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April 18, 2008 - According to Systweak:

Do you know how Vista Is Hurting Your PC ?
While Vista may very well be the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft, there are some very unusual things going on that the average user doesn’t realize. If your computer is behaving oddly, and performance seems to be at an all-time low, you’re probably a victim of the dreaded Vista “experience”.


If you can answer "Yes" to at least one of these questions, you’ve got a Vista-related problem:

 

  • Is your Vista system slow booting up or shutting down?
  • Does it take longer to load programs than it used to?
  • Do games or video-intensive programs seem to hang or slow way down?
  • Do you find your system running low on memory more frequently?
  • Are you tired of poor performance and having to reboot more often?

     

    Sounds like you need some help. But don’t feel bad; you’re not alone.

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    According to recent surveys more than 90% of VISTA PCs become slower within one month of regular use!

    One month! And after that, performance continues to degrade, month after month, until you’re left with a barely-usable system that’s so frustrating to use that you can hardly bear to turn it on.

    • Primary Computer Service suggests that if you are 'a victim of the dreaded Vista “experience”', please call 713-827-1300 for a consultation.

    January 18, 2008

    XP Antivirus 2008 successfully removed by RogueRemover 1.2.3

    December 22, 2007

    XP would not run Microsoft updates after repairing OS with SP2. 

    If you experience this problem, follow these steps to re-register the file wups2.dll in Windows XP
     
    1. Stop the Windows Automatic Updates Service via the command prompt

       
      bulletClick on Start, Run
      bulletType CMD and Click Ok
      bulletAt the command prompt, type the following command, then press Enter

      net stop wuauserv

       
    2. Re-Register the WUPS2.DLL file

       
      bulletStill at the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter

      regsvr32   %windir%\system32\wups2.dll

       
    3. Restart the Automatic Updates Service

       
      bulletAt the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing Enter after each.

      net start wuauserv
      exit

       
    4. Restart your computer, and run Windows Update again. This time the updates should download and install properly.
    5. From http://www.pchell.com/support/windows_updates_download_but_wont_install.shtml
       

     

     

    September 12, 2006

    Time command for Windows 2000 PDC: NET TIME /SETSNTP:tick.uh.edu

    August 14, 2006

    Purity scan masquerades as a program to remove pornography from computer.

    June 22, 2006

    I found a great reference for writing CDs in windows XP

    May 30, 2006

    Xcleaner, a fast Malware scanner can be downloaded at http://www.xblock.com/freeware.php
     

    May 20, 2006

    Spywarequake successfully removed by Webroot's Spy Sweeper

    February 10, 2006

    I just finished setting up e-mail service for an interesting new customer that provides charter cruises on a 50 foot yacht:  http://www.firstladypennylover.com

    December 25, 2005

    Difficult things are done right away, the impossible may take a little longer - I fell and shattered both heals.  The doctor says I may be in a wheel chair for 3-4 months. 

    November 30, 2005

    Sober Virus Cleanup for Trend Micro Internet Security 2005

    http://kb.trendmicro.com/solutions/search/main/search/solutionDetail.asp?solutionID=23265

    November 21, 2005

    Is your PC shutting down randomly, not responding or restarting?

    It may be infected by a virus or a worm.

    Are you having performance issues with your pc?  It may have spyware or adware on it causing it to slow down.

    For $159.00, Primary Computer Service can perform your annual system tune to address these issues.

    Call 713-827-1300

     

     

    Apache Authentication

    October 3, 2005 - Left click on start and right click on explore in Windows XP produces "Unable to create an
    instance of required object: ServerAdmin".  Solution is to rename/delete a little file called Cfshellftprds.dll

    October 3, 2005 - Setting up well known ports for the Linksys BEFSX41 Router/Firewall.

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    http:  80 udp/tcp

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    ftp: 20-21 udp/tcp

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    dns: 53 udp/tcp

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    terminal server: 3389 tcp

    October 3, 2005 - Customer called with OS corruption on computer.  He called the manufacturer who said his files could not be recovered - NOT TRUE!  The manufacturer had him load the recovery cd and therefore he lost all documents.  NEVER load recovery disk or format hard drive without first saving crucial data.  ALWAYS call 713-827-1300 first to avoid loosing data.

    October 3, 2005 - Customer lost internet explorer when pressing F12 in Dreamweaver with IE closed.  We tried to reinstall it from the install files in the IE directory on the hard drive.  The OS was at SP2.  Apparently the IE install was suited for SP1 and after the install, Windows would not boot.  Fortunately we had a backup of the OS and after restoring the Windows directory the computer booted properly.

    September 15, 2005 - Customer reported unable to ftp to primarycomputer.net.  We could not ping the site from dnsstuff.  SBC said there was nothing wrong with the modem if 4/5 lights were green, however, when replacing the ADSL modem, pings from outside worked.  Then the ip kept changing.  The DHCP lease time was set to 10 minutes so I changed it to 300 days.  Ping is rejected to the modem when the Linksys BEFSX41 router enables Block Anonymous Internet Requests.

    September 13, 2005 - Linksys BEFSX41 router quit routing after lightning strike and power interruption even though the router and the computer equipment connected were on battery backup and did not loose power.  Solution - The equipment that couldn't route apparently had corrupted information about the default gateway, so cycling power on the client equipment solved the routing problem.

    September 12, 2005 - What is the difference between Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL?

    1. Price - Access is available for $300-$800; SQL is available for $5000-$20000

    2. Power - Access handles tables in the 2GB range while SQL handles 1,048,516 TB

    3. SQL is more scalable, secure and robust

    4. Hardware requirements are greater for SQL than Access

    5. For everything you ever wanted to know and then some, see the following excellent article by Alexander Chigrik
       

    September 9, 2005 - I have just found a heating problem in the HP Proliant ML110 server box.  The customer reported the screen was locked on the windows logo.  I thought there was excessive heat surrounding the back of the case which was stuck in a corner under a desk.  This led to the observation that the computer seemed to work with the cover off, however with the first reset after failure, the SCSI drive made excessive calibration noise.  It seemed that the LSILOGIC controller was running rather hot with a USB PCI card next to it.  The solution was to move the USB card farther away, move the SCSI drive to a more ventilated spot and place a CPU fan on the LSILOGIC card.