Jul 27 07 -
If you own a DELL computer and needs repair or missing drivers, you can access the DELL website and enter the serial number printed on the white sticker on the bottom or rear side of your computer. The sticker is called DELL service tag and it is required to check the status of your warranty or current system configuration.
Dell Service Tag direct link – Click Here
This service only works for DELL computers.
May 02 07 -
All routers come with default security settings; most can be accessed from your browser through 192.168.1.1, well if you reset your router to its original settings and you’ve lost the default username and password, here is a useful site to search for your specific router login info:
http://www.routerpasswords.com/
Mar 31 07 -
Ok type this address and time yourself http://www.google.com it may take you from 10 seconds to a full 30 seconds if you are not too good at typing, ok here is an easy way to save a few minutes a day.
Instructions
• Step 1
Open your browser
• Step 2
On the Address bar, type google
• Step 3
Press CTRL + Enter (on your keyboard)
Your browser will automatically add the http://www at the beginning and the .com at the end.
Key combinations
CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER = .orgCTRL+ENTER = .com
SHIFT + ENTER = .net
Most new browser will take you to the .com address automatically if you type the name of the company.
Feb 06 07 -
Email Spam
You’ve seen them as messages about a missing girl or about world hunger/poverty or even about 9/11, email messages that will touch your heart which only purpose is to generate internet spam. I can say confidently that 99.9% of email forwards are spam generators.
What is spam?
Scott Hazen defines spam as flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it.
You might be asking yourself if it is so bad, why is it allowed?
When e-mail was invented, it was used to send short messages between government agencies and universities, they never expected it would grow to the monster it is today, as always, advertisers are thinking of ways of reaching you and your money, they see email, they think opportunity and that is how spam was born.
How does it work?
Every time someone sends an email forward it includes the email addresses of all the recipients, these recipients forward the message to an even larger list and it creates a snowball effect, if that long list of email falls into the hands of a email marketer you can declare your email address officially dead. It will be bombarded with emails such as “Would you like to refinance your home?” or “Viagra or Cialis for free” or “Free pharmaceuticals” which will make your email address impossible to use.
At one time I ran at experiment with spam and an email address, in less than a month I was receiving over 350 spam email PER DAY!!
How does it affect you or me?
Email spam is a waste of time, it takes time to clean your inbox everyday, specially when your email address is being targeted and you get more than 10 spam emails a day, we all know time is money, so you are getting hit directly where it hurts the most, your wallet.
Also, some users get viruses through those emails they receive later and some even become victims of identity theft which costs the industry 1 billion dollars a year. In 2006 there where over 27.3 million victims of identity theft in the U.S.
What should I do?
First, refuse to receive forwards, every time you get an email forward from someone you know, write them back, explain to them in a nice way what email forwards only generate spam and expose your email address to marketers and spammers.
How to detect a bad email forward?
Bad email forwards have 2 main characteristics:
Conclusion
No matter who is dying of cancer or how much money they promise you, never under any circumstance send email forwards, unless you like to help marketers and spammers.