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There is hope. Did you see 'Independence Day' where a virus from a Mac laptop was uploaded to the alien space fleet? Well, that alien system understood the malicious code transmitted by the Mac, so they must have been on an Apple system as well. It wasn't even a Windows virus! :) Seriously...

I understand that's the way it's going to be. Windows 10 will be the last OS. I did see it suggested that even the '10' will be dropped in the end and the OS will just be called 'Windows'. I wonder if the reason for the push towards everyone using the same OS is because Microsoft are working...

A new browser called 'Vivaldi' has been released recently. It has been developed by a team headed by Opera's former CEO. It hopes to be like the Opera of old before the Presto engine was dropped. Vivaldi is based on Chromium (Blink engine) and it works well. It seems it could become popular once...

Office 365 is a subscription service so the message is correct. Some other options that could be considered: OpenOffice (as mentioned). Libre Office (similar to OpenOffice). MS Office Home and Student 2016 (about £95) A couple of online office suites you could look into using: MS Office...

Multiple disk images can be stored on the same drive. Are you going to use a third-party imaging program for making disk images, or the function included in Windows 10? If using a third-party program such as 'Macrium Reflect' or 'EaseUS ToDo', then naming using different names is done within the...

Have you considered storing the image on a USB hard disk? Plenty of room for a few images then without the possibility of running out of space. The drive can also be used for storing downloads, file/folder backups of music and photos etc. Not too expensive these days. A compact 1TB USB 3.0 hard...

I used Libre Office for quite a while. It does the job and is very good but I tried Microsoft Office 2016 Home & Student and reckon it is better. It integrates with OneDrive and the interface is better. Just a generally more polished program in my opinion. Not being free is a big disadvantage...

I believe many of the phone scams come from outside of the UK. I suppose there's not much to be done if the calls come from abroad, apart from people learning how to recognise them and not be intimidated. The callers can be that way. I had one who said that my computer was infected. I told...

My good lady isn't loud but certainly makes the the person at the other end of the line realise that she knows the call is a scam. Other types of call, then yes, it is just a case of saying that we don't do surveys or anything like them over the phone. I'm 70 myself and have quite a few...

Older can mean that we have been on the Internet for twenty years or so, are wiser in general and less likely to be scammed than others. It might be thought that on balance it is older people who are more likely to fall for a scam but being older myself, I wouldn't agree. It's just that the...

As well as taking note of what people use, have a look at the results of some AV program testing services. It can all help to form a decision of what might be best for you. http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php http://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/...

At the moment it is SecureAPlus Premium (or 'Freemium' as it has been called because it is free for the first year). Some of the lesser-known security programs are pretty good in my opinion. Also use Sandboxie and Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (free version). Windows 8.1 firewall.

As I understand it, Norton Internet Security and Norton 360 are being discontinued but I don't know if this has happened yet. However, if renewal time has arrived and if wanting to continue using Norton, I'd say it might be best to go for the new product now (Norton Security 2015). All Norton's...

I don't let Chrome store my passwords (use LastPass) but have read some criticism in the past regarding Chrome's password storage security. Maybe moves have been made to address this (not sure). Are the passwords Chrome won't reveal to do with secure sites, or sites that use 'https' in the...

It sounds as if you have the backup situation pretty well covered JBR. I have some experience with Aomei Backupper. Used it for full system images on my previous computer. This was initially running Windows 7 and then Windows 8 when it came out. Aomei wrote and restored images every time...

WinDirStat is a disk space analyser that shows where disk space is being taken up. Read about it here... About WinDirStat (lifehacker site)

Try emptying the browser cache.

I don't know if you have already considered or looked into using a different office suite but if not, it could be worth doing so. I was using Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 on my previous computer with Windows 8.1 installed. When I got my new computer (Windows 8.1 installed on this one...

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer is a dual purpose program that works with both vector and bitmap images. Not free but not as expensive as some other programs of its type: http://www.xara.com/us/photo-graphic-designer/