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Sharing Files and Folders

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Once we have our home network set up, often, our next desires are to be able to copy files from one computer to another and to be able to share a printer among multiple computers.
Sharing files is usually an easy step, except that Windows likes to protect us.
The first step is to open My Computer [...]

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Free Software From Google

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

There’s a great package of goodies available from Google for us to install on our computers — Google Pack!
Visit Terry’s Computer Tips for more information on this free Google Pack software.
Google Pack is the combination package of Google Earth (view and zoom the Earth from space), Picasa (photo gallery), Google Pack Screensaver [...]

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Great Prices on Dialup Internet Access

Friday, December 8th, 2006

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your first computer is to get one of the expensive dialup Internet services. AOL used to be one of the most expensive, but lots of new computer users started with them because their AOL CD’s were EVERYWHERE.
Now, AOL is dropping out of the dialup Internet [...]

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Great Special Deals at Buy.com

Monday, November 27th, 2006

ACP-EP Memory 2GB Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Mini Flash Drive - Only $9.95 After Rebate and Google Checkout
FREE BUDGET SHIPPING
Buy.com price: $50.00
$20.05 Mail-in Rebate
$29.95 After Rebate
(save an additional $20.00 w/ Google Checkout)
For more info about this item, click here
IOGear 2.5″ 80GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard [...]

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HP Pre-Christmas Special

Monday, November 13th, 2006

HP has a special that expires the next Sunday (Nov. 19th) on some of their HP Pavillion Desktop PCs.
In this case, it is the a1650 series of the HP Pavilion desktop computers, which are designed for entertainment and power computing.
HP is offering both the AMD-based and Intel-based customizable a1650y models, at prices starting at $599.
The [...]

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Sales at Buy.com - Expiring 11/13/06

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Buy.com has a few sales that look good for Computer for Christmas buyers:
Plus, save $10 on your order of $30 or more if you use Google Checkout (limited time offer).
Last Minute Deals Valid 11/9/06 to 11/13/06!
*unless otherwise noted.
Compaq n620c Notebook: Centrino 1.4GHz, 512MB, 30GB, DVD-CDRW, 14.1″ VGA, XP Pro
*Factory [...]

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