Computer use and simple maintenance tricks!

Win XP or Vista?

2008-06-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

Service Pack 1 Improvements
User Account Control One of the most maligned features of Windows Vista has been the User Account Control (UAC). Designed to protect operating system integrity, UAC caused frustration with what many users considered over-prompting to complete a user action. If you were one of the frustrated, check out the very short video Windows Vista SP1 UAC improvements to see how that prompting has been reduced.

Interview with Vista UAC Product Manager Austin Wilson
Austin Wilson provides insight into why UAC is the way it is. He clears up what UAC really is, and answers some hard questions like why should a consumer or an IT pro even bother to run UAC. Additionally, he shows us how and why an IT pro can still use UAC and not get prompted, as well as giving us insight into future plans for UAC.

Keith Combs’ Blahg: Windows Vista 30, Rootkits 0
The UAC is actually there for reason, as Keith Combs points out in this post. It can stop rootkits before they start. Keith also points to a four-minute screencast to demonstrate the features of UAC. Also check out Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista.
Performance There is another perception that Windows Vista underperforms in every area of the system when compared to Windows XP. Without getting into the differences in hardware requirements between Windows Vista and its predecessor, this screencast - Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy - shows the under-the-covers process traces of just how it achieves its performance lead running on the same hardware as Windows XP.

Source: Microsoft technet.

Direct your video your way

2008-04-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

Hi DeLL!

2008-04-26T14:02:00.000-07:00

Live the life you always wanted!

2008-04-26T14:01:00.000-07:00

ATM in Nigeria

2008-04-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

It's about time. First, what is ATM?

ATM means Automatic Teller Machine. An ATM is a machine that dispenses cash to account holders. The transaction is initiated and concluded with the use of a magnetic stripe card or smart card.

The ATM card has either a magnetic stripe or a processor (or chip) that allows data or information to be stored or processed in it. ATMs are a quick and convenient way to access money in your accounts.

The benefits of the ATM
24-hour access to accounts.
Transfer of funds
Balance inquiries
Printing of mini statements and account statements.
Cash withdrawals, e.t.c.

This is an advantage to tourist and travelers faced with the problem of exchange or money transfer. It will eliminate the problem of traveling with so much travelers check amongst all other factors.

At the same time you have to be careful of Online Scam artist, below is an example of the kind of email they usually send
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LEGAL DISCLAIMER

ONLINE FRAUD ALERT

Dear Valued Customer,

We have noticed that online scam artists are on the rise to defraud unsuspecting Internet Banking users.

They are asking customers to provide sensitive information on their account details for Account Update by clicking on spurious Internet banking website links. The request may come in various forms.

Customers should on no account act on such unsolicited instruction by email to visit any website in order to restore/change his/her confidential account details or otherwise divulge his/her user name and password to anyone. .

UBA PLC, have not requested and will never request by mail any UBA account holder’s details or ATM card PIN number for an account upgrade or any other reason. In the event that a customer requires upgrading his/her account he/she will be asked to visit his/her relationship manager at account branch.

UBA customers are advised to secure their Internet banking passwords and ATM Card PINS with utmost confidentiality as the Bank shall not be liable to any customer for any loss arising from a third party having access to such passwords and PINS to defraud the customer.

BE WARNED.

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LIST OF PARTICIPATING BANKS IN NIGERIA
1. Zenith bank
2. Equitorial trust bank
3. First Bank Nigeria
4. Intercontinental bank plc
5. Union bank
6. Access Bank plc

You can send us an email to send the list of all other banks that issues ATM cards.

To read more about the Nigerian ATM, Click here

Online Gold rush!

2008-04-23T18:21:00.000-07:00

Do people still make money online?

I sat down in my living room one day and that was the question that came to my mind. The answer is YES, the internet gold rush is not over, in fact, it's just starting!
My only little concern is about the fraudsters who are taking the opportunity to lie and swindle innocent people.
The internet can be the best place for information, education and wealth multiplication and yet it can be the worst place to be. Let me say I am a living witness of the internet gold rush, I am not a good writer so please kindly bear with me.

My first advice to anybody out there who wants to be successful online is follow some basic rules which I have outline below; it will help you a lot. I was so curious in knowing what works from what does not work so I used my keyword resercher tool shareware to investigate which one of the home based businesses are true but I was disappointed to see that most of them are liars, fake and again; opportunist! The real ones always have a catch, you must generate a large number of websites to be able to make something out of nothing, trust me, I've been there but the only one and proven system is what I will discuss as you read on, you can also get a complete e-Course on the system from here
http://www.moneymoneymachine.com/

Below is a list of what I did when I first started my own web home based business, you can follow the lead if you wish, but I can assure you I decided to give it out because I have been able to generate a stable income from affiliates, I travel almost every 3months around the world from the money I generated and still generating from this home based business. For those of you who know how much it cost to fly to Africa, you could imagine how much I make before I can afford to make that kind of flight to Nigeria and most countries in the west African coastal region almost 4 times a year.

Now let's get started without wasting any more time.

