Learn the basics, at your own pace.

Free guides and tools to help you stay safe online, understand your computer, fix the common problems yourself, and buy the right thing first time.

Staying safe

QUIZ

Scam or genuine? Test yourself on texts, emails, pop-ups and calls, learn the red flags, and find the UK numbers to report them.

CHECKER

See how long a password would take a criminal to crack, and what gives it away. Nothing you type leaves your device.

GENERATOR

Make a strong password in one click: three random words, or random characters for a password manager. Made on your device and never saved.

CALCULATOR

Tell us what your household does at its busiest and see which packages keep up, and which are more than you need.

CALCULATOR

MB, GB and TB explained, what fits on a 240 GB or 1 TB drive, and which size SSD or backup drive to buy.

INTERACTIVE

Zoom from a single letter to all the world’s data. See how big your photos, films and backups really are.

GUIDE

Simple things to try before you call: a slow computer, Wi-Fi that keeps dropping, scam pop-ups and running out of space.

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