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Burn Baby, Burn!

Do you have a CD writer in your computer? Ever wish you had some really great software to burn with? Hmm, how about some software to create CD really cool lables? (I hate those lable-less "mystery disks")

Well, that's what we were thinking when we came up with this offer!

We have created what could be the ultimate CD burning bundle for you. We have NERO Express and The PrintShop CD Label Creator for only $19.97! (FREE US Shipping) Both are current titles and have a combined retail of nearly $95.00!! How's that for a deal?

NERO Express:

First off, let's look at my new favorite CD burning software, NERO Express. This program makes burning CDs incredibly easy - but at the same time it's extremely powerful. It's fast becoming the burning software of choice for thousands across the globe. After using it, I can see why. My only regret is not switching sooner!

To say this is program is full featured is an understatement (take a look at the page on our site). Naturally, it can do all the basics - create CDs (or DVDs if your drive supports it), make copies of CDs, do backups, etc. One of the really great features is the way it allows you to use a CD-RW like a floppy drive. Just drag a file to it and it will write it to CD! Incredibly easy!

It also includes a utility to edit wav files, a fantastic media player, an MPEG video encoder, test utilities, video menu creators, and more! It even lets you drag and drop JPEGs and create a slide show on video CD! Just pop it into a DVD player and you can show friends and family your trip to the bahamas! Is that cool or what??

I could go on and on, but once you get to the page below, you'll see how powerful this software really is!

The PrintShop CD Label Creator:

The second part of this deal is The PrintShop CD Label Creator. This fantastic program makes creating professional looking CD tables a snap. With 100,000 online images, 10,000 images on the CD, plus over 1000 different layouts, creating that perfect CD label is easy! Oh, and yes - you can use your own photos - it even lets you edit them from within the program!

It uses a handy little Wizard interface, so it's a very fast, step my step procedure. Of course, you can edit whatever the wizard creates or just create a new label from scratch. It even includes tutorials to help answer any questions you may have. Finally, since it's from the makers of The PrintShop, you know it's a quality piece of software.

I wish I could go on, but I don't want to write a book on these two programs! They are both incredibly good, and the bundle price is fantastic. Just think, for $19.97, you can have the ultimate burning kit! Oh, if you only want one of the programs described above, you can buy them individually. Click the link below now!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/nero-printshop.htm

PS - Don't miss out! This is an incredible deal and we may not see this good of a price again! Remember, if you don't think it's as good as I say it is, just return in within 30 days for a refund! Nothing to lose - unless you wait and miss out!

Computers 101

Q:
Is there a way to bail out when you've clicked the wrong link on a webpage?

A:
Clicked the wrong link huh? Don't you just hate that? You frantically try to get your mouse up to the Stop button before you end up at the wrong page, but you don't always make it. So, here are a few suggestions:

If you've clicked the wrong link and still have that left mouse button pressed down, just drag your pointer off the link to a blank spot and release. No harm done.

But what if you've already clicked the link and you're off to the wrong page? Is there any hope?

Yup, just hit your Escape key. That will stop your browser in it's tracks - it's also a good way to stop an onslaught of pop up windows, should you accidentally wander onto one of those kind of sites.

-- Steve

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Tip of the Day

When Good Uninstalls Go Bad

Have you ever gone to uninstall a program, only to get some kind of nasty error message? It was probably something to the effect that the uninstall part of the program was hopelessly messed up and good luck trying to remove the program from your system.

Don't think you're ever going to have this problem? HA! And I bet you think Windows will never lock up on ya either.

You see, there are only two kinds of people when it comes to uninstall corruptions - those that have been faced with the problem and those who are gonna be.

OK, enough talk. What do you do if you run into this problem? Calling Microsoft certainly won't get you anywhere, nor will crying (well, its never worked for me).

The simplest solution is usually to reinstall the software you're trying to uninstall.

No that wasn't a typo and I haven't gone off the digital deep end.

When you reinstall the software, you usually reinstall the uninstall part of it too - with one that works.

Sneaky huh?

Note that this is not the same as the problem where Windows says some components could not be removed after the uninstall has taken place. This is just for problems where the uninstall program isn't working.

If you should run into the "Windows was unable to remove all the components" error, don't worry too much about it.

Usually that error is caused when a program is using shared files, has registry entries that were not included in the uninstall file, has a file that was in use during the uninstall, or if you've made files with the program.

If you're really concerned about it, check to see if there is a "Details" button on the error message screen. That should tell you what was not able to be removed.

-- Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Visit the Fact-O-Matic, type in a single word and find all occurrences of that word in Mr. Smarty Pant’s database. Or you can just jump right in head first to the topics, and browse to your heart’s content.

I choose the odd topic heading of Flan. Knowing that flan was a desert, I was curious as to what interesting factoids I could find on it. Here are some of the results:

“In El Salvador, flan is called flan de horchata because it is made with a milk-based almond drink sold across the country.”

“Spanish writer Vital Aza once said, "If you eat flan, you have a hearty appetite.”

“The Green Burrito chain of Mexican restaurants in California added flan to its menu in January 1991. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Ruben Rodriguez, chairman of Green Burrito's parent company GB Foods Corp., said the move was due to the fact that, "flan is very popular with Hispanics, and with it, we believe we can attract a larger share of the Hispanic market into our restaurants." When it came to naming the new dessert selection, Green Burrito chose a name with a distinctly Anglo ring: "Flan-Tastic."

http://www.austinchronicle.com/mrpants/

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