Never Loose Your Files Again

A few years back, I remember that I stayed back in the office to update the inventory system because all the data in the backup went missing. Because of the urgency of it, I even brought the CPU home.

If you do not want the same to happen to you, I would suggest Tilana for Continuous Data Protection (CDP). New and modified files are protected automatically as you save. And if you are working on different computers where remote file access is required, this is a software for you too. It will also help keep your file sync. Any file protected in the remote data center is available to sync between your computers.

Securing my laptop

I have bought a brand new laptop and I am very happy with it. It would be for my personal usage and not to be shared with other people. Reason being that I would put in a lot of my personal data, photos and journal thoughts in that laptop. In the past, most of my personal stuffs are stored in a few computers that are also accessible by others. My office computer is not exclusively used by me as my colleagues can also use it for their work. That is why I opted to buy a laptop for my own usage only.

One thing that I am quite worried about storing all my personal stuffs in the laptop is regarding security. It is estimated that no less than 1 in 10 laptops will be stolen during its lifetimes. I know that some of the programs do have internal password security features but not for my photos and journals. I was told to look for Data Encryption Software as it is the most secured way to protect all the data in my laptop.

I found one data encryption software called Alertsec Xpress at http://www.alertsec.com. For a minimal fee every month all my data in my laptop would be fully secured. I can try it for free for a month and if I am happy with it I can subscribed to that service and have less worry about my data in the laptop if it is stolen. Check it out if you too are concerned about data security.

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Half An Hour For The Icons To Appear

For a week already, it took half an hour for one of the office computers to display the icons on the desktop. The Operation Manager tried scanning for viruses, spywares and adwares but nothing happened. We found a lot of virus and quarantine them but that does not fix the computer.

So whenever I come to the office, I will start that computer first and eat my breakfast. By the time I am done with my breakfast, the computer is ready to use. But this is not convenient if we have urgent email to send to our customers or suppliers.

I think the boss should spend some money to get the ESET NOD32 anti virus software and network security solutions. They are among the top notch anti virus solutions. I am sure the solution would be able to detect the problem. If boss not willing to spend, then we will just reformat the computer.

Communicate and Interact More Effectively

I work in a company that comprises of not more than 20 personnel, bosses included. Communication is all done verbally and face to face. However if you work in a huge organization and have branches all over the world, you might need portal software to communicate and interact more effectively.

This is where Epazz comes into the picture. Its BoxesOS Content Management Component provides an organization with enterprise level tools for creating, managing, organizing, archiving and sharing content. You can receive and deliver your content in many forms such as web pages, emails, polls, documents, RSS, and hot news.

Why not sign up for 30 days risk free trial to check whether this software suits your company needs? I am sure with this kind of software; it will minimize hiccups in the communication. Communication break down can cost the company a lot of money. It happened to us many time! :(

Security Software

My office does have anti-virus software installed in all the computers. Somehow, the viruses still manage to attack and infested the computers. After doing the System Restore which is available for all Window XP, my husband recommended me to install not only anti-virus software but also anti-spyware and firewall too. Among recommended by him is the NOD32 security software which includes these antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall programs together in one suite. Hmmm… maybe I will recommend this to my office IT personnel and rush him to install it! Unless they do not want me to work and shake leg and eat potato chips. :D

I don't hate FireFox but use IE or else...

I kept receiving the above message every time I tried to open the FireFox browser in my office. I don't like to use IE before it is so slow. Tried the virus scan but the same thing happened again. During lunch I told hubby about it. He experienced the same at his Internet cafe. It is a virus. He told me that one way to get it of it by doing System Restore. It can be found under System Tools in your Accessories. Since I did not save anything important in that computer, I run the program. It works! I can use my FireFox again! :)

Start an Online Store

My room is cluttered with so many things. Books, VCDs, DVDs, CDs, printer, scanner, children clothes, my clothes, jewelry, toys, Christmas gift that I did not use, new coffee maker and bread maker which was my engagement gift plus much more.

