Preferred Computer Solutions Newsletter September 2007

August 2008
In this issue

√ PTS Wins Top Partner
    Award in Chicago
√ PC Problems You
    Can Fix
√ Microsoft Demo
√ Laws You May
    Choose to Ignore
√ For Laughs

Create a design scheme to brand your business publications

To ensure that all your company publications and marketing materials reinforce your business brand, it's important that your logo, colors, fonts, and other branding elements are used in a consistent way. Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 makes it easy to choose and save design details and business information — including a company logo — to use whenever you want to create a business card, data sheet, brochure, or other business publication.

Start with a predesigned scheme and then customize the color, font, page format, and more. You'll see your choices reflected instantly in a design preview as you click through the options. When you're finished, save the customized scheme to use in all your business publications. Watch the demo to see how it's done.

Just for Laughs

PTS Wins the coveted Seismic “TOP Partner” Award in Chicago

Preferred Technology Solutions is excited to announce that we were awarded the 2008 “Top Seismic Partner” award at the National Seismic Managed Services Conference in Chicago on August 12th, 2008.

The “Top Partner” award is given to the organization that Ingram Micro, the largest IT distributor in the world, feels best exemplifies how managed care programs will help clients reduce costs, increase operational efficiency and reduce business risk. There are over 700 Seismic partners and over 180 partners were represented at this Convention.

If you are a PTS NetManage client, we thank you for helping us achieve this award. We know that we could not have done this without you.

If you are not yet a PTS NetManage client, we would like to introduce our programs to you. We understand that outsourced IT is not for everyone. It may or may not be for you. We can determine that together.

We are also a fit if you have an internal IT staff. For these companies, we become back-up for them and provide monitoring and help desk services which allows them to become more strategic. We also provide quality project based assistance.

What can the PTS NetManage program offer you?

Proactive (rather than reactive) management of your Network
Unlimited 24x7x365 Level 1 and Level 2 American Help Desk
Unlimited On-Site Level 3 server and desktop support
Network Operations Center that provides 24x7 Monitoring of Key Network Elements
24x7 Remote and if needed, On-Site Remediation of Key Server/Network Issues
Chief Information Officer Services – We bring proactive technology leadership to you
On-Line Backup and Restore Services
E-mail and Web Defense services
Print Monitoring and Management
Local relationship with the leading advanced technology solution provider

As they say “it does not hurt to talk”. Let’s determine if PTS’s NetManage program is right for you?

To schedule, please contact Neil Medwed at 972-331-5626 or e-mail him at neil.medwed@preferredtechnology.com

4 Common PC Problems You Can Fix Yourself
By Kim Komando Microsoft Small Business Center

Computer problems may seem immensely complicated at first glance. But some are relatively easy to fix.

That doesn't mean they will be cheap if someone else does the job. Replacing a hard drive is probably a minimum $250-$300 job at a computer shop.

However, some jobs can be done by the average Joe or Jane. On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 10 should only be performed by certified technicians who have no less than three electronic gadgets on their belt), replacing memory is usually about a 4. Installing a new hard drive is tougher (about 6 or 7), but still do-able. Replacing a video card or internal modem is no more than a 2.

A word of caution: Static electricity can kill the circuitry inside your computer. Before you reach for anything inside that box, ground yourself by touching the metal computer frame.

Here are four common PC problems you may be able to fix by yourself:

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Laws You
May Choose to Ignore

Moore's law describes an important trend in the history of computer hardware: that the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit is increasing exponentially, doubling approximately every two years. The observation was first made by Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore in a 1965 paper. The trend has continued for more than half a century and is not expected to stop for another decade at least and perhaps much longer.

You probably thought you knew every single law of nature, science, and humanity , but we at Preferred Technology Solutions have uncovered some additional laws that you may not have heard previously.

Law of Mechanical Repair
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

Law of Gravity
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of Probability
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Law of Random Numbers
If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.