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Life has changed there is no doubt and we wanted to reach out to see how you are doing.
As we go through this interesting time, we are trying to look at this as an opportunity to focus on our family and on friends like you. Let us use this extra time to catch up and talk more. Let us cook food that is not fast, but interesting and satisfying. Let us learn to enjoy a time to try new things. Let us find ways to enjoy time at home!
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Home » Archives for October 2009
4:14 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Electronics Recycling Day Keep Cobb Beautiful Electronics Day and Shoe Collection Saturday, November 14, 2009 9am – 1pm Jim R. Miller Park - 2245 Callaway Road Marietta, GA 30008 Piedmont Church - 570 Piedmont Road Marietta, GA 30066 Items AcceptedComputer Monitors/Microwave Ovens/Computer CPU's Stereos/ Toaster/ Laptops/ Copiers/ Printers/ Video Machines/ Alarm Clocks/ Disk Drives/ VCRs/ Can Openers Floppy Drives/ Camcorders/ Telephones/ Test & Networking Equipment/ Camera (Digital too)/ CB Radios Modems/ Mouse/ Record Players/ CD Players/ Circuit Boards/ Portable Radios/...
8:42 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Do you currently have installed a current (not expired) version of Norton Anti Virus or Norton Internet Security?You may be eligible for a free upgrade.Click on this link and follow the directions. (http://updatecenter.norton.com/)Why upgrade? The newer release should have improvements from the previous one. Those improvements might include:Using less resources on your computer.Detecting viruses quicker.Detecting viruses better.If you have the installation CD for the Norton Anti Virus Product you are currently running, you can always de-install the 2010 release and re-install the 2009 release if you think the older release is the better release of the t...
6:12 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
What are the differences between using webmail (email accessed via an Internet Browser) and Outlook (email application part of the Microsoft Office Suite)?Where is your inbox, sent and user created email folders located?Webmail: On the Internet Service Providers' mail server.Outlook: On your computer.If you email is on your computer, you can back it up. Is it is on a web server, your email probably is not backed up.Where are your address book (contacts) and appointments (calendar) located?Webmail: On the Internet service providers web server.Outlook: On your computer.Same note as with email.Will my Smart Phone (iPhone, Blackberry, Palm) synchronize with my email application?Webmail: No.Outlook:...
5:41 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
You have decided to change from your current email address to another. How do you inform everyone that you communicate with, your new email address?The easiest way is to create a list of all your corespondents' email addresses by entering them into a distribution list.Once the distribution list is created, you can send an email to the distribution list that states that your email address has changed, what it has changed to, a request for your corespondent to update their address book with the changed email address and a cutoff date when your old email address will no longer be valid. Once the email is sent out, you might get messages that one your email is undeliverable. More than likely this...
5:35 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Are you using AOL Software to access your email?Put your computer on a diet by getting rid of all the AOL Software and using an Internet Browser to access your webmail or receive your AOL email through an email application such as Microsoft Outlook (part of the Microsoft Office Suite).Why get rid of AOL Software?The spyware scan is not effective. See http://hthcatlanta.blogspot.com/2009/06/computer-running-slow-part-ii.html for advise of a better software solution.The virus scan is not effective. See http://hthcatlanta.blogspot.com/2009/06/computer-running-slow-part-ii.html for advise of a better software solution.The AOL Software slows your computer down. It takes resources away from your computer...
5:07 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The Blackberry Desktop for Mac Application was available for download on October 2nd. (http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/desktop_mac.jsp) This installation was tricky, but sync'ing with Entourage 2007 worked! The folks at High Tech House Calls suggest you make the change from PocketMac (current Blackberry Application used for sync'ing on a Mac) to Blackberry Desktop for Mac. We would be happy to assist you the installation. Call High Tech House Calls at 404.229.0839.Texting is a way of life with a Blackberry, but it is easy to delete a received text before you have copied down the information you need from it. A free application automatically sends your text...
7:03 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
For Your Health: Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy Until You're 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge M.D. M.D.I'm not interested in ending up in a walker. Following this book NOW allows you to plateau health-wise instead of a gradual decline. I can see a difference from the couple of months I have been following the advice.For Networking: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl RazWhy did I spend 25 years consulting idiots and doing their work? How did they get the CEO job when it looks like they needed help getting dressed in the morning. This book was an eye opener.Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the...
