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OUR SUPPLIERSUsing extended and on site warranties is providing a lower cost of ownership of hardware. HP has a 3yr warranty on most items. Arche have a 2yr on site warranty and a 5 year RTB (Return to base).Start upR/Click - Start - Open Programs - StartupThese programs are always run when your computer loads. Each is running using memory and resources e.g. FASTFIND Create a new directory named startsav and move unwanted icons to this directory.Ink RefillsBeware if manufacturer does not guarantee to pay for any damage to the printer. A faulty refill damaged a Canon printer and the cost was $750. Ink cartridges have an expiry date. Have one spare black only.Printer InkHP series. The black and colour have high and low capacity. Each series uses a different black and colour. A soon as a faint line appears have one spare black to continue your business prints.W98 Active Desktop & Screen formatRight Click on the blank part of the screen (Desktop). Properties.Screen Saver - Turn off if a file server. (or use Blank screen)exonet-net - turn off large iconsweb - We suggest turn off the View my active desktop as a web page. This appears to resolve some computer freeze problems.Settings - the screen area and colours settings are on this tab. Beware - Older monitors and video cards will not handle true colour and / or 800 x 600 resolution.Settings Advanced Gives many more options which 10-20 year old boys (and fiddlers) love to play with.If the screen is unreadable this can be reset by using Shift + F8 when loading. Safe mode allows the setting to be changed.ResilienceI have just had a payroll computer wipe out the bios which corrupted the hard disk which corrupted windows which had to be reloaded which corrupted the network drivers then the cashbook would not work and the internet would not work to get the cashbook repair......Do you have a computer like this? Some 6 hrs of my time later!!Have a backup plan and test it!! It takes me at least 4 hrs if I have a computer or a hard disk failDRIVERS This is the software that links your operating system e.g. Windows 98 to your hardware egg HP 810 printer. Wrong or incorrectly installed drivers will give you those intermittent network, printer and many other errors. Get the latest drivers from the internet.
Computer site Sizes Mainframe Mini WAN LAN Single Pc UPS(Uninterruptible Power supply ) This is a mains voltage power source for a computer. In simplified terms there is a battery charger, a battery and a 230 volt AC converter in the box supplied. The greater the VA rating the longer the computer will run without mains power. This gives a between 5 - 10 minutes to close down the computer.
Anti glare ScreensMake sure these are earthed. HDD damage New HardwareRecord your changes. Save your old hardware profile before adding the new driver. In Windows 98 use Control Panel-System-HW Profile-Copy 001127-(YYMMDD) If your additions fail you can return to the old configuration. The faulty driver / device can then be removed.
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To test if most new Games will run. Don’t purchase a game needing Hardware 3D acceleration (e.g. roller coaster) if the tests don’t work
START RUN DXDIAG DISPLAY tab Test Direct3D Will test DIRECT 3D This is used by games Yes Use Hardware accelerated Direct 3D 7 OK Did you see a spinning Cube with the Direct X Logo Yes Use Hardware accelerated Direct 3D 8 Ok Did you see a spinning Cube with the Direct X Logo Yes Use Hardware accelerated Direct 3D 9
Did you see a spinning Cube with the Direct X Logo Yes
No problems found. To test DirectDraw functionality, click the "Test DirectDraw" button above. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.
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