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No dial tone, but broadband still works?
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (320 words) techsupport connectivity broadbandIt seems whenever I need to make a phone call on the landline, it's broken... (Continue reading)
heavy cpu usage svchost windows10
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (287 words) techsupport windows10 windowsupdate svchostGoogle brings up a complete bag of results when you search for "svchost high cpu" as it's been a well documented issue with the Windows Update service across the last couple of Windows versions (way back to XP as it happens!) (Continue reading)
"Something went wrong" - Creating users on Windows 10
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (234 words) techsupport windows10On a fresh install of Windows 10, I found I was unable to add a second user to the system (via All Settings) and constantly got the "Something went wrong" screen. I tried a few reboots but to no avail. (Continue reading)
Sending email via SMTP on Outlook 2013
· Reading time: ~1 minute(s) (90 words) techsupport emailRecently I've noticed that I've not been able to send emails in Outlook 2013 on the desktop computer. It's been working fine on my laptop, but the desktop no such luck. (Continue reading)
McAfee Mobile Security
· Reading time: ~4 minute(s) (796 words) mobilephones techsupportAbout a fortnight ago, I changed to an android handset after having iPhones for the last 4 years. I had decided on an LG G3 which turns out to come preinstalled with McAfee Mobile Security... Which is fine... Or would be if it worked properly. (Continue reading)
Access services on VirtualBox VM
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (230 words) techsupport virtualisationIn my current job I use a lot of virtual machines due to the variety of applications we support and the demand for them to work on many versions of Windows. (Continue reading)
Boot Booster (EFI) Partition on an Asus EeePC 1005P
· Reading time: ~2 minute(s) (322 words) techsupport hardwareWe have an Asus EeePC 1005P netbook which comes with the Intel Atom N450 CPU. The BIOS provides a "Boot Booster" option which caches POST information in a special partition on the hard drive to speed up the boot process. (Continue reading)
Connection problems in Visual Studio 2013
· Reading time: ~1 minute(s) (148 words) techsupport csharp visualstudioSince installing Update 2 on the work laptop, I've been unable to check for available updates through the Tools > Extensions & Updates screen as it always timed out. (Continue reading)