Maybe I should start my own online store to sell all the above. To start one is easy with Ashop Shopping Cart Software. Ashop shopping cart software is one of the worlds most easy to use web based administrations with award winning features that allows the merchant to set up an online store.

Some of the features that caught my attention are…

Free tech support (phone, email, online chat), No graphic design skills required, No HTML knowledge required, Custom HTML section with Rich Text Editor and Free ecommerce software user manual, tutorial movies and knowledgebase. To those like who only know what to sell, but know nothing about HTML, these features are really good for people like me.

Besides the above, Ashop Commerce shopping carts are integrated with all major banks, gateways and third party processors including PayPal and accepts credit cards. They are also SEO friendly that continuously researching the most sophisticated search engine updates to make sure our products rank the highest they can on major search engines. Very good exposure for newbies like me.

To those who are interested, they are offering free 10 days trial now.

Window XP Starter Edition

"an insult to the developing countries"

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At first we thought the slowness is due to the 256Mb RAM. After adding another 512MB RAM, the start up is still very slow - 8 minutes. Then it must be the Window XP Starter Edition!

Hubby read over the Internet that this edition is developed for developing countries and someone commented that it is an insult to the developing countries! Just because our economic growth is slow, it does not mean that we settle for slower things. It’s like ridding on a bullock cart instead of driving a car. BTW, I have not seen any bullock cart on the road for more that 20 years already.

So we void the warranty, reformatted the computer and install a Window XP Pro Student Edition. With Student Edition, validation is not needed for Window’s update. Now the start-up is less than a minute. Since it is faster now and with more RAM, 768MB, hubby brought it to his Internet café. I am now left with an old PC. Better than nothing. It is as fast as my new PC even it is just with 256MB RAM coz it runs using Window XP Pro. Am getting hubby to pay for the monthly installment of the new PC. :P

Please don’t buy PC with Window XP Starter Edition unless you don’t mind the waiting period. Can do a lot of things while waiting know. I am multi-task. So this is what I did while waiting.

Press the start button.
Go PU.
Boil water.
Put in laundry in the washing machine.
Sweep the floor.

Then only start blogging! :D

Online Backup

My question. It is safe to use online backup for company's documents? In my computer, there're product costing, quotations, ISO 9001:2000 manual, payroll, production report, formulations of the products that my company manufacture etc. Let say, I upload all these to the online backup. One fine beautiful day, some hackers got their hands itchy and hack into my account and sell all those information to my company's competitors. Like that, die lar!! Then my boss will go after me for being smart Alex by using online backup.

Then there's this...what if one unlucky day, my computer breakdown and all the info and documents gone and at the same time the online company that I backup my files at, close shop or their server kena bomb! I'll be in deep shit right?

I took an opp for my other blog about IDrive.com. I even registered for it but after thinking thru, I am kinda reluctant to backup my files there. What say you?

Really FREE Screenshot Software

I heard of screenshot and wanted to install it but I have no urgency for it until that Saturday when I found out that this blog got chosen as blog of the day in PPP.

Earlier, when PPP offered an opp about how much we made from them. Many bloggers got a screenshot of their PPP’s “Already Paid” and “Will Be Paid” page. Even though it was not required from us. I took that opp without the screenshot coz I did not how too. A non-PPP blogger commented that I should take a screenshot as a prove to what I wrote. It will be even more convincing. BTW, at that time I only make less than USD100…shy to show to the world coz others made much much more than me.

Well, when there’s a will, there’s a way. It is so easy to get screenshot software. I just Google “Screenshot software” and I got a list of it. I chose Screenshot Utility coz it’s the simple I just need to press Ctrl + Alt + F12, my screenshot will be placed at my desktop. Later I can save it anywhere I like.

But there’s a trick to it. It is not FREE. Today, when I start my computer, I am prompted to register the software and I am left with 28 days trial period. Cheating one. I don’t remember reading anything about it being only a trial version. Or maybe I miss that out.

Two options I have now. One, search for free screenshot software. Second, get hubby to find the crack for me. I shall try the first option first.