March 2008 CLH Computers & Design Ezine.

Welcome to the March 2008 CLH Computers & Design Ezine. This month we will be talking about where we are now and where we’ve came from tech wise.
It might not seem like it to some, but we have made leaps and bounds in the technology field. If you’re thinking otherwise we’ll talk about some examples. Back in 1992, a company called Eo introduced a handheld pen based microcomputer. This microcomputer was 13x9x1. Not very easy to fit in your pocket like today’s PDAs. Let’s get into some details on this speed demon. It came equipped with a 30 MHz processor and 4 mb of RAM. You could also get an optional 64 MB hard drive. The battery lasted about 4 hours. The price of this baby was $3,000.

I think it was around 1997 or a little later Sharp had a portable pocket emailing system called Pocketmail. It was nothing like the email of today. I think I picked one of these devices up for around $130. It was kind of cool for the time. You could create some emails and to send them out was a little different then what we do now. To send out emails you had to dial a 1-800 number and listen for an automated operator, once connected you clicked a button on the Pocketmail device and a little speaker type device pops out of the bottom. You would have to hold the Pocketmail speaker up to the telephone and click the send/receive button on the Pocketmail, and then the Pocketmail would start making modems sounds threw the speakers. After a few moments your email would be sent and/or received. There was a monthly service charge of $10 per month for this service. Pictures and attachments where not possible on the Pocketmail device.

Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp. said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” This was said in 1977.

Space Invaders was released in 1978 and PacMan around 1981. In 1981, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft said that, "640k ought to be enough for anybody.” For those of you who don’t know data sizes, this is about the size of 2-3 pictures that are in your sample pictures that are in you’re my My Documents-My Pictures-Samples Pictures folder.

In 1985 a Russian named Alexey Pazhitnov wrote Tetris. How much do you think he made for this hit game? He made no money since the country Russia was communist at the time and it was owned by the people.
October 25 2001, marked the day of the release of Windows XP, and November 21 of the same year Microsoft released the Xbox.
Don’t think that the new Iphone you just bought is going to last forever either. It will be just like all the others, just a stepping stone to the next tech breakthrough. It has happened many times already. I remember purchasing my first cell phone a little over ten years ago. It didn’t come with any games or a built in camera. Now that I think about it, I don’t even think it had a contact list on it. I’ve also had the latest and greatest Palm phone and Pocket PC phones, that I couldn’t live with out.

Remember what you used to do before Google?

What’s coming next?

8 tracks, Records, Cassettes, CD’s, MP3’s, what’s the next big discovery in music?
Camera phones can take better pictures then that of the first digital cameras.
Today computer monitors can display millions of color, in the start it was monochrome (the green and black look).

Just image what’s going to happen in the next 10 years.

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Welcome to the February 2008 Edition of the CLH Computers & Design Ezine.

 

This month we will talk about troubleshooting. This can be a very broad subject. It can range from a printer not printing to a PC refusing to turn on.

 

While most simple problems can be remedied with a reboot, some are a little more taxing.

 

A good place to start is by figuring out the current problem at hand is trying to narrow down where the problem lies. Right clicking on “My Computer” (Windows XP) then clicking properties and clicking the device manager tab. Doing this will bring up the device manager. For Windows Vista users right clicking on “Computer” and clicking properties. When the new window opens up click the device manager from the list at the left.

 

The device manager is a tool that shows devices and hardware installed on your PC. If you see a yellow exclamation point anywhere on the list of hardware or devices, this is an indication of a problem. Double clicking the device in question will usually bring up a brief description of the problem at hand.

 

Every once and awhile Windows will stop seeing a device that you have recently used. A USB printer or anything of the USB sort. What I’ve found that works is unplugging the USB plug and restarting the computer with the USB device unplugged. Then reinserting the plug when Windows is done loading. You can also trying unplugging the USB plug and reinserting without rebooting Windows. Trying a different port also works too.

 

There is a book that I currently own called “Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts: Troubleshooting PC Hardware Problems from Boot Failure to Poor Performance”. That is available from Amazon.com. For the direct link to the book click here. The book goes over computer problems in a flowchart manner. With yes or no questions.

 

Spyware and Viruses can also cause your devices to not work correctly. I had a PC lose its internet connection because of a virus. Don’t try to remove the spyware or viruses manually unless you are familiar with what to do with it. Some viruses attach themselves to system files.

 

New Things at CLH Computers & Design

 

We are currently switching web hosting services. This will give CLH Computers & Design a newer look and the ability to serve you better. The complete switch over should be done by the first week of February.

