by Ophtek, LLC | Sep 18, 2015 | Security
It’s irritating to find a fresh PC full of unnecessary preloaded software, but a Lenovo rootkit has been found sneaking software onto PCs after installation. Preloaded software such as this is called ‘bloatware’ as it uses up vital system resources, but provides...
by Ophtek, LLC | Sep 16, 2015 | Software
Windows 10 has been released and promises to improve your PC experience like never before, but how does Windows 10 performance compare against 7 and 8.1? Now, Windows 8.1 certainly scored highly when it came to outperforming Windows 7, but the flat design aesthetics...
by Ophtek, LLC | Sep 14, 2015 | hardware, Uncategorized
When your hard drive crashes you’re at risk of losing a lot of data, so learning why hard drives crash is vital for preventing this and recovery of data. Hard drives, like almost any product containing electrical or mechanical devices, are prone to failure. And...
by Ophtek, LLC | Sep 12, 2015 | Software
The Windows 10 upgrade is now available, but it’s proving to have a few downsides. Here are some tips to getting round these Windows 10 upgrade problems. There are a number of particularly annoying side effects of the upgrade that users may not even be aware of....
by Ophtek, LLC | Sep 10, 2015 | Internet
It’s always frustrating when you’ve got an urgent message to send, but Outlook won’t send email. Here are some basic fixes to common problems sending email. You see, there’s a number of steps and processes you can go through to get that email hightailing its way to...
