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September 11 NewsletterI hope you are fit and well and enjoying the summer. Not a lot to report this month, but a couple of things I thought you would find interesting. Is your
computer running too slowly?
In 9 out of 10 cases I came across, the answer is usually Yes. In many cases a good service and tune up will normally make a difference to the performance. I can do this for you. However, sometimes it needs a major overhaul to restore it to its former performance. Recently, I have seen customers who have Windows Vista
installed, which is particularly troublesome. In many cases, a Many of my customers have actually bought a whole new
computer with Windows 7 as their There is a solution, which will always work 100% of the time. The answer is to perform a full factory restore, to return the computer to its original state when brand new. This involves backing up all the files and data stored on the computer. Then doing a full Restore. Then to reinstall any programmes, files, documents, emails etc. It’s quite a long job but is guaranteed to improve the speed and performance of the PC. I have just done this on my own Toshiba laptop at home, which was running so badly. It’s now absolutely flying, and is like brand new again. So if you have a slow If that’s of interest to you, let me know. Software for Students
Microsoft Office 2010 is a fantastic suite of programmes. However many people have the basic version installed, which gives you Word, Excel & PowerPoint. In most cases, this is more than sufficient. New Windows 7 computers have a starter version of Word & Excel, which has many limitations, and no PowerPoint. However Microsoft Professional has many other popular programmes, such as Outlook & Publisher, which if you bought these individually, cost about £100 each. The cost from Amazon for Office Professional is currently £331.00 for a single licence. However, if you have a student in your family, you are eligible to buy the same product for just £37.89 for 2 licences, therefore just £19 per computer. Unbelievable value. There is a site called Software for Students which sells legal, full featured software, to all school, college and university students and their families. Click on the link below for further details: http://www.software4students.co.uk//Microsoft_Office_2010_Professional_Plus-details.aspx So if you have an eligible student in your family and would like to have the top of the range Microsoft Office software, then this is the ideal product for you. If you need any further help or advice let me know. Scam Alert.
After that her computer was running really badly and I needed to go and investigate and fix the problem. So that call resulted in 3 things. Firstly, they gave themselves the ability to access her computer at will. Secondly they took $60 of her money. Thirdly, they now have her credit card details. Microsoft is NEVER EVER going to phone you to say they have detected a problem. It is ALWAYS going to be a scam to try and convince you to part with money. Please do not fall for it. And finally...I’m in love!!! I’ve been watching a new magician on TV
recently, called Dynamo. He’s a young guy from Click below to see a clip from Sky’s Soccer AM, but when you have watched that, just watch some of the other clips. It will totally mess your brain up!. If you get a chance to see the repeats on the Watch Channel on TV, please do it. Click below to see the clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr79Yx13Sfg That’s it for now. If I can be of any help or if you need advice, please let me know. |
One
of my customers this week fell for a scam over the phone. She received a call
from someone from “Microsoft”, saying they had detected that her computer
has been infected and was sending out spam emails. They said they need to make
her computer secure. They convinced her to part with $60 and then took over
control of her computer.