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Hot Burnin' Offer!

We had an incredible response to our Nero 5.5 and Print Shop CD Label Creator bundle yesterday. It's all we can do to keep up with the shipping on this one!

Again, this bundle is has a retail value of nearly $95.00, but your cost is only $19.97! (and YES you get FREE US Shipping!).

Here's a quick overview of what you get with both:

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. It also lets you use your CD-RW drive like a giant floppy drive (just drag and drop), includes an MPEG video encoder, and even lets you create a video CD slide show from your JEPG pictures that you can pop into a DVD player!

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!

These 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! 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:
Help! My computer just started making a strange sound when I turn it on. It sounds like rapid ticking or rattling (not hard drive sounds either) and goes away after a few minutes. Any ideas?

A:
Sounds like a problem with one of your fans (no, not the people who love you, the ones that blow air).

Your computer probably has two internal fans - one that sits on top of the CPU and one inside your power supply. Most of the time the sound you're describing comes from the fan in the power supply. They can make that annoying noise for a long time before they finally belly up and die.

However, if it's your CPU fan, you may have a serious issue. If that puppy dies, your CPU can turn to toast in a hurry (and trust me, they're not very good with butter and jelly).

So, the best advice is to wait till your computer is completely cooled off and remove the case cover. Turn the computer on and see if you can determine where the sound is coming from. If it's the CPU fan, that'll need replaced.

If it's the power supply fan, you'll need to replace the entire power supply to get rid of the noise. If you think you're going to open the power supply and fix the fan - don't. They're not user serviceable. Besides, if you touch one of its capacitors on accident you'll take a nice little flight across the room.

You may want to listen to your hard drive too (it's the square, slim box looking thingy). The sound described in the question above probably isn't hard drive related, but it's always a good idea to give it a quick listen.

Remember, most of the time these power supply fans still work for years after they start rattling, so usually there's no rush - just keep a close eye on it. If that fan dies, your computer can overheat in a hurry.

Oh, after you're done playing with your machines innards, be sure to put the cover back on. Believe it or not, your computer can overheat with the cover off. The computer is designed to pull air through the case in a certain pattern. If there's no cover, the airflow is all wrong and things don't cool as they should.

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Tip of the Day

Best Windows Shortcuts - Part 1 of 3

Windows Key Shortcuts

The Windows key has this picture on it:

It's located between your CTL & ALT keys.

Here are some common windows keyboard shortcuts (you'll need a "windows" keyboard to try these)

Hold down the "windows" key and press:

M - Minimizes all windows

SHIFT - M - Undo minimize all windows

E - Opens Windows Explorer

D - Switches between minimizing all open programs and showing them all.

F - Opens the Find Window

R - Opens the Run Window

BREAK / PAUSE- Opens System Properties

TAB - Cycles through items on the task bar

Or just press the Windows key to open the Start menu.

More cool shortcuts tomorrow!

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Healthy Diet

Here you will find Medical Diets and much, much more. Need to find a diet after all this holiday eating? Then I suggest you start your research at this site.

The Medical Diet section is very interesting with information ranging from Heart and Diabetes diets to Allergies and Pregnancy. For those of us who are regular dieters, you will enjoy the other sections with recipes, humor, and of various types of diets. From Low Calorie to the Yoga Diet I think you’ll find what you’re looking for.

Enjoy!

http://www.geocities.com/kaloriekounts/index.html

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com