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Business IT

Springfield House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ Tel No: 01786 406448 Along with desktop and laptop repairs (hardware and software) I offer the following services to my business clients in and around the Stirling area. 1. Microsoft Windows Small Business Server … Continue reading

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ComTech – IT Support and repairs in Stirling

Springfield House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ Tel No: 01786 406448         Welcome to ComTech ComTech has been helping to solve IT issues for both small businesses and home clients throughout the Stirling area since April 2010.  I … Continue reading

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Profile

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 start programs at login in Debian LXDE

Today I will show you how to start programs at login in Debian LXDE.  Even though I am using Debian LXDE these steps will work on any distribution using LXDE. LXDE uses the ./config/autostart file to load programs at startup … Continue reading

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How to set up a DNS Server on Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”

Today we are going to set up and configure a DNS Server on Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”.  We will be using the bind9 package which does not come by default so we will need to install it. Open up a terminal … Continue reading

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OS British Grid Reference Blackberry App

I do a lot of walking and climbing in the mountains and regularly use my map and compass to navigate when the weather gets bad and apart from some slight mishaps over the years have never got lost.  I will … 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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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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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

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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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