Creating Data CD's
How Stuff Works articl on how CD Burning works . And a second article from them specific to CDR disks .
Windows XP aims to help simplify the process and does a reasonably good job at it. Here's how to burn a CD with Windows XP:
Go to the folder containing the files you want to copy to a CD (usually My Documents)
I forgot to post this earlier in the week. One of my customer's had a particularly nasty spyware infection that needed a specialized tool to remove it. The spyware is called e2give. If one of your spyware programs detects it, use this tip to get rid of it:
Download the removal tool here.
Then follow these instructions:
– Extract the file you downloaded to your Desktop
– Double click E2TakeOut.exe
– Click the Begin Removal button
– Wait until the program is finished scanning
– Once done, it will produce a popup stating that the infection has been found and you need to reboot you computer to complete the removal
– Reboot your computer
– Once your computer has rebooted E2TakeOut will open and produce a report
Ed called in looking for a way to encrypt or protect the information on his flash drive. Here are a few solutions we thought of.
While we discussed encryption, you may also consider password protection.
1. You could use WinZip and password protect a zipped folder or file.
2. Lockngo is a program that password protects all kinds of drives.
3. Folder Lock is another program that password locks any flash drive.
Adam first shared this with me a few weeks ago. Since then it has been copied many times and has garnered world wide attention. If you haven’t seen this video, you will have fun. High speed Internet will make viewing easier, but it is worth the wait even if you are using dial-up. Also, make sure to turn your speaker’s sound up.
We were pleased to talk with Jarrod Brown, Education Director from TutorVista.com today. This unique site offers online tutoring for students in college and high school covering a broad range of topics. Listen to the interview by clicking here or you can download the interview to your computer or mp3 player.
I have always enjoyed SciFi and superhero movies. My three favorite movies until I was in high school were Superman, Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Since then I have learned to appreciate the art of finer cinema, but I still l will go back and watch each of these three movies at least once each year.
Superman Returns starts today but I probably won't go see it. I would love to take my family to it, but it would cost our family $36 if we sneak candy in.
Once we are in the theater we have to figure that at least two of the kids will need to use the restroom during the movie and so we will likely only see 110 minutes or less of a 120 minute movie.
Last week Rick and I made a fast trip to Denver and back in a single day (about 7 hours on the road).
During that time we talked about the various computer problems we have seen lately. He noted that spyware seemed to be on the decrease. It is only Wednesday and I have reason to believe that Rick set a jinx upon computer users everywhere.
On Monday night my sister called with a computer problem. I drove to her house and her computer was loaded with spyware and viruses. Earlier that day, I received a call from another client with a computer that wouldn’t even boot up because it has so many viruses (over 1600 infections).
I searched all over our site for this tool and I couldn’t find it, so I decided to do a Shotgun on it so that it would show up in a search on our page.
Some spyware is nastier than others. Some of my least favorite spyware goes in and corrupts the way your computer connects to the Internet. Essentially it routes your Internect connection through a special path so that the creator of the spyware can watch what you are doing online.
It does then by changing a feature of Windows called Winsock. Winsock is the method that your computer uses to talk to other computers on the Internet and elsewhere. If Winsock gets corrupted, you lose your Internet connection.
We talked with Paul Forster of Indeed.com on the show today. Indeed.com is a job hunting site that lets users search the largest job database available on the Internet. Click the link to listen to the interview and learn more about this extremely helpful and easy to use web site. Some of the topics we talked about included:
· Vertical Search vs. Google and Yahoo!
We discussed Picasa 2 late last year, but since then I have discovered many more wonderful things that can be done with the program. In fact, I now use it more often than any other program for my day-to-day digital photography.
HOW TO GET PICASA:
1. 
Either click on this button, or go to www.picasa.com and click on the Free Download button.