Tips on Buying New Computers

Computers are sold everywhere these days. For most people, buying a new computer does not have to be as stressful as buying a new car. Nor does it have to be as expensive. If you’re like most people, and you have a limited budget for buying a computer, then you need to try to get as much computer for your money as possible.

Here are 3 simple ways anyone can save money when buying a new computer:

1) Shop around for best deal.

Sounds pretty obvious. But many people don’t realize they don’t need the fastest, most expensive computer with the most “extras”. In fact, if you are already using an older computer, even the least expensive new computer will be a big upgrade. If you don’t know a lot about computers, you can learn a lot by shopping around. Ask lots of questions, compare prices, compare features, then find the best price. Shop at your local electronics store, and look for the best deals online. You’ll be surprised at how much money you can save by shopping around!

2) Install your own “extras”

Many computers you will find in a store have a lot of extra software already installed. While this is convenient, it is not always the best way for you to save money. Also, while many of these extras sound good, you don’t always need them. You can often find better deals by shopping around separately for your own software extras (such as a word processor, anti-virus, popup blocker, spyware removal, games, etc). And some of these you can get for free. So before you buy the “fully loaded” computer, ask yourself if you really need all the extras, then shop around to see if you can buy a scaled down computer - and get the extras yourself for much less!

3) Don’t buy extended warranty

If you are not a computer “techie”, the extended warranties offered by the computer retailers often sound like a good idea. After all, who wants to be bothered paying for service on a computer after you buy it. But keep in mind that most computers come with a warranty, and most computer problems will either happen at the beginning (when you still have the warranty in effect) or much later (when it might be cheaper to buy a new computer). Technology changes very quickly these days. So consider whether or not it’s worth the inflated price of the extended warranty. And, if you really feel you need the extended warranty, then ask to purchase it at a lower price. Not all retailers will negotiate on the warranty, but some will. And whether you buy the extended warranty or not, make sure you back up all your files periodically, just in case!

If you have an unlimited budget, consider yourself lucky. And if you do business on the computer, make sure you get what you need, while trying to keep the price down. At any price, buying something that does not fit your needs is not a good deal.

Hope you find these tips helpful, and happy computer shopping!

10 Tips To Print with Printer Anywhere

PrinterAnywhere has developed a new technology and software that allows any user with internet connection to connect and print any document all over the world. Users now have the power and provision to connect to any printer all over the world without any networking. The users just need to download and install the free software that PrinterAnywhere provides. That too without the requirement of any special knowledge by the user or the owner of printer!

With the software that Printer Anywhere provides, the user is now able to print anything directly from your applications like the Photo Editor, Outlook Explorer, and so on. Also the page the user wants is printed thousands of miles away from your own computer. 

The software is developed with such precision that uses high security as well as the quality standards for the printing the page at the desired destination. The software also uses a high quality encryption algorithm and securely sends the printable media through electronic pulses to the desired destination. This also adds to the user’s security because the imitation of the original copy is sent. 

The Printer Anywhere software also bans the forwarding of the document, thus, unlike e-mail, solves the problems faced for the privacy issues. It is also unnecessary for the user to have an email id for the printing of document anywhere in the world. The user also has the authority of how many copies are to be printed. 

There are the ten most basic reasons why to print documents around the world using on the software that is provided by Printer Anywhere. The ten reasons are:

1. To ensure that the documents are not only received but also printed:

Many times it happens that the important documents that are sent through email are received properly but are either misplaced or are deleted from the receivers computer. With PrinterAnywhere, the user can be assured that the documents are not just received but printed so that the receiver has a hard copy of the documents.

2. The user does not want to send electronic copies of the documents:

With the sending of emails, all the privacy issues pop-up. The emails, for example, can be forwarded and the privacy of the document is compromised. Instead if the user chooses to print the document using PrinterAnywhere, the user has a benefit of preventing the abuse of privacy.

3. The recipient does not have the application to open the document: 

With the technology advancing all the time, there is an acute possibility that the recipient does not have the proper application to open certain documents that have come from the other parts of the world. Hence it is very useful to have the software provided by PrinterAnywhere, which facilitates the printing of any document in any part of the world. This saves the time in finding and installing the correct application to open the document.

4. The user wants to print paper photos on someone else’s printer:

The software is very useful in printing you archived photos on any printer in any part of the world. So, instead of sending the photos through email and then let the recipient download and then print the photos, the user can directly print the photos on the recipient’s printer.

5. The user wants to ensure that the documents are printed on loy on the specific printer:

The software provided by the PrinterAnywhere ensures that when a document sent for printing, it goes to the right recipient.

6. The user wants to print directly from the applications as if it were a local printer:

The user now has the opportunity of printing the required document directly from the application by just commanding the application to print and then giving the correct link of the address of the recipient printer.

7. Microsoft printer sharing on the home network of the user doesn’t seem to work:

The Microsoft printer sharing may not work correctly hence; PrinterAnywhere is a better option for all the users.

