Dell have deals all over Christmas, virtually a different deal every day so it means you gotta keep going back to see what the deal is for that day! Today’s deal is on a 27″ monitor. It is a bit cheeky as you can only view the current deal but if you are looking [...]

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Merry Christmas from everyone at Brandstar UK Limited, we hope the holiday time is relaxing for all, loads of fun and a special time to spend with your friends and family.
Brandstar will be running a low profile service over the holiday period, if you have a problem please give us a call and leave a [...]

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Digging around last week searching for information about different processors I came across the website: CPU Benchmark where they have over 10,000 CPU’s benchmarked! A useful site for getting an idea of where a processor stands against its rivals. Even if you are not techie then you can at least look at the names [...]

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Many of my posts here are inspired by regular questions from clients and this post is no different. I am often asked “What computer should I buy”, and when I recommend Dell the response from time to time is “ooo no, not a Dell computer”. Not everyone thinks that, but some do and what [...]

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PC Toolbox has undergone a significant site change and like Brandstar.co.uk it is now powered by WordPress. Quoting from Pc Toolbox
“The aim of the site is to offer some techie blogs that are hopefully aimed at non-techies. Written for all to understand, highlighting the key information about the subject without going into unnecessary detail but [...]

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While on site working on client machines I will often use a number of shortcuts to speed up the job and with clients peering over my shoulder I get a common remark “Wow, how did you do that?”. So I thought I would share my most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
Windows

WinKey + D : Takes you [...]

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If you are anything like me getting Christmas presents before Christmas Eve doesn’t happen unless I make the most of the internet. Many of us take it for granted but some are only just beginning to take advantage of the convenience and bargains that online shopping offers!
After being asked recently where is the best place [...]

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I am often called because a clients machine won’t turn on for no apparent reason and it is often something very simple that I can fix over the phone. If this were to happen to you then try taking these steps before giving your IT contact a call and see if you can fix the [...]

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A friend who is an avid Windows user read my post Windows Vista - What I think! and said..”How about writing something to say what you think about the various versions of Windows Vista?”. Which I thought would be a pretty useful post! So here goes
There are four retail versions of Windows Vista: [...]

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I came across a nice little tool today by Google Labs which allows anyone to look at the different search trends entered into Googles Internet Search Engine. You can enter a number of different search terms and and compare the search trend history. It is quite interesting to look at how different terms fluctuate and [...]

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