Hi every one who reads this blog on a regular basis sorry for not posting for the last week or so

but I ended up in hosiptal last week with a major Heart attack and has been recouping,

Luckly I caught it in time for the doctors to treat me, but I have damaged the main muscle in the heart so

it’s take it very slowly over the next few weeks.

So I should be back very soon with more tips and tricks in the near future

I thank you all

regards  Andrew

A large number of utility programs are available for the service of hardware and software. These are system software and help the user to solve the specific problems related to Hardware or software. Most operating systems include several utility programs but many other utility programs are available on CDs or can be downloaded from the Internet. The most important utility programs are described below.

1. File Viewer

A File Viewer is a utility program that is used to view the contents of files as well as to manage files. For example, Windows operating system has the “Windows Explorer” Utility program. This program is also used to perform various operations on files.

2. File Compression

File compression program is a utility program that is used to shrink the size of file. It reduces the size of file. The compressed file takes up less space on the storage media. The compressed files are also referred to as zipped files. Usually these files have extension ZIP. A single compressed file may have large number of files or folders. Mostly, the files are compressed to send the files with e-mail or to upload the files on the Internet. Through this technique data is transferred from one location to another very easily and quickly.

When you receive or download a compressed file from the Internet then you have to un-compress the zip file. The unzip utility program is used for this purpose. When the zip tile is un-zipped, all the files and folders contained in that file are restored to their original form. The Windows XP operating system has also built-in features to compress as well as unzip files. The other popular utility programs for file compression and un-compression are PKZIP, PKUNZIP, W1NZIP, WINRAR AND POWER ARCHIVER etc.

3. Diagnostic Utility Programs

The diagnostic utility program is used to diagnose the problems about the computer hardware and software These programs trace out the problem and give the suggestion that how to handle the problem. In Windows XP, Dr. Watson is an example of diagnostic utility program.

4. Un-Installer

The un-installer program is used to properly un-install the software from the computer. All related files and folders are removed from the hard disk of your computer. The Windows operating system has built-in utility program that can be used to install as well as to un-install a program or software. This utility program is found in “Control Panel” with icon “Add/Remove programs”. You can also install other “un-installer” utility programs such as McAfee’s un-installer.

5. Disk Scanner
This utility program is used to detect and to remove the physical as well as logical problems on the disk (hard disk or floppy disk). It also removes the unnecessary files such as swap files on the disk. The physical problem on the disk represents the bad sectors or scratches on the surface of disk. The logical problem specifies the problem in accessing data such as error in data file, error in FAT (file allocation table). The Windows operating system has built-in disk scanner called the Scandisk.

6. Disk Defragmenter

This utility program is used to re-organize the files and un-used space on the disk, so that operating system can access data more quickly. When operating system stores data on the disk, it stores the data in the first available sector on the disk. In this case data of a file is stored on disk in a scattered form; it is referred to as “File is fragmented”. The fragmentation slows down the accessing speed of computer. In Defragmentation process, the data of each file is stored in continuous sectors. The Windows operating system has built-in utility program called Disk Defragmenter used for this purpose.

7. Backup Utility

This utility program is used to make the backup of the selected files/folders or entire hard disk on zip disk, tape, floppy disk or CD-R. The backup utility programs also compress the files so that the size of backup files can be reduced. It is a good practice to make the backup of the important data. Your important data may be corrupted due to attack of virus or problem may occurs in the hard disk due to any reason etc. The backed up data may be restored on the hard disk as and when required. The Restore program is used to restore the back up data. The Windows operating system has the built-in Backup utility program.

8. Antivirus
The special programs that are used to detect and remove the viruses from the computer are called anti4irus programs. A large number of anti-virus programs are available: The McAfee and Norton are examples of most popular anti-virus programs. There is no such anti-virus program available which alone can detect all types of viruses.

A good anti-virus program automatically checks for the infected files every time you insert a disk or download files and e-mails from the Internet. It is recommended that you must regularly upgrade anti-virus program in your computer. The latest versions of these programs are available on the Internet and you can upgrade your anti-virus program free of cost. You must visit the site of the manufacturer of the anti-virus (or antiviral) program and follow the procedure to upgrade anti-virus program.

Another most important thing about the anti-virus programs is that these programs not only detect and remove the viruses present inside your computer but also protect the computer from new viruses getting to the computer.

This is just a note to thank you for all your great comments in regards to this blog and the

articals that I am bringing to the readers.

Over the next few months I will be bringing more in depth and in plain english reports, tips, Steps, and News

So I hope you keep coming back, again Thank you

Andrew

You can set your Num Lock to stay on by default when you logon your system.

There are two different techniques to set Num Lock stay on by default.

• If you can use Registry Editor correctly then Click on start button and type Regedt32.exe in Run command. Here Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard and change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.
• You can do same by configuring the script to change the NUM LOCK state. Click Start button and then open Notepad. Copy the giving code and paste in Notepad.

  set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

  WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"

  Now save this file with name “num.vbs” must including the quotes. At the end copy this file to user startup folder. The path for this folder is Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

  Now restart the computer. Num Lock should come on and stay on.

A rambling thought came over me today in regards to some web sites today, is it just me or most of the small business sector in their web designs are starting to look very dated and seem to be behind the times in areas such as the use of colours, layouts and a general lack of original content.

Or is that the costs of some web masters are charging to much for what they deliver to the client, or is it the scope of what the customer wants to happen within their web pages that some webmasters just don’t have the abilities to deliver what they promise to the client.

For some customers that have been burned with the webmaster that has charged to much and not delivered, it gets harder to deal with those new clients.

I personally feel that you are only as good as your last web page and how you treat that client, that determines the out come of future work, and doing what your best at and outsourcing the work you can’t do will make you a better webmaster in long run I feel……..

rambling on……..