Potential opportunity/advice needed...

[interested]

Chaps -

I have in recent years done the 'IT support' to a friend in North London with his own small business. He currently has 3 laptops, 2 printers and that's about it. However I no longer have the time to do this and he also needs to move towards a different approach to his IT needs.

As I see it he needs to do the following:

1) Clean up and reinstall all software on his laptops (he's always getting viruses) - will probably need to change user permissions so he can't install anything
2) Move his email from the ISP to something like 1and1 hosted email
3) Institute a proper back up system - I currently have him using Mozy online but it needs to be more robust
4) Look at installing a file and print server
5) Look at an ongoing support contract of some variety

I reckon he's got a couple of options - either find a small company to do this for him or find someone who has got the time and inclination to do it

Any views? Any of you interested in doing it?

cheers

[PM-Junkie]

Chaps -

I have in recent years done the 'IT support' to a friend in North London with his own small business. He currently has 3 laptops, 2 printers and that's about it. However I no longer have the time to do this and he also needs to move towards a different approach to his IT needs.

As I see it he needs to do the following:

1) Clean up and reinstall all software on his laptops (he's always getting viruses) - will probably need to change user permissions so he can't install anything
2) Move his email from the ISP to something like 1and1 hosted email
3) Institute a proper back up system - I currently have him using Mozy online but it needs to be more robust
4) Look at installing a file and print server
5) Look at an ongoing support contract of some variety

I reckon he's got a couple of options - either find a small company to do this for him or find someone who has got the time and inclination to do it

Any views? Any of you interested in doing it?

cheers

Er...you do realize that there are a fair few people of the female persuasion here, don't you?

[Numpty]

Er...you do realize that there are a fair few people of the female persuasion here, don't you?

It's funny where a random comment takes you. From the Pocket Oxford Dictionary:

chap n. colloq. man, boy, fellow. [abbreviation of *chapman]

chapman n. hist. pedlar. [Old English: related to *cheap, *man]

So from chap ---> pedlar. And what is an IT contractor, if not a pedlar of services?

[interested]

Er...you do realize that there are a fair few people of the female persuasion here, don't you?

Chapesses are more than welcome to comment/reply.

[PM-Junkie]

It's funny where a random comment takes you. From the Pocket Oxford Dictionary:





So from chap ---> pedlar. And what is an IT contractor, if not a pedlar of services?

lol....good catch!

[thunderlizard]

Er...you do realize that there are a fair few people of the female persuasion here, don't you?

teehee...good luck persuading any of the ladies on here to fix a printer for you!

[dozer]

whats the going rate?

[interested]

whats the going rate?

No idea. What's your rate for this stype of stuff?

[dozer]

sent you a pm.

[cojak]

Er...you do realize that there are a fair few people of the female persuasion here, don't you?

I use Chaps to address either gender,

but that's for another post...