http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/ Hardware Repairs Web Site Tips en-us Nucleus CMS v3.24 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/ http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=217 If you want to stand a chance of doing this you need to backup very carefully a few particular files, there will be a .wab file, that contains your address book, or your list of contacts in Outlook Express 6.
Further there will be a .pst file, that contains your Email plus of course your folders that you may have created and put some of your emails in to.
So ok so far....... but remmember that for each individual user on the computer there will be seperate file for each user.]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=217 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:50:25 +1600 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=216 do not want you Laptop or Ultra Book, PC Repaired, and you just can't be bothered to take the old relic down to the local rubbish dump, and it simply will not work, then there is something else you can do----- !!?

"The Computer Amnesty"

Provided your computer is complete, i.e: with all its original parts and software, and provide it is less that 6 years old, and provide you live quite close to Reading in Berkshire. We will come along and make you an offer for it, IE: you hand it over and we give you some cash, i.e : some notes Sterling,,,,, or the Folded stuff~~~ We are now writing a form so you can give us a few details about the computer and we can arrange to come along and make you an offer for the old relic!


"The Computer Amnesty"


"The Computer Amnesty"
The Computer Amnesty . No Kangaroo Courts, No Lynchings and no hanging from the nearest old tree ~~~ No Possy Needed---- The Computer Amnesty Comes to Reading, Henley, Maidenhead, Slough, Knowle Hill, Crazies Hill, Littlewick Green, Shinfield and Bearwood, Sonning and Caversham.

Lock Up Yor Daughters, Hide your Home made Whisky and prepare yourself for the Computer Amnisty!!]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=216 Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:36:14 +1600 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=215
We fixed the power connector by disassembling the laptop and glueing in the connector which was still all in working just fine, into the case. We then used a whole bunch of software to track down the viruses and remove the whole lot. and then we updated the browser from IE 7 to IE 8. Windows XP cannot handle IE 9, so don't try installing that will you!! Then we thought lets just try view our own web page at http://www.chephrenrepairs.com
Oh yer man there is the link to our web site... and what did we see. Our web page with no picture at the top, you know the one of the three laptops at the top of the web page.

Before you jump to conclusions..... there is a way of turning images off in Internet Explorer, Tools, ! Internet Options ! Advanced ! look for the Multimedia Section and you will see a box that says Show pictures. Look you might think that that was the problem, well is was not. Nop, we had the box Show pictures with a black tick in it.
Read on for the answer >>>


Some websites were showing some images, but other images were missing, instead there was a little box with a small red cross in it. It seemed that it was not all images that were replaced by this little cross.

Looks like a strange problem doesn't it......

We got to thinking what to do to nail this little annoying issue..... We decided to download the latest version of Firefox, and did that then used that to view our home page and all the images were present and correct.

Next we uninstalled IE 8 Buy using the add and remove programs icon in the control panel, then once that was done we noticed that the machine was running IE: 7, thats fine we thought.... Then we decided to get the computer to go and find any Windows updates that it needed....... since ie 7 was there, it was able to go to the Microsoft Updates page and it found 6 Windows updates, one of which was Internet Explorer 8. We allowed all updates to download and install, and then we booted the laptop once more. The problem was fixed and we now could see all images on all websites using IE 8. Another Computing problem Solved by www.chephrenrepairs.com]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=215 Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:36:41 +1600 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=214 The Advice in this blog applies to people using Window XP or XP Media Centre, things are slightly different for Vista and Windows 7 and 8 as the default place for my documents is different.

Firstly, You have got to back up all the folders that are My Music for each and every person on the computer. So make sure you have a big enough disk to do that first, and then make sure that you do this for each account on the computer. You must take this step and I recommend that you also get seperately any music that you find in the Shared Music Folder as well.

I Tunes is software from Apple, and you can run it on a Windows PC or on an Apple Macintosh Computer. Now then, Now then..... how about that then Boys and girls....Most people think that I Tunes is simply a piece of software that you can use to download music from I Tunes, but infact it is a lot more than that!

Yep still more people think that it is a piece of software that allows you to simply just download I tunes music and then add CDs that you have brought from various retail outlets. But allas athough that is true, I tunes is more than just that, it is effectively the comunications hub for your digital devices. I tunes allows you to move music onto your i pod, as well as playlists, but understanding whether you can move those back and what syncronising is, is in itself another complete blog article... and one we are going to write,,,,,,, so come back to the "Screetching Bald Eagle"

You may wonder what is the point of this article..... well the point is this, if you are going to run a program to initate a restoring of an image back on to you main hard drive, you will obliterate your entire, I say entire, music collection for every person that uses the computer. However, once you have copied the music folders for every user and checked their size against the files on the computer, you now have a way back to getting all the music, art work and play lists back once more on your computer. Chephrenrepairs.com Tel. 0118 9352873 or 07519 134333.So How do you get all your music back that Itunes had in its librarys? We are going to tell you right here and now.....
You need to clearly restore your computer using the special program that puts the image of windows onto the computer, thats step no. 1.

Now step number 2. Is to put the entire contents of the folder called My Music, back into the place where it would normally live on the computer. Ok here is some help--- say you name is fred, you create and account on the computer called fred, with no password on it and you put the directory My Music in to;
C:\Documents and Settings\fred\My Documents\
its clear that My Music lives inside My Documents. That is that step.

Step no. 3. Now install Itunes, yep do this step after step 2. (Remember if you have I tunes on the computer at this stage, uninstall it....) in order to do so you must uninstall 6 things in a specific order.... we will give this to you in the next blog article so come back to "The Screetching Bald Eagle". Once I tunes is installed, reboot the machine and then log into each and every account on the computer.

