Our 2013 Back Issue CD has also sold out, but we’ve ordered more. Keep checking at www.snipca.com/16010

Changing your privacy settings is easier if you haven’t already upgraded to Windows 10 because you get the option to disable many privacy settings during setup. If you reserved Windows 10, you should be able to upgrade your PC by clicking the Windows icon 1 in the notification area of your Taskbar. Follow our special Workshop (Issue 456, page 56) on upgrading to Windows 10, until you reach the ‘Get going fast’ screen (see screenshot in Step 2).

One thing Windows 10 users can do to protect their privacy is turn off Cortana. By default, Cortana can access all your data. It also records whatever you type into the search bar to give you faster search results. To turn Cortana off, click the search bar 1 , then click the settings (cog) icon 2 to bring up Cortana’s settings screen. Now turn off both sliders 3 . Bear in mind, this turns off Cortana and search results from the web, but you’ll still be able to search for items on your PC.

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To download the program, go to www.snipca.com/17753, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the ‘Download Networx, installer’ button 1 (or ‘Download Networx, portable’ 2 if you prefer). Click the downloaded setup file and follow the instructions to install and launch it. Networx works in the background and you can only access it 3 via the ‘Show hidden icons’ menu 4 in your Taskbar’s notification area.

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Now right-click the Networx icon, then click Settings to see a list of useful tabs at the top. For example, click the Graph Colours tab 1 and use the dropdown menus 2 to change the colours of your graph data (see Step 2). Any changes are instantly reflected in the ‘Sample graph’ 3 . There are several notifications you can set up, but we’ll show you how to get an audio alert within 10 minutes of your network speed dropping below 10Mbps (you should find out what speeds your ISP has promised you and set it to that value).

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