Your computer’s Operating System is vital, as it governs the way that hardware and software work together. Windows 7 (W7) is Microsoft’s latest mainstream offering. Here we offer you 11 reasons to consider upgrading if you’re currently using Windows XP or Vista. 1 ) Microsoft will stop supporting XP early in 2014. Before then XP…
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The PC PAL site is now compliant with UK cookie Law. You may have notice a lot of talk about cookies recently that’s because of a new EU originated law effecting how website are allowed to set cookies. The UK law allows website owners to use “implied consent” allowing their websites to function normally but…
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After numerous calls and emails from our customers, local businesses and friends who have shown concern, PC PAL is advising members of the public and business owners to be on their guard if they receive a telephone call from an individual alleging to be from Microsoft, advising them they had “detected problems with their…
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PC PAL website has gone mobile! After many weeks of hard work from our very own PC PAL engineer Dave, the PC PAL mobile website is now fully up and running! The new mobile site has been carefully designed and created for ease of use on most smart phones, with simple and quick navigation,…
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Your computer’s operating system (OS) may seem rather unimportant compared to what the computer allows you to do. In fact the OS is the vital underpinning software that supports its basic functions, such as scheduling underlying tasks, allowing programmes to run and controlling the hard drive, screen, mouse, keyboard/keypad and other peripheral devices. Windows XP…
READ MORE...Snow joke, is it, deciding government policy on superfast broadband? Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gets spoonerised just as he’s announcing £50M of funding whilst his colleague Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has to abandon a meeting with fibre optic providers when one of his key civil servants is unable to leave home. As The Guardian article points out, if he’d had superfast broadband he could have video-conferenced into the meeting.
At a recent trade show I asked when my rural area could expect to see a speed boost and was told not to hold my breath. With BT running its glossy Race to Infinity campaign you’d think symmetric DSL was just around the corner. That’s when you can upload as fast as you can download. Whilst Infinity appears all very transparent and democratic, it’s no substitute for effective, needs-based infrastructure planning. That’s where government needs to take a lead. Whether we’re townies or country-dwellers we all need superfast broadband for our work, rest and play.
READ MORE...Wadhurst man and former Postie Bruce Meredeen is set to be your computer’s new best friend as he launches PC PAL, which provides mobile computer repairs to homes and small businesses. Bruce has changed his career to provide this essential ‘emergency computer repair service’ to frustrated PC users in the Tunbridge Wells and Wealden areas….
READ MORE...Well, it's time to embrace the wonderful world of social media and all the positive connections that it creates. The PC PAL blog is now officially born and we hope to keep it alive with regular posts and updates. Please visit us regularly and happy reading! The PC PAL team.
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