Consumers vs. Technicians (Part 2)
We’ve all had to call technical support at one time or another. We’ve all had good and bad experiences with them. Looking in from the consumer’s perspective, we have complaints abounding. Most complaints can be summed up:
-         The technician had poor people skills and didn’t care about me or my problem
-         The technician had poor [...]
Consumers vs. Technicians (part 1)
We’ve all had to call technical support at one time or another. We’ve all had good and bad experiences with them. Looking in from the consumer’s perspective, we have complaints abounding. Most complaints can be summed up:
The technician had poor people skills and didn’t care about me or my problem.
The technician had poor language skills [...]
So, you want a website? (Part 2)
Once the domain name is purchased, you then tell the domain registrar to point the domain to the address of the server you purchased hosting from. The hosting company will have their own name servers. These are servers that direct the people trying to locate your website. Let us compare a name server to an [...]
So, you want a website? (Part 1)
Having your own website means freedom of speech, your own personal place to rant and rave, or somewhere just to setup shop. No matter what the intention, you can do just about anything you need to do online.
Before you start planning and spending the money to get the ball rolling, take a few moments to [...]
Microsoft Office – Give it the Boot!
Microsoft Office – Give it the Boot! Microsoft PowerPoint is a component of Microsoft Office. It is used for presentations and slideshows. Microsoft Office itself is a complete suite of applications similar to Lotus 123 for spreadsheets, and WordPerfect for word processing. The problem with Microsoft Office and other proprietary data formats is compatibility [...]
Getting Stuff for free?
Further to my article (getting stuff for - really?) there are alternate methods to get those goodies for free. These are called paid referrals, referral trading, and conga lines.
Paid referrals and referral trading is a simple concept, where you trade referrals with others. Each helping the other complete their required offers and get the freebie. [...]
Dual Display’s in Windows XP
If you’ve upgraded your computer display to LCD, your old CRT monitor most likely collects dust somewhere. Sending it to the local dump is not so easy. It is a very dangerous item. Its CRT (Cathode Ray Vacuum) tube must be disposed of properly. Usually you can pay a small fee to have the local [...]
Temp files? What are they good for?
Temporary files - or temp files - as they are commonly referred to, are everywhere. When you add software to your computer, change a setting, browse a webpage and create a document, a temporary file is created. Some are beneficial, most are a nuisance and take up precious hard drive space. What’s more, cleaning them [...]



