Force Microsoft Edge to save images with .jpg instead of the .jfif extension
As many of you have found out, MS Edge tried to force you save your images as JFIF which are not Windows friendly
Category: Microsoft
Microsoft Windows 11 – Coming Soon…
As many of you will know, the love we all have for Windows 10 is about to come to an end as Microsoft has changed its policy about not doing a new OS, and is now getting ready to release Windows 11. It will be a free upgrade again, for …
Kaspersky Certificate errors online and Outlook
There are many people reporting that Kasperky comes up with a certificate error when running Outlook.
This is how to fix it.
Windows 10 1903 BUGGED again
Some of you may have had the May 2019 update already, some have not, you’re the lucky ones 🙂 If you hit that UPDATE button you must ensure you do not have any external thumb drives or SD Cards etc connected to your PC or it can mess up all …
Windows 7 End of Life in sight
As some of you may already be aware, Windows 7 is coming to it’s end of life in January 2020, the 14th to be exact. After this date you will no longer receive security updates or patches, if you use the free MS anti-virus essentials you will no longer be …
Outlook not adding Exchange Accounts?
Outlook bypasses AutoDiscover and connects directly to Office 365 mailbox? Has this happened to you, it has me, TWICE in a week, it turns out it’s because of this: Starting in Outlook 2016 version 16.0.6741.2017, Microsoft has enabled a new feature called Direct Connect to Office 365. What this feature does …
Windows 10 1809 is here :)
After several months of testing I am now downloading the official update of 1809 in Windows Update 🙂 Some of the top Windows 10 1809 features Dark mode for File Explorer: With October 2018 Update, Windows 10 gets its own dark mode. Head over to Settings > Personalization > Colours and scroll down …
100 useful Windows commands for the I.T. guys
I am sure some of you will find these useful. (a lot of these no longer work in Windows 10) Type CMD and then type the command in “Command Prop” 1. Windows Version – winver 2. Windows System Security Tool – syskey 3. Windows Firewall – firewall.cpl 4. Add/Remove Programs …
What? No Antivirus? No Security?
This is what happens when you have no protection on your computer. So many people think they are OK to run their systems with no anti-virus, but the truth is, if you have not been infected, it’s just pure fluke! This particular customer could not run any programs on the …
Just got this from Kaspersky – Information about recent Microsoft Security Updates
Dear Steve On Wednesday 3rd January, Microsoft issued a number of updates in relation to two recently disclosed vulnerabilities that affect CPUs on personal computers, mobile devices, and the cloud. These vulnerabilities were named “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. The Windows security updates are only available to devices running updated anti-virus software from …
Intel Meltdown bug – MS fix and your Anti-Virus may cause your system to crash!
Intel Meltdown bug – MS fix and your Anti-Virus may cause your system to crash! Over the past few days Microsoft have released patches for the Intel Meltdown bug, we have already had 5 customers PC’s that have crashed during the update – all PC’s were running Kaspersky – Today …
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Fails Error Code 0xc1900200
If you are trying to upgrade Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 and you get this error, don’t Panic 🙂 Simply use a Disk Manager (many are free like the excellent MiniTool Partition Wizard) Available here: https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html Extend the 100Mb DATA Partition to approx’ 500MB (Making it 500Mb sets it up …
Steps on how to avoid Ransomware
Steps on how to avoid Ransomware 1. Backup your computer immediately Investing in an external hard drive and making regular backups will help you in protecting your data, if not in saving you against malware. A data backup can save you from significant stress, time and money in the event when …
How to fix Windows 10 Update that kills Internet etc
Many of you may have heard about the Windows 10 update that kills your internet/LAN ? If you encounter this issue, this is how you fix it: Run Command Prompt in ADMIN MODE (Right Mouse Click it after typing CMD in search) at the command prompt type: netsh winsock reset …
Windows 10 Anniversary Update – What is it? How do I get it?
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Some of our favourite updates/additions “The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is the second big update since the launch of Windows 10. It’s full of great new features that customers told us they want. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update will automatically download and install when it becomes …