My PC Guru

19/09/2016

If your HP printer is suddenly complaining about your unbranded ink/toner cartridges, it could be due to a recent update to your printer..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37408173

Large numbers of HP printer owners found their printers stopped recognising unofficial printer ink cartridges last week.

08/05/2016

Now replacing broken/cracked screens in iPhones from £25 + parts.

17/04/2016

Attention anyone who uses Apple products (ipod/ipad/iphone) with their Windows PC.

Quicktime (which is usually installed at the same time as iTunes or during a routine Apple Software Update so you may not know you even have it installed) is no longer being updated by Apple and has become a security risk as a result.

Apple recommends that you uninstall Quicktime 7 from your Windows PC ASAP to protect yourself from potential attackers whilst browsing online.

You can easily check if Quicktime is installed on your system by looking at the list of programs in "Programs and Features" inside "Control Panel".

If Quicktime's in the list, then you have it installed and now is the time to remove it........

Highlight Quicktime in the list by clicking on it once with the left mouse button, then click the uninstall button at the top of the list of programs and follow the prompts. On most systems it'll take less than a minute.

Be sure to restart your computer after the uninstall completes even if the uninstaller doesn't offer to do so.

31/03/2016

Diagnosing sick memory modules in a laptop that was plagued with regular blue screens of death. Thankfully all the memory modules we supply and fit have lifetime warranties and these modules will be replaced FOC by the manufacturer :)

03/08/2015

Quite impressed with Windows 10 so far. It runs better than XP and Vista x64 on my computer with hardware that's nearly 7 years old (and was running XP) and the upgrade process was pretty painless.

29/07/2015

Now offering help with upgrading to Windows 10

29/07/2015

Windows 10 is here !

01/06/2015

Windows 10 is available from 29th July 2015!

It's being offered as a free upgrade via Windows Update if you're currently running qualifying versions of Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 or Windows Phone 8/8.1. (Window 7 Enterprise and Windows RT are not included)

Hop along to http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows-10-upgrade?OCID=win10_null_vanity_win10upgrade to reserve your copy now.

07/05/2015

Lenovo don't seem to be having a good time of late.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32607618

The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo is urging users to install an update to protect their systems after it was alerted to a series of vulnerabilities.

12/03/2015

oops!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31851125

Two Panda Security antivirus programs marked corrupted files in their own systems as malign, causing them to stop working.