tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15375977173964232062024-02-07T12:25:07.815-05:00Help Your Sick Computer !!!We will do the best we can to help heal your sick computer! If you need help, you may email me at computermancan [at]yahoo.cacomputermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-65236515734818637512009-02-26T22:49:00.002-05:002009-02-26T22:58:09.566-05:00Send Text Messages from WEB to CELL!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Unreal? Yes you CAN send text messages from your computer to a cell phone. In most cases for FREE!<br /><br />1) </span><a href="http://www.jaxtr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jaxtr</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - A simple-looking interface but complicated by the fact that it does not ask you where you reside so it gives you a phone number from the area of the server of your ISP [Internet Service Provider]. For example Jaxtr thought I was from Ottawa by checking where the server connected from. Have not found a way to change that yet. Didn't look to hard. However was able to send text message to buddy free. There are paid plans too so don't get caught paying when you use it free!<br />www.jaxtr.com<br />Save money and connect with the world immediately with a free jaxtr account. Upgrade to a Premium membership (as low as $2.95 per month) for more savings and features:<br /><br />FREE JAXTR SERVICES<br />Talk free on your phone - Free<br />Local numbers to call on the go - Free<br />Global voicemail box - Free<br />Send and receive text and ping messages - Free<br /><br />PAID SERVICES<br />Send SMS (text) messages worldwide - Free<br /><br />Call phones and mobiles at low rates<br />From $0.01 per min<br />Save 30% with subscription<br /><br />Forward incoming jaxtr calls to phones<br />From $0.01 per min<br />Save 30% with subscription<br /><br />Advanced voicemail personalization<br />Available only with subscription<br /><br />Call quality guarantee<br />Available only with subscription<br /><br />Priority customer support<br />Available only with subscription<br /><br />2) <a href="http://textforfree.net/">Text for Free</a> - PC 2 Mobile Communication - Says US only but I sent a text message to a Canadian number. It said, "Sent Successfully" - Will have to check with buddy to see if he got it.<br />http://textforfree.net/<br /><br />3) <a href="http://www.811.com/">811.com</a> - not supported in Canada so I cannot try it<br />http://www.811.com/<br /><br />Some Other Locations To Try I Gleaned from the Web<br /><a href="http://txt.bell.ca/bell/en/">Bell Mobility</a><br />http://txt.bell.ca/bell/en/<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telusmobility.com/sendamessage.shtml">Telus Mobility</a><br />http://www.telusmobility.com/sendamessage.shtml<br /><br />Koodo Mobile<br />http://msg.koodomobile.com/msg<br /><br />Rogers Wireless<br />http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way/<br /><br />Fido<br />http://websms.fido.page.ca/2way/?lang=en<br /><br />And these<br />Rogers Wireless: [10-digit phone number]@pcs.rogers.com<br />Fido: [10-digit phone number]@fido.ca<br />Telus: [10-digit phone number]@msg.telus.com<br />Bell Mobility: [10-digit phone number]@txt.bell.ca<br />Kudo Mobile: [10-digit phone number]@msg.koodomobile.com<br />MTS: [10-digit phone number]@text.mtsmobility.com<br />President’s Choice: [10-digit phone number]@txt.bell.ca<br />Sasktel: [10-digit phone number]@sms.sasktel.com<br />Solo: [10-digit phone number]@txt.bell.ca<br />Virgin: [10-digit phone number]@vmobile.ca<br /><br />TO MTS<br />You can send a free text message directly to any MTS Mobility Text Messaging enabled phone from this web site.<br />http://text.mts.net/<br /><br />ROGERS - Send a text to a Rogers phone by going here http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-plans/smsplugin and downloading SMS plugin to text a Rogers cell phone.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">For Virgin, Speakout Wireless, and tons of other providers there is a big list on Wikipedia<br /></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway#Carrier-provided_Email_or_Web_to_SMS_gateways" rel="nofollow" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(34, 119, 221); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway#Carrier-provided_Email_or_Web_to_SMS_gateways</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><h2 style="color: rgb(36, 97, 170); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Take Google with you on the go</span></span></h2><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get Search, Maps, Gmail and more, designed especially for your mobile. Want to get started right away? Just click the button and we'll tell you how.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get all our latest news, views, and videos on the </span><a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Google Mobile Blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We will add other places as we locate them.