Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:08 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/ Effective Computer Solutions - Computer Repair Memphis en-us http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/images/logo.gif http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/ support@ecs-memphis.com http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15 Lawsuits from several organizations about copyright infringing videos appearing on YouTube has Google's video service readying a screening solution to stop them from being uploaded. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:08 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14 The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better. Enjoy a Better Web Experience Firefox 2 delivers helpful new features to make your online experience more productive. Stay Secure on the Web Firefox continues to lead the way in online security, and now includes active protection from online scams to keep you safer. Personalize Your Browser Choose from over a thousand useful add-ons that enhance Firefox. It’s easy to personalize Firefox to make it your own. Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:18:43 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13 Internet Explorer 7.0, which Microsoft released to the public last month, has numerous advantages over the Redmond company's five-year-old Web browser, IE version 6.0. But not if you're a user of Intuit's QuickBooks 2004, 2005, or the original build of 2006. If you install IE 7, according to Intuit executives, it can cause the affected versions of the QuickBooks small-business bookkeeping package to display "page not found" errors and unexpectedly crash. QuickBooks isn't the only program that has trouble with IE 7, either. Before you undergo the browser upgrade, read some of the following cautions. Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:01:32 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12 Norton/Symantec is not a bad company. They are a reputable company. Their products are not bad either, however their software engineering/design approach is no longer the most elegant, especially with regard to their security products. Strictly in the realm of capability to detect viruses and other forms of malware, they are pretty darned good. Their firewall and the other elements of their suite can be describe in one word...garbage. Where they have gone wrong with their AV, in my opinion, is in three areas: the "horsepower" it takes to run their applications--the resources consumed, the zeal with which they "protect" their processes running on your system, and thier pricing model. The first "problem" borders on the ridiculous, though Norton is not nearly as bad as McAfee in this regard. I've seen McAffee's suite bring perfectly good and clean machines to their knees. Flatly stated, Norton consumes too much CPU power and installs and runs too many processes. It's just not efficient. Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:43:13 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11 AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.Easy to use, low system resourcesAutomatic update functionalityReal-time protection as files are opened and programs are runAVG’s Virus Vault for the safe handling of infected files AVG Anti-Virus Free is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use. We invite you to join the 50 million users around the world who rely on AVG Download Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:06:32 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 Ad-Aware 2007 Free remains the most popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week. Our free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identity theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers. If you want real-time scanning capabilities, consider upgrading to Ad-Aware 2007 Plus for real-time protection against spyware, all the time! Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:57:51 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 Ad-aware SE does an excellent job of quickly finding and removing most adware and spyware components, although you will have to restart and rescan for a seriously infected machine. We were pleased to see an auto-update feature included with the program, keeping Ad-aware up-to-date with the latest adware components. Ad-aware SE should be part of your arsenal for keeping your machine free of adware and spyware components. Download Now Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:33:53 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8 Chkdsk creates and displays a status report for a disk based on the file system. Chkdsk also lists and corrects errors on the disk. Used without parameters, chkdsk displays the status of the disk in the current drive. Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:02:02 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 To help keep your computer operating as efficiently as possible, it is recommended that you perform certain maintenance regulalry. Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:45:41 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6 When to run Disk Cleanup As part of standard maintenance, Disk Cleanup should be scheduled to run at regular intervals, perhaps once a month, at some convenient time when your computer is not otherwise in use. Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:45:13 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5 The Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder contains Web page content that is stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. This cache permits Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer to download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a Web page, instead of downloading all the content for a page every time it is displayed. Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:18:47 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2  Overview[link] Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer. To see a list of threats Spybot-S&D can remove, in the navigation bar at the left click on Support --> Threats. For an introduction to Spybot-S&D, please read the tutorial. If you fear incompatibility with other software you are now using, although we can assure you that there is no dangeryou can review our compatibility overview which lists some software whose compatibility has been analyzed. Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you have been working on. And for professional users, Spybot-S&D allows you to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. A list of all the apllication's features is also available. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:03:09 -0500 http://www.ecs-memphis.com/portal/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1 Online travel companies are missing out on bookings or driving customers to rival sites because of poor web site design or user experiences, according to new research. The study of more than 25 travel web sites suggests that cumbersome search engines, hard to find booking forms and hidden charges are the biggest mistakes. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:02:30 -0500