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How to Choose a Good Host

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:19:32 +0000

When developing a new website one of the most important decisions one will have to make is which host to use. Over the past few years the number of hosting companies have grown rapidly in number so making this decision may not be easiest of things.

There are of course a lot of free hosts out there but in most cases these free servers will force you to display unappealing ads on every page of your site. These ads can be very burdensome to most users. Free hosts also limit you on the amount of sites you can host, the amount of bandwidth, and file space that can be used.

Due to these limits, a free host should not be used if your goal is to have a professional and active site.

When it comes to hosts that require payment for use, there are once again a large variety of sites, all with different features and price ranges. Some servers will cost you several hundred a year, but in 9 out of 10 cases that is an unneeded cost. A good host should cost around 70-120 dollars a year.

I have found that the best host out there is BlueHost.

They allow clients to host unlimited domains, have unlimited file space, and unlimited bandwidth. Not only that, but they also give new clients several vouchers for a lot of free advertising with Google and Yahoo.

So if you need a new host or even just your first one, then Blue Host is the way to go.

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How to Add RAM Memory to Your PC

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:37:17 +0000

In computing terms, the more RAM that is on your computer, the more jobs it can process at once. One of the very best ways to increase the performance of your computer, make it faster, run easier and overall just behave better is to add ram to the system. It is fairly simple to view how much RAM your computer may have. To do this all you must do is go click on My Computer and then right click and select properties and system information. Once the RAM is installed, your Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP/Vista system will automatically detect the new memory and start using it. This is the part of your computer that will process the information, so that when a program, or software is loaded into your computer it is loaded into the ram to be run. Some kinds of RAM are DDR, DDR2, SDRAM, FPM, EDO, DRAM, SDRAM SODIMM, RAMBUS, DRAM, and VRAM.

On the inside of the computer there is normally one or more slots, black in color, which will hold the memory chips, which is also called RAM. Apple computers/Macs do this as well. A simple search online or on the chip itself will help you identify which kind of RAM your computer will accept. This is also where your files are put by a computer to be worked on. Consider it a work table for the PC. Then click the System icon and look at the info listed on the General tab. The amount of RAM in your system will be listed in megabytes). Ram stands for random access memory.

How to Maintain Your PC

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:35:19 +0000

I have cleaned up computers that were so completely gunked up with smoke I thought I would never get them clean. Maintaining your computer assumes that you have some level of competent virus scan and something that protects you from malware and ad-ware. Use canned air to clean off the keys and the mainboard at least monthly. The dust is going to build up there, regardless of how immaculately you keep your home. Cookies and cream ice cream or mini oreos and Pepsi are probably a bad snack to eat if you are hanging over the keys. The right maintenance is important to me because my own computer makes my living and without it, well I just tend to frown on not eating .If you don’t, no amount of computer savvy or maintenance is going to keep you safe in today’s Internet usage.

While I may take it overboard on some occasions, maintenance done on a regular basis is absolutely imperative to keeping your PC in tip top shape. I am a complete and total freak about maintaining my computer and making sure its clean .Keep it cool.I’ll admit it. Those are another article for another time .If it has to sit by a window, where the sun will hit it, buy cellular blinds or put it in a case where the full sun can’t hit the back of your monitor or the tower. Beside the radiator or furnace vent isn’t the right place to park your electronic tools.
Sticky+Keyboard=BROKEN.
One perfectly wonderful virus software is AVG Antivirus, which is available to the personal computer home user free of charge. Vacuum out the keyboard and the back of the computer at least weekly. I am talking routine, common sense things that will help to maintain your PC at a reasonable level of usability First things first. Next, keep it clean, smoking, if you smoke, over your computer is just a no no. Note I do say, maintain, not repair, or upgrade. It auto updates and is comparable in every way to the paid varieties such as Norton. Not just a little, but a lot! Make sure your antivirus scan, whatever its make, is set up to run nightly and to update daily, when it comes online. If you take reasonable care of your PC, it will be there waiting for you when you need it. Heat is your computers worst enemy.

It can’t help you if its not updated with the latest virus definitions and each night as you log off, make sure that you clear out the quarantine and check on your system scans.