admin on December 17th, 2009

Just went through a major online disaster – my web hosting company damaged my blogs during a big upgrade of their shared hosting and database infrastructure. And they did it in such a way that I couldn’t recover using the blog and database backups I’d so carefully kept up!
Had to move out
The blog damage was [...]

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admin on December 14th, 2009

I’m probably the last expert on the planet to comment on Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7. But I doubt if anyone is more of a fan.
After installing, configuring and testing software on 4 new computers, which I designed for one of my clients, and after installing these PCs at their site, networking them and [...]

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admin on December 10th, 2009

The “dirty low-down” on computer products to avoid – and to look for!
As a professional independent computer consultant, I sometimes have to deal with poor product choices my clients have made. And new clients often arrive with problem products. Fortunately, clients I’ve had for awhile usually follow my purchase recommendations or let me design their [...]

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admin on December 10th, 2009

Ideas for saving money on your computer needs:
Buy Used Equipment
Computer Recyclers:
If you live in an urban area there is probably a computer recycling center nearby. Usually these outfits build computers from the best of the donated equipment they receive – which they then sell at astonishingly low prices.
Online Auctions:
Wherever you’re located you can use eBay [...]

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admin on December 9th, 2009

How your Windows software works…
Of course every piece of hardware in your computer must be run by a piece of software (a “Driver”). And you also need software to do the tasks that you bought your computer for in the first place. These are called “Applications”. These applications need the services of your hardware, by [...]

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