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Problems with M.2 SSD drives – NVMe – key and length compatibility, overheating and faulty hardware encryption To benefit fully from NVMe M.2 SSD drives, you must be able to boot the operating system, usually Windows 10, from it. That requires UEFI BIOS support. Most standard BIOSes (the type in use before UEFI BIOSe), do…
How to use the DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) protocol to improve online security Introduction to DNS Over HTTPS (DoH) HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is the secure, encrypted version of the standard non-encrypted Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that run the Internet. DNS (Domain Name System) translates website domain names, such as pcbuyyerbeware.co.uk, into their numerical…
Ban Google spying on you online to profit from your private information Introduction – How to ban Google spying on you This article provides information on how to ban Google from obtaining private information about you online and using it to create a personal profile on you. A profile that the company and its advertising-company…
Gaming monitors: Which monitor adaptive sync technology is best, AMD FreeSync or Nvidia G-Sync? Introduction to monitor adaptive sync technology Gaming monitors support one or both of the two sync technologies – AMD’s FreeSync/FreeSync 2 or NVIDIA’s G-Sync – that are essential for the production of a tear-free, smooth flow of images at frame-per-second rates…
Is it a good idea to buy a refurbished laptop or tablet? Refurbished laptop versus tablet If you do serious or involved work on a mobile computer, it’s a laptop that you need, not a tablet. A tablet is really just a big mobile phone that, as yet, you can’t use as one. No matter…
I need a new laptop. Should I buy a Chromebook? Chromebook – Introduction Latest model – Acer Chromebook 14 CB514-1H – (Intel Celeron N3350 processor, 4GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 14 inch HD display, Chrome OS, Silver) – £300.00 on Amazon – No purchaser reviews by May 3, 2019 Previous model – Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431…
Problem – Upgrade Win7 PC: My Win7 computer running Windows 7 has become very slow. Should I upgrade it to Win10 or build or buy a new one? There have been a few fairly recent developments that are no doubt designed to coerce users of Windows 7 computers to upgrade them to Windows 10 computers.…
A serious SSD encryption issue in Windows 10 when using Bitlocker encryption software Many brand-name desktop and laptop PCs come with a single SSD drive or a boot SSD drive plus a standard hard disk drive with a much higher capacity for storage. A serious issues with regard to the hardware-based encryption that SSDs use…
UPS – The solution to power outages crashing desktop PCs and internet connections – Use an Uninterruptible Power Supply unit Laptop computers working from the mains electricity supply have a built-in solution to sudden short power outages – their battery, which kicks in as soon as a power outage occurs without losing any unsaved work.…
If the Opera VPN is enabled, Google displays Russian-language content in Google ads on websites and on Google’s YouTube The Opera web browser provides a connection to a free VPN (Virtual Private Network). The image above shows the home page of Google’s YouTube site displaying Russian-language content. You can see Opera’s VPN icon in white…
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