Archive for the 'PC Tech Support' Category

Totally Free & Awesome Tweak Utility

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The following utility is recommended for advanced user only as you can potentially cause serious problems if used incorrectly. If you are using Windows XP or above, it's advised that you make a system restore before making any changes to your system as an extra precaution.
If you really want to squeeze every last ounce of […]

“Biosinfo.inf is missing or corrupt” after Upgrading XP To Service Pack 3

Friday, May 9th, 2008

DONT PANIC - This article includes a relatively easy fix for this problem without having to reinstall Windows - Please read on…
I was running Window XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and I recently upgraded using auto update to Service Pack 3. After restarting I got "Biosinfo.inf is missing or corrupt". I tried going […]

Unlock Your BT Home Hub Totally FREE

Friday, April 25th, 2008

In case you don't already know, a BT Home Hub is basically a Thomson 7G Wireless Router with BT firmware installed (operating software stored on the Hub). The BT firmware provides a neat user friendly front end (Hub Manager), but it disables access to masses of features normally available and forces it to connect […]

Maplins - No Refunds!

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

A friend of mine brought an Ati Radeon X1550 AGP graphics card from Maplins in Birmingham City Centre (UK) a week ago at the time of writing.
I spent hours trying to get the card to work on PC in question, here is a summary of the specification:
CPU Type:   2x AMD Athlon MP, 2000 […]

Cheap PCs - From £16 Or £90 For A High Spec

Friday, January 18th, 2008

If you have a slow PC or you've got hardware problems like intermittent freezing or worse, often it's easier just to buy a replacement PC, rather than upgrading or spending ages trying to fix the problem. Now it can actually be cheaper too. If you are thinking of paying for an engineer to fix a […]

99p USB 4 Way Hub

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I brought a “Link It” USB 4 Way Hub from the 99p Stores, I think they are also available in Poundland. Obviously this is ridiculously cheap.
Well it doesn’t always pay to buy cheap. I tried using the Hub to connect a printer, a BT Home Hub (Thomson 7G Router) and a 1GB USB Flash Card […]