Computer Corner

Real-world Computer and Internet Access issues are addressed here.

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Running Windows 10 on an HP Elitebook

HP Elitebook 16 Dec 2015

This post is basically a confirmation that Windows 10 installs and runs on the HP Elitebook 8440p. Having said that, on the base configuration ...

Inspiring talks on "Digital Creativity"

Web Hosting 10 Dec 2015

Hot Source Norwich provided a wide diversity of speakers at the NUA (Norwich University of the Arts), on the topic of "Transforming our worlds ...

Sending email in a secure, IPv6 world

Web Hosting 23 Oct 2015

This is a guide to updating your Linux server for SSL-enabled, IPv6-happy email transmission using sendmail! Here are the things you need ...

PHP-MySQL webserver, post El Capitan

Web Hosting 23 Oct 2015

Apple is very supportive with the buying public by releasing free upgrades for its operating systems. These upgrades usually go through without ...

Setting up email sending/receiving on Mac OS X

20 Oct 2015

postfix is the MTA (mail transfer agent) that takes email requests and forwards them on, eg to local mailbox or external MTA. dovecot is a ...

Windows 10 wants to upload all your data

31 Jul 2015

During the installation of Windows 10, I was presented with the "Customise settings" screen that explains what sort of data it wants to upload ...

Windows 10 Preview

25 Apr 2015

The Windows 10 preview edition has been out for a while now, and its performance is important because Windows 10 will rapidly become the dominant ...