Looking for a new camera or camcorder? Don't know where you can get reliable and unbiased info. Well, look no further than www.camcorderinfo.com and www.digitalcamerainfo.com
These guys are great and can tell you what is really important to look for. Check them out
William - Computers Plus
www.KillerTechSupport.com
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wiki What?
Wikipedia. Possibly one of the most useful Information Sites on the web today. You can use it to look up just about anything. Give it a try
William - Computers Plus
www.KillerTechSupport.com
William - Computers Plus
www.KillerTechSupport.com
Monday, February 26, 2007
General Tip - Club Cards
Do you shop? Ofcourse you do. Got a wallet/purse of club cards? Want to consolidate those down to one card? Well with www.JustOneClubCard.com you can.
If you want to print your own bar codes for other things, or just have interest in how they work, then check out www.milk.com
William - Computers Plus
www.KillerTechSupport.com
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If you want to print your own bar codes for other things, or just have interest in how they work, then check out www.milk.com
William - Computers Plus
www.KillerTechSupport.com
E-Mail Me
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Quick Tip - Eye Saver
If you are still using a CRT, that is a monitor that is not based on LCDs then you can probably improve your experience by upping your refresh rate.
To do this, first right click the desktop. Select properties. Click on the settings tab. Next click the advanced button. Now select the monitor tab. Check the box to "hide modes that this monitor cannot display". Now from the pull down menu select the highest number listed. This is the refresh rate, the number of times a second that the screen is redrawn. Higher is better because it has less flicker and causes less eye strain. Click apply. At this point you might be prompted to keep the new settings, select yes. Don't be suprised if your screen looks an odd shape now. If you need to make monitor adjustments at this time, do it. If you are uncomfortable making those types of adjustments then change the refresh rate back to what it was before.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
To do this, first right click the desktop. Select properties. Click on the settings tab. Next click the advanced button. Now select the monitor tab. Check the box to "hide modes that this monitor cannot display". Now from the pull down menu select the highest number listed. This is the refresh rate, the number of times a second that the screen is redrawn. Higher is better because it has less flicker and causes less eye strain. Click apply. At this point you might be prompted to keep the new settings, select yes. Don't be suprised if your screen looks an odd shape now. If you need to make monitor adjustments at this time, do it. If you are uncomfortable making those types of adjustments then change the refresh rate back to what it was before.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Quick Tip - Firefox Font Size
Have you ever found yourself squinting to read the fonts on some of these web pages? If so and you use Firefox then you are in luck. just press The Control Key and the Plus or minus key at the same time (Ctrl and + or -) and the fonts will increase or decrease in size. simple as that. if however you use Internet Explorer 7 you are not totally out of luck you can use the same key combinations and it will zoom in and out, effectively having the same results.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Quick Tip - Firefox
If you aren't using Mozilla's Firefox, here is one more reason to give it a shot. Ctrl + Shift + T
= reopen the last tab closed. Extremely handy. Give it a whirl
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
= reopen the last tab closed. Extremely handy. Give it a whirl
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
More In depth - Data Back Up
Today I'm going to continue my tirade about backing up data. First you need a back up system that makes it easy for you to easily create back ups. I should mention that the data that we are interested in maintaining copies of are usually changeables, that is files that get edited/updated regularly - eg. Documents, E-mails, Contacts lists, Bookmarks etc. There are also the files that you want back ups of that don't change often. Most notably Music, Videos, and Pictures.
So the first line of defense is knowing what to back up, discussed above. Next, where are these files located? Most programs have a default location that they save files to. Again most programs will allow you to change that default location. I highly recommend that you change the default location to a specific "data" folder if not to a independent drive/partition.
From this point all you need is a back up mechanism. Be it a program, I recommend 2nd Copy found here, or an alarm clock that prompts you to do it manually. So you have created you back up files now what? Where to store them and how many you need are the questions you need to answer. I would next like to point out that one copy is not enough. Why you ask? Read on.
Ideally you want multiple copies. You would have a copy on a separate hard drive that is portable for quick and easy retrieval, (fire/flood etc.) and another copy be it, on DVD, hard drive, or the Internet, that is kept off the premises. Trust worthy friends, lock boxes, or whatever works for you. Always try and think worst case scenario.
