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In this month's Newsletter:
Website Steve's Q&A
Introduction
PC Resolver, in partnership with The Inland Magazine, is publishing a Questions and Answers section in the published magazine. The purpose of this is to answer the most common questions that are currently affecting my clients and readers of the magazine. You are encouraged to contact me with any questions you may have.
The questions and answers themselves are in the Website Steve's Q&A section of Support. This section will grow and will include non-published questions.
A key part of Website Steve's Q&A is questions about websites. Having your own website has never been easier, cheaper or more necessary than it is today. A fully functioning professionally designed and built website costs 300 Euros to build to your requirements and less than 10 Euros a month to host (including your domain name and IVA). I will give a 50 Euro discount to anyone quoting this newsletter!
What can I do to make 2010 better than 2009 for my computer?
OK, I’ve not been asked this question in so many words but these recommendations are based on real questions I’ve received during 2009. Your computer is now an essential tool in your life that enables you to communicate, work and play - it needs some TLC!
How do I protect my computer from power problems?
You need a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). These are better than the simple Surge Protectors because they also regulate the voltage coming in and provide backup power if power fails. A good UPS costs 70 Euros. A bad experience will cost a minimum of 200 Euros. See my article on UPS.
How do I protect my computer from Viruses and other Malware?
You need to install a good Firewall and Anti-virus software. I use FREE software to protect mine so it doesn’t have to cost a lot! To remove a virus from a computer can cost between 20 and 60 Euros. See my article on Malware for more information.
How do I protect my data?
You need to back it up. You need to back it up. You can keep copies on CD, external disks or on the Internet. The software is free. The loss of data costs so much more than money!
How can PC Resolver help?
You can get FREE help and advice from PC Resolver in a number of ways:
• Visit The Inland Magazine (TIM) Computer Forum
• See me at The TIM Boot Sale in Salinas (First Sunday of each month)
• Use the Search facility on my website
• Email or Call me
I made some changes to my website and now I want to undo them. How can I restore my site to how it used to be?
The answer to this is in the question itself: “Restore”. You need to restore from a backup. If you don’t have a backup of how the site used to be then you need to undo your changes one by one and this is not at all easy and in some cases is impossible.
A web hosting company will create a regular backup in case of system failure but this will be your site as it is today (not what you want!).
If you’re lucky, your web designer will have a copy of your site when it was first designed (I always keep a copy for my clients just in case). This is OK if you haven’t changed your site much since it was built.
If you have a database (as used in shops, estate agencies, forums, blogs etc) then you really need to backup regularly and certainly before any changes. You can do this yourself or ask your designer (I charge 25 Euros). Remember to backup the site (pages etc) AND the database!!
Website Steve's Q&A FREE Stuff
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Final Word
As always, I encourage anyone with a comment, suggestion, question, idea or inspiration to contact me at
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or click 'Add Comment' below to add a comment to this web page.
Please also see The Inland Magazine Computer Problems Forum if you have a specific IT problem.
Steve
PC Resolver
966 967 439
650 354 629
Please email Steve if any of the links in this article don't work.
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