5 STEPS TO SUCCESS

I. STEP ONE: GET ORGANIZED

First you need to get yourself organized, make up a very good workspace either at your home or at your rented office; I suggest you should start from home to cut down on expenses.
To start an internet business, you need a very good name, so do your research and get a name that would serve as a keyword on its own and as your destination in life (what you wish to achieve), you could use my recomended keyword reserch software again to complete this task.
I am recommending this software tool because this was the software that I used and it worked wonders for me.
Depending on what you finally made up your mind to do, either you wish to educate people online like myself or you simply want to get involved in the world of e-commerce, you still need a form of research tool and which I recommend in my e-Book.

To find how deep your main keyword header can go, for those of you who are lawyers or legal advisers, I recommend you use research sites like Lexis/Nexis, play around with your imagination, ask yourself what you want if you were at the user end of the computer, ask your friends questions, ask your wife like I always do, ask your spouse, ask everybody close to you questions on what kind of things they would search for on the internet if they were browsing or shopping or you can make it easy on yourself and ask your research tool again and let your imagination go wild. This software was developed solely for making researchers lives easy and I say you should take advantage of that purpose.

II. PREPARE YOUR RECIPE

Secondly, like very well cooked and delicious food, you need the best recipe. In this case you need a very good web host to allow you upload files almost every time you make changes to your website. We are talking about a very good transfer volume in a month, trust me you don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul. I recommend Host gator or 1and1.com, I have been using both of the companies for as long as four (IV) years. People have different web host out there but I know they are reliable, but again as any other business, they have their own ups and downs, so please use your judgment to make your decision, I am only recommending you based on my own personal experience. It took me time to discover them after I wasted so much money on other web host companies because I have so many websites, I use them as money machines, I'll share that with you later in this chapter.
After deciding on your web host, the next step is to design your website. You have two choices, either designs your website yourself or contracts it to a professionals like http://www.ctwebdesigners.net/ for customized templates and customized solutions.

In the process of preparing your recipe, I would like you to meditate on what your main dreams are and what you intend to achieve within a short period or long period of time.

Remember, some wise men once said and I quote

1. “The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore.
It will be the fast beating the slow.”
- Rupert Murdoch

2. "Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle."
- Ken Hakuta

3. "Small opportunities are often the beginning of large enterprises."
- Demosthenes

4. “Drive thy business or it will drive thee."
- Benjamin Franklin

I will stop here for today as I have some clients I have to attend to, see you around soon! Meanwhile, kindly check out my special software promotion.

Your Domain name is being watched!

2008-04-23T18:09:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody

I experienced something very disturbing while trying to register another domain name online as I use them for so many promotions. While I was checking the right domain names to use for my website, a special kind of software was tracking all the names I tried and dropped, I never knew until the next day when I was ready to register the name I wrote down on my list, I discovered it has been registered by someone else, the exact name, I was shocked!

I tracked the name back to the registrant and I found out that it was Go-daddy's special tracking and registration software that did it, I was really mad and upset so please watch out, do not check the domain names if your are not yet ready to register them. This is a friendly word of advice.
Below is my recomended Webhost, I wish you luck

As a kid, I always wanted to know how things work so that I can teach people how to advance on things as such, along the line of success, I discovered that the discovery of the computer and Information technology was here to stay and I have to get myself well squinted with the program to earn the best in life, that my friend; is what brought me to the CORE lecture of today,

DO PEOPLE REALLY MAKE MONEY ONLINE?

Stay tunned for the answer in my next lecture, do not miss out!

12 Moral ways to help yourself!

2008-04-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

1. Take time to work - It is the price of success
2. Take time to think - It is the source of power.
3. Take time to play - It is the secret of youth
4. Take time to read - It is the foundation of knowledge
5. Take time to Worship - It is the highway of reverance and washes the dust of earth from our eyes.
6. Take time to help and enjoy friends - It is the source of happiness.
7. Take time to love - It is the one sacrament of live
8. Take time to Dream - It hitches the soul to the stars.
9. Take time Laugh - It is the singing that helps with life's loads.
10. Take time for Beauty - It is everywhere in nature.
11. Take time for health - It is true wealth and treasure of life
12. Take time to plan - It is the secret of being able to have time to take time for the first eleven things.

A word of advice
Listen to music everytime, don't be an enemy of yourself! always remember to plan, cause people don't plan to fail, but they fail to Plan. Always plan to succeed! Speculation, anticipation and fear of the unknown only brings you "0" ROI.

Engr. Prince Onaolapo Adeyemi
CEO Crewlane Technologies
213 West 35 Street
New York, NY 10010
USA.

Watch the microsoft small business summit here

2008-04-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been working diligently to stop the Snowe bill, S. 2661 since the day it was introduced. Even though it has an anti-phishing name, it is clearly a trademark bill. Philip Corwin, Counsel to ICA, has met with Senators’ staff and spoken with Capitol Hill reporters and other companies and associations who have a lobbying presence in Washington. He has been informing them of the damage this bill will cause to our industry and soliciting opposition to the bill and his work is starting to pay off. click here for more information.

2008-04-23T17:56:00.000-07:00

How do I protect myself against computer attacks/ Viruses

No one technique offers complete protection against computer viruses. You can, however, take several steps to protect yourself from viruses carried by e-mail:

Know where your e-mail is coming from. Be especially careful of e-mail from unknown sources.

