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Springfield House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ Tel No: 01786 406448 Hi I’m Chris the owner of ComTech. I am just a regular guy who loves fixing (and sometimes breaking!!) computers for a living. I have a passion for Linux and … Continue reading
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How to replace Lilo with Grub
I have been having some ‘issues’ with Lilo recently on a Debian LXDE system and thought it was about time I replaced it with Grub instead. This is how you do it. Open up a terminal and type: sudo apt-get … Continue reading
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Tagged computer repair, debian, grub, IT Support, laptop repairs, lilo, replace, stirling
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No init found. Try passing init=bootarg
No init found. Try passing init=bootarg. This error has come up frequently over the last couple of days on my Debian LXDE system. After one too many times I decided to go looking for a solution. After searching the net … Continue reading
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Tagged computer repair, debian, IT Support, laptop repair, lxde, No init found. Try passing init=bootarg, stirling
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Home Users
Springfield House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ Tel No: 01786 406448 Below is a list of some of the services I can offer you: Maintenance and repairs (PC and laptop). This can be anything from replacement laptop screens to resetting your Windows … Continue reading
How to make an ISO file from a CD / DVD using Linux
Something a little bit different today. I am going to show you how to make an ISO file from a CD / DVD using Linux. This is very useful when you lose the CD you are after and need to … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, computer repair, DVD, iso, IT Support, laptop repair, linux, make, stirling
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How to install .run files
Today I will show you how to install .run files. I had to do this yesterday when I downloaded the updated hp linux drivers for my Linux Mint 13 system. This is how I installed it. Open up a terminal … Continue reading
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Tagged .run files, computer repair, comtech, hp linux drivers, install, IT Support, laptop repair, stirling
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How to check the status of your hard drive using SeaTools
Today I will show you how to check the status of your hard drive. There are tools built into Windows which will accomplish such tasks (eg chkdsk) however they are useless if you can’t boot into the system to use … Continue reading
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Tagged check, computer repair, comtech, hard drive, IT Support, laptop repair, seatools, stirling, virtualbox, windows 7
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Emails keep on getting stuck in Outlook 2007 outbox
Came across this last week while working on a clients laptop with Microsoft Outlook 2007 installed. The problem they had was now and again they would send an email but it would get as far as the outbox and then … Continue reading
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Tagged computer repair, emails getting stuck, IT Support, laptop repair, outbox, outlook 2007, outlook 2010, stirling
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Send / Receive is very slow in Outlook 2007
Today I will discuss the send /receive function in Microsoft Outlook and in particular why it sometimes runs very slowly. These suggestions have been tested on Microsoft Outlook 2007 but should also work on Outlook 2010. 1. Disable Outlook Add-ins … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, 2010, computer repair, IT Support, outlook, pst file, send / receive, stirling, very slow
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Microsoft Office 2010 Invalid product key
You have purchased a new shiny copy of Microsoft Office 2010 and are in the process of installing it. Up comes the product key screen so you enter your product key and get the error message: Your key is not … Continue reading
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Tagged computer repair, invalid product key, IT Support, laptop repair, microsoft, office 2010, stirling, trial version
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