A little and nice recommendation from your client
Computer rescued by Marek of ITBox
Posted by Marian Leatherby on February 23, 2013 at 9:01 in Trades & Other Services Recommended / Wanted
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I'm happy to recommend Marek if your computer breaks down. Mine suddenly had 3 things wrong with it. Marek came that very day, spent an hour sorting it out and improving it, and the charge was very reasonable. He suggested a new back-up system, and later installed it via remote control from his own computer! Also, there was no hint of snootiness when I used ignorant non-technical language. A perfect service I would say.
Slimcleaner - soon my favourite piece of software
This is the link for safe download:
http://www.slimcleaner.com/features.php
Virtual Router Software
This is nothing new for IT geeks and people who works with computers, especially with laptops for last 10 years, and we know that we can change any wireless laptop into wireless router which other people can use it for internet connection. This solution is not widely recommended as it does not provide wireless security for users but sometimes you can approach situations when for relatively short time your laptop would be a perfect router.
Starting from Windows XP, through Vista, Seven and Eight sharing your internet connection was possible in your laptop but to do this you would have to leave the surface of your operating system and go deeper into advanced settings of your operating system to start it. If you never done and heard about it before this option was almost invisible.
This situation changed recently as more and more software developers started releasing software to give you this option with a two clicks from your computer desktop. Sounds very easy and practice confirms this with no doubts. I would like to introduce a software called Virtual Router 1.0.
With this link you can safely download and install this sofware to your laptop and change into a wireless router in a very convenient way for as long as you wish.
http://download.cnet.com/Virtual-Router/3000-18508_4-11673866.html
ITBOXCS - THE BLOG: BUYING A NEW COMPUTER – BUT WHICH ONE?
ITBOXCS - THE BLOG: BUYING A NEW COMPUTER – BUT WHICH ONE?: If you a long term user a computer and you would like to try something new, more modern and up to day you need to make a ...
BUYING A NEW COMPUTER – BUT WHICH ONE?
If you a long term
user a computer and you would like to try something new, more modern and up to
day you need to make a decision what machine would be more suitable for your
needs and with what equipment you would feel the most comfortable. Some people love
laptops and tablets for their mobility and convenience of talking them wherever
they go and some others prefer their desktops for their power and opportunity
of upgrade whenever they want and wish.
So generally you need to answer three simple
questions:
1) Do I prefer mobility of laptops or do I value
more the stability and power of desktops?
An opportunity to
travel with your computer wherever you go with working around your house and
not to be attached to one particular place in your home is very tempting and it
is difficult to resist. Laptops and tablets are getting faster and powerful
today but there are also bad points which you need to be aware such as: getting
overheated, easiness to be destroyed or stolen and limited options to be
upgraded – CPU, motherboard and graphic processor.
2) What are my needs of computers – general
usage such as word processing and surfing on the Internet or more specialist
usage for music, gaming, video and designing?
Majority of computer
users have absolutely basic needs and it is easy to buy a cheap and reliable
machine, which would serve average user for minimum 4-6 years. Surfing the
Internet, writing emails and letters, listening music and watching movies needs
relatively small power of a machine. An average user does not need i7 Intel
processor, the latest graphic card or SSD hard drive, which is reserved for
more, sophisticated and specialized users.
3) What is my budget and what price would be the
most comfortable and affordable?
The average computer
price for laptops or desktops circulates around £300-£400 and you should stick
to it if you do not want to overpay. After this threshold, prices of computers
are growing and you can expect something better than average. It is totally up
to you how much you would like to spend for gaming, video and music editing.
And at the end please remember whatever you buy remember to get an external USB
hard drive as this is the most problematic and the most expensive area of your
computer equipment.
If you know answers for these three questions
you can start searching for the computer you would suite your needs. The most
recommended way is doing your search on the Internet where all manufacturers
put their offers. The choice is incredibly rich and almost unlimited.
PC’s and Mac’s – hardware MOT
When you buy your new
computer everything runs inside almost perfectly and you do not need to worry
about any serious issue which you will face in future such as hard drive
crashes, slower and slower computer performance and data loses. Your computer
as every piece of technology created by human being, in this case, a
manufacturer such as DELL, HP or Lenovo, for longer and reliable performance
needs to pass certain kind of physical cleaning and adjustments.
