Posted by Mike Halsey in news, pc support on 15. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
You know what it’s like when you’re sitting on really great news for several months but you can’t tell anyone? Well after a long period of frustration I can now officially announce that I’ve been signed by Microsoft Press to write “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out”. The new book will be out in October this [...]
Yesterday I published the article Why Windows 7 search is the way it is, and what lies ahead, in which Dan Plastina, the group manager for the Find and Organise features within the Windows 7 beta explained why the search, organisation and library features in Microsoft’s latest operating system turned out the way they did. [...]
2009 was a big year for Mike Halsey after the release of his book, the Windows 7 Power Users Guide and interview requests started coming in. Now the new year is already off with a good start as the latest, and biggest of these is with the IEEE organisation in the January 2010 issue of [...]
It’s been a tense time but the first review of my book was published overnight. Digitizor.com are an on-line magazine saying they’re “your guide to everything technological”. The’re article base is extremely wide (hopefully so too is their readership). They emailed me last night to say they liked the book so much they wanted to [...]
I received my first copy of my Windows 7 Power Users Guide in paperback this morning. The book is available to buy online HERE both as the full-colour paperback and also an an e-book for only £3.99. I thought I’d share with you some photos of the finished book. It’s an exciting day when you [...]
Posted by Mike Halsey in general, news on 26. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
It’s been coming for some time now, but The Long Climb is going live with video tutorials to help you get the very best out of your PC. The tutorials will feature everything you need to know about PC security, keeping your computer and your family safe, using your favourite programs, customising Windows and many [...]
Posted by Mike Halsey in general on 25. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
The author of the Windows 7 Power Users Guide and Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out Mike Halsey will be appearing on BBC Radio Sheffield tomorrow (Thursday 26th Aug 2010) at 11:30am in the UK (06:30 est, 03:30 pst, 12:30 Europe, 20:30 Aus) talking about his work in ICT and how it led to writing two books [...]
Posted by Mike Halsey in security on 24. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Choosing a secure password to use online is second only in difficulty to knowing if that password is really secure or not. I thought I’d share with you two tools that can make choosing a secure password easy, and that would help you find out just how secure the password(s) you use at the moment [...]
Posted by Mike Halsey in pc support on 19. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
AV Test have now released the results of their 2010 best anti-virus for Windows 7. The tests put each anti-virus package through a rigorous set of tests to determine not only how good they are at detecting and removing malware and viruses, but also how usable the software is… During the 2nd quarter of 2010 [...]
Posted by Mike Halsey in hardware on 05. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
With USB3 devices and motherboards now beginning to appear you might be considering yourself upgrading your PC to the new super-speed standard. But is it really as fast as promised? I performed an admittedly, not very scientific test on my own new USB3-equipped PC with an external hard disk connected firstly via USB3 and then [...]
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