Java script is a very useful thing to have activated in your browser. For having basic content access and a bit of dynamic, Java script is a key element. Here are some simple steps on how to turn on Java script in several browsers. They are easy and very useful. And they work in all browsers and all types of computers, from PC's to MAC's.
For the Internet Explorer you hopefully use 6.0 or higher. The steps are:
1. Select Tools from the menu.
2. Chose Internet Options.
3. Click Security sheet.
4. Click on the Custom Level.
5. Go down until you reach Scripting.
6. Select enable under Active Scripting.
7. Click OK.
For Netscape Navigator is indicated to use 4.7 or higher. The steps are:
1. Select Edit from the menu.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Choose Advanced.
4. Choose Scripts and Plugins.
5. Validate the Enable Java Script box.
6. Click OK.
For Mozilla Firefox use may use any version. The steps are:
1. Choose Tools.
2. Choose Options.
3. Choose Content.
4. Validate the Enable Java Script box.
5. Click OK.
For Apple Safari you may also use any version. The steps are:
1. Select Safari from the menu.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Choose Security.
4. Validate the Enable Java Script box.
This is all you have to do to turn on Java script in any browser. No matter what is the browser you are using. You now have it active and ready to be used. Java script is very useful. All the content on the pages you visit will look much better when you have Java script turned on. The content will be adapted to you as a user. Java script can be used to determine the browser you are using, the width and height of your screen. Also it can create small scripts that create dynamic content. Even smaller games can be designed to use only the Java script.
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Resurrect Old Laptops (And Desktop PCs) With Linux
A customer came to me with a low-mileage 1999 vintage laptop which she wished to use for occasional web browsing. (Laptop specs: Dell Inspiron 3500. 333 MHz CPU, 64 MB Ram, 4.7 GB disk. Every spec was about one-tenth of today's PCs!). It was running Windows 98 Second Edition. Microsoft stopped providing Windows 98 updates years ago, and Windows 98 is now very vulnerable to attack. Worse, today's anti-virus and anti-spyware programs won't run on it. Shouldn't she just scrap the laptop?
Since the laptop was in like-new condition, we decided to extend its life by injecting some 21st century blood into it. We topped up its memory slots with the maximum RAM (a mere 256 MB!) and replaced Windows 98 with Xubuntu 8.10. It's not Microsoft Windows, but to a user it appears similar, and includes a word processor, spreadsheet, graphics / photo editor, and Mozilla Firefox web browser. I've not been able to get its onboard soundcard to work, but everything else works. There are three big upsides to any Linux-based desktop operating system when compared to MS Windows:
* It frees the user from constantly worrying about Windows Updates to patch vulnerabilties
* No anti-virus or anti-spyware programs are needed (Yay! )
* There are no Windows licensing headaches.
A potential downside is that Windows applications won't run on Linux without the assistance of either Wine or running a copy of Windows XP within a virtual machine. If you have a tired desktop or laptop PC -- especially one without a legitimate Windows license -- consider breathing new life into it with some form of Linux.
Most are available for free, such as http://www.xubuntu.org/ I tried Damn Small Linux (too minimal for this case), Puppy Linux (it was okay, but just barely), and Xubuntu 8.04, 8.10, and 9.04. Xubuntu 9.04 added some features but did something to slow response to user inputs. I settled on Xubuntu 8.10. (Xubuntu imposes a lighter load on the hardware than Ubuntu because it has a leaner desktop.) You can first just boot with the Xubuntu (or Ubuntu) Live CD, to see whether it's acceptable and runs okay on your hardware. (Of course it'll be slow when booting off the CD-ROM drive.) If so, you can install it on your hard drive from the same CD-ROM. Oh -- one caveat: Xubuntu and its siblings may not install without problems on all hardware. I'm now fighting to get it to install on a 1.1 GHz AMD Athlon desktop PC -- I have no idea why it won't install on this system, yet it installed with almost no problems on the old laptop. Let me know of your Linux adventures, please.
Russ Bellew is an IT consultant whose office is in south Florida. Learn more by visiting http://russbellew.com
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I recently decided to buy my father a new computer (his was a dinosaur). Like most people in the market for a new computer, I wanted one that didn't c
One of the most complicated decisions to make for an IT department concerns the architecture for a multi-site voice/data network. Should the network be based on simple T1 point-to-point bandwidth circuits? How about burstable DS3 bandwidth or maybe a single OC3 bandwidth cloud? No matter the bandwidth chosen .... the most efficient design should base the communication backbone on a MPLS configuration (Multi-Protocol Label Switching).
To get there, first and foremost in deciding about the WAN architecture of any organization communication network you must determine ....
- How many locations you would like to connect?
- Architecture - hub and spoke or mesh architecture?
