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10 Web Site Backup Essentials That You Should Live By
More and more webmasters nowadays do not value the importance of
a complete website backup (files and databases). They have left
this to chance and good luck which poses a great risk to their
online presence.
Can you relate to this? Then read this important article which
might save you an arm and a leg later.
Web site backup is the most ignored task of the webmasters
simply because it poses no immediate threat to them until
something worse happen to their hosting server. Many times, this
task ...
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XHTML - Kicking And Screaming Into The Future
XHTML, the standard, was first released back in 2000. Roughly
five years later we begin to see major websites revised to use
this standard. Even the favorite whipping boy of
standards-compliance punditry, Microsoft, presents their primary
homepages, msn.com and microsoft.com in XHTML. Standards
compliant XHTML sites are still the minority. The reason is
simple. When the W3C released the new standard, the rest of the
web running on HTML did not cease to function. Nor will the rest
of the web, ...
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The Demise of EZBoard
For years, EZBoard was a community that offered relatively cheap
and easy to maintain forums for managers. Virtually anyone could
register, design, and layout a site and invite their friends to
participate. Indeed, some of the largest forums on the internet
are built upon EZBoard. Unfortunately, a recent system-wide
hacking attack has destroyed the company's reputation and sent
many managers packing. Let's look at the venerable community and
the fatal flaw that has toppled the company from its ...
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Home Computer Security
This is a paper about securing your home computers and networks.
The goal of computer security is to keep unauthorized users from
using your resources. This can be anything from your computer to
your printer or even your web camera. Detection is another
important aspect that should be monitored as well.
I often get asked "Why should I worry?"
Maybe you shouldn't. If you are concerned about any of your
files or the possibility of losing them you should care. There
is also online banking that ...
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Easy Computer Tips
Things you can do to keep your computer running smoothly.
1. Empty your recycle bin, delete the deleted files from
Outlook, you can also delete files in your sent folder that are
no longer needed.
2. Get rid of those cookies, they can take up alot of space.
Marketers also use this information to track your buying
patterns.
3. You can delete your Temp files these end with *.tmp you can
use F3 in Windows to search for that extension.
4. Run Microsoft ScanDisk at least once a month.
5. Run ...
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Windows 2000 Security
I was asked recently to go to a car dealership and do a security
analysis on their Windows Server 2000 machine.
This is what I recommend doing to any Windows 2000 machine where
applicable.
Make sure that the guest account is disabled. It comes disabled
by default.
A problem I notice allot is when I go to companies, lots of
accounts are still active for employees who no longer work
there. They should be removed when the employee is terminated or
leaves on their own accord. Disgruntled employees ...
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What is a Firewall ?
Simply put it acts as a barrier between your computer and the
internet. To protect you from crackers, hackers and malware.
If your running DSL or a cable modem you should employ a
firewall, as having a direct connection to the Internet can make
you a target to attack.
Firewalls can be hardware or software based. With firewalls you
set up ACL's or Access Control lists to allow or deny traffic.
There are three different ways a firewall can block traffic.
1. Packet Filtering- Packets are analyzed ...
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Reasons to Start a Wireless Network.
As far as I'm concerned, wireless networks would have to rank as
one of the best inventions in history. They really are the best
thing since sliced bread. I mean, really, bread is easy enough
to cut yourself, but have you ever tried to wire up a network?
Its a lot of hard yakka as many would say. WiFi is the wireless
way to handle networking. It is also known as 802.11 networking
and wireless networking. The big advantage of WiFi is its
simplicity. You can connect computers anywhere in your ...
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Wireless Installation Checklist
Buyer Beware - Ignorance can be a financial waste and a lot of
hassals. Before you buy any wireless equipment, you need to be
sure about what you're doing. There's nothing worse than having
everything there and finding that it doesn't work in your house,
or with your computers, or over the distances you need. Here's a
handy checklist of the things that you really ought to do before
you go out and spend any of your hard-earned cash on wireless
networking equipment.
Interference Checks
While it ...
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Installing a PCI Wireless Card
Installing a PCI wireless card might seem like a bit of an
adventure -- after all, you have to open the case, find where to
put the thing, close it again... and then you have to deal with
the software! Even if you've never opened your computer before,
though, you shouldn't have too much trouble with it if you
follow this simple 10 step guide.
