Cambridge Computers Ltd

Cambridge Computers Ltd, based in Godmanchesternear Huntingdon have been supporting both home users and small businesses alike since their inception in october 2010.

In addition to Pc and laptop repairs and servicing for both home users and small businesses we also offer:

• Apple Mac repairs, including OS reinstallation.
• Fully-managed remote support and on site assistance to meet your needs
• A complete solution from design to management and implementation of IT projects

Many companies still run their own servers onsite and are happy to keep it that way; after all “The Cloud” is not for everyone!

Cambridge Computers will take on the onging support of existing servers even if the Server operating Systems are no longer supported by Microsoft for updates and patches. legacy software covered is Windows Server versions; 2003, 2008, 2012 and the Small business suites; SBS 2003, 2008, and 2011.

Support also for legacy Exchange servers can be provided.

Cambridge Computers can provide a remote access support option if needed and this can be very useful for PC servicing/virus removal and software updates etc.

This is often a more cost effective method of providing support as it obviously does’nt involve a site visit.

If you would like any further information please call us on 01480 560050, or, Email us onjeremy@cambpc.co.uk

Thank you.

We offer a number of backup options from a simple unlimited online data backup to Sophisticated Disaster Recovery and Server Backup Solutions. Call us for more information.                      

We offer domain hosting with full email and web hosting if required. Many companies are now looking to “The Cloud” for their data and email, we are a reseller for MessageStream, the UK’s largest Cloud Provider for Microsoft Office 365 and related products.                      

We work with an award winning Telecoms Company to provide both Traditional as well as Voice Over IP Telephony solutions hosted in the Cloud. We can knock 50% of most company’s phone bills, so call us today for a quote.                      

Security is fast becoming one of the most important aspects of a company’s IT strategy. In the wake of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS many computer users are rightly concerned. Call us today so we can make sure you are protected against this very real threat.                      

Research shows that 80% small companies that lose all their data go out of business within 6 months. For many small companies their email is their company data and if they lose it this can be disastrous.

What are the main causes of loss of emails?

Truncated File Size due to Volume Errors Corruption can happen at a file system level. File systems, at some point, may have minor inconsistencies that will not allow the file to be correctly accessed. Volume errors may invoke the operating system’s internal repair tool. These tools work to get the volume ready to read and write data. Sometimes the data is sacrificed during this repair process. If there are volume errors, the repair tool will truncate or “chop” the file. This can remove large sections of the file thereby making it inaccessible! Once you have done this you cannot go back; if you don’t have a backup you have lost your email! At this point data recovery is possible but expensive.

Exceeding the 2GB limit for a PST file in Outlook 2000. If you never delete or archive your emails in Outlook you are inviting disaster. Outlook 2000 simply cannot open a pst file that is larger than 2GB. Once it gets to this size you have a problem. The important thing is to seek help immediately from the professionals as if you let Outlook run the Inbox Repair Tool at this stage you will lose data!

Deletions can be of the message store file itself or of the internal objects, such as folders or emails.

Overwrites can be of the message store file from a previous backup. Internal objects can be overwritten through an importation or manually moving messages with the same name.

Re-install of OS is a common data loss scenario is the re-installation of the operating system. In the case of the Windows Operating System, Explorer is integral part of the system. Outlook Express relies heavily on Explorer to define the system file locations. A re-installation can overwrite Profiles that contain the locations of these files. Windows XP has a safeguard to not allow a secondary installation with the same user name; as long as the volume is not reformatted. In this way, the user profile in the Documents and Settings folder is not lost.

Internal Corruption Message stores are complex structures internally. Due to an application error, there may be incorrect data written inside of the file. This corruption will not allow the email client to access the data correctly.

As always Prevention is the best Cure! Cambridge Computers Ltd  have specialists in this field waiting for your call. We will come along to your office or even remotely access your Pc to give you a free assessement and if remedial action needs to be taken we will advise you accordingly.

If you have already suffered data loss then we have tools and expertise to recover this data. We can then setup you up with a reliable backup and archiving system to help prevent this from happening in the future.

Microsoft’s latest Office versions (2016 and Office 365) will only run on windows 7 or later, much to the annoyance of many!

However this begs the question should I still be using Windows XP or Vista and the answer is No! This is backed up by the recent Cyber Attack on the NHS and other companies by the so called Wannacry Ransomware virus which once it takes hold will very quickly encrypt all your files so they are unreadable. You then have the option of paying a Ransom to get your files back, but in many cases you will not even get a response from them after paying up!         

Cambridge Computers are now providing Office 365 versions for Business through MessageStream a Microsoft 2 Tier CSP Provider and the UK’s largest Cloud  Services Provisioning Company.

We can supply the following;  Hosted Exchange, Office 365, Secure Email Messaging, Email Security and Acronis Backup Cloud. Also Microsoft Azure and SharePoint.