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Web Counters
Basically, a Web counter (also known as a hit counter) is a piece of software that calculates how many visitors a certain Web site receives. Every time a Web page is accessed, the Web counter increases by one increment. A lot of sites have counters, because the developers like to know how much traffic their site is bringing in. It's a great way to keep track of how many visitors you get if you have your own Web site as well.
Web counters are usually displayed toward the bottom of a Web page, but it just depends on where the designer wants to put it. Some of them are just plain text, while others are fancy graphics. The time and date of when the Web site was created is often listed close by the counter as well. That keeps the count a lot more accurate. So, if you have your own Web site and you'd like to start keeping track of the number of visitors you get, you may want to look into getting yourself a Web counter. They're very handy and once you see how many people visit your site, you'll feel a lot better about the work you've done.
iHome is one device that serves several purposes. It's an iPod dock, an alarm clock, a radio and an iPod sound system. Yep, all of those things are rolled into one device and it's called iHome. It has also won various awards for its unique features and custom designs. Now, there are several different types of iHome and they fall into two categories: Home Audio and Portable Audio. Under Home Audio, you can get everything from the iH4, which is a standard iPod with an alarm clock to the iH36, which is an iPod dock, alarm clock and radio combined. For Portable Audio, the models range from the iHM2 (an iPod Nano portable speaker) to the iH31, which is a stereo boombox for the iPod. As you can see, iHome includes just a little bit of everything and there's something for everyone. You can find iHome systems at any regular computer store or you can search for them online.
it's very important for computers and other electronic devices to be as user friendly as possible and with that, more and more devices are being made with hot swappable capabilities. Basically, a hot swappable device is one that can be added or removed from a computer without having to reboot. USB devices are probably the most well known for being hot swappable, but there are several others as well.
Let's take a USB flash drive as an example. Most flash drives already have all the software they need built right in to them, so when you plug a flash drive into one of your USB ports, your computer is able to automatically recognize it as new hardware. In addition, you're able to start working with the flash drive right away, without having to download any software or drivers. All in all, if a device is able to begin functioning immediately after you plug it into your computer, it is considered to be hot swappable.
Like I said earlier, there are several hot swappable items on the market today. There are flash drives, printers, digital cameras, scanners, Webcams, microphones and many, many more. The hot swappable functionality is beneficial in that it allows you to work much faster without interruptions and with ease. I mean, if you had to restart your computer every time you wanted to use a new device, you'd be wasting a lot of time and you'd probably become very frustrated. I know I would!
You can also use most hot swappable devices on other computers. For instance, if you have more than one computer in your home, you can use your flash drive on both PCs without any trouble. All hot swappable devices work exactly the same in that no matter which computer you use, they will always work for you automatically. And if you really think about it, that saves you some money as well, because you don't have to go out and buy new hardware for every computer you use. Many businesses use hot swappable items as well.
So, if you're looking to buy a new flash drive or printer, etc., check it to make sure it is hot swappable. If you buy all of your hardware that way, you will save yourself a lot of time, money and frustration. And that just makes it all worthwhile,
Win-D, a.k.a Windows D
So, say you're like me and have a billion and a half windows open all at once. Now, say you would like to access your desktop to open yet another program, but don't want to bother minimizing each and every window one at a time. You could click the "Show Desktop" icon, sure, but that would require moving your mouse, wouldn't it? I say forget that! Let keyboard shortcuts rule the day!
Take the work out of minimization by using the "Win-D" method. Simply hold the Windows key (the one with the little Windows logo) on your keyboard in conjunction with the letter D and *poof!* you're Samantha Stevens from Bewitched! Want them to come back? use the same key combo and everything is back where it once was!
I don't know how to copy and paste. Can you help?
First off, you'll be glad to learn copying and pasting is easy. You can copy and paste just about anything your little heart desires: text, web pages, files, pictures, you name it. The idea behind the process is to take information from one place and deposit it into another.
For an example, let's pretend you're working in a word processor and need to copy and paste a section of your document into an e-mail. Here's how:
1. First, you'll need to select the text you wish to copy. You do this by putting your mouse cursor at the first character you want to copy and, holding down the left mouse button, drag the cursor to the last character you need copied. As you drag, you'll notice everything gets highlighted (selected).
2. Next, right-click the selected area. Choose Copy from the menu that pops up (or you can use CTRL-C if you like keyboard shortcuts).
3. Finally, right-click the area in your e-mail document where you would like to insert the word processor text. Click Paste from the menu that pops up (For this, CTRL-V is your keyboard shortcut).
That's it. The steps are basically the same for any copy & paste procedure you need to do.
Here's another example. In the image below, we'll take a line of text, copy it, and paste the copy below the original line:
If you want to get a little more fancy, place your cursor at the first character you want selected and, while holding down the SHIFT key, click next to the last character you want selected. It's sometimes easier to follow this procedure than to make selections by dragging, especially when your wrestling with a lengthy document. I can't remember the number of times the area I wanted to stop selecting at zipped right by me on a document!
Another fun way to use the SHIFT key is adding to an existing selection.
Let's say you select an area of text and you came up short of what you really needed. Rather than trying to re-select the whole thing, just hit the SHIFT key and click your mouse where you would like the selection to end. (You can also shorten a selection by doing this too.)
After you have used the SHIFT key to get your text selected, follow the pervious steps to copy / paste.
What is BIOS?
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BIOS (basic input / output system) is basically the "software" the computer uses for it's most basic operations (accessing memory, disks, processors, etc.). This "software" is built into the computer's motherboard, so don't worry about losing it if your hard drive crashes.
Note that these are NOT Windows settings, these are the "core" settings for your computer. You normally can get at them by pressing the DEL key a few seconds after you turn your computer on (this can vary from machine to machine though).
Most BIOS setups allow you to configure hard drive parameters, set the time, type of floppy disk drives, memory timing, and so on. It's probably an area that's best left alone unless you are an experienced computer user. I've seen more than one computer that was rendered useless from tampering with these settings.
Find Stuff!
Say you're looking for something on a long web page with Internet Explorer or Firefox. You think it's there, but you're faced with seemingly insurmountable number of paragraphs, sentences, and words to hunt though.
Well, next time this happens to you, hit the Edit menu, Find (or CTRL-F for you shortcut lovers). You'll get a handy little "find" box that lets you type in a specific word. After you type in your search term, hit the Find Next button and Explorer will look for that word on the page. If it's successful, you'll be zapped right to it.
As if that wasn't cool enough, you can also use a variation of this tip in Windows Explorer. Next time you're looking for a file in Explorer, hit CRTL-F and you'll get a Find or Search box (depending on what flavor of Windows you're using).
If you are already in the area of your hard drive where you think the file is (say, My Documents), hit CTRL-F and your search will be set to look in the My Documents sfolder.
Recuva to the Rescue!
Have you ever deleted a file that you wish you would have kept? Have you ever lost a file? I know I have. It seems like I get questions about this a lot. Is it possible to recover a deleted file? Well, the answer is yes and I have a free download for you called Recuva that will do the job.
This program is SIMPLE to use. Just download and install, then tell Recuva what you are looking for and it will take over from there! Just to show you how well it works, I told it to find all the files that I have deleted from my recycle bin. This is what it gave me!
I can't even fit all the results on the Page! This program is great and will do its best to find your lost files. Give it a try!
http://www.recuva.com/
1 comment:
This post is definitely very useful for any computer user. Recuva is seems to be a great tool for getting your deleted files.
Thanks..
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