Self-Help

Are you having problems with your PC and aren't sure what to do? While we always welcome your business, there are often simple solutions you can try to resolve the problem yourself. Browse through all of the posts below, or find the particular category you need in the menu on the right.

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• If it ticks, it IS a timebomb
     Computers are supposed to be quiet. If you hear tick tick tick… don’t turn your PC off!!! Grab floppies, flash drives, whatever you have, and back up your data BEFORE you do anything else. And don’t turn off your PC - it might not start back up again. What you are hearing is the hard drive. [...]
• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 IMPORTANT UPDATE
     Maybe you’ll want to wait a little bit before installing SP1. People are reporting problems, and serious ones. Some organizations are recommending holding off, as in this story by InformationWeek. Attempt the update if you are comfortable addressing the issues of reinstalling video drivers, etc. But if you are clueless [...]
• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Now Available
     Microsoft has finally released Service Pack 1 for Vista, which fixes a lot of bugs and performance problems, and adds drivers to support more hardware devices. Windows Update will download and install SP1. If you have a problem with a device (e.g., your printer) after SP1 is installed, try uninstalling and [...]
• Free Microsoft Online Training
     Did you know that Microsoft has all sorts of free training resources available to you on their web site? Check out their Office Training Home Page. For example, for those of you using Outlook 2003 without an Exchange Server to store your data, there is a course explaining where your saved messages [...]
• Don’t Forget - Daylight Savings Time Begins Saturday March 8th!
     This is the second year to “spring forward” with the new schedule. Did you apply Windows updates last year on your PC to get the fixes for the changed schedule? Did you restore your computer since then and now need to reapply these fixes? Call us if your clock or calendar appear [...]