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...TODAY'S ARTICLE...
>> Technical Difficulties <<
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September 14th, 1999 *** ISSUE #60 ***
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.....TODAY'S ARTICLE.....
Technical Difficulties
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By Chris Small
Recently we experienced some serious technical difficulties.
Serious enough that we were not able to publish to our website
or ezine for several days. To an Internet Marketing company,
that is like having a storefront but not being able to get in
and serve the customers.
To resolve these technical difficulties we had to install some
new hardware and reinstall a lot of our faithful programs.
During this process we were reminded of many basic maintenance
procedures that should be practised regularly. While we have
done most of these on occasion and some of them when we thought
necessary, none of them had been done consistently.
Now, just so you know, we have been involved in the repair
and servicing of computers and related hardware since 1989,
and consider ourselves to be reasonably familiar with most
of the mainstream software on the market today. However, just
like the cobblers barefoot children we allowed our own
equipment to be neglected. So please do take these suggestions
seriously and start implementing them now. We certainly will.
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First off, always, always, have a backup system for your
data. Use a zip drive, tape backup, writable CD ROM, second
hard drive, even the ancient but dependable floppy disks.
However you choose to do it HAVE A BACKUP SYSTEM! You just
can't afford not to. Actually, you should have two backups.
One stored near the computer that is accessible to correct
those frustrating losses of data, and a second one stored
offsite. Seems logical, but you'd be surprised at how many
companies face certain disaster if there was a fire, flood
or break in.
Secondly, have your equipment serviced yearly (or more often
in dirty environments). That means having someone open it up
and clean out the dust, reseat the connections, lubricate the
fan, and generally check things over. This alone can prevent
major grief. One of the things that happened to us was that
the fan seized up and caused overheating. A few dollars of
prevention will save many dollars in repairs and hours of
frustration.
When you want to get rid of a program, don't go in to the
file manager and delete the files. Use the uninstall feature
that comes with the program or your Operating System (ie:
Windows). Most programs make some changes to your config.sys,
autoexec.bat or Win.ini or other setup files. Just deleting
the program files will not remove these changes. Plus there
are usually other hidden files lurking about on your hard
drive that you just can't find with normal file managers.
Run a disk defragment and scandisk program frequently. Once
a week is normally sufficient. This will keep your hard
drive in optimum condition.
Of course you want to be using a current virus scan program
and continually update it. We use McAffee's WebScanX. Norton
Utilities also has an excellent product.
If you leave your computer on 24/7, as we do, you will have
to restart it occasionally to clear the memory.
There are many other things that you do to keep your systems
in tip top shape but these are the main ones that can prevent
the most grief.
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Chris Small is a cyber entrepreneur and host of the very
successful 'World Deal Center'. He may be reached at
mailto:webmaster@worlddealcenter.com His main website is
http//www.WorldDealCenter.com/
Chris invites you to sample his ezine The ‘World of Deals'
for FREE. To receive your copy just send an email with
"Subscribe World of Deals" in the subject... or go to
http://www.worlddealcenter.com/newsletter.htm and enter
your email address.
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