Step 1: Look at the Manual. Yes, I know it seems like a dull
thing to do, but you really need to at least skim the manual for
things if you're going to go ...
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How To Prevent Unwanted Windows Programs From Loading At System
We all have them in our system tray, programs that load up and
use precious memory resources and take up valuable space on your
taskbar. Some of them you need, but most you can do without.
Take charge and clean them out.
Some of the kinder and well written programs are configurable
and allow you to change the settings that starts them up. If
this option is available, then this is the best approach.
There are, however, many programs that do not give you the
choice and no matter how many times ...
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Linux Power Tools - Great Tools to make system administration
World War II - Germany decided to attack Poland. Poland had many
great warriors. They all prepared to fight the Germans. They
were all ready with the best armor, the best and well trained
horses, and ofcourse the best weapons , swords , spears .... And
the Pols were brave and were ready to give their lives for their
country. Sadly they did just that... give their lives. The
Germans had tanks... It is very important to have the right
weapons when one goes for a war.
In the same way it is very ...
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Old Fashioned Computing Practices Cost Small Businesses £18
Small to medium size UK businesses are wasting money every day
and putting the future of their business in jeopardy through old
fashioned computing practices, which are costing them £18
billion annually. This is the conclusion of the Server Solutions
Study by Fasthosts, the UK's largest independent hosting company
( http://www.fasthosts.co.uk
)
Fasthosts conducted a study into server computing solutions in
SME businesses. It examined the basic solutions needed to set up
a server securely ...
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What Criteria Would You Use To Evaluate Managed Hosting Vs. Shared Hosting?
Quality website hosting is a key element in operating an effective business website. Locating and implementing the appropriate type of website hosting requires research and evaluation. The two main types website hosting are managed hosting and shared hosting.
Determining which hosting is right for a business will depend on the particular criteria that meet a business' specific needs.
Managed Hosting is when a web host maintains and monitors their dedicated servers, operating system, and ...
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BlueHost Web Hosting – Go To the Best in the Business
Even though there are a lot many websites who tend to have a special expertise in the area of website hosting, none can match the standards set by BlueHost. This company has carved a certain niche for itself in the market because of the extremely reliable services offered by it and the industry specific tools employed by it to make sure that their clients are able to get the best deals and have value for their money. BlueHost specializes in providing website hosting at unbeatable prices along ...
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BlueHost Web Hosting Solutions – Get BlueHost Coupons Today!
Web hosting can be quite confusing if you are not sure of what you want and are getting vague responses from the companies already in the web hosting business. Many companies offering web hosting solutions do not come clean on the various plans being offered by them. They mislead their customers regarding the services they provide and their prices. However, people need not worry. BlueHost is a very transparent company from which one can expect to get honest and cheap deals. BlueHost coupons are ...
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Best 10 – Hosting Reviews – How to Shop For the Best Web Hosting Companies
The task of having a website does not actually end in its development and construction. This is due to the fact that you still have to maintain it especially if you are using your website for your online business purposes. Maintaining a website is in fact a difficult thing to do. Thus, there are instances when you will need the help of the best web hosting companies, which can assist you in linking your website to the world wide web or to the server in order for the web users to have an access ...
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Where Can You Find the best cheap web hosting?
When you're looking for the best cheap web hosting service online, you should keep a lot of things in mind. For one thing, the cheapest web hosting isn't always the best. Also, 'best' is always relative. There's no one surefire formula to what every web developer should have. Before shopping for the best cheap web hosting provider online, you should first define what's best for you and your online business. A website dedicated to promoting a restaurant would definitely have different demands ...
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Business Web Hosting-Your Ultimate Guide
Internet marketing is 'in' and as expected, everyone's looking for efficient and affordable business web hosting services. No online entrepreneur would actually want to spend money on web hosting features that can't be maximized after all. In the same way, it's useless to base your choice of business web hosting service provider on prices alone. Clearly, the best business web hosting service can't be judged by its price. You need to sit down and think about what features you need for your ...
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Cheap unlimited web hosting-Information At Your Fingertips
A lot of web hosting services are advertised as 'cheap unlimited web hosting'. When you're given such a promise, it's almost impossible to hold back, especially when the price is incredibly low. Before you do that, you need to know exactly what lies underneath the 'unlimited' in your cheap unlimited web hosting. You should always read the fine print before signing up with any web hosting provider in general. There's always a grave possibility that you're missing the 'catch'. You wouldn't want ...