 

We also have switched to a new forum, which can be viewed here. The full URL is http://clhcomputers.forum2u.org/.

Most of our page designs have changed as well. On a final note don’t forget to visit us on myspace. www.myspace.com/clhcomputers.

 

Thanks for reading this months edition of our ezine.

 

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Welcome to the February 2008 Edition of the CLH Computers & Design Ezine.

This month we will talk about troubleshooting. This can be a very broad subject. It can range from a printer not printing to a PC refusing to turn on.

While most simple problems can be remedied with a reboot, some are a little more taxing.

A good place to start is by figuring out the current problem at hand is trying to narrow down where the problem lies. Right clicking on “My Computer” (Windows XP) then clicking properties and clicking the device manager tab. Doing this will bring up the device manager. For Windows Vista users right clicking on “Computer” and clicking properties. When the new window opens up click the device manager from the list at the left.

The device manager is a tool that shows devices and hardware installed on your PC. If you see a yellow exclamation point anywhere on the list of hardware or devices, this is an indication of a problem. Double clicking the device in question will usually bring up a brief description of the problem at hand.

Every once and awhile Windows will stop seeing a device that you have recently used. A USB printer or anything of the USB sort. What I’ve found that works is unplugging the USB plug and restarting the computer with the USB device unplugged. Then reinserting the plug when Windows is done loading. You can also trying unplugging the USB plug and reinserting without rebooting Windows. Trying a different port also works too.

There is a book that I currently own called “Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts: Troubleshooting PC Hardware Problems from Boot Failure to Poor Performance”. That is available from Amazon.com. For the direct link to the book click here. The book goes over computer problems in a flowchart manner. With yes or no questions.

Spyware and Viruses can also cause your devices to not work correctly. I had a PC lose its internet connection because of a virus. Don’t try to remove the spyware or viruses manually unless you are familiar with what to do with it. Some viruses attach themselves to system files.

New Things at CLH Computers & Design

We are currently switching web hosting services. This will give CLH Computers & Design a newer look and the ability to serve you better. The complete switch over should be done by the first week of February.

We also have switched to a new forum, which can be viewed here. The full URL is http://clhcomputers.forum2u.org/.
Most of our page designs have changed as well. On a final note don’t forget to visit us on myspace. http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/clhcomputers.

Thanks for reading this months edition of our ezine.

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Happy New Year and Welcome to the January edition of the CLH Computers & Design ezine. http://www.clhcomputers.com/

This edition of our ezine is dedicated to the computer newbie. I did some Q & A with a few random people, asking them what questions that they have or have had with their PC. Most questions ranged from easy to moderate.
To cut and paste or to copy and paste. A user was confused about when to use what where. The cut command does just what it says. It cuts out the highlighted content from the current document. Then pasting it puts the currently missing text/image where the cursor currently resides. Where as a copy and paste goes a slightly different way. The copy command copies the currently selected text/image and stores it in the clipboard, unlike the cut command it leaves the highlighted content intact.
WEB TIP

When doing online searches or browsing EBay you will find results not pertaining to your initial search. To exclude these items from your search, put a "-" sign and then a non relevant item. An example would be that you’re looking for cars. But toy cars keep being listed in the search results. To remedy this try this in your search box "cars -toy". More examples would be "cars -toy -clown -for sale.

KEYBOARD TIP
The keyboard command for copy is "Ctrl C". "Ctrl X" for cut and "Ctrl V for paste, don’t get paste confused with "Ctrl P" as this command is the keyboard shortcut to print.

We at clhcomputers.com are currently running a poll to see what services you want us to offer. As of now the choices are ringtones & wallpapers for cell phones, PC how-to videos, and monthly prizes for ezine subscribers. Be sure to tell your friends as more subscribers = better prizes. Voting will end January 31.

Needle in a haystack
Ever go to a webpage that you know the info you need is on, but the page is full of other things you don't need. Try "Ctrl F". This will open up a find box where you can enter the info you need and it will take you to it if it’s on that page.

New Editions
As of the end of December we have added TV broadcasts to our website. Some of the channels include CNBC, The Outdoor Channel, Off-road TV, ABC News Now, Martial Arts TV and a few cartoon channels for the kids. Over the course of December and January we will be adding more channels to fit everybody’s lifestyle. These channels can be found on our main page and by clicking the watch TV tab.
We have also added a daily Garfield cartoon. For the comic strip fans out there.
If you have a business to promote you can now add it to our links section.

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This will be the last month that you will be able to get our ebook entitled "FIX YOUR PC YOURSELF AND SAVE HUGE! What the big boys won't tell you." for free. At the end of the month it will be back to its original cost of $10.
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