Be careful of attachments to your e-mail. Be especially careful of executable attachments that end in .exe, .pif, or .vbs, among others, and never open attachments that you aren't completely sure about.

Make sure your e-mail software is NOT set up to automatically download or install e-mail attachments.

E-mail addresses can be spoofed, which means they can appear to be sent from a different address than they really came from. Don't automatically trust e-mail from any address you recognize.

Install virus scanning software on your computer, and keep it updated.

Make sure your computer's operating system is up to date with the latest security upgrades.

And in case the worst happens and your computer is infected, make sure you have backups of your data files.

Microsoft launches AdCenter

2008-04-23T17:54:00.000-07:00

Search. Click. Find - What is Microsoft adCenter?.

Microsoft adCenter is a pay-per-click advertising for budgets of all sizes. Simply put, that's what you want your customers to do. With Microsoft search advertising, you can make it happen. Create your adCenter account, define your target market, and set an ad budget. When shoppers see your ads, click to your site, and buy what they were looking for, you get a good return on your investment.
Visit Live Search today and see how advertisers are utilizing the power of search advertising. Type in a few key words and discover how it can work for you.

By the Numbers

Microsoft search advertising makes your search advertising campaign easy to manage, with simple-to-use in-depth campaign analysis; intelligent targeting based on location, gender, or day; and access to up-to-the-minute research.

Get Started Today

Provide your contact details and pay a one-time $5 fee to create your Microsoft adCenter account. Click here

Special offer!

2008-04-23T17:49:00.000-07:00

Heroes happen here by Bob

2008-04-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

If you are a developer of your wish to become developer, then you might want to take a look at this.
Heroes Happen Here Architects zip file.
Download the Zip file here

The most important aspect of setting up a new computer is to ensure your system has the latest updates and security software installed.
Make sure these are downloaded and installed to help defend against viruses and other potential threats before you connect to the Internet.
And once you're connected, it's equally important to update the operating system and antivirus software on a regular basis.
The following steps will help you set up your new computer with the latest security tools available.
Step 1: Verify firewall
If you're running Windows Vista or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you should already have Windows Firewall running, and you can proceed to Step 2.
To see what operating system your computer is running, click Start, My Computer, and then click View system information to open the System Properties window. This information is listed on the General tab under System.
System Properties window
Tip: With Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2 installed, you can manage Windows Firewall and other security settings in one place to help protect your computer. If you don't have SP2 installed or do not wish to install it, see How to Enable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP.
Step 2: Get software updates
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Turn on Automatic Updates.
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Plug in your modem or network cable for Internet access.
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Click Start and point to Control Panel. Select Network Connections in the Control Panel.
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Choose Create a new connection to start the Network Connection Wizard.
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After you're connected, allow Microsoft Update to install the latest security and software updates.
After all updates are installed and your settings are defined, you're ready to surf the Internet.
Just remember that it's important to be diligent with computer security technologies, so run Microsoft Update regularly, check the latest downloads and product updates, keep Automatic Updates turned on, and be aware of the latest security threats.

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Step 3: Download antivirus software
Review the inventory or packing list that came with your computer to make sure the hard disk has all the listed software installed and the original installation CDs are there. This bundle typically includes security software from a recognized computer security company.
In most cases, a trial version of this software should have been preinstalled on the computer or included on a disk. If it wasn't, contact the computer manufacturer for a replacement.
If security software wasn't included with the original order, you should obtain and install antivirus software before continuing.
Microsoft offers Windows Live OneCare, a comprehensive service that helps protect your computer from many different kinds of threats, inlcuding viruses.
Step 4: Download antispyware software
After you've confirmed that you have antivirus software, you should confirm that you have antispyware software. To find out why you need both, see What's the difference between spyware and a virus?
Microsoft offers Windows Defender to help protect against spyware and other unwanted software. If your computer is running Windows Vista, you already have Windows Defender. If your computer is running Windows XP, you can download Windows Defender for free.
Step 5: Record system information
It's a good idea to record your computer's system information in case a technician needs it later. To do so:
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Click Start, then Run, and type "msinfo32" in the text field. Click OK to open the System Information window.
System Information window
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In the window, on theFile menu, click Export.
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Name the file and save it to an external storage device such as a blank CD or thumb drive, and store it in a safe place.Note: Windows Live OneCare also offers easy file backup and restore.
You should also keep the Windows installation CDs and related product key handy.

You need to watch this!

2008-03-25T12:00:00.000-07:00

What is a computer?

2008-03-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

Hi,
My name is Engr. Prince Onaolapo Adeyemi-YES, the real prince!- from the African root of ODE REMO, Ogun State, Nigeria.

I graduated with Second class with Hons. from Lagos State University(Bsc. in Engineering), migrated to the USA to obtain my MSc. and other professional certifications. With my 10 years experience in the engineering field, I believe can contribute quite a bit of help to the community through this channel.

Enough of the introduction, let's get to work.
Our topic for today is about the introduction of the computer. What a computer?, why do we need the computer and how or where do I get a good computer from?.