MajesticCorp Computer Advice

Wow, now there is one snazzy little laptop.  I will say that it might be a little too thin.  I might be afraid of bending it too much, or sitting on it and turning it into the shape of the letter U.  Other than that, it looks very good.  No CD-ROM but heck, it has a usb if you really need to read a CD/DVD.  I would say that this would be the laptop of choice for people that travel a lot.  Where weight is one thing that you don’t want.  Now that boot camp is out, I can see buying something like this if I traveled extensively.

Right now I am still looking at the little white iMac’s.  I don’t know why, but I really like those little laptops.  I know they are not the most powerful but, c’mon, its not like I do things that would utilize a great deal of memory or processor.  I write in Notepad (actually Notepad ++) and I type blog entries.  I am not a power user by any means.  Plus it would match my iPod.

I am currently evaluating CRM (Customer Relations Management) software for my job here and figured that I would post some links to CRM programs that I have ran across. In case you haven’t noticed, I really like open-source software, so the first one that comes to my mind is Vtiger. This is something that you would host on your own website. Another one is SugarCRM.

If you want to pay money than the others that come to mind are Salesforce.com and Netsuite.com. Then of course you have MicrosoftCRM.

Just a couple that I have ran across and thought that businesses might find them useful.

I often get asked the question which programming environments I use when writing websites. I guess that is a sound question. At work I use Visual Studios 2005 from Microsoft. At home I use Notepad ++. Here are some links to these and other development environments.

• Visual Studio Express These are the free versions of Visual Studio, there are some differences from the paid version but not many.
• Notepad ++ When I started web programming, a guy told me that you are a great programmer when your programming environment is notepad. Although this is different from Notepad on your computer, I still think this is one of the best programs out there.
• PSPad Another great programming tool. Has a built in FTP client which makes it really nice.
• DevPHP I have heard that this is a good development environment, I just have not personally used it.
• Eclipse And of course the grand-daddy of all free development environments, Eclipse. This is a very configurable environment that will program in any language that you put into it. Highly recommend but might be a little confusing to newbies and way over the top if all you want to do is some web site programming.

These are just a few development environments that I have came across.

Here is how to change the user password for the active directory in a Microsoft Windows 2000 network.

1. Login to the server that contains the active directory information.
2. Start=>Settings=>Control Panel=>Administrative Tools=> Active Directory Users and Computers
3. Expand your server list
4. Click the folder labeled “users”
5. Right-Click on the user name and choose reset password from the list
6. Type new password, verify new password then click ok.
7. Done!

Thats it

If when you start your browser it loads a different web site instead of your normal homepage, it is possible a malicious program has hijacked your browser and set a different homepage.To change it back, click on the Tools menu then Internet Options. On the General tab, under the section Home page you should see an Address box. Type in the address of the site you want (or click Use Current for the site you are currently viewing) and click OK.

If you find your homepage keeps changing on its own, you will need to use an anti-spyware program.

To remove a program you need to uninstall it from your PC:Click on the Start menu then Control Panel. Click on Add/Remove programs, select the program from the list and click Remove.

Alternatively, go to your Start menu and in your programs list, find the entry for the particular program and click on the link to Uninstall the program.

File won’t open

Sometimes when you double-click a file, nothing happens or the program that is usually used to open that type of file can’t run it. Instead, right-click the file and use Open With.. to choose a different program to try to open it with.