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The article offers a personal reflection in which the author recalls seeing a blue flashing LED light on his NAS box, made by Synology, and his efforts to fix the error.

Apple says the Self Service Repair program will kick off with "the most commonly serviced modules" for the iPhone 12 and 13 lines, such as the display, battery, and camera. Apple says there are more than 5,000 Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs) and 2,800 Independent Repair Providers (IRPs) around the world who have access to genuine Apple parts, tools, and manuals. START APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED that it will make genuine parts, tools, and manuals available to individual consumers who wish to undertake their own repairs, starting early 2022 in the US and expanding to other countries in the course of the year. [Extracted from the article]

"If you're taking a machine for repair, give the technician as much information as possible" REAL WORLD COMPUTING Felix is a lucky boy. Tommy's machine encapsulates precisely why I love desktop computers. [Extracted from the article]

Manufacturers uphold serialisation as the shield that protects us from dangerously manufactured after-market products, but if this were true, it shouldn't stop Jessa, or anyone else, from using genuine Apple components in a repair. DIAGRAM: IPC-7711 is a start, but it doesn't help you identify the faults in devices PHOTO (COLOR): Check out Jessa Jones' iPad Rehab channel to see unauthorised fixes PHOTO (COLOR) Jessa proudly promotes her business as Apple Certified Technicians performing fully unauthorised repairs. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the operation of several tune-up utilities, which are said to improve the performance of personal computers like new. Among the publishers of such utilities are Avanquest, Ashampoo, and PC Tools. It claims that the common component of said utilities is the Registry cleaning tool. The other components include a disk defragmentation module and the Startup Optimizer module.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for fixing a personal computer problem using the Windows Repair Toolbox program on any version of Windows (XP-10) operating system.

Computer shops are not listed but bicycle shops are, which is a curious differentiation fortwo repair establishments. One laptop was owned by a customer working in child protection. The Lenovo laptop is repairable, but I simply don't possess enough circuit-board diagnostic and repair skills. [Extracted from the article]

A customer had bought two Samsung laptops and the hard drives on both machines failed within a few days of each other. One Samsung laptop returned promptly but it didn't boot. As the lady from HP was so friendly, I mentioned that we're a computer repair business and indeed the retailer of the laptop so perhaps it may save time and money if they just sent the battery. In January, a gentleman brought me his laptop that had a faulty motherboard and, although it was only 18 months old, it was the second motherboard the machine had eaten. [Extracted from the article]

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, you will have a trouble-free experience with Windows 10, but - realistically - it's quite likely that something will go wrong at some point. You can choose to uninstall the most recent "quality update", or expunge the latest "feature update" (the big updates that come once or twice a year) [image c]. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights from the article: Appointments for repairs at Best Buy and other Apple Authorized third-party repairers, just like Apple Store appointments, can all be booked through Apple's support page at support.apple.com/repair. Some Best Buy stores have already been offering Apple product repairs for some time, but this expansion to the entire chain means there are many more service centers in towns journey from an official Apple repairer.

The article presents questions and answers on consumer complaints including how to fight the import charges given by courier company FedEx Corp., the case to be filed against a computer repair company that lost computer data and the refusal of telecommunication firm Vodafone to refund a customer.

An introduction to the articles appearing within the issue is presented which include do-it-yourself computer repairs, the common hardware problems that do not require specialist repair, and the launching of the Windows 10 book.

The article offers information on the lawsuit filed by Sandy Mann against local shop Computers Repairs Conwy (CRC) after the screen of her iPad tablet computer which was broken was replaced and repaired by CRC with fake glass.

The article presents questions and answers related to computer problems including the solution on no picture LCD monitor, on repairing vista installation, and on how to address the undisplayed login screen.

The article presents advice on hiring a computer-repair person, a career coach, a geriatric care manager, and a professional organizer.

This article reports that computer customer support provider YourTechOnline.com plans to work with computer vendors and start offering online classes for consumers to take advantage of the emerging Web-based computer repair market. The company has spent several years building what founder Steve Wandler calls a tier-two support system that he believes is a viable option for vendors that either do not have the technical ability for Web-based support or that might want to offer their consumers another option for when their computer's warranty expires.