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MS Says to Upgrade Your RAM

manderso — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:14:26 +0000

According to Microsoft (and just about any computer tech out there), adding more RAM can help your computer do a better job running the programs you have open, and allow you to open more program at once. From the article “Everything is working fine, then you add photo-editing software, surf to graphically intense Web site, install a game, and suddenly your computer can’t keep up.”

The article goes on to say how you can upgrade the RAM yourself, and is very helpful if you want to go that direction. Manderso Consulting can also upgrade the RAM on your computer, or give you other options to help your digital experience, including upgrading other components in the machine, as well as setting up a new machine for you as well.

Microsoft article

Moved hosts

manderso — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:45:42 +0000

Manderso Consulting is now hosted by Veteran Web Hosting, a small hosting company, catering to everyone. I chose this host based on the owner, who also runs the Association of Computer Business Owners, and because I knew I could trust his plans and support.

Moving my wordpress blog to his site was easy, and he’s quick to offer support if the need comes up.

(Hopefully)What to do if you get hacked

manderso — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:29:10 +0000

My personal Facebook profile got hacked tonight, and while that was weird, the after-affects are very frustrating. The Facebook account is suspended, pending an investigation (very dramatic!). I’m also changing a bunch of passwords on other accounts.

A friend of mine suggested using PassPack.com, which bills itself as an online password manager, tags and a password generator, plus additional features. I’ve been using 1Password for the last few years, and until now, had been using it to store the passwords that I generated. Though now of course, I’m using it to create the passwords.

By the way, I noticed that the account was hacked by logging into it and having a few chat windows pop up. They were talking about the old scam of “I’m trapped in London without cash, I was just mugged and need you to send cash.“ I’m waiting to hear what Facebook has to say, but I’m open to suggestions as to how this happened.

Updates as they occur…

Ooma setup

manderso — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:31:17 +0000

I opened the box, read the directions (gasp), it says to go to http://ooma.com/activate to activate the telo. I do so, and go through the prompts and select a new telephone number. I choose a number with a location close enough to me, and sign up for the 3 months of free premiere service.

I plug-in to network (behind the router) plug-in to phone, power on. Lights come on, and the Ooma logo flashes red for about 1 minute, enough to freak me out. Then I read in the directions that it’s supposed to do this as it’s booting. Sure enough, it changes to blue after a minute. All the lights stay on for about 5 minutes, presumably to allow the ooma to update it’s firmware.

Funny enough, when you take the phone off the hook (assuming you’ve plugged it into the Telo), it will give you a little song (I suppose the Ooma theme?), and a dial tone. You can dial all you want, but the line never wakes up to start ringing.

The lights finally go off, and bottom row is scrolling. The ooma light is flashing red, and lights 1 and 2 come on. Then the rest of the lights come on (this is a reboot, I assume)

And the first call is a success. The other end heard me very well, said the signal broke up maybe 2 times (during a three minute call), but not enough that he couldn’t understand me. About 30 minutes after the initial call, there was a call to the Ooma from Ooma, but I missed it. Then I picked up the line, and pushed the button for voicemail, and it gave me the welcome message from Ooma. Very nice of them, and it sounded great.

Now to figure out how long to test this before porting my land line. Also, need to find out whether it will work with my current alarm system.