticed that more of my senior customers are getting Facebook accounts, not just ‘the young ones’. But, there is also a correlation in identity theft to … Continue reading
More changes ahead for Freeview, and the beginning of the end
This week’s hot topic will most certainly be (come the end of it anyway, unless something major happens) will be the beginning of the end of analogue broadcasts for TV viewers. Tomorrow at 2 in the morning, TV viewers in … Continue reading
Which AntiVirus and how many should I have, and when should I renew or upgrade?
Someone asked me the following last week:- “I have two AntiVirus programs running on my PC, but which is the better, and why is my computer so slow? Also one of them is asking me to renew the subscription, but … Continue reading
‘Vista Performance and Reliability Patch’ 2
**UPDATE** A proper Windows Service Pack for Vista (SP1) is now available – click here for details and guide to installation Microsoft has released a second ‘Vista Performance and Reliability Patch’. The original one was first posted back in August, … Continue reading
Important note if you listen to BBC digital radio on Freeview & Virgin 1 update
If you listen to digital radio over Freeview, you do need to pay attention. On Wednesday 3rd October, the BBC is moving BBC Radio channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 onto a different streaming system (from multiplex A to multiplex … Continue reading
Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft has released a Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Microsoft Office 2003. Office 2003 SP3 adds some evolutionary fixes and additions in security for Office 2003. Microsoft also says “it further hardens the Office suite against potential attacks and other … Continue reading
Patch batch Tuesday – September 2007
Microsoft is releasing a bunch of patches this week as part of September’s Windows Updates, five in total. There has been little in the way of what issues these address. There will be one high-priority update (non-security related) for an … Continue reading
