Support PCs

I’ve uploaded the following two articles to Support PCs, the first was originally published in issue 270 of Computeractive, and the second originally appeared in issue 61 of the Microsoft Windows XP Magazine.

Play movies on your portable or handheld device: discover how to transfer home movies to your portable video player, handheld computer or Windows Mobile-powered phone.

Speed up startup and shutdown: remove unwanted programs to free up resources and speed up the time it takes to start and switch off your PC.

Computeractive

I’ve just submitted a four-page workshop on getting started with databases. Publication date unknown.

PC Answers, issue 199

The latest issue of PC Answers features two projects of mine: how to turn an old PC into a file server, plus how to keep data and email synchronised across two or more PCs (using Windows Live Mesh, Gmail and Xmarks). The magazine also includes my regular Helpdesk contribution. Click here for the magazine’s web site.

BBC History Magazine

My second Footsteps piece, featuring Tymperley’s Clock Museum in Colchester is published today in volume 10, number 6 of the BBC History Magazine. Click here for more details.

Support PCs

I’ve just uploaded a guide to optimising your computer for gaming. Originally written for the Microsoft Windows Vista Magazine (it appeared back in issue 16), I’ve updated the guide to work with Windows XP too. Click here to read it.

Your Family Tree

I’ve been commissioned to write a two-page project for issue 79 on improving the quality of old photographs using Serif PhotoPlus 9, which will appear on that issue’s cover disc. Deadline is the end of May.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

My latest “Five Days to the Weekend” piece – featuring Wymondham in Leicestershire – is online and can be viewed here.

BBC Who Do You Think You Are?, issue 22

My review of RootsMagic 4 appears in the brand new issue of the BBC’s genealogy magazine, which is published today. Click here for more details.

Microsoft Windows XP Magazine

I’ve just submitted my “100 fabulous free tools” feature for issue 100 of Microsoft’s official Windows XP title. Thanks to the unique rights assigned to this piece, I will be able to upload the content to Support PCs shortly after the magazine is published in June.

Microsoft Windows Vista, issue 31

Issue 31 of the official Microsoft Windows Vista Magazine has now been published, featuring my regular four-page Q&A column. This month’s highlights: how to recover your PC after it gets stuck endlessly rebooting after installing Windows Updates, plus remove leftover remnants of an infection.

For more details, visit the magazine web site here.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

My latest Five Days to the Weekend piece, featuring Hurley in Berkshire, is now online. Please click here to view it.

Microsoft Windows Vista

I’ve just been commissioned to write a lead feature on how to troubleshoot problems with your PC. Deadline towards the end of this month.

BBC Who Do You Think You Are?

I’ve just submitted my review of Family Historian 4, which should appear in issue 23 of the magazine.

Your Family Tree, issue 80

I recently submitted a two-page project on creating your own family history radio show for distributing over the internet as a podcast.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

My latest Five Days to the Weekend piece, on Lochearnhead in Perthshire, is now online – please click here to view it.