Archive for August, 2008

Deleting data from my hard drive

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in security | No Comments »

I've just read about bank records being found on second hand computers. How do I clean up my computer before giving it away? The risk of giving away important information is ... Read more..

Wrong font size in Windows Mail

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Outlook Express | No Comments »

Windows Mail is printing in a much smaller font than the original and different font sizes (such as on a letterhead with a large name, small address etc) are ... Read more..

A big bang from the computer

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I just zapped a brand new office desktop by neglecting to switch the voltage from 110V to 220V. We operate in a 220V country, but we buy all our computers ... Read more..

The pink screen of death

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Hardware | 1 Comment »

I have a Medion laptop about 3 years old running Windows XP. Recently, the screen background colour has become pink and images have distorting pink patches and stripes. The pink ... Read more..

Flash drives appear as CD-R

Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

USB problem - write protection I have three USB drives - LG, DSE and Verbatum - which have all somehow write- protected themselves - (on three different computers) Each drive has somehow ... Read more..

NAT Connection error

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in networking | No Comments »

NAT Connection error Eric had a problem playing a multiuser game with a "nat connection ... Read more..

WinSpyWare Protect message

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Spyware | No Comments »

Stan is getting a message that he is infected with a virus and should run Winspyware protect to fix it. ... Read more..

A .bin File Is Missing when updating AVG 8

Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in A/V | 2 Comments »

This is Sunday 17th August and attempting up update my AVG 8 free,the update failed, and the reason was no .bin file. I actually removed and reinstalled AVG 8 free and ... Read more..

Auto identification cards and your flight ticket online

Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Disaster recovery, Uncategorized, Virus | No Comments »

Help! I'm being overwhelmed by emails offering free Auto Identification Cards and confirming air tickets with airlines I've never heard of. Do not open the attachments on these emails! This is a ... Read more..

Should I install XP Service Pack 3?

Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Windows XP | 5 Comments »

Is it yet advisable to install SP3 on Windows XP ?Absolutely. We've had few problems with SP3 and the roll up of all the security patches makes it a must ... Read more..

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