Tips, guides, and things I've learned fixing computers in St Helens since 2008.
Scammers cloning family members' voices with AI, spoofing Action Fraud's own number, hijacking shopping accounts, and more. Six scams hitting the UK in June 2026 and what to do about each one.
Windows Secure Boot certificates from 2011 expired in June 2026. PCs kept working, but some stopped getting boot-level fixes. How to check yours in 30 seconds.
Printer showing offline when it isn't, stuck print queue, USB cable faults, Wi-Fi split between 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The fixes that actually work, in order.
FPS drops and stutters in games: the usual culprits from thermal throttling to PSU sag, dust, driver issues and slow storage. How to find yours.
KB5089549 is failing to install on some Windows 11 PCs, rolling back with an error. Here's what's happening and what to do.
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 vulnerabilities including 30 Critical but no zero-days, the first time in nearly two years. What was fixed and why you should install it now.