IT Solutions Computer Repair Centre

Is your laptop running slow, having software issues, or dealing with a broken screen? At IT Solutions, we specialize in giving your laptop a new lease of life.

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Is your computer running a bit slow?

Do you have to make a cup of tea while it is booting up?

If so, we can help, upgrading your hard drive for a solid-state drive (SSD) is a superb upgrade for a sluggish computer. We can clone your existing drive over and give the machine a full PC MOT.

If you have any questions please give us a call on 01298 22396 or bring your machine into the office.

We have had 3 people in this week who have fallen for these types of scams. If you are not expecting the call then it is going to be a scam. Do not give anyone remote access to your computer.

If you have any questions give us a call on 01298 22396 or message on Facebook and we will help.

🚨Watch out for scams involving remote access to your computer. Over £57M was lost to them last year.

✅ Never allow remote access to your computer following an unsolicited call, text message or browser pop-up.

We are now closed for a week, opening again on Tuesday 15th March.

If you need something urgent, please email:

[email protected]

I will reply when I can to anything marked
urgent.

Thanks
Stuart

If you are going to the shop today...

Merry Christmas!

Is your computer running a bit slow?

Do you have to make a cup of tea while it is booting up?

If so, we can help, upgrading your hard drive for a solid-state drive (SSD) is a superb upgrade for a sluggish computer. We can clone your existing drive over, give you a full PC MOT and turn your old drive into an external backup drive.

If you have any questions please give us a call on 01298 22396 or bring your machine into the office.

We are now closed for a small break, back open again on Tuesday the 17th of August.

😁

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Lake of Lights 2020 - Remember your loved ones.

Virtual Lake of Lights 2020 (created with ema) I’ve supported the Thomas Theyer Foundation and donated in memory of my loved one.

Our opening hours have changed for today only, we are open from 10am - 4pm for you to drop any machines off for repair. We are hoping to have all repairs complete before the lockdown on Thursday.

If you have any queries please drop us a message via social media or give us a call on 01298 22396.

Has anyone got an old laptop they don't need?

We will be re-opening on Tuesday 9th June, subject to government advice. We are taking steps to make sure shopping with us is safe and to make sure repair turnaround times are as fast as possible, to minimise disruption.

Initially, repairs will be booked on an appointment only basis and this will be reviewed going forward.

Getting in touch is simple, call 01298 22396 or message us on Facebook.

As many of you will know, we have been open throughout the lockdown for advice, so do continue to get in touch to discuss any of your IT requirements.

Stuart
IT Solutions

We are proud to be working with the High Peak Foodbank and are offering to refurbish any machines you no longer need to help people in these difficult times. Either get in touch with the Foodbank or message us directly. Thanks

Unfortunately, due to the government announcement on the 23rd March 2020, our office is currently closed. We hope to open as soon as restrictions are lifted.

However, we are offering a range of remote support services so if you need any help whilst working from home please give us a call on the mobile number 07725 804 442 or message us via social media.

Many thanks

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Whilst our office on Hardwick Street is still open six days a week for all of your IT requirements, we recognise that not everyone will be comfortable or able to make the trip in these difficult times.

If you are newly working from home and are experiencing any IT issues with your hardware or home network, we are here to help.

With remote support available, assistance is only a phone call away.

Give us a call or leave a message on 01298 22396 and we’ll take it from there.

Sending best wishes to all of our valued customers.

The wonderful Isabella and Jemima have been busy again! Spending their own pennies at that! This time donating some much needed toiletries! If you're also wondering what to donate, at the moment we really need the following..
Sugar
Dog food
Tinned potatoes
Rice
Jars of pasta and curry cooking sauce.

But we are fully stocked and don't currently need...
Tinned soups
Baked beans
Pasta
Tinned tomatoes.

Thank you!!

Microsoft are stopping support for Windows 7 on the 14th of January 2020. You will need to upgrade to Windows 10 if you want to stay safe.

Bring your machine in or give us a call on 01298 22396 to discuss the best options going forward.

We are back! The office is open until 17:30 today. We have a few laptops ready to go if anyone has some Christmas money left over.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Anybody free?

We are looking for helpers for The Lake of lights event on December 7th, if you or anyone you know could spare a few hours that evening please get in touch.

Please share!

With this hot weather we are seeing an increase of computers being brought in that are suffering from overheating issues (aren't we all?) this is mainly due to the cooling fans being clogged with dust.

Bring them in for a service. We'll clean inside your PC or laptop, and re-apply fresh thermal compound to make your computer run a lot cooler.

01298 22396

We are closed this Saturday due to the carnival being on and roads being shut around town. Open on Monday morning at 09:30 as usual.

We have some good deals on SSD upgrades at the moment too, get in touch if you machine is running a bit slow.

01298 22396

Please read this and share it.

Every week we have customers come in who have been scammed by people on the phone who get them to access their online banking and transfer money away.

The BBC have done an episode of Rip Off Britain about the problem, which you can watch below.

Share this with all your friends and family and anyone not on social media give them a call and let them know what is happening.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00052s1/rip-off-britain-series-11-episode-9

Rip Off Britain - Series 11: Episode 9 The case of a woman tricked into helping fraudsters raid her bank account.

Off to the shops? Grab an item for the foodbank

This week we have none of the following in stock ...

1.Shampoo
2.Conditioner
3. Deodorant (esp men's)
4. Shower gel.

So, next time you're down the shops please give us a thought. Ta!

42% of used hard drives sold through eBay still contain sensitive data according to new research. If you are disposing of or selling some IT equipment we can help.

We can secure dispose of old hard drives or format them so no data can be recovered.

Give us a call on 01298 22396

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/42-of-used-hard-drives-sold-on-ebay-still-contain-sensitive-data

42% of used hard drives sold on eBay still contain sensitive data | Action Fraud 42% of used hard drives purchased through eBay still contain sensitive data according to new research from a leading international data security company.

Windows 7 is due to have it's mainstream support stopped at the beginning of next year (more on this in a later post) but it got us thinking about the old faithful Windows XP. If you miss it too, click the link below

https://winxp.now.sh/

This website recreates XP - including working versions of Paint, Winamp, Minesweeper and more. Be reminded of what you're missing. 😉

WinXP - Web based Windows XP A web based Windows XP desktop recreation! Try Minesweeper, Internet Explorer in your browser!