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How To Create You Tube Play Lists

We all love You Tube and send links to each other of video's. 

But how do you send a group of links , your own You Tube play list.

This link from PC Mech explains how to do it but here is the You Tube video which gives a detailed explanation.

Television Cable Explanation

Looking for an explanation on television cables.

Check out this episode of Labrats from Butterscotch

So You Are Going To Buy A HD TV

So you are in the market for a digital television and want to experience the true high definition experience.

To truly see a high definition signal on a LCD or a Plasma TV you need to ask about pixels

Digital ready televisions are being sold in various resolutions

To see a true high definition signal at it's best you will need a set that has it's resolution at  1920 x 1080 which is 1080p

You will still see a good picture at 1366 x 768 which is 720p

1024 x 768 which again is 720p

Remember the more pixels the sharper and clearer and more detailed picture you will get.

More information can be found at the CNET Article HD Television Explained.

Windows 7 Installation Guide

Do you want to know how to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a system running Windows Vista or Windows XP by using a Windows 7 upgrade disk.

For all these answers go to the Winsupersite for the indepth article by Paul Thurrott

So You Dropped Your Phone In The Toilet

One of the great accidents with electronics is the fact that occasionally you will have an accident with them and say , drop them into the toilet or other expanse of water , think washing machine.

So what do you do.

First remove from the phone everything you can , battery , plastic covers , memory card

Now dry the phone as best you can using towels , paper towels etc

Then use a vacuum cleaner on the phone to draw the moisture out of the phone , use of a hairdryer or the oven can damage the electrics

Then place it in a jar of rice

The rice will hopefully draw the moisture out of the phone

How long should you leave it in the jar of rice

If you want it to have the best chance of recovery 2- 3 weeks

This also works on ipods etc and gives you the best chance of recovery

How To Fix Your Relatives Or Your Computer

If you are one that fixes other peoples computers or work through issues with their computers then this Lifehacker article is for you.

How To Fix Your Relatives Terrible Computer

This article discuss's among other things

• A non booting PC
• Getting rid of crap
• Using Ubuntu to aid in fixing a computer

Let The PC Read Your Text

Another great tip from Tekzilla where an application will read selected text for you.

It is called Codeplex and is available from codeplex

Check out the clip for more details

How To Remove Malware And Other Fake Antivirus

 

Here is a great article from the How to Geek on removing Malware and other Virus issues.

There are great screen shots and step by step instructions.

However this should only be used if you are not going to format your hard drive which is the preferred method if you are infected as there is no guarantee that any removal method will get rid of all traces of malware.

Beware Of Toolbars And Downloads

I recently had reason to update my Adobe Shockwave Player and when installing it asked whether I would like to install a Free Norton Security Scan.

My strong advise is , with all these additions to downloads that you can be offered , is to say NO.

Do not put the tick in that box.

There are many online virus scanners that will not intrude on your system and to install one with another piece of software is fraught with danger.

Depending on what you are downloading you can be offered a range of add ons such as the 

• Ask.com toolbar   

Just install the software that you need without the additions

Virus & Spyware Prevention 2010

The start of a new year is an ideal time to review the basics of safe computing to avoid the possibility of computer infections from virus's and spyware.

NUMBER 1
Update your operating system regularly.
Turn on Automatic Updates on Windows and apply all critical updates immediately.

Check optional updates on a regular basis.

NUMBER 2
Don’t open email attachments unless you know that the person sending it to you ,really sent it. Viruses will more often than not come from someone you know.
Email attachments are the number one way that viruses , trojan horses and spyware can get onto your computer.

NUMBER 3
Make sure HTML in e-mail is turned off as just by previewing these e-mails you can be infected.

NUMBER 4
Don’t click links in e-mails.
You could be taken to a phising site or this may lead you to install malicious software. You should copy and paste the link into your browser or type the link into your browser.
HTML e-mail can hide the actual destination of that link so this is another reason to turn off HTML in your email.

NUMBER 5
You should only download files from places you know are absolutely safe. The use of file sharing software often means you will download spy ware and Trojans without knowing.
If you download files you should quarantine them in a folder and then scan them a few days later with an updated antivirus software.

NUMBER 6
Have a firewall.
Your broadband router is the best firewall
You should also make sure that in Windows XP , Vista and Windows 7 the firewall is turned on.

There is no need to buy a firewall solution

NUMBER 7

You should browse the Internet with Firefox (available from mozilla.com) or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) 

IE 8 and Firefox are much more secure.

NUMBER 8

Switch to a web based e mail program such as G Mail which will scan your emails before they arrive on your computer

NUMBER 9

 

Have an antivirus solution , the FREE one I recommend is the Microsoft Security Essentials program and the PAID one I recommend  is NOD32 

 

These are programs which run quietly in the background without taking over your computer , I do not recommend anything from Symantec , McAfee , Kaspersky as they are overkill and can and do result in slowdown of your computer.

Remember if you get infected it really is your fault.