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Web hosting Price or quality, which one you consider more when choosing a web hosting?
To find a good web hosting is not an easy job. There are many kinds of web hosting, and the quality is different too. Will you select a cheap web hosting so that you can save money or just go for the high quality ones? Here you come to a question that to make find a balance between price and quality. To solve this problem, you should make in mind that which style website you are going to build. For some people, they might go to build a self-hosting blog and put some Google ad to earn money. ...
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Beginner Ideas On Purchasing Web Hosting
Here are some pointers for those looking for effective web hosting: - The cost of hosting can range from a couple of dollars up to hundreds. Personal sites don't usually come with the full package of tools and have a smaller bandwidth, in anticipation that the web site will be simple and will not attract a lot of visitors. Free hosts will often advertise with banner ads to make up the cost. - Too high traffic numbers can sink a internet site financially. A web site heavy on media will run out ...
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Which Web Hosting Will You Choose
One of the hardest decisions to make when starting a web hosting business is whether to use Linux or windows. There are a few options available, but the most commonly used formats are Linux and Windows web hosts.There is a lot of information about web hosts however Linux and windows workers write a lot of this info. Through a few hours of search engine based research, it becomes apparent that there really isn't a more worthy or beneficial platform to use.Whichever one you decide to utilize, it ...
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5 Tips On Choosing A Managed Hosting Service
When you get managed hosting, it is important to realize that there are many options available to you. As for what managed hosting is, it is hosting that is managed by someone other than you. This is actually the most common form of hosting because everything is kept on an external server, which makes such tasks as disaster recovery a lot easier. And what's great is that there is a wide range of managed services that you can take advantage of.
So here are 5 tips to help you choose a managed ...
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The Advantages Of Linux Server Hosting
Even with a huge amount of information about modern technologies as well as our daily use of computer equipment and software, most people are unaware of the differences in scripting languages and the variety of web hosting services available. Many may not even understand what web hosting or scripting languages mean! In the simplest of terms when a business or individual has decided to create a website they will more than likely require the services of a web hosting company. Web hosts own the ...
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Sharing Photos With Image Hosting
Photographs are a wonderful way to capture events and times during your life, they are also a fantastic reminder of places that you have visited and things that you have seen. People all over the world use photographs as a way of sharing experiences and adventures with their friends and family. Today as people's lives and jobs take them all over the world many families live in different continents and they communicate via telephone, e-mail and social networking sites. Sharing photos via e-mail ...
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Introduction to Cheap Web Hosting
Web Hosting can be a scary situation initially when trying to host your very first website ever. How does it work at all? What will it cost me? Where do I start? Questions over questions. The first step you need to take is to find a web host. There are fortunately tons of hosting companies out there and competition is always something which works in the favor of consumers. While it is true that there are thousands of hosting providers on the market, it doesn't mean that all of them are a good ...
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Use of Blogs in Sharepoint Hosting Sites With Wss 3.0
You can use blogs with Microsoft SharePoint hosting. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has a versatile technology included in it known as Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Blogs in SharePoint hosting have developed into a vital tool for companies who wish to broadcast information, this is done through posts and interaction with many and varied communities. A blog built using Windows SharePoint Hosting Services can help the entire team to keep track, and to update all the shared ...
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Building Extranets in Sharepoint Hosting Sites With Wss 3.0
SharePoint 3.0 hosting in extranet mode makes it extremely easy to open up hosted SharePoint web sites for external access. Building extranet in SharePoint hosting sites offers more enhanced support for authenticated third party users in dispersed communities. Building extranets in SharePoint hosting sites with WSS 3.0, using internet protocols creates a private network to securely share information on operations or, any other level with pre-approved users. These users include vendors, ...
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Guild Clan Website Hosting Benefits
For many gamers, guild clan website hosting can mean the difference between a guilds life or death, literally. Whether a new or seasoned guild leader, having a personal home on the internet ensures the groups ability to collaborate, discuss, and plan future events. Guild Clan Website Hosting has many benefits: planning, communication, events/raids, scheduling, privacy, discussion forums, recruitment, and many other intangibles.Ever try to get a group of people together in real life at the same ...
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