PF Systems
11 Brophy Street
Port Fairy, VIC 3284
Tel: +61 3 5568 1709
Fax: +61 3 5568 1765
Mob: 0417 566 134
info@pfsystems.com.au
www.pfsystems.com.au

Buy a local PC or Upgrade (and for this month save 5% if you order via email and quote this code: NL12)

PF Systems has been building reliable and and great value family and business PCs from the beginning. Here are some of the reasons we think it’s better to buy our machines:

1. High quality components – only great value components and solid brand names make it into our machines
2. 3 year parts and labor warranty standard – if a component in your PC fails we’ll swap it over straight away, minimizing your downtime and making it as easy as possible for you to continue whatever it was you were doing.
3. PF Systems has three product ranges: Budget, Value & Performance. Our PCs and Upgrades are no exception and we believe that this simplifies your choice. And remember, we can always customize our models depending on your requirements.
4. Simple. Just take a look at PF Systems online shop and take a look at our PCs and Upgrades. There’s as much or little information as you want, depending on how deep you dig, and it’s all written in plain English. Or if you want you could just give PF Systems a call for some helpful advice.
5. For $28 we’ll set up your computer just the way you want it and come back and fix things that your not happy with (and there's always something!)
6. Our PCs have a strong focus on low noise level and small footprint so that your PC doesn’t dominate the room.
   

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PF direct

PF direct has now been in operation for over a year and with great success. PF direct is our special order buying scheme for items $400 and over. For these items you’ll pay our price + 5%. We believe that this clearly marked profit margin gives you the confidence that you are getting the best price and also means you are not restricted to buying the products we stock (or need to get rid of). In fact, you are given access to over 100 of Australia’s leading Technology distributors and using PF Systems expertise you can be sure that the product you buy will be the right product for you. Our biggest selling PF direct items are laptops, tell us what you need and we’ll tell you what product currently best meets your needs.

Windows Genuine Advantage Notifcation (it’s not a virus!)

You may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Windows is not genuine and is not eligible to receive all updates and product support from Microsoft.

Click Get Genuine now to get more information and resolve this issue.

This latest Windows update has been popping up on people's computers around the globe over the last two months and represents Microsoft’s latest effort of ensuring everyone on the planet owns at least one valid Windows license. Increasingly, it is going to become difficult to use a non-valid (ie free/pirated/VLK) copy of windows and already you are restricted from downloading non-critical Windows updates. By the time Windows Vista hits your computer, it will take more time to get around a valid Windows license than it will take you to peel potatoes to pay for a copy.

If you would like to get rid of the annoying message from Microsoft then here are the instructions:

1. Go to Control Panel -> Folder options and untick “use simple file sharing” and make sure you have ticked “show hidden files and folders” and untick “hide protected operating system files”
2. Navigate to c:\windows\system32 and right click on wgalogon.dll
3. Go to the security tab and click on advanced.
4. Untick the option at the botton that says “inherit permissions…” then click the “copy” option.
5. For the users listed in the window double click on each one and take the tick off the option that says “execute” do this for each user.
6. Click OK and do the reverse of step 1 (optional).

Alternatively you have these options:

a. Click on the links provided by Microsoft and change your copy of XP Professional into a real one for AU$238
b. Let PF Systems transfer your system to a valid copy of XP Home or do so yourself $147.
c. Put up with the message.

BigPond 3G

With Telstra’s copper network increasingly been seen as a liability, and startup wireless infrastructure companies like Westvic taking more of the broadband pie, Telstra is 100% focused on supplying a competitive wireless data solution. 3G, or third generation wireless, is the much anticipated wireless data network aimed at providing broadband speed internet access, anytime, anywhere. Worthy of noting is that both voice and data will operate on the same network with 3G mobiles and so the lines between voice and data are beginning to be eroded. Here’s a bit of roadmap to explain 3G and its historical/future context:

Currently, in our rural setting, 3G still means 1xRTT which really isn’t 3G at all and certainly isn’t broadband speeds, but it is handy and much better than GSM/GPRS speeds. All 3G devices currently being offered are compatible with 1xRRT/1xEV-DO or GSM/W-CDMA.