</span></p></span><br /></div></div>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-26200625894180185332009-02-26T15:48:00.002-05:002009-02-26T15:58:52.463-05:00USEFUL INTERNET FREEWARE<p>I ran across these freebies last fall when looking through Kijiji.ca the laborious way by constantly changing cities and then searching in EVERY city AFTER switching to it. Very time consuming. I ran across the Kijiji reader and eagerly hoped it would help me. </p><p><a href="http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/5824/rn_a17692/"><img src="http://show.onenetworkdirect.net/42/28619/5824" alt="Kaspersky Lab E-Store" border="0"></a></p><p></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="250" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="250"><p align="center"><a href="http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/5822/rn_a17692/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Try <strong>Kaspersky</strong> - Faster, Cleaner, More Frequent Updates to Keep You & Your Photos Safe</span></a> !!! <br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I use it and recommend it!</span></em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p> <p>Long story short, it did! And I found 4 one month old snow tires for my Sonata at a fantastic price! Then I turned to finding the rims. Wow! I put in all the local cities within 1.5 h of home here in Niagara. Since I could not find ANY RIMS in stores, this was now CRITICAL! </p> <p>I found them too! Of course I always bid a slightly lower price but I got exactly what I needed for hundreds less than anywhere else.</p> <p>You need to restrict your searches to the area you live or you will find tires or whatever YOU are looking for CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR EVEN INTHE U.S. I know because I did make that mistake at first! (:-)</p> <p>I have also used the Craigslist reader and it works just as well as the Kijiji reader. The other products I have not tried but if they are anywhere near as good as Kijiji Reader and Craigslist Reader, they will be gems!</p> <p><img src="http://www.motiont.com/images/bullet_main.gif" /> <a href="http://www.motiont.com/jobfinder.aspx">JOB FINDER</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.motiont.com/images/bullet_main.gif" /> <a href="http://www.motiont.com/backpage.aspx">BACKPAGE READER</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.motiont.com/images/bullet_main.gif" /> <a href="http://www.motiont.com/kijiji.aspx">KIJIJI READER</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.motiont.com/images/bullet_main.gif" /> <a href="http://www.motiont.com/craigslistreader.aspx">CRAIGSLIST READER</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.motiont.com/images/bullet_main.gif" /> <a href="http://www.motiont.com/carfinder.aspx">CAR FINDER</a></p> <p>-Computermancan at yahoo.ca</p> <p>Checkout </p>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-34276698771710524422009-02-07T20:28:00.003-05:002009-02-07T20:40:46.688-05:00Recovering Lost File in Word 2003 or 2007<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.integrity-marketing/shop"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSnEJK0-wnecP1dhvttrTQUFE8WN886iiIC6Vj-B1j_3-EY_8InhvkzH6pTqmZnwRDiLITL278rzavYjiyrwayhGyDH_WkvoYl8aCs4qlkEKKLSuIDjayr0d19QgmgT_xNkRc6Q-_Ukg/s400/M17-2516.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300233566447121090" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099">How to recover a lost file in Word 2007 or in Word 2003</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1) Try exploring or opening the Recycle Bin first. If the file is there, then highlight and right-click. You will see a short menu pop up. The first choice is RESTORE. BEFORE you click that, note WHERE THE FILE IS LOCATED! Then click and with a bit of luck you may have your file back.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2) </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">Preventing the problem in the first place!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">First, follow one of these steps to see whether the </span><strong style="font-family: arial;" class="uiterm">Always create backup copy</strong><span style="font-family: arial;"> setting is enabled:</span><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>If you use Microsoft Office Word 2007: Click the <strong class="uiterm">Microsoft Office Button</strong>, click <strong class="uiterm">Word Options</strong> in the lower-right corner, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Advanced</strong>. Scroll through the headings until you find the <strong class="uiterm">Save</strong> section, which is close to the end of the list. If the <strong class="uiterm">Always create backup copy</strong> setting, located in the <strong class="uiterm">Save</strong> section, is selected, Word created a backup copy of the document.</li><li>If you use Microsoft Office Word 2003: On the <strong class="uiterm">Tools</strong> menu, click <strong class="uiterm">Options</strong>. The <strong class="uiterm">Always create backup copy</strong> setting is located on the <strong class="uiterm">Save</strong> tab. If the <strong class="uiterm">Always create backup copy</strong> setting is selected, Word created a backup copy of the document.</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, if the </span><strong style="font-family: arial;" class="uiterm">Always create backup copy</strong><span style="font-family: arial;"> setting is not selected, go to method 3: "Force Word to try to recover a file."</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><a href="http://www.integrity-marketing.com/shop"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Click the box above for a SPECIAL PRICE for THREE COMPUTERS for Microsoft Office.</span></a></span>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-21733239565642591162009-02-07T20:28:00.000-05:002009-03-25T13:28:12.805-04:00Recovering Lost File in Word 2003 or 2007<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099">How to recover a lost file in Word 2007 or in Word 2003</a><br />computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-28154425969453413772009-02-05T22:31:00.005-05:002009-02-07T20:43:42.255-05:00EMAIL BCC - Do You Know What It Is?