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WorldStart Tech Tips 01-25-2012 Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here!
Show File Extensions in Windows 7 I’m an old-school kind of guy who likes to know as much about the file he’s double-clicking on as possible. That means I like to know stuff like files sizes, where they’re located on my hard drive…and most of all, the file’s extension! Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
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I'm sure you know what a nightmare it can be. You're working on an important document...when all of a sudden your computer just F-R-E-E-Z-E-S stone cold! You beg and plead for it to un-freeze...with no luck at all. All of your unsaved hard work is gone in the blink of an eye. Ugh... That's why I was so excited when I found the solution to your PC hardware crashes!
This will perform diagnostics, like a mechanic, to see if you have underlying hardware issues on computers running Windows XP, Vista - heck even Windows 7!! Helping you spot trouble - BEFORE it starts! It's so easy to get started too! Just pop in the disc. It even lets you upgrade to the most current version of CheckIt Diagnostics...and it will notify you of the latest updates after you've already installed it. Pretty awesome, huh? In just a few minutes you'll have the program up and running and then you can see all the tests that this baby can perform! It even explains what each test is for.
Now, let's get testing... Since we specialize in computers here at WorldStart, it was kind of hard to find a computer that had hardware errors...but we managed to hunt a couple down in Steve's computer grave yard. In a matter of a couple of clicks, we were able to see ALL of the problems... One of the problems that cropped up right away on the first crappy old laptop was that the internet connection wasn't working - and you know what a hassle that can be! So, we figured, hey, let's use that little problem as a demonstration of helpful this program is going to be to you! (PLEASE keep in mind that the examples below are just a FEW of the hundreds of problems this can uncover) OK, back to our laptop - We tried the Internet Connection and Server Access Test - and... FAILED...
Ok, now we know there's a problem. To learn how to troubleshoot and fix the issue, we simply clicked on the "Troubleshoot" button and it walks you through the exact steps you need to take in order to fix your connection.
Then we went on to check the next laptop and came up with more problems. When running the Memory test a big fat WARNING error came up!
So, we went ahead and clicked the "Troubleshoot" button. Now, if that doesn't make any sense to you - don't panic. If you don't understand the issue, simply click on the "More Info" button and you can print or email the diagnostics to your computer tech to explain and fix for you.
Then we went on to run the Audio/Video Playback test and man, is this laptop in trouble...
But, once again...we just clicked the "Troubleshoot" button and it told us how to fix it. Just a reminder - if you don't understand what's wrong, you can always print out or email the diagnostics by clicking the "More Info" button.
The problems that we were able to fix above are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what CheckIt Diagnostics can diagnose on your computer.
To start diagnosing your computer, just select the test or tests that you want to run and click "Run Selected Tests" and in a matter of minutes your results will be generated!
You get your test results INSTANTLY after each test is run! If an issue is detected, a Troubleshoot button pops up. Just click it and it will tell you the exact steps to take. How's that for an easy fix? Oh, and get this - if your computer does have an issue and you aren't comfortable or don't know exactly how to fix it, CheckIt Diagnostics can generate a report for you to email or print out and take to a computer repair technician (or that "tech savvy" neighbor down the street). All you do is click the "More Info" button and from there you can email or print your report. How many times have you taken your computer to get fixed and you haven't the slightest idea what's wrong with it?
What if you could eliminate the diagnostic step for your computer technician and do it yourself? Just imagine how much money you could save! It's like going to the doctor's office when you're sick. You have to pay for all the testing - blood draws, cultures, etc. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could eliminate all the testing costs, tell your doctor your diagnoses, and just have your doctor write your prescription? CheckIt Diagnostics eliminates the diagnostic and testing costs that a computer technician would perform, by letting you diagnose and test your computer yourself! Be Prepared! Get CheckIt Diagnostics and Get to the Root of the Problem Once and for All! This exact version of CheckIt Diagnostics sells for $50! See for yourself below...
We've got CheckIt Diagnostics for just $16.97 and US shipping is FREE!! That's an incredible 67% savings!! This program pays for itself the very first time it finds an issue! http://store.worldstart.com/product/6850 PS - Stock is limited, and so is the price! Grab your copy today, because IF there's any left tomorrow, the price jumps back up. Don't wait!
Tim from Florida writes: How do you repair Windows when the CD that ships with the computer has SP1 and you have updated the system beyond that which is on the CD? Hi, Tim. Excellent question. As usual, my first recommendation is to back up your files. You probably won’t have to use your file backup, but it’s good to have it on hand – just in case something bad happens. Same goes for your Windows product key, so locate that. If you bought your machine ready made, then it’s probably on a sticker on either the side or bottom of your machine. If you built your machine yourself, then hopefully you put one of the stickers that was included with your version of Windows somewhere on your machine or somewhere safe and accessible. In order to access the repair installation, insert your XP CD into your drive and reboot your computer. An option will come up giving you about twenty to thirty seconds to press any key to boot from the Windows CD. Press any key. If your computer, like mine, doesn’t have an “any” key, then just hit the space bar, it will work just as well. This will launch your Windows setup screens. Follow the instructions until you see the following screen:
You will notice that one of these options is to “repair” an installation. You don’t want the repair console, however, so you’ll press enter to setup Windows. Zip past the EULA… er… I mean “Carefully read every read of the EULA before continuing”. That will bring you to the REAL screen to start your repair, which looks like this.
NOW you hit “R” to initiate the repair installation. I won’t bore you with the rest of the instructions. If you can follow onscreen prompts, then you can do the rest of this install. Now we come to the heart of your question. If your install disk contained NO service pack, then you will need to download and install ALL Windows updates. If it included SP1, then you only have to download and install updates for days instead of weeks. SP2, you’ll need to install them for hours instead of days… you get the idea. After your installation is complete, I would suggest turning on your firewall and connecting to the internet. Next, if you didn’t turn automatic updating on during your setup procedure, do so now and let Windows do its thing. Once this is all said and done, you MAY have all of your service packs installed. This WILL take some time. If, for some reason, Windows doesn’t completely update to the latest service pack, then follow the next step. You didn’t say which version of Windows that you’re running, but up until now I’ve been assuming XP. I am not, however, going to include hyperlinks to the service pack downloads for XP because I don’t know for sure that that’s the one that you have. Instead, I’m going to include a hyperlink for Windows help, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help, and suggest that you enter your operating system and service pack into the search window. Hope that this helps! ~Randal Schaffer Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
How to Use a Portable GPS System A Portable GPS system can be used in many ways, and is a great tool to own. For example, you can use a GPS tracking device in your vehicle to help you find your way while you are driving to a new location. You can also use it on a boat when you are fishing, if you are taking a long bike ride, or going on a hike. Using a GPS system, you will never get lost again. You can also use a portable GPS system as a tracking device. For example, if you have an expensive motorcycle, you can put a GPS tracking device on it so you will be able to track it if it gets stolen. Many business owners use tracking devices on their company trucks so they can keep up with their employees and know where they are driving. Set up your Portable GPS System Portable GPS systems are wireless, so you can use them for many different things, and most are easily portable from one vehicle to another, without having to move a lot of equipment. Get the rest of this tip here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!)
Dave from New Albany, OR asks: How can I keep the desktop ini icon from popping onto the desktop and other locations? I delete it and pretty soon it’s back. Dave, thanks for the question. What you need to do is hide these icons (shown below).
Windows keeps these hidden by default to prevent them, and other files like them, from being edited or deleted. Somehow, your settings must have been changed. No problem. We’ll just change them back, by changing the view settings in Folder Options. There are a couple ways to get there. In Vista and Windows 7, the easiest way is to type folder options into the Start search and click on the Folder Options link.
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Welcome to Teens Read Too – a site devoted to Young Adult (YA) and Teen books that provides reviews, release dates, author interviews, and more! To get started click the red Click Here to Explore the Site link. Now that you’ve been whisked inside the site, just scroll down the page to view the different categories available to you. This is a very unconventional menu system but the categories you’ll find are book reviews, hall of fame, kids read too, author interviews, books by release date calendar, author directory, ask the librarian, ask the screenwriter, gotta have ‘em, and odds and ends. The categories that strike me as being the most useful are the book reviews, author interviews, and that release date calendar. I’ve always anxiously awaited the next book in a series that I love coming out so that calendar is an awesome resource. Book Reviews – at the top of this page you’ll find links to book reviews by month, the alphabetical archive, the kids read too archive, hall of fame book reviews, and beneath all of that you’ll find a list of the reviews (organized alphabetically) so that you can check out the people who are writing the reviews on these books. Author Interviews – here you’ll find a list of authors. Click on the name of the author whose interview you’d like to read. It’s that easy! This is a great site for young adult and teen readers, as well as their parents. So check it out today! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Looking For 'PhotoShop Quality' Photo Editing Software... WITHOUT THE $700 PRICE TAG? Do You Want Simplicity, Quality & TONS of Options? Introducing Serif PhotoPlus X2... WHAT EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER IS LOOKING FOR! The PERFECT Photo Editing Software - From Beginner to Pro! Crop, Adjust, Retouch, Straighten, Enhance... DOES EVERYTHING YOU WANT AND MORE! Your Own Digital Darkroom - Just $18.97 - AMAZING!
