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Shiny New Blog
Mar 26th
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Welcome to our shiny new Blog with loads of cunning features like twitter integration, for up to the minute news and information from Southern Cross, one-click printing and social network tools!
This is all part of an exciting re-branding of the socross.co.uk, website with all of our new exciting services including communications, web-design & hosting and digital media.
Check back soon and see everything we have to offer! Or why not follow us on Twitter!
New Year, New Services!!!
Jan 8th
Happy new year from Southern Cross.
Sorry we haven’t posted anything for a while but we have been very busy preparing a range of new exciting new services.
These new services include:
On-line file storage – access your files from anywhere & share them on-line!
Data Recovery – accidentally deleted a file? we have the power to get it back!
Telephone Systems – economical & extremely versatile VoIP and ISDN systems!
VHS to DVD Transfer – new hardware and software provides excellent quality!
More details on all of these services will be coming soon!
This Summer Please Remember 2 Things…
Aug 10th
Dogs Die In Hot Cars!
Computers Die In Hot Rooms!
This summer as temperatures rise into the thirties low twenties if we’re lucky, spare a thought for your computers.
Computers generate a lot of heat, much like a car engine, if left to its own devices a computer will generate so much heat that it will break down.
To stop this from happening all computers use a cooling system, usually comprising of fans and heat-sinks, designed to keep a cool breeze blowing through the machine.
In the long term overheating can cause permanent damage, in the short term the symptoms are extremely annoying.
Symptoms May Include:
- System Crashes
- Lockups
- Random Reboots
- Extremely Slow Performance
Steps you can take to prevent overheating:
- Ensure all vents on your PC/ laptop are uncovered and not clogged up with dust
- Leave at least 2 inches around your PC/Laptop for good air flow
- Avoid leaving your computers running in rooms with no ventilation
If you still have any of these symptoms after performing the steps above then chances are that your cooling system needs maintenance. These are much easier to fix than a burnt-out processor or motherboard so if you have these symptoms contact us ASAP!
Free Spring Clean & Health Check
May 11th
Reply to this post to be entered into our free prize draw!
That’s right. Southern Cross Computing is offering a free computer health check and spring clean (up to 1 hour) worth up to £75 to one lucky customer.
To be in with a chance of winning simply leave a reply to this post by the 31st of May (2009).
Broken Registry?
Apr 29th
Watch out for software that edits the registry!!!
At Southern Cross we have had to fix a number of ”broken” registries. And while we are getting very good at it, prevention is always better than cure so please read on.
Hello world
Mar 22nd
The Socross blog is now live and kicking, stay tuned for news, hints & tips and of course humour from Mike, Hilary & Jason at Southern Cross Computing
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