<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Do you ever receive a forwarded letter which has already been through 100 people's mailboxes? Of course I exaggerate, it may have ONLY been 25 to 50!<br /></span><br />How would I know that?<br /><br />Because most of those people DO NOT KNOW what BCC stands for!!!<br /><br />Do you?<br /><br />It means BLIND CARBON COPY. No it does NOT mean you should have sent it to a blind man instead of me!<br /><br />That BCC on your email To: list [or there may be a little arrow right after the To: which gives you usually 3 choices.]<br /><br />1) To: - I think you know this. Everybody sees everybody's email address from EVERY PERSON that forwarded it on! ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES PUT HERE ARE VISIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE THAT GET THE EMAIL FORWARDED TO THEM. Not yelling just emphasizing.<br /><br />2) CC: - This is used when you want to send it To: someone and also send the exact same email to someone else who may be involved or want to see it. ONLY THE To: person and the CC: person get the email.<br /><br />3) BCC: This is where you put all email addresses which you want to KEEP PRIVATE from everyone else who gets the email forwarded to them.<br /><br />SO if we all learn BCC there will be a lot fewer emails forwarded with MONSTROUS LONG LISTS OF EMAIL ADDRESSES BEFORE YOU EVER SEE THE EMAIL! Not yelling, just emphasizing.<br /><br />Isn't privacy a good thing? Do you really want everyone who you have NEVER met to see ALL of your FRIEND'S email addresses? I didn't think so.<br /><br />Please use BCC and take a load off the poor old internet. No wonder it goes so slowly sometimes!!<br /><br />BCC: takepity@oldinternet.com (:-)>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-53389783752778839692009-02-03T18:47:00.001-05:002009-03-25T13:28:12.810-04:00Computerman has sent you a message from Maximum PC<div id="container"> <div id="header"><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/"><img src="" border="0" alt="Maximum PC"></a></div> <div id="body"> <div class="frm_txt"><a href="mailto:computermancan@yahoo.ca">Computerman</a> thought you would like to see the Maximum PC web site.</div> <div class="frm_title">Message from Sender:</div> <div class="frm_txt"><p><b>Wow. I will have to clean off one of my multitudinous thumb drives and start this installation.</b></p></div> <div><b><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/forward/emailref/4980">Build the Ultimate USB Thumb Drive Toolbox</a></b> <br /><i>by <em>atcastle</em></i> </div> <div class="article"><!--paging_filter--><p><strong>If you like this story, help other people find it by giving it a <a href="http://digg.com/software/Build_the_Ultimate_USB_Thumb_Drive_Toolbox">digg</a>. 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Just because they cost something does NOT make them better.<br /><br />I found one that works very smoothly. It is called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter</span> found at <a href="http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter/">http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter/</a>. I had some 58 videos to convert and the program did them all flawlessly.<br /><br />Then of course, you need to use software to make the DVD. Since almost all DVD burners come with that kind of software, I will not discuss much about that. However it is safe to say that two FREE products stand out in my mind. They are Ashampoo's Burning Studio 6 FREE. They will bug you about upgrading to V8 but it is worth the bugging to get such a simple straight-forward product. Also CDBURNERXP deserves honorable mention as another free product I often use. Both of them work seamlessly and well.<br /><br />Two places on the web have come to my attention where downloading and conversions are possible.<br /><br /><a href="http://keepvid.com/" target="_blank">WWW.keepvid.com</a> will help you download, convert to many formats and play flv files.<br /><br /><a href="http://tubegrip.com/" target="_blank">Tubegrip.com</a> will download videos as well. There also is a free desktop downloader with limited conversion formats.<br /><br />I have not used either of the above, but try them out and let me know if they work for you.<br /></div>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537597717396423206.post-86021954154951954832008-11-24T06:00:00.002-05:002008-11-25T08:40:33.497-05:00Useful Tips<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">It is possible that the most important thing you can do about computer security is NOT JUST to get the best antivirus or internet security product, BUT to keep your computer up to date.<br /><br />If you have automatic updates enabled on your computer, that is good. However there are many common programs for which you may NOT have the latest updates which often are created to plug holes which could allow a hacker to mess up your computer.<br /><br />One solution is a free utility, called <b>Secunia</b> found at <a href="http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online">http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online</a>. You can choose to download the desktop version or run a scan while you wait online.<br /></div>computermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089720734681665451noreply@blogger.com0