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Social Media Social Media Whether its Facebook, Twitter or one of the many other social media options you are into you will find lots of info and tips in this section. This section will be continuously updated so be sure to bookmark it and keep up to date,also make sure to add,tweet,like and share Combe Wood Computers around the various social media websites using the buttons provided. It is not all computer repairs here you know.                   Facebook The idea of Facebook can be quite confusing to those new to social networking. So what is Facebook? It is a place to communicate with friends and family, to share photographs or funny links you find on the Web, to play social games like Farmville or Mafia Wars, search for long-lost friends or even chat interactively with your buddies. Facebook sprung from its roots as a school-based social network to became the most popular social network in the world. A few keys to Faceb...

Keep Your Children Safe Online Children are using the internet daily now at school, for homework and for fun and why not. The internet is a great place to gather information on any topic for a homework project or a hobby. It is a fact that many children today have access to the World Wide Web which allows them to be in touch with a lot of information that is exposed every day in our society throughout this media. If you have children, it is very important that you have some sort of monitoring so that you may be able to be fully aware of their actions while they are connected to the Internet. To monitor children on the Internet is as important as giving your kids advices on several aspects of their lives; you will find out, if you talk to them, that they are exposed to many different topics and opinions which may have been impossible for them to acquire otherwise. Please follow these tips in order to keep your children safe online : 1. Keep the computer in a common room in the hous...

Get More Battery Life Out Of Your Android Phone How to extend the battery life of your mobile phone and get the most from your phone ? As the usage time increases the battery life span is shortened so the next tips will help slow down the deterioration of your phone battery life. The following tips will vary depending on the version of Android OS you have. Reducing the frequency of auto sync email accounts less auto sync email accounts saves the battery power you can suspend or delete some account s. To suspend the account go to Settings  – accounts – then choose and turn off an account. Turn off wifi to save power. WiFi can be turned off when not in use go to Settings – Wireless and networks – wifi and turn it off. Turn off Bluetooth to save power. Bluetooth should be turned off if not in use go to Settings – wireless and networks –   Bluetooth and turn it off. Turn off data. Please turn off data when it is not used go to Settings –  wireless and networks ...

3 Steps to Better Photo Storage and Backup It’s astonishing, in this day and age, that backup for many is still just an afterthought. Sometimes when I ask people if they backup their files, they’ll say ‘No’ and then when they see the astonished look on your face, they’ll say something like ‘I’ve been meaning to’. This is a really serious problem because we’re not talking about people just storing a few silly selfies, we’re talking about people storing files and documents that often, at times, their livelihood depends on. So it’s ridiculous that they’re not backing up. For photographers, our photos and body of work are everything to us and for me my photographs are my most prized possession. They are unique, irreplaceable pieces of work. So the thought of losing them is just horrible but there are still stories of this happening to people surfacing all the time. The easy way to avoid this happening to you is to follow the three steps for better storage and backup. Very simply, the fi...

  What’s new in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update Top ten picks for our favourite features on the Windows 10 anniversary update Number 10 on the list reinstall windows 10 to remove bloatware Manufacturers love to pack your lovely new system with bloatware Program that you don’t ask for and that clog things up Microsoft has created a tool that allow you to install a clean copy of Windows 10 which will remove any apps that don’t come standard with the Operating system. You will get the option to keep your files but other wise this is a clean install and you can get to the tool by going to the start menu, now click on settings icon, from the settings window choose update and security and finally from here you need to click on the ‘Recovery’ option. Click on learn how to start a fresh with a clean installation of windows at the moment this just take you to an online web page were you can download the tool though perhaps it will be better integrated in a future update.   Num...

Today we going to be showing you how to speed up Your windows 10 for free and without using any software. So let’s begin the quick tutorial Step Number 1 power option: Just go to your start menu and search power option. Now you will see the power options on the result, just click on it. Then you will get to this control panel power option window. In the video you can see the default power plan is set as Balanced. Change it to high performance. Now you can close the power option. Step Number 2 Disable Unwanted Startup Programs: For that first you need to go to the task manager.  The easiest way to get to the task manager is by click on any empty space on your task bar and choose task manager from here. Once you are at the task manager, Go to startup And here you will see all the programs that start up automatically when your system start. When you install a program in Windows, it may add a small program that runs when Windows starts. After installing a lot of software, you ...