Weaver Computer Services

Happy New Year !!

Happy new year to all our customers , last year we helped more customers than the previous year, and not only this but we also introduced more new services and technologies, including CCTV equipment for home or businesses (www.bigbrother-cctv.co.uk).

We have now also launched our new online store (www.weavercomputerservices.co.uk/shop) that allows you to pre-order and collect from store. If you would like to register your details to receive offers and discount vouchers for the store please email them to me at info@weavercomputerservices.co.uk

We will be listing more products in the next week or so, we are expecting to be able to build our own laptops very soon to your spec just like we do with 95% of the PC's we sell.

On a not so happy note, we have been inundated with calls and customers reporting a new virus thats doing the rounds (and no its not the flu !) its a variant of the XP-antivirus 2008/9 that we say in the summer and is displaying itself as XP Anti-virus 360.

If you do get infected we can clean this off, we are very busy with this virus so please call to book in on 01270 626767

PC Centre is now registered with Computer Repair companies

The PC Centre is now a member of the computer repair companies in cheshire, with the number of cowboy outfits out there at the moment we feel that we need to enforce our honest and professional approach to business.

http://www.computerrepaircompanies.co.uk/cheshire/

PC Centre adheres to Code of Practice

The PC Centre is now a member of Computer Repairs Net, we adhere to their code of conduct and have access to a country wide forum for I.T. Support. Our page can be found here http://computer-repairs-net.com/cw_crewe_computer_repairs .

IE Huge security Flaw

Microsoft are trying to fix a huge security hole in Microsofts internet browser, the problem isnt just localised to IE7 but also its other browsers. We recommend using another browser such as Opera, mozilla or firefox for the time being. For more information please read the BBC technical article here

US Shuts down Scare-ware sellers

According to this BBC Article, the US is moving to shut down the suppliers of so called "Scare-Ware" software. Scareware software is software that scans your pc for viruses, porn and more and always comes back with the kind of results that would scare anyone into buying their software to remedy the solution, at about $40 - $60 a pop. At the PC Centre Nantwich we were over-run with PC's during the summer that were infected with scareware, the most popular was Vundo virus (XP Anti-virus 2009).

If you have noticed software running that you havent installed then you could be infected by scareware or a virus.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7779223.stm

Ofcom to monitor ISP's

As of the 5th December 2008 Ofcom will be monitoring ISP's (internet service providers) to ensure that they are adearing to a new agreement.

The code requires net firms to:

• Give new customers an accurate estimate of the maximum speed their line can support.

• Explain how technical issues could slow speeds and give advice about how to combat these problems.

• Downgrade a customer's deal, at no penalty, if line speeds are a lot lower than the original estimate.

If your changing ISP's check to see if they are signed up to the new agreement.

This should stop people signing up to the "up to 8Mb" schemes but receive lower

10% Discount off ink

We are offering for a limited period 10% discount off all our inks instore. With everything else going up, and the credit crunch we are offering this discount off our inks. We supply original and compatible inks for Epson, Canon and HP.

We can only offer these inks for a limited time so stock up while you can.

Nvidia Launches Physx drivers

Nvidia have now released its physx drivers that allow 8 series G92 core graphics cards to use its core GPU as a physx processor. By utilising the superfast cores on the Nvidia cards your pc is able to play games that incorporate millions of moving and movable particles without impeding on the performance of the PC. If your PC trys to manage these millions of particles, moving objects and interactive materials without the aid of a Physx card or physx drivers then you will be lucky to reach anything more than 20FPS (on a Q6600, 8800GTS), however with the help of the Physx card you may get 60+. On the Nvidia website there is also a free game called Warmonger which utilises the physx drivers to a great extent, its great fun to shoot up planks of wood and watch them splinter into realistic pieces and in a realistic manner or shoot a flapping flag and watch it rip and tare and flap in 2 parts. If this is the future of gaming I cant wait for the new titles to be released, but it not only uses the GPU for physx it can also be used for video encoding using the bada-boom application (demo available from the website). I personally think ATI have seriously got their work cut out to achieve the same on their cards. Get the latest drivers from here

Competition Winner

Congratulations to Chris Smith who has won our free Ipod draw, the winner was drawn out randomly on the 6th September 2008 and was presented by Craig Roberts (Owner) of the PC Centre Nantwich.

We will be starting a new competition on the 1st October 2008 for our customers.

XBOX 360 Red Ring of Death???

Having had my Xbox 360 fail with the 3 red ring of death, and not wanting to spend money on a new one I decided to do a little research and fix it myself, afterall its only a PC. Well the good news is that after stripping it down it now works fine, I dont know how long for but its working now. If yours is the same then please contact us and maybe able to fix it for you, however if you have purchased it within the last 3 years then contact Microsoft first as they have extended their warranty to 3 years due to the faults. I might have any warranty now but atleast its working.