Tips, guides, and things I've learned fixing computers in St Helens since 2008.
Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 570 vulnerabilities including 59 Critical and 2 actively exploited zero-days. Install it now.
Criminals adding your card to their Apple Pay, fake Currys order confirmations, dodgy parking texts, and bogus holiday booking sites. Four scams doing the rounds in July 2026.
SSD vs HDD, how much RAM, processor generations — what matters when buying a laptop or PC, which specs to stretch on if you want it to last, and what to avoid.
An honest take on VPNs: what they do, what they don't, when they're worth having, and which ones to trust — without the YouTube-ad spin.
Issues tracked so far: missing folder icons, HP boot failures, BitLocker lockouts, network drops, OneDrive breakage, system freezes, broken Office integration, a Recycle Bin naming bug, Intel hybrid-core laptops crawling at 100% CPU, slow startups with service timeouts, and the June 23rd preview update. Here's what's affected and how to fix it.
Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday is the biggest ever — around 200 fixes, 3 zero-days and a wormable kernel flaw rated 9.8. Install it now.