Northcountry News Tek Talk With Eli Heath

<BODY TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#FFFFE6 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#004040> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:50pt;'><B>NORTHCOUNTRY NEWS </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:40pt;'><B><I>~ Tek Talk With Eli Heath ~ </I></B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <IMG SRC="web_pages_i000012.jpg" BORDER=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Eli Heath of Paige Computer" WIDTH=338 HEIGHT=249 > </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>Eli Heath of Paige Computer Service in Woodsville, NH is here to help save the day! </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>Eli has a bi-weekly column in our newspaper edition of the Northcountry News, and now that column </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>can be seen right here on-line!</I></B><B><I> "Tek Talk" will be updated on-line every other week as it comes out </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>in our print edition. </I></B><B><I>Everyone who has a computer knows that there are lots of little quirks, gliches, melt-downs </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>and the dreaded empty blue screen error messages which we all face at one time or another. Eli is here to </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>help answer questions and </I></B><B><I>give us helpful hints, advice and  ideas on how to make the most of our computers. </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I> </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I>If you have a question you'd like to see answered within one of our Tek Talk columns, </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'><B><I> feel </I></B><B><I>free to email Eli at: <A class=s1 HREF="mailto:paigecs@gmail.com">paigecs@gmail.com</A> </I></B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FF0000;font-size:14pt;'><B><A class=s1 HREF="http://www.paigecomputerservices.com">Please Visit Paige Computer Services Website By Clicking Here!</A> </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <IMG SRC="web_pages_i000013.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=145 HEIGHT=69 > </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Have you ever installed a program onto your Windows computer, and then have problems with the way your computer works? My rule of thumb is if you have problems with the way your computer works, it is probably the last thing you did on it that caused the problem, such as installing a program.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Don’t you wish you can turn back the clock to before you had that problem? Well with Windows you can, I am talking about System Restore. You should make it a habit before you install any program in your Windows machine to create a System Restore Point so if you do have issues you can bring the computer back to the configuration it was before you install the program. Here is how you create a restore point. First you have to make sure system restore is turned on, by default it is, but to make sure click on Start/Control Panel/System/System Restore, make sure there is no check mark in the box that says “Turn Off System Restore” if there is than uncheck it, also the amount of disk space to allocate to system restore I would change to half by sliding the tab to the middle of the scale, than say apply and ok. Once you make sure that System Restore is turned on, go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools, click on System Restore, you will have an option to restore your computer to an earlier time or create a restore point, if installing any software select create a restore point, the program will ask you to name the restore point, for instance if installing AVG Antivirus, call the Restore point AVG Install.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Windows will then create a copy of your registry file to restore should your computer not work properly after the install. If you do have problems with the program, open up System Restore select Restore My Computer to an earlier time, a calendar will come up and display the dates a restore point was created and click on the name you called the restore point, the computer will reboot load the backed up registry and your computer is working like you did not make a change.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>If you have any tips or suggestions you would like to share with our readers please e-mail me at paigecs@gmail.com, or visit our website at www.paigecomputerservices.com and join our forum. I would like to expand it, so if you need any technical help you can post your problem and we can put the solution on the forum, one stop technical help by neighbors helping neighbors.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Happy Computing ! </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>Again any questions please call 603-747-2201 or e-mail <A class=s1 HREF="mailto:paigecs@gmail.com">paigecs@gmail.com</A>, you can also visit our website at  <A class=s1 HREF="http://www.paigecomputerservices.com">www.paigecomputerservices.com</A> for downloads and tips or to join our forum. I will be posting all my Tech Talk articles on the web site, so until next time, if you have computer problems remember it is not your fault! </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s1 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='color:#800000;font-size:11pt;'>If anyone has a favorite program you would recommend e-mail me at <A class=s1 HREF="mailto:paigecs@gmail.com">paigecs@gmail.com</A>  I will put it in this article to let our readers know, also any suggestions on topics to talk about or computer issues please e-mail me, looking for suggestions . </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2897010-10435796" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.tqlkg.com/image-2897010-10435796" width="468" height="60" alt="" border="0"/></a>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>© The Northcountry News </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>PO Box 10, Warren, NH 03279 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Times New Roman";'><B>603-764-5807 </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV>