If there’s a program you use every time you turn on your computer e.g. Outlook, then you might want save yourself some time and set your computer to automatically start that program when you turn it on.
If you are running Window XP or Vista here’s how you can do it.
Go to Start, All Programs and then find the program you would like to start up automatically e.g. Microsoft Office Outlook
Right click on the program and select Copy.
Now go to Start, All Programs, right click on the Startup folder, and select Explore.
In the window that opens on the Edit menu select Paste (If you are using Windows Vista you will instead need to go to Organise and then Paste)
From now on whenever you turn on your computer your chosen program will start up automatically.
According to ComputerWorld, Microsoft is planning to release the Release Candidate of Windows 7 to the general public on May 5. Release Candidates are generally feature complete and stable, and suggest that the final version will be available soon.
Windows 7 is officially scheduled for release early next year, but now some analysts are suggesting Microsoft may release it as early as September or October.
Want to share a link with others or come back to a website later, but worried the content may change? BackupURL is a simple online tool which can save a copy of a website as you see it, so even if the site goes offline you will still be able to view it.
All you have to do is enter the URL of the site you would like to backup and click Backup. That’s it! No registration required.
BackupURL will then provide you with a link to your cached site as well as a shortened link for easy sharing. When you visit this link you will be able to see the site exactly as it was when you backed it up.
MailTidy is a soon to be released email backup and archiving tool we have been working on here at LANcom. With MailTidy you can backup and archive your old emails and get really easy access to them anytime over the net.
MailTidy has advanced search features, which make finding that one particularly email you just know you got around 6 six years ago really easy. It’s also fast to set up, easy to use, and accounts can be encrypted to the same level as online backing so you know your data is safe.
MailTidy is fast to set up
It takes just three steps and 24 hours to get your email archive up and running. All you have to do is upload your .pst files and we take care of the rest. Within 24 hours you will have your own secure, easily searchable email archive.
MailTidy is easy to use
MailTidy makes it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for and do what your need to once you find it. You can:
Search thought all your emails or just through individual .pst files.
Search within a specified date range.
Filter your search results by month, day, who they are to, or who they are from.
View individual emails, print, and open attachments.
Restore emails back to your inbox.
MailTidy also has a similar look and feel to Outlook to make is easy to find your way around.
MailTidy is secure
All MailTidy accounts are password protected and professional accounts will use 128bit encryption (the same level that banks use) to upload and store your data. We have partnered with Amazon, America’s largest online retailer, so all your data will be stored in Amazon data centres. These are the same data centres used to run amazon.com.
The MailTidy service is scheduled for release next month, so stay tuned to this blog for more information.
Want to improve your skills at identifying Phishing scams? SonicWALL has a great Phishing and Spam IQ quiz available on their site.
The quiz shows you 10 emails which you have to mark as either phishing or legitimate. At the end of the quiz you get your results as well as the reason your answers were right or wrong.
According to Gartner 3.2 million people fell victim to Phishing scams last year, so it pays to be aware of what a Phishing email looks like. To take the Philshing and Spam IQ quiz click here.
We are happy to announce the release of our new backup and business continuity service RecoveryPoint. RecoveryPoint protects your data, your servers, and your business and can:
Recover lost files in minutes
Recover a failed server in 2-4 hours
Give you remote access to your data and applications within 24-48 hours of a disaster that destroys your office
The great thing about this service is that in the event of a disaster or a server failure we will be able to have critical programs up and running in a fraction of the time it would take using conventional tape or remote data backup services.
Did you know that 50% of small to mid-sized businesses will go out of business within three years if they can’t get their data back within 24 hours? (Gartner)
When you lose a file this service is a huge convenience, but when disaster strikes it’s a life preserver.
A while ago on this blog we covered Drop.io a site that makes sharing files online really easy (click here to see this post), well now Drop.io has created two new online applications which makes the Drop.io site even better.
Conference.io – Conference.io allows you to set up a file sharing group chat really easily. All you have to do is enter a URL in the Choose drop name box, upload any files you want to share on the chat, and then click create drop. Then you can just send the link to anyone you want to be able to download your files and join the chat. No registration required!
When users go to your Conference.io page they will be able to see the files available for download and be able to chat with other users in real time.
Just like any normal Drop.io page you can:
Set a password for your page if you like
Choose how long until your page expires
Choose whether to give guests the ability to upload files too.
Playlist.io – Playlist.io allows you create playlists by uploading MP3 files. It works pretty much the same as any other Drop.io page, just create a Drop.io URL and upload your MP3 files. Then whenever you want to listen to your playlist you can just go to your Drop.io page. Here’s a video demonstration.
At LANcom we only offer 6 hour call to repair warranties for fourth and fifth year servers. This is because the 6 hour CTR warranty is the only warranty that commits to having replacement parts within an agreed amount of time.
Other warranties only commit to a response, not a resolution. This means that while someone may turn up within 4 hours the parts may take days to arrive.
It is particularly important to have the six hour call to repair warranty for older servers as HP houses parts for theses servers out of Singapore, which means a 10 day wait or longer is possible. If a possible 10-14 day wait is acceptable to you then we may consider other warranties, but in most situations this is not the case.
Each year, as more of HP’s support functions get outsourced, field support gets thinner and thinner so it is becoming more and more essential to have a warranty with a recovery commitment like the 6 hour call to repair
We have investigated the two other major server vendors in NZ – IBM and Dell - and all their warranties are best-endeavour subject to parts availability. So the 6 hr CTR stands out and is the principal reason we supply HP.
Addicted to visiting a particular website? KeepMeOut is free online application which could help you break it.
KeepMeOut sends you warning message when you try to visit a particular site too often. You get to decide how often is too often and can chose to ignore the warning message if really do need to visit the site
To visit the KeepMeOut and try it our for yourself click here
Hat tip to MakeUseOf.com for the idea for this post.