Data retrieval is extremely slow and expensive. Therefore you want to have some redundancy in your system, hence the multiple copies. Hard drives fail a lot, its not if its when. Modern hard drives are rated in hours till failure. Some of the newer ones have a failure rate of 3% right off the shelf! Now i'm not trying to scare you here. I am trying to prepare you for what can happen and how you will respond to this. Will you lose everything? Or will you only lose the things that have been changed since your last back up?
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
So the first line of defense is knowing what to back up, discussed above. Next, where are these files located? Most programs have a default location that they save files to. Again most programs will allow you to change that default location. I highly recommend that you change the default location to a specific "data" folder if not to a independent drive/partition.
From this point all you need is a back up mechanism. Be it a program, I recommend 2nd Copy found here, or an alarm clock that prompts you to do it manually. So you have created you back up files now what? Where to store them and how many you need are the questions you need to answer. I would next like to point out that one copy is not enough. Why you ask? Read on.
Ideally you want multiple copies. You would have a copy on a separate hard drive that is portable for quick and easy retrieval, (fire/flood etc.) and another copy be it, on DVD, hard drive, or the Internet, that is kept off the premises. Trust worthy friends, lock boxes, or whatever works for you. Always try and think worst case scenario.
Data retrieval is extremely slow and expensive. Therefore you want to have some redundancy in your system, hence the multiple copies. Hard drives fail a lot, its not if its when. Modern hard drives are rated in hours till failure. Some of the newer ones have a failure rate of 3% right off the shelf! Now i'm not trying to scare you here. I am trying to prepare you for what can happen and how you will respond to this. Will you lose everything? Or will you only lose the things that have been changed since your last back up?
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Life Saver
Let's talk about the most expensive and arguably the most important part of your computer, your data. Is your data important to you? If not, if you can lose everything on your computer without it effecting you, then great. Skip this one. If however you are like most people. That is to say that you have e-mail, photos, documents, addresses, and basically keep your whole life on your computer. Don't you think that you should have a back up of all that data?
Well, do you? Some people are religious at making backups. Some people can do it manually and never forget. I am neither of those people. So, if you are like me and don't back up enough or would like to automate the process because you don't have the time, then I have the program for you.
It is called 2nd Copy. It works great and is inexpensive. $29.00 You can get it here
They have a 30 day trial, so you can try before you buy. I'm using it and it has plenty of options so you are sure to find a style of back up that is right fro you.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Well, do you? Some people are religious at making backups. Some people can do it manually and never forget. I am neither of those people. So, if you are like me and don't back up enough or would like to automate the process because you don't have the time, then I have the program for you.
It is called 2nd Copy. It works great and is inexpensive. $29.00 You can get it here
They have a 30 day trial, so you can try before you buy. I'm using it and it has plenty of options so you are sure to find a style of back up that is right fro you.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Quick Tip - Reduce Eye strain
Turn on clear type. If you are using Windows XP try turning on clear type. To do this right click your desktop select properties. Select the appearance tab and click the effects button. Check the box labeled "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" then in the drop down list select clear type. Your eyes will thank you.
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
Welcome to My Blog
Welcome to my blog. For those of you who are new to this stuff and don't know what a blog is. I'll start by explaining that. A Blog is user generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blog (shortened version of weblog) The idea being to keep up with a certain person(s) daily life. They also offer interactivity in some cases allowing the users/readers to make comments.
I will mostly use this as an avenue to add my thoughts on computers, tech and the like. I will certainly try and update it as often as time permits. I know however that I will not make those updates as often as I would like too.
Again as I said this will mostly pertain to my site www.killertechsupport.com and any new tidbits of info I might have for the general computer user. If you have specific topics that you would like me to address, please feel free to email me
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
I will mostly use this as an avenue to add my thoughts on computers, tech and the like. I will certainly try and update it as often as time permits. I know however that I will not make those updates as often as I would like too.
Again as I said this will mostly pertain to my site www.killertechsupport.com and any new tidbits of info I might have for the general computer user. If you have specific topics that you would like me to address, please feel free to email me
William - Computers Plus
www.killertechsupport.com
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