How many photos do you have? My guess is TONS! We all have those albums full of family photos and other cherished memories that we want to keep preserved. With all of the cutting edge technology these days, we can upload them digitally and keep them forever! The Problem: most of us aren't professional photographers! How many pictures do you have that are almost perfect, but not quite there due to those little things that make a huge difference? You know, like red-eye, blemishes or blurriness? Maybe what would be your favorite photo has some weird stranger in the background, looking quite suspect with his strange grin and crazy eyes. OR maybe you have a great photo that you want to add your own background to using special effects. Oh, and PhotoShop costs $700 - and you're NOT willing to spend that! You need proper photo editing software - WITHOUT spending a fortune. And guess what? WE'VE GOT IT! Serif PhotoPlus X2 is Your PERSONAL Digital Darkroom! This Award Winning photo editing software is exactly what you're looking for: high-quality, simple to use, and absolutely PACKED full of awesome features and options. We're not here to bash Adobe PhotoShop, but...this program offers the same quality and options - at about 3% of the cost! Serif is well respected and is used by smart photographers all over the world! It's really easy to use, too - perfect for beginners and pro's alike! The Breakdown: Just Some of the MANY Brilliant Features! Hey, we could go on all day long about how great this program is, but instead, let's just have a look at some of the essential attributes that make this photo editing software the BEST value on the market!
When we take pictures of other people, or have a picture taken of us, there's nothing worse than the little unflattering things that seem to get highlighted on camera. Especially when they're out of our control! Things like red eye, blemishes, washed-out skin tones, blurriness...these can ALL be eliminated! In fact, you can eliminate hot spots, make eyes and teeth appear brighter, skin smoother...everything you want for that PERFECT photo! Single out the issues and make them disappear! Check it out! Take Your Photo... Single Out the Problems... And Eliminate Them!    As you can see, Serif make it unbelievably easy to make that "almost right" photo shine! This make-over tool is something you're going to want to use all the time - and it's professional media grade! What more could you ask for?  The PERFECT Cropping Tool - Simple to use, STUNNING Results!
Often times, we want to focus on a certain aspect of a photo, and need to crop it out, change it's size and make sure it's clear. With Serif X2, cropping is a piece of cake. Just like the image here to the left, you can focus on any aspect you want, crop it, resize it and bring it to life with ease! This is really easy!
You can even adjust the size and magnification of the image with the click of your mouse! Believe it or not, the image of this awesome looking elephant eye was once a massive picture of it's entire face! Cropping out the eye and making it pop was a fast, simple process that literally anybody can do!
Basically, this allows you to take several photos of the same image, use multiple exposures and merge them together into one single image!
What's the Point? The main reason for doing this is to make a beautiful picture even better by altering it's natural environment from one picture by merging it with another of the same image with a different exposure. This is really fun to play around with, and you positively won't believe the brilliant range of colors you can naturally create!
The best part? Whoever is looking at your photo won't know you extracted it due to how professionally done it will appear! How much more versatile can you get? Now you can cut out an image from one photo, and drop it into a different photo of your choice! Not only will this provide hours of fun, you can use it to spruce up dull photos, create hilarious post cards...really, anything you want! When it comes to photo editing, here's a secret: If you can imagine it, PhotoPlus X2 can do it...AND THEN SOME!
From whiter teeth to blemish free skin and clear eyes...ALL the way to auto-adjustments and photo cropping - it's got you completely covered! And really...this is just the TIP of the iceburg!
Why? We don't know - it's no surprise that photographers are artistic! This particular example is called the "Black & White Film Feature" and you'll be amazed by how great it looks, and how easy it was to create! Serif give you the tools to unleash your creativity on the world! Like mentioned earlier, the examples above really are just the tip of the ice burg with this program! Maybe you're into creating ARTISTIC photos...if that's the case, you'll LOVE this! You can choose from a HUGE range of artistic styles for your photos, like oil color, water color, pencil, Impressionist style, Van Gogh...SO MUCH MORE! AMAZING PROGRAM - STUNNING PRICE!You'd think a photo editing program of this quality would run you several hundred dollars (cough...photoshop...ahem...) Well...not at Worldstart! Today, you can get this cutting edge, top of the line photo editing software for just $18.97 with FREE US shipping! That's an amazing deal, and your photos are going to thank you for it! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7098 PS - The quantity is EXTREMELY limited! This program will be gone tomorrow, so if you don't grab it today, you're gonna miss out on the DEAL OF A LIFETIME
January Wallpaper! Happy New Year! Here are the picks for January Wallpaper - and there's a LOT more at the site! Enjoy! All the desktop wallpaper below is 100% free. Head on over and check it out! http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/
It can all be found here: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ ~ Steve
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Are Freezes becoming a regular issue?
If there's one thing we do ALL THE TIME, it's cropping! Some pictures we take would be PERFECT it it weren't for that irritating background! 
Just highlight the area of the picture you want to focus on, copy it, open a new template and paste it! That's it. 
"HDR" is an acronym for "High Dynamic Range Imaging." While this might sound complicated, it's really anything but! 
Here's a fun part of the package! No matter what type of photo you have, you can extract whatever you want from it, add colors (see below), and drop them in fun backgrounds! 
Pick any background from any of your photos - and drop in literally anything you'd like to see in the photo! Looks like we've got a beach lover here - what a way to show it! 
If you're into black & white, you need to check this out! This is a really cool feature that MANY other photo editing software companies fail to add. 
