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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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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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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The latest addition to the Brandstar Computer list is a Dell XPS M1330 Crimson Red laptop, 13.3″ screen, 2GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB memory, 160GB hard drive, 2.0 Mega pixel Camera, DVDRW, bluetooth, wireless, Vista Home Premium etc. I didn’t see a real need for the Biometric Fingerprint Reader…
When ordering I opted [...]

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For those that live in the Brandstar area you will know that we had a pretty impressive thunderstorm last week!
I always know that once the thunderstorm is over I will be getting calls from people saying something along the lines of “I can’t get on the internet” or “My computer won’t turn on”. The most [...]

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This is a popular question at the moment, should I upgrade to Office 2007?
The first question you really need to answer for yourself is: Will my system cope? Firstly take a look at the Offical Microsoft Office system requirements. I have to add that I was surprised when I say these official requirements because I [...]

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During my review of my Dell Vostro machine I started to head into a Windows Vista rant! So I thought instead I would have a dedicated thread in which to rant about it! Although unlike many people ranting about the terribleness of Vista I am actually very impressed with the latest desktop operating system from [...]

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For years I have built PC’s for myself or for customers from scratch, choosing the components carefully based on specification, experience and reviews. However over the last 18 months I have found it far better and cheaper to build a Dell system specification online and order it from there!
After ordering a number of machines for [...]

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