- What applications would be run on this network .... Voice, Video, Data, all of the above?
- Precisely which applications will be run in case of Data?
- What will be the % each will take up of your QoS, the total of all three should be 100%?
- Voice is the premium level QoS and hence the most expensive as it is a real time communication, followed by video and then data.
- How many users precisely will be using the network at a given point of time at each location?
- What will be the concurrency factor? Are you are looking for 100% concurrency or you can manage with lesser concurrency?
- What is the scope of scalability at each location and hub location?
- Will the access to internet also be given to users?
- Internet at a central location can help you in implementing and enforcing various security policies of your organization.
- Do you want to give access to the network resources to a mobile user?
The answer to all these questions will help in arriving at the MPLS bandwidth required at each hub and spoke location.
Honestly speaking no organization should ideally try to do this calculation themselves. Instead they can hire a consultant or a telecom service provider to do this activity as they are experts in designing this solution. With their help you can easily decide upon the bandwidth for each location, select suitable router, make redundancy plans, routing the traffic on Atlantic or pacific routes, blah blah.
For help walking through the analysis .... and determining the best solution .... take advantage of the free help at DS3-Bandwidth.com.
Ideally I also recommend to give the freedom of providing and managing the routers at each location to the Telecom service provider. Then it becomes a managed solution and the service provider can easily monitor your network in the event of an outage. They then can remotely login into the routers and manage your complete network giving you higher uptimes and SLAs.
In the end .... take a deep breath and work through the steps above. Following this simple game plan will get you to the right decision for your organizations network architecture.
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including DS3-Bandwidth.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.
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The 5 Best Computer Buys of 2009
I recently decided to buy my father a new computer (his was a dinosaur). Like most people in the market for a new computer, I wanted one that didn't cost a small fortune, but was still good. What I found was quite a bit of stress and a LOT of hype. Everyone claims to be the best for your money, so how do you know if it's true or not without being a computer genius? So I decided to write this article with the hopes of saving you some time and tears when searching for the perfect computer. It is a simple list of my pick for the top 5 best computer buys of 2009.
Please note that I am not a computer guru and this was not written for computer gurus. It is a quick overview for the average Joe. There are some spec for each computer, and a link in my bio to find out more information about each model if you desire.
5. HP Pavilion s3500f Desktop
HP has always been a trusted favorite of mine. The Pavilion is a well-established product, and for good reason. This particular model comes with:
-AMD Sempron
-4GB DDR2 SDRAM memory
-a 500GB hard drive
-Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit
-and a whole lot more.
It's a great computer for home use and is an excellent deal.
4.Acer Aspire M3201
Acer is a brand I personally have not owned before. However, the brand gets great reviews and the prices are unbeatable. I've been hearing nothing but good things about it from friends and family members that own Acer computers, as well as the professionals. This particular model has:
-AMD Athlon processor
-3GB DDR2 SDRAM
-320GB Hard Drive
-and Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
3. Gateway DX4200-11
I think that the greatest thing about this computer is simply that it is backed by Gateway. They've always been very good with technical support and customer service for their products. I've always had very happy dealings with Gateway. The computer is a bit higher in price, but comes with:
-AMD® X-4 Quad-Core Processor
-6GB DDR2
-a 750GB hard drive (750 GB makes my head spin!)
-and Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
2.Acer Aspire X3200 Desktop
Yes, another Acer. You can tell that I fell in love with this brand pretty quickly. This model is actually the one I finally decided to buy for my father. It comes with:
-AMD Athalon processor
-4GB DDR2 SDRAM
-500GB hard drive
-and Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
The price is slightly higher than the other Acer listed, but the upgrade was well worth it for me. My father went from having a dinosaur to having a computer twice as good as mine!
1. Apple iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24" Desktop
This is actually the computer I've been eyeing for myself recently (Don't tell my dad). A few months ago a friend of mine got one and every time I go to her place I ask to use it! It's quite a joy. I just fight with myself over the price tag and whether or not I truly want to switch to Mac. This is at the top of my list because it's the best. If you are in the market to pay this much for a new computer, this should be the one!
-Intel Core Duo processor
-3GB DDR2, 320GB hard drive
-Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
-24' flat LCD screen monitor
This is my personal pick for the top 5 best computer buys based on the research I went through. Hope it saves some of you time and money!
Chrissy Dean has been published all over the web for years on topics such as relationships, healthy eating, exercise, and saving money, all with the goal of helping everyone live happier, healthier lives.
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How to Create a Letter With Microsoft Word Processor in XP Or Vista
To make a letter the most basic use of a word processor, Open your word processor by finding the icon, or looking for word processor in your programs. Once you find the word processor (usually located on the desktop) open the program.
Once you have opened the program open the word file, and choose the letter document, and then a letter wizard should open. Once it opens you can choose the letter style, and then the letter wizard will open.