8. The document is too big to print or the user wants to save his paper:

If the user does not wants to waste his paper for something which maybe useless yet necessary, then with PrinterAnywhere, the user has the option to directly print the document at the recipient’s printer.

9. Fax quality is not good or the international fax calls are very expensive:

The Fax calls are very expensive in case you want to send a fax overseas. In this case the PrinterAnywhere is a very good option.

10. The user wants to print right at that moment and for free:

PrinterAnswers is the best option to print documents on the spot and for free.

With all these reasons, PrinterAnywhere is the most irresistible.

About LSASS

lsass.exe is part of the security system that comes along with Microsoft Windows. The task of lsass.exe is to verify the validity of users when they log onto the PC.

By ending the lsass process you may encounter some difficulties when using Windows.

However lsass.exe may sometimes be a trojan horse or downloader disguised to look like an innocent process.

The lsass.exe file is located in the System32 folder, or C:\Windows\System32. If it is located anywhere else on the hard drive or computer, it is not a legitimate program and should immediately be deleted or quaratined. You should never delete or tamper with the file if it is located in the system32 directory.

The only way to determine whether the lsass.exe running is legitimate is to run a full scan of the computer.

NMIndexStoreSvr.exe has encountered a problem and needs to be close.

Just bought the new Nero 8 yesterday afternoon, installed it in my laptop last night, only to found out the error message below in the next morning:

"NMIndexStoreSvr.exe has encountered a problem and needs to be close."

This was just reminded me of the very same error that happened to my desktop last year, when I installed Nero 7. The problem was disappeared by itself, or I must have done something quite right to my desktop. But this time, I could not wait until I do something right, it takes ages to do something you don't know but you know it should be right.. LOL.

Therefore I decided to delve into this problem with my broadband connection, turned up soo many people facing the same problem. The source of the problem is NeroScout. Whatta'...
People were saying that Nero did some indexing to the files, which of course I really don't think that is necessary for me. I have some programs indexing my files, and that includes my Launchy and my Copernic Desktop Search. So enough is enough, why does Nero have to do this without giving us a notice. Well.. maybe they did, but put something that is robust enough please..

Anyway the solution? quite easy, just type this in Start-Run... (or copy and paste this)
[this is for Nero 7]

regsvr32 /u c:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\MediaLibraryNSE.dll

[this is for Nero 8]
regsvr32 /u c:\Program Files\Common Files\Nero\Lib\MediaLibraryNSE.dll

It works for me,
anyway, read some forums, and people says that "Nero BackItUp Scheduler" also gives them problem, but not me (not yet probably). Here is the solution:

            net stop "Nero BackItUp Scheduler 3"
           sc delete "Nero BackItUp Scheduler 3"

The Macbook Air just the beginning

by: Hendradjaya

The thinnest of Macbook Air has amazed me and also everybody. The use of tiny core duo chip will be followed by other laptop manufacturer. We could expect more laptops with thin factors in coming months.

What more could I ask from Steve Jobs?

• I don't mind macbook air with 12" or even 8" screen. It would be easier in my small bag.
  
• I expect no keyboard laptop. With the touch technology that has been implanted on the Ipod Touch, it is just a matter of time. The keyboard can be displayed on the screen. If MacBook Air is designed with external DVD, we could expect an external keyboard.
• hm... whatelse?
  

Rapidshare Down !!!

As of 19 January 2008, Rapidshare.com is down!! It has been one of my favourite site for downloading and uploading stuff since the invention of internet.


Some google searching found some issues around this problem:

• It has been shutdown by some anti-piracy authorities in Germany. They said that the servers have been seized from their offices in Berlin. The authorities are pursuing legal action against users who distribute and download illegal copies of movies or software applications (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidShare). However this issue seems just a gossip, there was a news said that Rapidshare had won a case in court against a GEMA, the German Collecting Society (source: http://soufron.typhon.net/spip.php?article177).
• A blog from http://www.roundviews.com/2008/01/19/rapidshare-down/ wrote that a technician from Rapidshare, Steven Gircham said, “There are rumors concerning attacks made on the Rapidshare.com servers. There are also rumors that Rapidshare has been shut down by a court order. These rumors are false. We would like to apologize to our users and inform them that no data has been lost. There have been some hardware issues as a result of high bandwidth and server overload. We are doing our very best to resolve the hardware issues, and users should expect uptime by midnight tonight (GMT)”
• A comment from the above blog said that only the rapidshare.com is down, the servers are still accessible through http://80.239.151.250/. I have checked and that works, however it seems that the functionality is limited.

I am confused, which one is true, I will update this when I found another breaking news.

Update 1 (the same date):
Hey... it is up and running now.. I am just happy my account should be survived, rapidshare should give me time extension because of this down time. However I am still interested in finding how could this happen.

Update 2:
It is confirmed now that the problem came from their hardware. Here is the quote from http://rapidshare.com/en/news.html:
"Unfortunately, starting at 5 pm CET, one of our carriers experienced a severe technical problem with their hardware, causing a loss of 50 gigabit of bandwidth. Therefore RapidShare was unavailable for several hours. We already have taken steps to avoid this particular problem in the future".