Computers like cars, gas
boilers and other home equipment, which you are using on daily bases, are
getting older quite quickly and they work in different problematic conditions.
Computers are electronic creations and for its optimal performance need certain
optimal conditions which would be good to provide for long and non-problematic
service. Their bigger enemies are heat, dust and water. Let’s talk about them:
HEAT
Computers are electronic
machines and they produce quite a lot of heat, which needs to be released from
internal body of the box outside. The biggest heat producer is a computer
processor called CPU and therefore there is a cooling fan on it. A few minutes
of work without working cooling fan would fry your computer forever. The
optimum working temperature for your computer is between 30 and 50 degrees of
Celsius and this should be your maintenance aim for better cooling system. The
physical sign that temperature is too high is automatic switching off your
machine without any warning. Prolonging situation like this can completely burn
internals of your computer and the only thing what you can do after final crash
is to throw your machine to a rubbish bin.
DUST
Computer internal fans, minimum one for
laptops, works in the same way as your vacuum cleaner, absorbing cold and dusty
air from outside and releasing hot steam of air from a processor outside. Dust
has a tendency to stay inside attached to a ventilation crate and cumulates
blocking an air stream. After 2-3 years
of everyday work inside your computer there is probably a layer of dust, which
must be removed for safety and a better cooling purpose. Especially laptops are
very vulnerable to dust and you must pay special attention to these machines
.The physical sign for a cleaning need from dust is a loudly working cooling
fan, no hot air steam outside.
WATER
If your computer had any
sudden contact with any kind of liquid it must be switched off immediately and
opened for drying purpose minimum 48 hours without any questions. Do not try to
switch off your laptop to check if it is still working. This unfortunate trial
might be the last time you will see your computer working at all. Especially
laptops must be unplugged from electric power and the battery must be removed,
as it is still a power source. There is one cheap way of removing water from
computer – a bag of rice to which you put your computer for a few days. Rice
grains have a very good feature – absorbing water.
If you are not familiar with dealing with these
problems search for professional help and support.
Overheated laptops and desktops
Overheating laptops
If you are a laptop user you probably notice
that usually after two or three years of regular everyday work your machine
becomes hotter, noisier and performs much slower than it was at the beginning
of their mechanical life. Many people to avoid longer frustration consider
buying a new laptop but you could spend much less to improve your laptop
performance by cleaning a cooling fan of your laptop.
A very weak point of every laptop is its
cooling system and there is not much to do to change this situation. A cooling
system of each laptop is just a little or bigger fan working at the bottom of
the machine absorbing and releasing air by ventilation entrance on the side. As
time runs this fan becomes dirtier and must work much harder to cool a laptop
to keep optimum temperature for its normal performance.
To significantly improve this situation with
overheating of a laptop the fan and ventilation entrance must be cleaned and
freed from dust. The only issue is that getting to a laptop’s fan is a bit
complicated task and it is not recommended to anybody who never done or see it
before.
In the root of this issue lays a very important
fact that the cooling and ventilation fan becomes a very dirty place, full of
dust and hair, which we can find in every house and working place. The cooling
fan of a laptop works as a hoover and absorb every little parts, which flies in
air. The more dusty places are laptops working the higher possibility that this
place becomes very dirty. Not only fans become dirtier but also the ventilation
entrance of any laptop is blocked buy dust.
Please look at these pictures as examples of your hidden issues
How can you correctly estimate that your laptop
qualify for fan cleaning? There are a few symptoms, which can tell you when the
right time is:
§ After 10-15 minutes of work your laptop automatically switch off
and you need to wait a few minutes to switch it back for repeating action
§ A body of a laptop becomes hotter and hotter after hour of work and
you can successfully warm your hands during winter time
§ A laptop produces constant noise from inside which you can get used
to but remember your laptop suppose to work very silently
§ A general performance of a laptop becomes slower and slower and
there is no application or processes running at all
If you recognise any of these symptoms with your laptop it means
that is time to search for professional help and support. After cleaning all
this issues will disappear and your laptop will be ready for much longer
service for you.
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