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Answering questions on computers and internet [Daily Post (Liverpool, England)](Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Q How do I get the Martin Lewis email my friends keep going on about? He seems to talk a lot of sense on the television but I have never been quick enough to note down the www address they give at the end. A Martin Lewis is the founder and editor of the Money Saving Expert website. Just search for Money Saving Expert.com. To get a weekly email newsletter from the site, you need to give them your email address in the marked box on the site. I try to recommend signing up to this email newsletter to all my course attenders as it encourages the use of email and is a brilliant way of getting used to hyperlinks - where you click on a link in one document and jump to a different location. Q There is a little red dot with the number one in it on my settings app in my iPad- I get the feeling that this is important? A All Apple mobile devices - iPads, iPhones, iPods etc operate through the iOS system, and Apple has just this week launched update 8. The red circle is telling you that you need to download it. Now, update 8 takes a lot of space, and if your device memory is rather full then it may refuse to download the update. This is now the time to create some memory space in your device by weeding your pictures, getting rid of unused apps, and learning how to back up to the Cloud. Q I have a perfectly usable PC which was the top of the range in its day, but as it is working through Windows XP, everyone is telling me I need to get a new computer as XP is no longer being supported by Microsoft. It seems a waste to throw my old computer out - and I am quite attached to my old friend. Is there any other way? A Depending on the capacity in your PC, it could be possible to replace the XP with Windows 7, meaning your 'old friend' will be around for a while yet. This environmentally friendly upgrading needn't break the bank either - recent enquiries at an independent computer repair shop in Bangor produced a quote for well under Pounds 100. A lot cheaper than a new PC. Your internet questions answered by Daniel Richards, coordinator of IT i Ti a Fi - a Gwynedd wide project aimed at getting more Gwynedd residents to get online. The project is part of the Get IT Together Programme managed by Citizens Online in partnership with BT's Connected Society programme, Cymunedau 2.0, Gwynedd Council and Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd.2.0. BT's Connected Society programme, is BT's commitment to help people right around the world gain the skills and confidence they need to join the online community. Telephone 07854 690529, or email [email protected] www.citizensonline.org.ukwales 'This is now the time to create some memory space by weeding your pictures. (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |