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| Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here! Colin from Western Australia writes: I am a longterm user of Win XP and realise I have to give it up soon. Some years ago I bought a copy of Vista but never used it – it just sits there sealed but gathering dust. Would it be safe and fully usable to have Vista installed as my OS? Colin, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work as long as your system is compatible and you have the product key. Mainstream Microsoft support for Vista ended in 2012, but the extended support will run until April of 2017. The good news is that you can upgrade to Windows 7 if you like for a little over a $100. (That's the cost in the U.S. I'm not sure what the price might run you in Australia.) Mainstream support for Windows 7 runs until January of 2015 and extended support is promised until 2020. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
Nothing' Says Christmas Like a Tree! Bring That Holiday Tradition to Your Computer Desk! We've Got a Christmas Tree With All The Works (And It Lights Up On Its Own!) It's a USB Powered LED Christmas Tree! That ALTERNATES BETWEEN 4 DIFFERENT COLORS! It's Green, Then Red, Then Blue and Purple - BEAUTIFUL! Get Yourself in the Christmas Mood This Holiday Season!
A Fully-Lit Christmas Tree... WITH NO EFFORT! Tired of spending DAYS setting up your Christmas tree? Then you go inside and have to set up the same old decorations year in and year out...gets old pretty fast, huh? Hey, it's the same plastic pine needles going down the stairway banister...ZZZZZ... How neat - that angel Christmas tree topper that you've had since 1981...SO BORING! Well...we've got something you've just GOTTA HAVE this holiday season! Ready to bring new life to your home? Want something awesome that combines classic Christmas sensibilities with today's technology? LOOK NO FURTHER! Move Over, Santa - This is the FUTURE of Christmas Decorations! Talk about a good lookin' decoration! The USB Light-up Christmas Tree is the perfect complement to your computer desk - and every time you look at them you'll smile! HELLO CHRISTMAS CHEER! You'll LOVE Watching the Colors Change! The PERFECT Size for Your Computer Desk! This is gonna look great sitting on your desk! It's about 4.5'' tall by 2.5'' wide - it's there, looking GREAT, without taking up too much room! These are PERFECT for at home and in the office! Of course, you'll need to be ready to answer the same question over and over again: "WOW - that's SO COOL! Where'd you get that?!" A GREAT way to add that festive Christmas touch during this holiday season! http://store.worldstart.com/product/2938
Caryl writes: I have XP, Service Pack 3. What do you recommend for an up-grade? I do very few letters from either me or for a friend who does not have a computer. I do check my e-mails. But with my hands being my disability, I don't spend that much time on the computer. Caryl, I'd suggest an upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8 and I would also suggest activating the speech recognition that comes with both of those systems. Windows XP also has limited speech recognition, but with 7 and 8, you can use your voice to control just about everything on your computer. As long as you have a microphone, you can train your computer to recognize your speech and control it without using your hands at all. With speech recognition, you can not only control your computer by running programs, you can also dictate and edit text. That's pretty easy on your hands. If you don't already have a microphone, you should be able to get one in the $10 range. For Windows 7, you simply go to the start menu and start typing speech recognition, then click on the Windows Speech Recognition in the results. A wizard will open to walk you through the set-up process. The set-up process is simple and step-by-step. Once it's finished, you'll be amazed at what you can do with your voice. For Windows 8, you just type speech recognition in the Search Charm and select the icon. And you'll be walked through a step-by-step process. You might also want to consider switching to a tablet. Many Android tablets and the iPad all feature voice control. A tablet would work fine if you mostly use your device for checking e-mail, but could be a little more of a challenge to print from. But with voice control on your device, you may find that you use your computer a whole lot more. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Android - Add/Remove App Pages I've had my Samsung Galaxy S3 for over a year now, and I still keep on tripping over new things to see and do. For example, the other day I accidentally pinched the home screen using two fingers and was taken to this screen: Sweet – an overview of all my different app pages all in one place! From the looks of it, I've got a lot of extra real estate I'm not using… Want more? Check out WorldStart!
Harry from Auburn, CA writes: I get a strong WiFi signal in my apt, how do I get the password? Thanks, Harry. Answer: Harry, I will assume you don't mean the WiFi signal generated by your own router. In that case you would be the person who set the password. If you've set up a WiFi network in your apartment and lost the password, this article has tips for retrieving it: Retrieving Your WiFi Network Password. But if you're just trying to use a secure WiFi network that your computer is detecting in your apartment, you would get the password by asking the owner for it. If your apartment complex offers free WiFi, you would ask at the office. Otherwise, the signal most likely belongs to a neighbor or a business who is paying for that service. Head on over to WorldStart to learn more! Using Mirrors For Self-Portraits Sometimes, your best subject could be yourself. It's better to do it yourself rather than get others to pose for you. However, you need one prop to make it work best: a mirror. Any mirror. Here is how you can do it in many creative ways… Make faces (CC image courtesy Giorgio Grande) Just standing in front of the mirror and parting your hair or shaving isn't it. You have to make a face and also have your camera in front in the frame, too. But yes, ensure that the flash is off to avoid over exposure in one part of the frame. Widen the frame Sometimes, it's best to convey the mood of the scene and not just your mugshot. Which is why you can frame your picture in such a way that you show yourself in front of a mirror and also the curtain, wardrobe or window adjacent to it. Just click WorldStart to read more of this tip! For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
Celebrity Types This was a fun a personality test. It's very similar to the Myer Briggs Type Indicator test and it's really easy. You just answer 28 questions and it places you into a category. I usually score either INTJ or INFJ depending on whether I'm feeling logical or emotional. Then it takes your results and compares them to celebrities, so that you can see which famous people have similar personality traits in common with you. If you already know you're type and don't feel like taking the short quiz, you can just use the menu on the left side of the page and select your type. It breaks the celebrities down into Famous and Pop Culture celebrities of the type you selected. Definitely a fun way to spend sometime learning more about yourself. Check it out today! http://www.celebritytypes.com/test.php ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
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Are You Ready to Be LIGHTNING FAST? Wish you had a new computer? Why not just give your current one an upgrade for PRACTICALLY NOTHING? You can make it BETTER than a new computer with just POCKET CHANGE! No long setups, no wallet-draining price tags. Just a top-speed, error-free existence on the PC you've already got! System Mechanic is the ULTIMATE PC RENEWAL! Bring your computer back to its peak with this amazing SOFTWARE SUPERCHARGER! You get ALL THIS AND MORE in ONE ULTIMATE PACKAGE:
And all of it as simple as pressing a button. Seriously! This is the one piece of software EVERYONE needs to have! It's THAT simple! The BRAND NEW System Mechanic Premium will breathe new life into an old PC. Heck, it'll even fix up the PC you just purchased! And after you get your PC supercharged, it'll KEEP it that way. It. Does. EVERYTHING! NOTHING compares to System Mechanic. Period. Okay, so System Mechanic Premium has a LOT of stuff. I mean, a LOT! Here's a tiny look at what you're getting when you install this software: That's Only A FRACTION Of The Features! That list there is about as simplified as it can get... and it STILL doesn't show you everything that comes with the software! From faster bootups to faster loading to faster Internet to faster SSDs to, well, faster everything! It cleans the mess. It fixes the errors. It even removes the junk. And the best part? It MAINTAINS your computer afterward. With the built-in anti-intrustion tools and the system maintenence features, once you get your PC lightning fast, it will STAY lightning fast! The moment you pop the disc in your drive, it's gonna BLOW YOU AWAY! The VERY first thing it does is IMMEDIATELY upgrades itself to the latest version automatically! Yep! No hunting for upgrades, and no outdated features. You get the latest and the greatest. The second thing you'll probably notice is this: Oh no!! But wait! This is a lot more common than you might think. Even EXPERTS can't prevent computers from degrading without software like System Mechanic Premium. For everything you might know about your computer, there's at least a hundred more potential problems lurking around the corner. But, now that you have System Mechanic, it only takes one click to get ALL those problems out of your life forever. Just Press That "Repair All" Button! That's the one-way ticket to a lifetime of carefree, computer BLISS. If you want System Mechanic to give your PC the works, that's all you have to do. But maybe you're a little more tech-savvy than most of us. Want to get under the hood with it? NO PROBLEM! Every single tool and utility with System Mechanic Premium can be used manually to allow you total control over what it fixes and what it leaves alone. It's the perfect program for ALL levels of technical experience. Either way, when you let System Mechanic Premium do it's work, you're going to get to computer paradise: It doesn't matter how good your computer was before. Now it's better and faster. You WILL be BLOWN AWAY. Stability, speed, and peace of mind. Remember, it's never what you know that hurts your PC. It's the million little things you could have NEVER expected. But nothing surprises System Mechanic PC Total Care! It sees every nook and cranny and makes them sparkle. Want a sneak peek at how this incredible software gives your PC the power-wash you always dreamed of? If I tried to talk about EVERY feature of System Mechanic, we'd be here until the Sun burnt out. Get ready for some major highlights that'll have your jaw dropping. Booting up your PC is always a pain. No matter what you do, you could cook a Thanksgiving dinner before your computer is done starting. It doesn't have to be like that. By eliminating unnecessary or even HAZARDOUS programs from your startup, there'll be no more watching the clock, wondering when you can actually begin to use your computer. And without all these wasted resources going to unneeded programs, your computer will stay fast after booting. Do you LIKE some of your startup programs? No worries. If you don't want System Mechanic to take control, you can go in and see each and every program it wants to disable. Regardless of which path you take, it's easy and fast to get your PC booting properly. Oh, and do you ever get those annoying error messages when you boot up? Chances are after this, you'll never see them again! YES! In addition to startup programs, there's ALWAYS just TONS of files and applications that end up on your PC. Sometimes they came installed with the computer, other times they sneak in through vulnerabilities or hidden in other software. No matter how they go there, they are taking up GIGs of space!! Don't worry, CRUDD Remover is on the job. All this CRUDD (Commonly Redundant or Unnecessary Decelerators and Destabilizers) adds up into one giant, super slow, gunk of a mess. Even if you knew what programs were the trouble makers, it would take AGES to manually hunt through and clean up all those files. System Mechanic removes the work and eliminates all that unwanted mess - in minutes! Fully Controllable - You can make sure that System Mechanic doesn't remove anything you need to keep. This thing is crazy. Not only are you going to get even MORE speed by removing all that useless junk from your PC, but talk about clearing space! Your hard drive has its limits, so taking this giant burden off its back is going to give you a lot more wiggle room for stuff you DO want. Surfing the Internet Collects Clutter! Your computer has an "amazing" ability to hold onto a lot of useless stuff that you never even knew it saved. PC Cleanup has your back. With the push of a button you can clean out tons of wasted space and temporary files that you didn't even know were there to begin with! WOW! This is the ultimate solution to loaded hard drives. You can get back hundreds of megabytes in storage space... heck, you might even get a couple GIGABYTES of space back. Maybe you won't need that $200 external hard drive you were thinking about. Now you're saving space AND money! Computers always manage to have a ton of errors without any indication of how to solve them. How can anyone expect you to fix a problem when all you get is a string of numbers and a giant OK button. Let System Mechanic take care of it for you! From unintelligible error messages to mysterious lockups and even full-on system crashes, System Mechanic will find the solution. The All-In-One Repair Tool came straight out of your dreams and now it's a reality. This program will AUTOMATICALLY fix pretty much any problem your computer throws at it. No error is too obscure for System Mechanic. This is the total tune-up, repair, supercharge, computer fixing miracle. EVEN IF YOUR COMPUTER WON'T BOOT PROPERLY! SERIOUSLY! You can use the System Mechanic CD to boot and recover your computer. It's a life-saver. If just cleaning up junk didn't make your computer as fast as you wanted it, System Mechanic is only warming up. It's got a toolbox FULL of utilities to make your computer so fast it won't be street legal. Just running ONE of these things is going to give you astonishing speed. But when you get them all going? Oh man, you're going to think someone slipped a supercomputer under your desk. But that's not all, honestly it's barely even HALF of the performance tools alone. Speed is great, but how about some raw, mind-blowing power? If you use some serious software, or even just want to get the most out of your PC as possible, System Mechanic has the adrenaline shot your computer needs! EnergyBooster! Take your PC to the next level with this incredible tool. By automatically turning off unnecessary background programs, your computer's limited resources are going to be free to turn their attention to the tasks YOU need them on! Don't let worthless background processes hog your memory or processor, use them how you want them. If you do high-quality video, audio, web design, ANYTHING, you'll immediately notice how ridiculously fast EnergyBooster makes your PC. Interested in something BRAND NEW? System Mechanic is always expanding its armory of tools and this version is no different. With new AcceleWrite, you'll almost never have to worry about disk fragmentation again. By automatically ensuring optimal storage of files, the creeping slowdown that your computer experiences over time from disk defragmentation is a thing of the past! It does the work for you, which means more time for yourself and a healthier life for your PC. Slow Internet? That's when NetBooster takes the stage. Each Internet connection is unique and your computer can't be pre-configured from the factory for an optimal setup for YOUR system. NetBooster examines your current connection and makes those specific changes so you get MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE. You'll see double, even TRIPLE speeds. And remember, if you don't want to go through these individually, System Mechanic can do pretty much everything on its own. It's impossible NOT to get huge gains from running this software, and it's as simple as a few mouse clicks. What more could you ask for? Especially nowadays, computer security has become a really big issue. You may think you're secure, but new vulnerabilities pop up ALL THE TIME! Even the tiniest of security holes can spell disaster for your privacy or your computer's ability to function. With so much on your computer, there's no excuse for taking risks. With just one button, System Mechanic will comb your computer for security flaws and fix every single one it finds. Blocking off hackers from entry, you get peace of mind that your files and confidential information are safely protected. You can NEVER be too secure. After your vulnerabilities are patched up, what about other kinds of intrusions? Unwanted programs, intrusions, or malware trying to hijack your system. System Guard will be the shield that keeps your PC defended and in tip-top shape. System Guard does SO MUCH at once. If new programs try to add themselves to your startup, it will let you know. Dangerous programs trying to run? System Guard stops them IMMEDIATELY. Browsing can be hazardous, but with System Guard, your computer and browser are protected from even the wiliest of hacking attempts. If you've ever had your homepage suspiciously changed or a new toolbar appear out of nowhere, you'll know how important System Guard is! Privacy is just as important as vulnerabilities when it comes to security. With System Mechanic, you can make sure nothing you do gets to the wrong hands. With the Privacy Cleaner, anything you do can be erased, from browsing or search history to cookies and chat transcripts that websites or programs often automatically save. Or maybe you need something deleted? I mean... REALLY deleted. The Incinerator will make sure any of your private files, from old taxes to company memos can't be easily recovered by ANYONE. System Mechanic takes security seriously, and you can rest easy knowing you have the best programs protecting your PC and files. System Mechanic is loaded with SO MUCH and if you want to, it can be COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC. But if you want to know exactly what it's doing, you can examine every tool to see what it intends to fix or change. You'd be INSANE not to take advantage of all these amazing tools, but if you want to, you can pick and choose what you use and how you use it. But that's not all! It comes with a tool to completely customize your PC's operations. From hiding unwanted icons to making your start menu react faster, there's almost nothing out of your control - AMAZING! System Mechanic looks too good to be true, right? Especially with all the extra free stuff, how can so much power be packed together into one amazing product? Well, you don't have to take our word for it! With over 36 million users and countless awards tell you all you need to know.
And now for the BEST PART! With all this greatness in one package you're probably expecting it to be really expensive. Well, you're right and you're wrong. If you go out to the stores to buy this, you might right into something like what you see below. And honestly? It's worth that much. But here are WorldStart we know you want the BEST price and that's what you're going to get. So, what's YOUR price? For System Mechanic Premium, with the built-in security and full-system repair it's only $14.97 with FREE US SHIPPING! I don't even have a joke for the person crazy enough to miss this because there's nothin' funny about passing up the deal of the millenium! http://store.worldstart.com/product/8075 PS - These sell like CRAZY. Don't let total PC bliss pass you by. Even if there ARE any left, the price is going up to $24.97 on Wednesday!
December Wallpaper Is Ready! This is it - end of the year already! This time around I'm going all in for Winter, so enjoy! Also, note that I'm going to start putting in more vertical images since they tend to work better with mobile devices. As always, make sure you check put the 100+ images at the link below. All can be found here and are 100% free: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ Oh, and if you enjoy these images, please tell your friends!
For these and other great selections of desktop wallpaper, head to: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ As always, the wallpaper is 100% free, so enjoy! Photo Tips Did you get a chance to check out my new photo tips from last month? If not, head over to my YouTube channel and check 'em out: http://www.youtube.com/backcountrygallery
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2013-12-03
Oh look, there's that Santa statue...SNORE...
Plug one into your USB port with the included USB cable - AND GET READY TO BE AMAZED! The colors alternate between gorgeous shades of brilliant red, green, blue and purple colors! It's TOTALLY vivid, too! This baby is LED powered - and the colors are absolutely brilliant!