Step no. 4. Whilst logged in you simply open up I Tunes, and then be patient ----- I Tunes will go and look for the music and will rebuild its database including all your play lists ---- you must be patient at this stage and leave the computer on clearly! It is really important that you do these steps in the order they are written here.

We do, infact, recommend that you get a program that can backup, or in effect make a copy of your My Music folder on a seperate Hard Disk Drive say once every 3 months say. or one that does this automatically, better still!.]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=214 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:46:35 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=213 Well it depends on what kind of computer engineer you are...... You may find that you buy the drive and get it attached to the computer by using a SATA Data Cable and a Power Cable. But then what if you turn on the computer and the drive just is not there...
I mean can't be seen in My Computer and can not be seen in Disk Management, Computer Management, Disk management (Local). What then huhhh.
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Well i'll tell you, there's a couple of things to think about, and to alter, and I will detail them right here in this blog article...
A SATA port on a computer may be switched off at the bios level and just to make things even harder, "it may be the case that switched off is the default state," so if your motherboard is new from the shop of the factory, then it is very likely that the SATA port is physically there but switched off. This means that it will be switched off every time you boot the computer.... wonderfull aint it!

What you need to do is start the computer and press F2 to go into the bios. Next you need to look throught he bios and find the disks. Next look for the SATA Disks not the Flopply Disk or the PATA Disks, but the SATA Disk. You must turn the port on, but to do so you may need to change the state to on, and press enter to tell the bios that that is your selection (on), and then save your changes in the bios. You may well need to do all three of these things as well as reboot the computer, that is four things ain't it. Now there's a chance that Windows will show the disk as being there, sitting pretty so to say!

Look you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile, and you might ask yourself, theres no point in adding a New Disk if you have not backed up all of your Customers Data to a drive prior to putting the computer back to how it came out of the Factory. If it is at all possible all of the Customers Data should be backed up to a nice new External Drive that has backup software on it, alternatively just an external drive thats working and is large enough.]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=213 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:48:36 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=212 "All you need to do is ask us to sort the computer out,!" we will tell you whats causing the computer to faulter or to just perform absolutely dreadfully....

What ever is wrong with your computer if you want it working properly : call chephrenrepairs.com
We support small businesses and so called SME's and we can support you, if you are a home user or even if you have a small business at home...

Are you just feed up of the silly messages that keep flashing up on the screen, messages like "your computer has detected an overheating problem" or messages like "no operating system found"

Chephrenrepairs operates across Berkshire, and we cover Southern Oxfordshire and some of Northan Hampshire.


Look google Computer Repairs Reading and study the list carefully.....

Look we do not just sort out your computer, we can fix any problems you have with your network or PC or Ultrabook or any issue you have with your Broadband Connection or emails or with your ability to use your broadband connection.



We have an ever increasing series of articles and information on our website, and we do have plans to put a lot more up on many subjects... one thing we are keen on is writing PHP and using MySQL.... so expect to see some more articles about how to instal and configure Apache, PHP and MySQL.

CHEPHRENREPAIRS Find out adverisement in Mera]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=212 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:38:36 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=211 Here is the detail..... Your browser is the program you use to view web pages, you may use IE or Firefox]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=211 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:28:08 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=210 but what are you going to do with the old Computer or Laptop!?
Would you like to make a little cold hard cash and at the same time save yourself some time..
If so why not just contact chephrenrepairs.com, we will offer you some of the folded stuff for your old machine providing it is all in one piece, and providing you live close to Reading in Berkshire, and your old computer is under 6 years old and you have all the bits, even if they are broken.

Essentially we give you a bit of money and deal with keeping your data safe, and we come to you. If we make you an offer you have no need to accept that offer at all, it is a non conditional offer.]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=210 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:17:19 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=209 remember that Apache and PHP are constantly being developed and therefore occassionally they will not work with one another... But there are things you can do to minamise the risk of them not working together and we will mention them here at The Computer Fixer Blog.
Firstly 1/ Make sure you get Apache working first, install it as a service that is designed to run everytime you boot your Computer. The Apache Monitor should be visible in the Task Bar and there should be a little green arrow in the circle, The mointor will report that the Apache Server is running.
Secondly 2/ So test to see if you can put a Web page into the public area of the web server and view it on your own computer, get that working before you think about downloading PHP.
Thirdly 3/If you have previously got Apache working with PHP on another computer and it works fine consider getting the installation file for Apache, PHP and MySQL and burn them to a DVD and use them for your installation on to your computer or Laptop, after all you know they work together don't You!
Fourthly 4/ Remember that PHP is downloadable from the PHP Website, but you should steer away from the Automatic installer and instead Go for the Windows Binery that is a Zip file. In other words you are going to download a Zip file to your Computer and then Create a Directory called PHP in the root of your hard drive. You will be unzipping the whole thing into there.]]> General http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=209 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:54:17 +1700 http://chephrenrepairs.com/nuc/index.php?itemid=208 Fortunately I am going to tell you here how to do that.
I am talking about Outlook Express 6 HERE:
In order to find the location of the files that are in effect the ones you want to retain in order to retain your emails do this:
Open up Outlook Express in the normal way, use the start button and probably Email Outlook Express will be in the menu..
Once Outlook Express is open Go to Tools ! Options ! Maintenance ! Srore Folder...
Now you can copy that path or location using the normal swipe and right click choose copy.
Now go to Start ! Run and in the white box paste the location, hit return and you will see the files blinking at you in a box.
You are interested in the ones ending .dbx ok.
Copy all of them and put them on a disk that is in good nick then do that again you can not have two many backups of these important files.
If you have to rebuild you computer due to a virus attack then the new build will also have a location for these files, but notice that it will not be precisely the same place, essentially it will be similar but not precisely the same. Find yor files, find you new folder location, and copy the files not move copy, into the folder location. Then restart Outlook Express, you must restart it!
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