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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
Selecting the best web host for your website can be a challenging task. There are so many Important areas to consider. One thing you don’t want to do is fall into the trap thinking the cheapest monthly cost is the most important thing to consider. There are many important factors and monthly cost is only one of them. I will outline the things that I considered important and why. I will also tell you who I consider to be the best web host.
1. Look for a web host that provides unlimited site bandwidth. This is very important for your websites future. I can’t think of anything worse that having a site that is thrust into the attention of the world only to have your web host shut you down because you exceed your bandwidth.
2. Also look for unlimited domains. No one knows the future. You may decide to set up another website or blog about something different and want a new site just for that. You don’t want to have to pay extra for each site you want to build.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
A number of programs want you to close all running programs before you install them. Serif software such as DrawPlus and PhotoPlus are very good examples of this. If you had problems installing or running their software you could go to their forum for help. The first question they would ask is "Did you do a clean install?". To them this means did you close all running programs before you installed the Serif software. With their older software I found this made a big difference and I still close everything before I install Serif software and many others.
Closing all running programs can be a hassle. You can close some of them at the right end of the task bar at the bottom of the screen. You can close anything and everything by using the Alt/Ctrl/Delete combination and then trying to decide what is safe to close and what is going to kill your system. A much safer way is to use End-IT-All. The link I provide is to Softonic.com but you can find a lot of places to download it by Googling "enditall free download" You will notice on Softonic’s site you can get it free or pay for it depending on what you click on.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
I have often sent links to people that were so long they just didn’t fit well into the email. They broke up, took two lines, were just plain difficult for both me and the people receiving them. I have also wanted to place links on web pages, tweets, and other places where space was limited and I didn’t want to take up the space for a link.
Yes, there are many ways around this issue but let me tell you about a very nice way to accomplish sending or posting a link. It is TinyURL.com which you can find at http://tinyurl.com/ .
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
I recently ran into a problem when I created a file with OpenOffice Calc and later tried to read it with Microsoft Excel. I had this problem before and for some reason I didn’t associate it with OpenOffice. Since I have had the below described problem two times now I thought I would alert you to it so you can be careful if you do anything similar.
The last time the problem arose was when I created the data file for Nowlin Cemetery. I find OpenOffice easier to use than MS Office so I was using it to create the data file for the cemetery. I always save the cemetery data files in the MS Excel format so other people can use them when I’m done. Everything looked great in OpenOffice Calc, the files were done so I prepared the DVD’s to give to the various genealogy groups and people that wanted them. I delivered the DVD’s and for some unknown reason I opened the file in MS Excel. BIG PROBLEM. None of the dates, which were formatted as Dec 31, 1999, were there. They were all shown as "##########" instead.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
In the last post I described how to recover data from a computer that wouldn’t boot. My next post will be Installing and using Acronis True Image Home.
Now I will cover using Acronis True Image Home 2009 PC Backup & Recovery to backup a complete Windows or Linux system and it should work on just about any computer system or disk that you want.
I have already created a backup of my Ubuntu 9.04 system. I have my operating system in one partition, my "Home" in another partition and of course there is the "Swap" partition. I also backed up my "Data" drive while I was at it. I did a backup of all four at the same time. On looking at my backup file I see that it also did a backup of the "MBR and Track 0" which I didn’t ask for. Looks pretty good to me.
Let’s get on with actually doing a backup of LapDancer, my HP Pavilion dv7 laptop, and creating a step by step set of instructions. I will create this document as I actually do the steps. You can put the backup on a DVD or other storage media. I have an empty external hard drive so I am going to use that for this project.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
I was at a friend of mines house a few months ago and found out that her old Windows XP computer wouldn’t boot so she had decided to buy a new laptop computer. This seemed logical to me since it was pretty old. The problem was, all of her genealogy data, photos, documents, etc. were on the "C" Drive and she didn’t have a backup. She had checked at a local Best Buy and it was going to be expensive to recover the data.
Old Bob to the rescue. I had just bought a copy of Acronis True Image Home 2009 PC Backup & Recovery because of a hard drive crash myself. While reading the paper that came with it I had noticed that you could use the CD to recover from system problems. I wasn’t sure but it may be able to help her. Of course the first thing I tried to do was recover the system but the computer had a bunch of .dll files that were bad and every time I downloaded and fixed one (using my computer) another would show up as bad. It didn’t take much of that before I made up my mind to try Acronis True Image Home. I’m very happy to say that it worked great. I recovered all of her data and put it on a DVD for her. After I was sure it was safe, I reinstalled her Windows XP system and she now has two computers. I don’t have to tell you that she was a Very Happy Young Lady.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
Today I think I want to talk about one of my pet peeves, People that send out my email address to everyone when they forward an email or send one to a group of people. I don’t know about you but I don’t want everyone in the world to have my email address. Especially the one I use for family and friends. I use a different email address for different purposes. I have one for family and friends, one for websites that make me leave an email address, another for my geocaching, etc. This way I limit the amount of junk mail I get coming into my commonly used email.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
These are the steps to make an envelope to store your CD’s and DVD’s. It is easy to make and almost free.
Watch the video at the bottom of this post.
Materials needed; One sheet paper, tape, a scrap CD or DVD to use as a gauge. I have marked the back of the sheet to make it easier to see which is the front when you are folding it.
Step 1; Place the paper with the long side from right to left and place the gauge (CD/DVD) near the right side and a little below the top edge of the paper.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
On October 25,2009, I bought a HP Pavilion p6230y. I have been using it for about three months now so I thought I would let you know how I like it. The package I bought from Best Buy included the HP Pavilion p6230y (including keyboard and mouse), a HP 2009m Monitor and a HP D2680 Multifunction Printer. I got the package for $799.97 which I thought was a fantastic price.
I already have two printers set up so I haven’t even opened the printers box and doubt if I will for a while so I can’t tell you anything about it.
The HP 2009m monitor is fantastic except for one thing. If you like to be able to get high volume for your music or games, you can’t get it with the speakers built into this monitor. I don’t normally listen to music but am listening to a song to be able to describe it to you. My hearing is fine and the volume setting is at 100%. The amount of sound being produced is comfortable for me, just about right. However, I don’t like loud sounds. I got way to much of that when I was working testing small arms. If you like to hear your music in the next room you will need external speakers. Other than that I love the monitor. It is wide screen and has about the best display I have ever had on a monitor and I go way back to the TRS-80 days in computing. I can’t praise this monitor enough except for the volume output.
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By Bob Jones, on July 8th, 2010
I have been using Xmarks since the early days when it was called Foxmarks and it only supported Mozilla Firefox browser (for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux). Shortly after they started supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer (for Windows only) they changed their name to Xmarks. Now they also support Safari (for Mac OS X only) and have a version for Google Chrome. I am using them all except the version for Safari and haven’t had any problems with them.
Xmarks is so easy to use and works so well that I believe anyone that uses more than one browser or computer should use Xmarks. It will make your life so much easier when it comes to keeping your bookmarks (shortcuts) organized that you will never be without it.
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