As a reminder to all those road warriors out there and for those wanting to simplify their internet access on-the-go then Bigpond’s CDMA/EVDO offerings are a good solution. With Bigpond wireless broadband you’ll be able to connect to the internet at speeds of up to 140K anywhere that you have a CDMA mobile phone signal. And for those of you worried about the future compatilibity of these devices, here’s a letter from Rod James of Telstra Country Wide:

The CDMA will close around the end of 08, but not before the new 3G mobile system gives equal to or better than the current CDMA coverage.

Any customers that have mobile data devices, that is mini max , 1X cards will have them replaced with 3G at no cost, and get better speeds

Customers on CDMA contracts, and there will not be many, will be able to upgrade, at nil handset cost on 24 month contracts.

On the 3G network the range of service delivered to customers will far exceed current data rates and anyone in mobile cover will be able to get Big Pond broadband at much higher speeds

So all in all a superior service by the end of 06 / early 07

Just remember that PF Systems offers a full range of PDAs, phones and mobile data devices under our PF direct buying scheme. PF Systems is also a Telstra Mobile Data dealer and can offer the full range of Telstra data plans available, such as these:

GOOD MOBILE DATA PLANS WITH $0 INCLUDED DEVICES
$49 (20hr) PC-PACK / 24 month contract	$79 (500MB) DATA-PACK / 24 month contract	$89 Business Mobility Pack / 24 month contract

Windows Media Center

After a period of ‘development’ the Media Center concept is now ready for general consumption, and it works very well and is very reliable. Windows Media Center Edition 2005 could be viewed as Microsoft’s single most important product since Windows XP, and is Microsoft’s first major pitch at spreading from our home office and workplace into our lounge room.

Windows Media Center 2005 is now acceptably stable, has a working free Electronic Programming Guide and is a great option for those people wishing to simplify their lounge rooms. Come and check out PF Systems Media Center Lounge room and see for yourself (just ring us first).

A D V A N T A G E S Modular approach - 1 box which can be upgraded and changed as required eg. buy a media center with analogue tuners and change it to digital tuners when required. EPG – FREE Electronic program guide means that you watch what you want, when you want - COMMERCIAL FREE! Just read through the onscreen TV guide and decide what shows/series you want to watch. 1 remote – Control your system with one remote Multimedia – Play DVDs, watch live and recorded TV, look at your photos, play your music and use online services, radio, video. o NB: if you have PayTV you’ll still need to keep this box and remote

XBOX 360 – Extending your Media Center Experience

The Xbox 360 is not just a games machine, although it most definitely will be very good for that. The Xbox 360 is more importantly designed to connect to your Windows XP Media Center computer and thus share access with the digital video and audio content you have on that machine. More importantly, if that machine has a couple of TV tuner cards, you can share TV and all your recorded TV wherever there is an Xbox and TV in your house. At $500, the Xbox is definitely not outrageously priced as it offers a huge amount of processing potential.

Designed to compliment Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Update Rollup 2), you will turn your ordinary TV into a Media Center where on-demand viewing is the order of the day. For free-to-air transmissions (analogue & digital) your Media Center PC can be recording everything you want to watch in the background, and in the evening you can sit down and watch the shows you want, when you want, and quickly and easily skip all the commercials. If you want to watch live TV, listen to some music, watch a DVD, look at some photos or play some digital movie files then that is all possible too. You’ll also be able to take advantage of Microsoft’s Online Spotlight which will let you view audio and video content from all around the world. After installing Windows Media Center Edition 2005 on your existing home PC this is how you’d bring the Media Center experience to your existing TV. Of course, if you want to put a Media Center straight into your lounge room then you don’t need an Xbox.

Kind regards,

Ben Druitt & Phuong-Dung Hoang - PF Systems

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