When the letter wizard opens fill out all the formalities such as who it is to, from, date, etcetera. The wizard will then close. You will see where to place the body of your letter. Look for an insert key on your computer then press it, and use your mouse to put the pointer in front of the point where you wish to start your letter, just start typing until your done. Then hit insert again to turn it off. Then go through the grammar and spelling by pointing at each word that is highlighted and right click. A box will then come up that will show you how to correct your errors. In addition you can go to tools, and find your thesaurus if you need it.
To keep your letter from being generic, there is a tool bar at the top of the page with a lot of options to spruce up your letter. After you have finished your letter, you can put the pointer at the top of the document by holding ctrl and home at the same time. Then click the left side of your mouse, and click and hold and drag to the end of the document until it is all highlighted in black. To change your font (letter style) you can go to formant at the top of the page, and choose the font and size you like.
If you want your paragraphs indented, then you will choose format paragraph, and this will make your indentations, and line spacing which is to decide if you want one or two lines between the end of each sentence. If you want to put bullets , to make a point highlight the area and go to format bullets.
To insert your date, just go to insert and choose insert date. If you wish to insert a picture go to insert picture, and insert the object or clip art. To underline you can highlight a word then choose the u with the underline at the top of the page and underline the specific words. The same goes for making some letters bold, aligning your letter, and numbering.
You can also add some fancy letters by going to insert artwork, highlight and choose the one you like and put your letters or words you want to add into your letter. If you do not like the artwork then highlight and choose the delete key on the computer to take it off the page.
Some key shortcuts are ctrl, home takes you home. ctrl end takes you to the end of a page. you have page up and down as well. alt s will save you progress. It is best to save to documents when finished until you get to know your computer pretty well. When you press ctrl and s at the same time a box will come up for you to name your letter. If you wish to print go to file print, If you wish to email go to file and send. When your satisfied your done. Then just click on the x in the upper right corner and close it.
Good luck and look I will make many more article on how to use you computer.
Skyler Overton has been certified to use numerous Microsoft programs, and through her employment as a business manager has 10 years of experience with numerous software programs.
Skyler is a wife and parent of 4 children, a member of various civic club. She has also been a coach and trainer of software, and various other duties in the business world.
Skyler has been writing articles, and songs for about 4 years, and is currently working on writing a book which should be published by the end of 2009.
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You Forgot Your Password to That PDF File Again!
We have all been through your pain. How often do we create a password, and then for some unknown reason promptly forget it. Or for those of us who actually write it down, on a scrap of paper or some sticky note, only to lose it in the shuffle of papers on our desk. There are times when a former employee has assigned a password to a document, or someone you cannot reach is away, and you must retrieve the inaccessible file. More often than not, you forgot password to PDF file on your own computer, and just don't know what you did with it. Has this ever happened to you?
PDF files can be created in a couple of ways. If you want the opening of the file to be protected against anyone with the password, or you can encrypt the functionality of the file itself. This will restrict things like printing, copying, saving, or using the graphics in another form or document. There are several free downloadable programs that can be used to break the encrypted code. But remember that these can take quite a while as they use a method of trying every possible combination of letters, numbers and characters. The time consuming process almost makes it easier to recreate the document in the first place.
Some commercial utility programs will remove the problems with a functionality problem. Investment in this type of program may be beneficial if you don't have a lot of time on your hands to try to work around the password problem. Printing can be accomplished by using a screen image-capturing tool to print only the selected area and not the file. But the biggest problem is when the file is protected against opening. These files use the R4 stream cipher encryption method.
We know it happens, and it will happen again. And unless you want to research ways to become a cryptologist, then you are better off looking into some type of utility program that will remove the encrypted codes, and open up the file, without all of the headache.
If you forgot your PDF password help is at hand! Get help to recover your PDF password now.
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How to Fix Your Computer If it Has a Virus
We all hate it when our computer gets slow and does not work very well. You may have a virus that is effecting its performance and there are steps you can take to make sure you remove any issue that is causing your computer to run slowly.
First you need to make sure you computer is protected. The best way to do this is to install a software program such as Norton AntiVirus so that you can stay protected. The program will scan your computer to see if there are any viruses in your system. It will remove them and keep your computer clean.
Next you need to have a spyware and adware program so that you can keep these from slowing down your computer as well. If you download music or videos online then your computer can get infected with these as well. There is free software available for you to keep your computer running well.
You can download most of this software for free so that you can try it out before you purchase it. You need to keep your computer protected and software is the best way to do that. You should also read some of the reviews online and find which is the best virus program to use. There are many to choose from so make sure you search around.
Finally it is a good idea to always run a protective program once every few days to make sure you have not picked up any new issues. Once you get your computer safe then you should not have any problems with viruses.
