Action Needed – You may lose access to some of your third-party mail and calendar apps

Action Needed – You may lose access to some of your third-party mail and calendar apps

Microsoft will no longer support the use of third-party email and calendar apps which ask you to sign in with only your Microsoft Account username and password. To keep you safe you will need to use a mail or calendar app which supports Microsoft’s modern authentication methods…

What that means is that Outlook.com will require Oauth2 (“Modern” Authentication) just like Gmail and Yahoo already do. If your current email client will natively work with either of those, it will work with Outlook.com after the switch-over, though you may need to re-create the account. If your email client does not do Modern Auth, both Gmail and Yahoo will supply (allow you to generate) and require you to use an Application Specific Password instead of your normal password. Outlook.com also has a generator for these password

Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage

Intel is committed to making sure all customers who have or are currently experiencing instability symptoms on their 13th and / or 14th Gen desktop processors are supported in the exchange process “We stand behind our products, and in the coming days we will be sharing more details on two-year extended warranty support for our boxed Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors

Here is Intel’s full statement:

Intel is committed to making sure all customers who have or are currently experiencing instability symptoms on their 13th and/or 14th Gen desktop processors are supported in the exchange process. We stand behind our products, and in the coming days we will be sharing more details on two-year extended warranty support for our boxed Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors.

In the meantime, if you are currently or previously experienced instability symptoms on your Intel Core 13th/14th Gen desktop system:

For users who purchased systems from OEM/System Integrators – please reach out to your system manufacturer’s support team for further assistance.

For users who purchased a boxed CPU – please reach out to Intel Customer Support for further assistance.

Intel is also investigating options to easily identify affected processors on end user systems and will provide additional guidance as soon as possible.

At the same time, we apologize for the delay in communications as this has been a challenging issue to unravel and definitively root cause.

Intel’s BIOS updates for crashing CPUs are now rolling out

Asus and MSI have both released beta BIOS updates today to address Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. While the BIOS updates won’t fix CPUs that are already damaged, they include Intel’s new microcode update that should help further address the instability issues

Asus has released its beta BIOS updates through its ROG forums for a variety of Z790 motherboards. These are also typically posted to Asus’ support pages a few days after they’re posted to its ROG forums. MSI’s BIOS updates can be found on the individual motherboard support pages for its motherboards

While I wouldn’t normally recommend using a beta BIOS update, given that this addresses an “elevated operating voltages” issue, you might want to go ahead and install these as soon as possible

If you use a board other than MSI and Asus, or the microcode BIOS update isn’t available for your particular motherboard right now, make sure you’re on the latest BIOS update either way. Even if they’re missing the latest fix, recent BIOS updates should already include Intel’s recommended power delivery profiles, which could reduce the likelihood of your chip getting damaged

End of Support for Windows 10

After 14 October 2025,

Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows 10.

Your PC will still work,

But we recommend moving to Windows 11

End Of Life

End of life and end of support are terms that refer to the end of technical support and security updates for Windows 10. After 10 years, this older version of Windows will no longer receive free software updates from Windows Update, technical assistance or security fixes. For consumers, end of support means that Microsoft recommends updating to the latest version of Windows for the latest critical updates and support that can keep you secure online.

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Gold Coast Storms

We’ve been very lucky and our damage was minimal compared to some

So many trees downed

House with no roofs

Never seen anything like this before and I hope I never do again

I’ve finally got power back and filled the bins with all the ruined food

No internet leaves you so in the dark that you think you’d never really miss it

But having no power for nearly 48 hours in this heat is not has easy as it sounds

So I’ll be back in business from the 28th Dec

Take care everyone out and about

More storms are forecast

Facebook Page

A while ago for some reason I lost access to my Facebook business page
I wasn’t happy about this as I lost a lot of great reviews and feedback I’d been given

But nothing I could do as I tried so many ways to prove who I was but to no avail

So now I have a new page which is here… New Facebook Page

So I’m hoping to start and get some good reviews once again

Old Facebook Page

I’ll be updating every now and then on new PC’s and Laptops for sale

Plus some helpful tips and advice

NGV Email Ending

We are writing to inform you that the complimentary NGV email service will unfortunately be discontinued from 31st January 2024. This means that after this date, you will no longer be able to send and receive emails using your NGV email address, or access your NGV email account through the web portal.
Please note your other services including internet and phone services, which will NOT be affected by this change.
To help you transition to a new email service, we have attached some guides to this email that will show you how to create an email account with another service such as Gmail or Outlook. These services are free, secure, reliable and widely used by millions of people around the world.
We recommend that you take action as soon as possible to avoid losing any important emails or contacts. You should also notify your friends, family, colleagues and other contacts of your new email address, and update any online accounts or subscriptions that use your NGV email address.
If you’re concerned about losing your emails, we can enable a mail forwarding option for you. This means that any emails sent to your NGV email account will be automatically forwarded to another email address of your choice. We can forward any ngvemail mail to your new email address up to 31st July 2024. To activate this option, please send an email to support@ngv.com.au from your NGV email account with the following information:
• Your full name
• Your new email address
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our customer support team at 1800 007 648 or via our email at support@ngv.com.au. In the coming months, our technical support team will also call customers who haven’t contacted our team to ensure all customers are able to transition to another mail service as seamlessly as possible.
Thank you so much for your understanding and we apologise for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
The NGV team

If you need any help to setup a new email and transfer any stored emails to your new email

Contact Howard

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Email: Howard@home-computing.com.au

Last Day Today to Buy in this Tax Year

I have several Laptops and desktops available now for pickup today

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Teamviewer Update

Teamviewer now requires an account even for free users

I’ve added a tutorial here

So please create an account so we can continue to use the software when required for help

Australians lost more than $323 million to scammers in 2021

New figures from the ACCC reveal Australians lost more than $323 million to scammers, up 84 per cent since 2020.

Phishing scams, which take personal information from users, including credit card information, made up a quarter of all reports.

Tech Guide Editor Stephen Fenech says it is a “worrying state” where scams are becoming more prevalent.

“In terms of protecting yourself…it just comes down to just using your common sense; I think the first rule of thumb is that if it’s too good to be true, it is too good to be true,” Mr Fenech told Sky News Australia.

“If you are receiving a text message or an email that appears to be from a bank or other institution that you may know of or maybe even part of, check with that institution.

“It’s really important that you think twice before clicking.”