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At Alcom IT we help people with all sorts of computer issues. Usually we will connect to their computers remotely and solve their problems. Are you ready to pit your skills against our experts and answer some of the common questions we see in our work?

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Which key enters the BIOS during a computer start up?

Space Bar

F2, F10, F11, F12 or DEL

5 Lever Mortice

Num Lock

When I turn on the computer there is no display only beeping coming from the box, why?

The motherboard is reporting a hardware fault

The monitor is turned off

Someone hasn't paid the electric bill so there is not enough electric to power it

The Hard Disk has failed

Occasionally while using the computer a blue screen appears with a sad face and a code. Why?

The computer has reached its working limit for the day

Too many people have logged on to the computer today

This is a BSOD and is caused by a hardware or major OS failure

I am trying to log in to my computer but I have forgotten my password. Can you bypass my password and let me in?

No, computers are designed to be secure

Yes, there is a secret way to bypass the password

I can decrypt your password from the computer and tell you what it is

Type Letmein123 this password bypasses any security system

When I try to open Microsoft Word it just sits on the loading screen and never opens, can you help?

No, the computer needs to be replaced

Yes, but I will need to run a repair of Microsoft Office

Yes, let's remove Microsoft Office and install a free alternative

Yes, but I will need to delete all of your personal files to fix this

I have received an email from outlook.com asking me to reset my password. What should I do?

Click the link and update your password

Ignore the email, don't click the link and log in to Outlook.com directly to see if it prompts for a reset

Just delete the email, it's probably spam

Forward the email to a friend and see if they get hacked first

My monitor keeps going off every 15 minutes if I don't use the computer. How do stop that happening?

Don't stop working or work harder and it won't happen

This is a built in function that can't be turned off

Go to power options in Control Panel and change the sleep settings

Try plugging the monitor into a different power socket

There is a crackle and smoke coming from my computer, what should I do?

Turn it off at the wall immediately and take it to a computer specialist

Ignore it, this is why computers have fans

Close some apps so the computer gets a rest

Uninstall the smoke generator app

I've heard about 'the Cloud', where is it?

It's in the sky

No one knows

It's just some space on someone else's computer

It's on your own computer

What is the Windows Registry?

A list of people that own a Windows computer

A register of people who can't use a computer

A registration code that makes Windows work

A database of settings Windows refers to

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