I get these emails because I’m subscribed to things like this.  It does have good information in it. The email was titled “Help Protect Yourself From Phone Scams”, but the same goes for your online experience.

He mentions that if someone walked up to you on the street and asked for personal information (this includes credit card information), you wouldn’t give it to them.  Yet I’ve caught even family members considering paying for the “protection” that a piece of software – that they didn’t choose to install on their computers – put its virtual hand out and “asked” for.

80 years or so ago, we called it what it was.  Protection Money. Extortion. Continue reading Protect your identity online – A letter from Microsoft →

Welcome everyone!  We’re pleased to launch our brand new site.  It’s been a lot of years since we did a refresh, and thought it was time!

Old posts from the forums were kept.  In reality, they really were more like blog posts, so they’ve been converted to blog posts.

Any of the posts that are basically archival in nature (i.e. how-tos on software most people don’t use anymore) have been given a date of Dec 2011.  They’ve been kept mainly because a lot of software doesn’t change that much, and these posts may still lead you to a resolution, in a pinch.

Posts that still somewhat relevant, but not “breaking news” have been given a date of May 2012.  These are still useful, but mostly for educational purposes.

Of course with blogging software as the driving force behind our new site, we have intentions of updating more frequently, and providing timely news about Storm’s Eye, and also of issues that you may face today, or tomorrow, with your computer experiences.

As always, we’re just a phone call or email away if you need help.

So today I was trying to set up a wordpress site for a client on my server. I noticed that uploading of images and updating plugins didn’t work.

The images part was similar to several posts I saw on the web, but none of the solutions worked for me.

For reference, the suggestions for fixing the image uploading issue were: Continue reading WordPress 3.3.2 updating plugins and uploading pictures not working →

One thing to always remember is that the main goal of your website should be for it to be readable. Otherwise, what’s the point of anyone going there?

Have you ever been to a webpage that was so garrish, using tons of colors that it actually hurt your eyes? Or a page where the print was very close to the same color as the background, so you could barely read it?

These are pitfalls to avoid.

Some of the general rules of thumb are: Continue reading Basic HTML – Pt. 4 – Web Colors Revisited →

You may have noticed, when you read other parts of this tutorial, that colors are represented by a series of 6 numbers and letters.

For instance: <bgcolor=#334466>This is also applicable for fonts, links, and other items on a webpage.

When we specify color values this way, this 6 digit value is seperated into 3 seperate values. 33 represents the amount of Red in the color, 44 represents the amount of green available, and the final 66 represents the amount of blue in the color. Continue reading Basic HTML – Pt. 3 – Web Colors →

It is good practice to always close a command at the same time that you open it. This helps to lower the instances of code errors.
For example:
If you wanted to italicise some text, good practice would dictate that you start by typing <em> followed immediately by </em> then move your cursor back to between the open and close command, to begin your typing.
i.e. <em> </em> would appear first, then you would place the cursor between the > and < symbols and begin typing. This will give you the following result:
this is a line of italicised text. Continue reading Basic HTML – Pt. 2 – Basic Font Syntax →

The basic layout of an HTML page is as follows:

1. < html >

2. < body bgcolor=”#F4F4F4″ text=”#333366″ link=”#333366″ vlink=”#333366″ alink=”#888888″ > Continue reading Basic HTML – Pt. 1 – html format →

Note: for the purposes of demonstration, all commands are shown here with spaces between the brackets. This is for the sole purpose that a web browser does NOT misinterpret text for commands.
Therefore, if you are typing the command, remove any spaces so that the brackets are immediately followed and preceded by your command.

Alright, that said, let’s get to it.

All text must live between the “< html >” and “< /html >” symbols.

It is good practice to always close a command at the same time that you open it. This helps to lower the instances of code errors. Continue reading Basic html commands and coding practices →

Click on Start -> Programs-> Ahead Nero -> Nero Express

Make sure that your burner is selected in the “Which recorder would
you like to use” box, make sure that “image recorder” is not selected. Continue reading Burning CDs with Nero Express. →

Click on Start -> Programs-> Nero -> Nero StartSmart (or Click on the Nero StartSmart Icon on your desktop.)

Make sure that you choose CD or DVD ( if available) depending on what you want to burn up in the top right corner.

Click on the “star”, then choose “Make Data Disc” Continue reading Burn files using Nero 6.3 ( Nero StartSmart) →