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Cool Apps That Download Entire Websites For Offline Browsing - Browse Wikipedia Offline
For those of you that don't have a 24x7 internet connection, the ability to download an entire website to your hard drive then view it offline can be very helpful and save a lot of money. In case you just need to download a single web page the easiest option is to go to File -> Save Page As. This is supported by all the major browsers. However imagine being able to view Wikipedia, Digg, CNN and every other favorite website of yours in their entirety, offline. Downloading entire websites though can take a very long time on a slow connection and hog several gigabytes of hard drive space. However applications that download websites can be told exactly how much of a site to acquire. Once downloaded you can transfer the website files onto a USB and take it wherever you go, handy for excursions to far flung, internet deprived travel destinations!
Here are some cool applications that will get the job done.
WinWSD WebSite Downloader
This free software will let you download an entire website onto your hard drive. The interface is simple and easy to learn and you can specify exactly what content and how much of a website to download. Options include download the whole site (skipping multimedia), download just multimedia, just executables and more. While downloading the complete file size, download speed and time to completion is presented and you can also update a downloaded website with a newer version. You can also schedule your downloads to start/stop at set times and shut down when a download is complete. There are some English typos in the program menus and settings but nothing to worry about.
To Download go to download.com and search for WinWSD Website Downloader
WikiTaxi
This little application is a god send for Wikipeida addicts. It lets you download the entire Wikipedia website database onto your hard drive, taking up approximately 8GB which is small enough to fit on a USB pen drive. A simple interface displays the articles and you can tell the program to update its database from the internet whenever you want. It doesn't all show images though to conserve on file size. For non native English speakers, the option to download a Wikipedia database in another language is available.
To Download go to download.com and search for Wikitaxi
Scrapbook
This is an add on for Firefox that will let you download websites to your hard drive. You can highlight and annotate web pages before you save them (hence the name scrap book). In the settings page specify how much of a website to capture, by specifying the depth of website links for the add on to follow. Specify too great a depth and it may end up saving a lot more of the internet than you intended to your hard drive (this can happen with smaller sites). You can also choose whether to download movies and images with the website.
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Get Stuff Done Faster With Firefox - 7 Great Add-ons to Speed Up Your Browsing
We all spend a lot of time on the internet but how much of that time is really productive? Imagine if you could speed up your browsing experience and save valuable time. With these nifty Firefox add-ons you can make your browsing experience on Firefox far more efficient.
Interclue
How many exciting sounding online news articles and links have we all clicked on only to have our expectations shattered by shoddy content. With Interclue you just have to point your cursor on a link and without clicking a compact window will appear with a preview of what lies ahead. No more having to press the "back" button or open dozens of new tabs. It will also warn you of dead links, malware and phishing sites.
WebMail Notifier
How much time do we all spend logging into our multiple email accounts countless times a day to check for new mail? WebMail Notifier does all the checking for you. Install the add on for Firefox and add the username and password of all your email accounts into this add-on's settings page. It will then periodically checks (you can set how often) all your accounts for mail and notifies you if there is any new mail without you having to lift a finger. It can also tell you how many unread messages you have in each one of your accounts. This add on supports Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail and several other popular web mails. The days of compulsively logging in to GMail are over.
SmarterFox
This neat add-on offers a set of features to help you get stuff done faster with Firefox. You can search by highlighting text and then clicking on the the pop up bubble. Google results will automatically show up in the URL bar while you type so you can avoid actually going to Google. You can set the option to automatically copy text when you highlight it and paste it when you right click your mouse. You can also automatically turn text URLs into clickable links.
HyperWords
A Firefox add on answer to Microsoft's accelerators. Install this add-on and when you highlight and right click on text on a web page you can choose from a list of common tasks such as search, convert, translate, email, facebook and more. An easy to use wonderful time saver.
DNS Prefetch
This add on increases the speed at which web pages load by resolving and caching DNS look ups before you click on any links. Potentially reduce web page download speed by 250ms on average. Every little helps!
Autopager
This clever add on will be loved by all. Ever read an article on a webpage by having to click on countless "next page" buttons at the bottom of the screen? With Autopager the next page of the site/article will automatically load and attach it self to the bottom of the current page so you just need to scroll down further to read the rest of the content. This add on works with a lot of popular sites including Google, digg, New York Times, Yahoo and more. You can configure the maximum number of next pages it shows at once.
Pluribo
This innovative little add on acts as a handy sidekick to amazon-aholics. It rapidly scans hundreds of Amazon.com user reviews for a product and presents you with a concise but informative and quite accurate summary of what buyers think. It doesn't work for some product categories though (under works) and I wouldn't recommend relying solely on it to decide whether to purchase, but it's still quite an awesome little helper.
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