I see lots of Inboxes literally bursting with advertising emails. You know the sort I mean, the ones from every company you’ve ever bought something from and every company in their group.

For all these legitimate companies, there is a legal requirement for them to give you an option to UNSUBSCRIBE. So why not use it?

The next time you get an email offering you discounted gardening goods from a company you once bought a hoe from, open it, scroll to the bottom and look for the VERY small print where you will almost certainly find the word UNSUBSCRIBE. Click on it and another page will open, often telling you simply that you have already been unsubscribed. (If it doesn’t, then read the words carefully and take the steps necessary).

I hardly get any of this sort of marketing material, because I have unsubscribed.

Now, that’s not to say I don’t get a LOT of rubbish emails, but these others are just scams which I cannot stop and just get deleted.

So, take action and help keep you Inbox free of emails you can actually stop being sent in the first place.

When people tell me their computers are running slow, a common problem I find is that Windows Updates have not properly installed.

Ultimately there is a simple answer to resolve this: restart the computer. Now, that is not SHUT DOWN, but rather RESTART. At this point an often “stuck” Windows Update will install, even though there was no indication one was pending.

I would always recommend RESTARTING when you see the option in the list as you go to shut down your computer/laptop. By selecting UPDATE AND RESTART all the pending Windows Updates will install, whereas using the UPDATE AND SHUT DOWN option can leave some items still hanging around in the background, waiting for a restart.

If you are someone who constantly puts their laptop to sleep, then do give it a restart once a week, just so it can clear its thoughts and install any updates should they be pending.