Tips, guides, and things I've learned fixing computers in St Helens since 2008.
A power cut booklet, one missing letter in the web address, and a computer that wouldn't stop saying it had a virus. What was really going on and how I stopped it.
The Microsoft Defender app in the Store isn't your PC's antivirus. Windows Security is. A Surface Pro 9 repair, McAfee leftovers, and how to tell the two apart.
A gaming PC that wouldn't POST after a BIOS downgrade. How it got there, how I got the B450 board back, and the BIOS settings that finally turned Secure Boot on for Modern Warfare 4.
An honest look at parental controls in 2026: Windows Family Safety, Screen Time, Google Family Link, ISP filters, and paid apps like Qustodio and Bark. What works, what doesn't, and what kids bypass in minutes.
USB headsets going silent, work Wi-Fi dropping, Xbox sign-in error 0x87DD0005 and Remote Desktop failures after the October 2026 Windows update. What to do about each.
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes over 1,400 vulnerabilities including 70 Critical and 3 zero-days. The biggest single patch day in Windows history.