Category: Computers

Got another Flyer job for today…

Tracey, from Affinity Home Care Group over in Market Street gave me a call about Flyer Printing this morning. After a brief chat & a couple of emails, all was sorted without a problem. Good artwork means fast turnarounds!

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Then, after a run of “Brain Picking” from a few folks passing by, and sorting out a clients email problem, It’s time to see what’s going on with a little red Acer laptop that’s not playing ball.

It’s very slow to boot (about 10min), and is crawling along once it has finally loaded. A quick inspection of the Hard Drive, and everything becomes clear. Poor thing is flat out doing nothing, meaning the hard drive is on it’s last legs.

As the machine has only had reasonably light use over it’s 4 year lifetime, I would have expected better. However, my clent advised me that the laptop has travelled extensively throughout Europe, in a Camper Van.

Thousands of miles of vibrations, knock’s & bumps would explain the damage to an older style “Mechanical” hard drive. No problem though, In with a nice new “Solid State Drive”, Transfer client documents & files, and a fresh installation of Windows 10 to finish.

It’s booting up in about 20 seconds now, and behaving itself pottering around the net, and dealing with everyday tasks with ease.

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Last job for today is a short run of A4 Posters for the Newtown Textile Museum.

Well worth a visit too!

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And we are off with a high speed turnaround on some A5 Flyers, for a local Autioneer, that are needed by this Friday (Wed’s Today!).

Not a problem for Bluesdigital….

After a final edit @4pm, they are off to my commercial printers & should be with my client by 3pm on Friday, Phew!

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Next job is for a local newsletter.

630x Double Sided pages later, and we’re done. (Poor Printers were steaming after that lot)

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Last job for today is a Windows 7 Zoostorm PC that is suffering with a dodgy hard drive. As it’s got a decent CPU & 6Gb of RAM, It’s a good candidate for refurbishing.

In goes a nice new SSD & fresh install of Windows 10, and it’s turning out to be a snappy old fella!

Should keep the client going for a few years yet, and it’s good to recycle too….

Flyers & Leaflets

Kev “the taxi” popped in to grab his latest batch of Business Cards.

Just needed to add his new email address, “Disability Transport” message & tweak the design a little to fit it all in.

Then off to my commercial printers, to be reproduced on his usual Premium 450gsm matt laminated card stock. Such a lovely finish on these, with the highly tactile matt lamination. They leave a great impression with clients, are highly durable & waterproof too!

See what you think……..

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Next up, Paolo (La Terrazza) is back again with a few updates to his drink’s & pizza menu’s. All completed in just 30min.

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Then to finish the day, a client has dropped off a nice little Acer Aspire laptop that’s freezing up badly, after upgrading to Windows 11. Turns out to be some corrupt partitions after upgrading from a “Factory” installed Windows 10. A clean installation of an original Windows 11, (as opposed to Acer, Dell, HP etc’s version), a pile of Driver & Windows updates, and the little Acer is flying along nicely.

The client will return in a few weeks to upgrade the RAM from 4Gb to 8/12Gb, when funds allow!

Have a nice Weekend

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For more computer services, pop in to see us at Frolic House ( between Newtown Medical Practice and Newtown Driving Test Centre )| Call 01686 610 106 | Message 0783 222 7823

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