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Simple steps to fix a problem with your printer
Posted by sporg
Don’t you hate problems with printers? I do, my problem is that I can never remember where to start when troubleshooting a problem. Well never fear I found a way to get the process started and it is in plain simple english so that everyone can use it to figure out common problems with printers. This great tool is Microsoft’s very own printer troubleshooter. Follow these steps to find the printer troubleshooter and all you have to do is follow the simple instructions given.
- Click Start.
- Click Help and Support.
- Under Pick a Help topic, Click Fixing a problem.
- On the left hand side you will find a list. Click Printing Problems.
- Now on the right hand side click Printer Troubleshooter.
Form here you can tell the troubleshooter what kind of problem you are having and then follow the easy instructions until you find the problem. Although this method will only solve the most common printer issues it is always a good place to start.
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UK Gov’t Agency Tells Schools Not Too Upgrade To Vista
Posted by sporg
During my normal daily read, I came across this article from the PC World website. Where a UK Government agency has recommended that Schools do not upgrade to Vista, Or office 2007 as there are no features that make it worth the cost.
I think Office 2007 has some nice feature and is worth using if the computers can handle the extra load. But I have to agree with them about Vista. Apart from the new look there is not much there that is different from XP. On top of that a lot of machine will need upgrading to handle Vista and I just don’t see any benefit from it. At least not in an office environment. I’m beginning to believe a lot of organisations may just wait for the next version of windows before doing anything large scale.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the upgrade topic
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Nicholas Carr has predicts that the IT department is dead
Posted by sporg
While online today looking through my normal RSS feeds I found an article from Slashdot where CmdrTaco has reported that Nicholas Carr’s new book claims that the IT department is dead. There is quite a lot of discussion on the topic on Slashdot (link below).
I don’t think the IT department is going anywhere. IT users are far too used to being able to call someone and get there problems sorted out quickly. Yes outsourcing IT is the latest craze but I think a lot of companies that have gone down this path are now finding out that it’s not all bells and whistles like the presentation made it look. Big applications can benefit from outsourcing but nothing can manage the day to day issues like a local IT department.
There is also an argument that outsourcing companies are only involved when there is a problem where local IT departments practice prevention rather than just cure.
What do you think?
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