The Crunch

This is the biggie though and a show stopper for all businesses and the vast majority of users in general – THERE IS NO START MENU – it has been replaced by a tiled interface which is next to useless as an interface unless you have a touch screen. It’s great on a tablet but why oh why MS decided against a Windows 7 mode is beyond me. This makes it for me a non-starter and for anyone who is used to Windows of old an annoying painful and unpleasant experience. The weird thing is that in the pre-release versions you could re-enable the start menu and this made it a very good OS but MS deliberately removed this code for the release version – a massive 8008!

In conclusion I cannot recommend this to anyone who doesn’t have a touch screen and even the I would suggest you wait for Windows 9 where hopefully the sales of windows * will have been so woeful they will re-instate Classic Mode.

1. Keep JAVA and FLASH bang up to date do not ignore these apps’ updaters – just do it!

2. Remove all old copies of JAVA only leave the latest one (XP – control panel – add/remove programs – Win 7/Vista – control panel – programs & features).

3. Ensure you have a good and bang up to date PAID for internet security package, the free ones will not protect you.

4. When installing free software Read every step it will probably want to install a toolbar or some other junk software that they get paid for – untick it to choose not to install it (Caution some really crappy software may use a ‘double negative to trick you).

5. If you don’t want crap don’t surf crap – Porn, Illegal Software, Keygen & Serial Sites are stuffed with malware designed to bleed you for money.

6. Be aware on very popular sites eg Facebook these are often targeted by scammers looking for the unwary or gullible if it lokks to good to be true – IT IS.

7. Do not ever reply to a spam email it will just result in more spam – just delete it.

8. Make ALL your passwords secure at least 10 characters including numbers upper and lowercase letters and special characters eg $%^&*(. A good example is FGtY56$£%Hju this would take many years to hack) and use multiple ones. Read our security FAQ for more tips

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Businesses can collect massive amounts of data – much of it remains unused and ends up being deleted. However every business has situations where this old data suddenly becomes essential, long after it has been removed. With cloud storage you can now keep your archived data for as long as you want – whether its log files, RAW multimedia or analytics and reporting data, just uploading it to your WABSTOR PRO WABDRIVE space lets you keep it and forget it until you really need it.

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These people are persistant and feel free to be rude but never never let them control you PC – you will regret it. If they ring hang up do not try to prove they are a bona fide service as they are very plausable.

The average hit for this scam in the uk is around £150, not a small sum in these lean times, be vigilant.
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