What happens when you mix the mouse wheel with key combinations?
Shift & Spin - change the page
Open several pages in your web browser. The hold down the Shift key spin the wheel on your wheel mouse The browser goes either backwards or forwards, depending on which direction you spin.
Ctrl & Spin - change the font size
Open a page with text in your web browser. Hold down your Ctrl key and spin the wheel in a web browser (Explorer, Netscape or FireFox). It makes the text larger or smaller depending on which way you spin.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
SONY BATTERIES
Sony's battery recalls have been made official. On Monday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a formal recall for the batteries.
Last week Gateway joined in, recalling 340,000 batteries. Apple, Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Sony and Toshiba have all recalled batteries.
To see if your laptop battery is under the recall, visit my site.
- reposted from Kim Komando.com -
My comment; we trashed DELL as they were the first company to recall. Now they look like the most responsible party. Hmmm.
Last week Gateway joined in, recalling 340,000 batteries. Apple, Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Sony and Toshiba have all recalled batteries.
To see if your laptop battery is under the recall, visit my site.
- reposted from Kim Komando.com -
My comment; we trashed DELL as they were the first company to recall. Now they look like the most responsible party. Hmmm.
VISTA COUPONS
Microsoft announced a coupon plan for Vista. If you buy a new computer running Windows XP, you'll get an upgrade coupon. It gives you a discounted or free upgrade. Most manufacturers are expected to participate. The coupons cover purchases between Oct. 26 and March 15. So if you buy a new computer, make sure it includes the coupon.
- reposted from Kim Komando.com -
- reposted from Kim Komando.com -
Thursday, October 26, 2006
VISTA VENTURI
Clients,
The venturi effect is dragging us all towards the VISTA release/upgrade.
I have several thoughts.
First, this will be a good upgrade, you will likely benefit from going to VISTA. If you are purchasing new system, get it with VISTA.
Second, this is going to cost you some _bucks_! Microsoft is a master at extracting money from customers. The Vista upgrade costs are reasonable but when you add the other numbers up, you are going to ask what happened to your wallet.
Here is how this will go. You upgrade to VISTA, you want some of the new, cool features available, which means your Windows 2000 server needs to be upgraded to Windows 2003 ($'s). And you find your Windows 2000 server hardware isn't adequate to run Windows 2003 ($'s). Or you find your Windows 2000 Terminal Server now needs to be upgraded to Windows 2003 server, which requires a 2003 Terminal Server License ($'s). Then you want to have the Windows Live software available. Cool! But you need a Windows 2003 server with the licnensing upgrades ($'s). Can see where I'm headed ($'s)?
I'm not telling you VISTA is bad. I'm just reminding you that Microsoft did not rise to the Fortune 10 on luck. Can you spell licensing ($'s)? And we haven't talked about the interoperability of Microsoft Office file versions or new versions of anti-virus, etc.
Finally we come to the subject of security. The ugly truth is security isn't declared; it's tested. So Microsoft can tell us VISTA is going to be the most secure OS ever. The reality is, until all the hackers in the world have had at it and _failed_, it's not secure. Only time and failure demonstrates something is secure.
I'm not a wet blanket, I'm simply saying to some of us, keep your powerder dry and wait for Service Pack 1.
The venturi effect is dragging us all towards the VISTA release/upgrade.
I have several thoughts.
First, this will be a good upgrade, you will likely benefit from going to VISTA. If you are purchasing new system, get it with VISTA.
Second, this is going to cost you some _bucks_! Microsoft is a master at extracting money from customers. The Vista upgrade costs are reasonable but when you add the other numbers up, you are going to ask what happened to your wallet.
Here is how this will go. You upgrade to VISTA, you want some of the new, cool features available, which means your Windows 2000 server needs to be upgraded to Windows 2003 ($'s). And you find your Windows 2000 server hardware isn't adequate to run Windows 2003 ($'s). Or you find your Windows 2000 Terminal Server now needs to be upgraded to Windows 2003 server, which requires a 2003 Terminal Server License ($'s). Then you want to have the Windows Live software available. Cool! But you need a Windows 2003 server with the licnensing upgrades ($'s). Can see where I'm headed ($'s)?
I'm not telling you VISTA is bad. I'm just reminding you that Microsoft did not rise to the Fortune 10 on luck. Can you spell licensing ($'s)? And we haven't talked about the interoperability of Microsoft Office file versions or new versions of anti-virus, etc.
Finally we come to the subject of security. The ugly truth is security isn't declared; it's tested. So Microsoft can tell us VISTA is going to be the most secure OS ever. The reality is, until all the hackers in the world have had at it and _failed_, it's not secure. Only time and failure demonstrates something is secure.
I'm not a wet blanket, I'm simply saying to some of us, keep your powerder dry and wait for Service Pack 1.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
FIND OUT THE HEALTH OF YOUR HARD DRIVE
reposted from Kim Komando Show Electronic Newsletter - Oct. 21, 2006
Hard drives have a lifespan of three to five years. But I've seen some die after two years. I have a few that are still chugging along after 5 years. There's really no good way to judge how long one will last.
There may be signs, though. If you hear a popping or a cat-like sound, your drive may be failing. Problems starting Windows may also be caused by a failing drive. I had a drive that would disappear and then reappear in Windows Explorer. A few days after this started, it died.
Programs are available to monitor the health of hard drives. They use the drive's self-monitoring tools. HDD Health and HD Tune are two such utilities. They're free.
Advance notice is always helpful. But I wouldn't count on it. Back up your data. Remember the other kind of crash–when your laptop crashes to the floor. Those crashes come without warning. So, there's no substitute for backing up.
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