http://hddscan.com What you need: Windows Vista, 7, 8.1 or 10 Of all the problems that could affect your PC, hard-drive failure is one of the most terrifying. Your hard drive is where everything is stored – your programs, files and even Windows itself – so if its health is starting to deteriorate, you may … Read more
In your ‘Test whether you’re at risk of Meltdown’ Workshop, you explained how to check whether your PC is vulnerable to the Meltdown and Spectre flaws. The method works fine, but you have to be careful when typing all the complex command lines without making a single mistake. One of the recognized downsides of installing … Read more
Your guide Matt Hanson says… “Ensure every part of Windows 10 is as secure as can be with this ultimate guide” At a glance Skill level… Anyone can do it – Straightforward Tricky in parts Suitable for… Windows 10 Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Windows 10 is the safest and most secure version Microsoft has … Read more
Apple’s most ambitious and impressive upgrade in years By Jason Snell It seems like almost every year Apple crows that the latest iOS update is the greatest one yet. Yes, when you incrementally add features and fix bugs, every new version Is fundamentally better than the previous one. But iOS 11 Is more than that: … Read more
The latest update to Xara’s high end product, Designer Pro X11Xara are one of the oldest software developers in the UK; starting in 1981 it has been responsible for some very innovative software, mainly in the realm of graphics. This latest product Designer Pro X11 is the culmination of its work in this field. Combining … Read more
AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition update puts more power at your fingertips. by brad chacos Meet the Radeon Overlay. It hasn’t been true for years now, but people still say AMD’s drivers suck. Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition definitively proves them wrong. The latest in a series of massive annual Radeon Software feature updates, Adrenalin builds … Read more
Computeractive’s Office expert Jonathan Parkyn explains what your options are On 10 October, Office 2007 will reach the end of its ‘extended’support period, meaning it will join other dearly departed Microsoft products -such as Windows XP, Vista and Office 2003 – in the great software store in the sky. At the end of a support … Read more
Annoying errors from Microsoft’s cloud backup tool can be repaired with a few clicks using a simple app from the company’s website OneDrive gives you 15 free gigabytes of cloud storage and file-syncing apps that work on almost every platform. It’s a good deal for Windows users and an integral part of the latest version … Read more
Ashampoo presents an upgrade to its Music Studio suite This is an update to the Ashampoo’s Music Studio program that I reviewed last year. For those that are not familiar with the product, it’s essentially a collection of associated utilities collated into a main menu. They cover all the essentials from extracting or recording your … Read more
A no-brainer for novices, and handy for more experienced users, too. by samuel axon Adobe Premiere Elements 2018 offers most of the same basic video-editing features you’d find in other consumer packages, but it separates itself from the pack with tutorials and automatic curation and content-creation features that very nearly (but not quite) do all … Read more
Table of ContentsOLD TIME HOCKEYSuper Mario RunPlay 4th and goal onlineInstructionsVIGILANTE 8Steep OLD TIME HOCKEY Format: PS4, Xbox One, PC Publisher: V7 Entertainment Developer: In-house ETA: TBC 2017 Inspired as much by classic, simpler ice hockey titles from around the late Nineties as it is by the Seventies, Old Time Hockey is the kind of … Read more
• Requirements: 1GB RAM, 700MHz CPU, internet connection Despite our best efforts in keeping our PCs virus and problem free, there occasionally comes a time when something can go drastically wrong. If we had a pound for every time one of our PCs suddenly stopped booting or we messed up some of the files, folders … Read more