TIM and Tim’s Top Tips by Tim Lambie & Tim Jones


iPads are brilliant and we are very


Only you can answer that, but what helps people decide is the realisation that it should be considered as a large “smartphone”. If you want it to operate as a small computer, then you will be disappointed. It is not a replacement for any device in fact, but it is a fabulous, shiny attractive and fashionable way of doing things quickly that are not too complex, whilst on the move either around the house or abroad!


Some email accounts just will not work in Outlook Express or similar programs like Outlook, Windows Live Mail or


good with them. However, we are regularly asked the question - “is it right for me?”.


Thunderbird. That is because in order for them to work, you need to upgrade the account type and pay the provider an annual sum in order to do so. This only really applies to hotmail or yahoo.com accounts, but there may be others. There is just no way round it, you have to use webmail or pay them a fee. Alternatively, move away from the account by creating a gmail account and it can be yours for life and at no cost. We can help. Beware McAfee users. Last week we were called to at least 6 different computers with McAfee provided by BT in their NetProtect package. We were called because the internet had stopped working. After trying absolutely everything to resolve the issue, it was fixed every single time by removing McAfee. What good is an anti-virus that stops you using the internet? Just goes to show that “free” still isn’t necessarily best! On the same subject, beware of


upgrading your anti-virus to any Internet Security package. This is because if you were networking before to other computers or network printers, there is a real possibility that all that will be stopped. Each of these products regardless of who makes it, comes with their own firewall over and above the one provided on your computer and it always shuts this sort of thing down. If in doubt at renewal time, give us a call. Once again, beware of friends or family “helping out” with your computer. The number of times we have been called


Beware of friends or family “helping out” with your computer


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recently to help revert a machine back to the way the owner liked it after a well meaning friend had “helped” are too numerous to say.


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