The Dance

Here is the video I tried to post earlier this month and couldn't. You may have caught it on Facebook. If not here it is: Victoria is dancing at the grand opening of Lenbrook with one of there handsome residents Mr. Oliver.

How to back-up normal user data with Windows Backup

How to back-up normal user data with Windows Backup
The backup drive can be any removable media, a folder on the drive, a second hard drive, a network drive, or an external USB or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device as long as it has sufficient capacity to contain all of the data. If using removable media, multiple disks may be required. An estimate of the number of required disks should be displayed. Windows Backup does NOT support archiving directly to an optical disk drive. To make a backup to optical media, save the archive on a network or other secondary storage device and then use your regular software to burn the data folder and application to the recordable media.

=> Run Windows Backup on the source system. To do this:

a) Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Backup

b) Close any running programs (especially email!) and click "Next"

c) Select "Back up files and settings" and click "Next"

d) Select what to Back Up and click "Next":

- My documents and settings.
This only backs up the default user's Documents, Favorites, Desktop, and Cookies. It will not include additional files or folders. Files and Settings Wizard is a better choice unless the user needs to be able to selectively restore specific files..
- Everyone's documents and settings. This choice works well for a system with multiple users where there are no additional files or folders that need to be included. Depending on the type and amount of data in the different user folders, the backup archive may exceed standard optical disk capacities.
- All information on this computer. This creates a complete archive of the computer files, and can easily exceed the capacity of a standard DVD or other optical media. Since the archive file does not automatically split into several smaller files, you have no way to span multiple disks.
- Let me choose what to back up. This would be the best choice when there are multiple users of the system or there are additional files or folders that need to be archived. This solution is also best if large amounts of data need to be archived because they can be broken into multiple archives by running the backup for each user or group of files.

e) In the Items to Back Up list, select the files and folders to archive. To archive most of the normal files, favorites, and desktop, add a check mark to the following:

 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
 C:\Documents and Settings\
 C:\Windows\Profiles (contains legacy user profiles and Outlook Express data.)
 Select any other folders that contain files requested for backup

f) Click "Next"

g) Select the backup destination and name. The destination can be any removable media such as floppy disk or USB flash drive, a folder on the local drive, or a network drive that has sufficient capacity to hold the final archive. If using removable media, Windows Backup will prompt to insert new media as needed.

h) Click "Next"

i) Click "Finish" to start the archive process.

j) Click "Close" to exit the program.

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Make a Windows Backup and Restore CD, DVD, or archive folder.
To do this:

a) In My Computer, open the folder \Windows\System32.

Locate the file "ntbackup.exe"

b) Copy the program file to the same location as selected when you ran the Wizard to archive the files.

c) To create a recordable CD using Windows built-in burning feature:

- Insert a blank CD-R disk in the optical drive
- Select the data folder created by the Backup program and any additional files you copied.
- Right-click, select Send To from the context menu, select the CD-ROM drive from the list.
- Click on the notification balloon "You have files waiting to be written to the CD" and follow the prompts to burn the files.

Outlook 2003 Tips

Post Comments and send questions for more tips to us at rjpwenterprises@gmail.com

 

Outlook 2003

Contacts

The first place most people think of storing contact information such as e-mail addresses is Contacts. Items in Contacts include much more than just an e-mail address or fax number, however. A contact card can include a name, physical address, several phone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses, fax numbers, and lots of other information about the contact, such as birthday, anniversary, and so on. Outlook stores your Contacts with the rest of your Outlook data in a Personal Folders file that has a PST file extension. [Outlook.pst – this file is usually found in C:/Documents and settings/USER/Local settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook.pst-- USER= your account]
If you use an Exchange Server account, Contacts are stored on the Exchange server with the rest of your information (Mail folders, Tasks, and so on). Regardless of the type of account you use, you can use Contacts to store all of your contacts and their addresses, if you prefer.
Bottom line: Contacts is the best place to store contacts because it offers more contact information fields.

Addressing messages and managing address lists

Now that you have a better understanding of what the Outlook Address Book is all about and the other places you can find addresses, let's take a look at how to accomplish some specific tasks in addition to those explained above:

• Address a message: Click the To, Cc, or Bcc button on the message form to open the Address Book, choose an address list from the Show Names from the drop-down list, and, under Message Recipients, click To, Cc, or Bcc.
• Use AutoComplete to address a message: On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options. Click Advanced E-mail Options. Select the Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields check box. Click OK three times. Open a new message, click in one of the three address fields, and start typing the address. Outlook can use AutoComplete only after you have used an address at least once.
• Send a message from Contacts: Right-click a contact and choose New Message to Contact.
• Specify which address list is shown by default in the Outlook Address Book: Open the Address Book from the toolbar and in the address book, on the Tools menu, click Options. Use the Show this address list first drop-down list to specify which address list gets displayed by default.
• Copy contacts from a Personal Address Book to Contacts Open the Address Book, right-click the contact, and choose Add to Contacts.
• Change the way names appear in the Address Book In Outlook, on the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts. Select View or change existing directories or address books, and then click Next. Click Outlook Address Book, click Change, and choose the desired options. Click Close, and then click Finish.
• Include or exclude a Contacts folder from the Outlook Address Book In Outlook 2003, in the Navigation Pane, click the Contacts folder. In the Contacts pane, right-click the Contacts folder (under My Contacts) and click Properties. (For earlier versions of Outlook, right-click the Contacts folder in the Folder List and click Properties.) On the Outlook Address Book tab, select the Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book check box to include the folder in the Outlook Address Book list. Clear this check box to exclude the folder.
• Move contacts from one Contacts folder to another Make sure the target folder is configured for Contact items (you specify this when you create the folder), and then select the contacts and drag them to the other folder.
• Copy contacts from a Contacts folder to a Personal Address Book Open the Outlook Address Book, and on the Tools menu, click Options. In the Keep personal addresses in drop-down list, choose the Personal Address Book and click OK. Close Outlook and restart it. Open Contacts, select the contacts you want to copy, right-click the contacts, and choose Add to Contacts. Optional: Open the Address Book and set the default location back to Contacts.
• Set a Personal Address Book as the place to store addresses Open the Outlook Address Book, and on the Tools menu, click Options. Select the Personal Address Book from the Keep personal addresses in drop-down list.
• Import contacts from a Personal Address Book to Contacts Open Outlook and on the File menu, click Import and Export. Choose Import from another program or file and click Next. Choose Personal Address Book, click Next, and follow the wizard's prompts to add the contacts.
• Use Bcc (send to multiple recipients without the recipients seeing the recipient list) If Outlook is the default e-mail editor, start a new message and on the View menu, click Bcc Field. Enter the addresses in the Bcc field. If Word is the e-mail editor and the Bcc field is not shown, on the Tools menu, click Options, and click the Mail Format tab. Clear the Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box, and click OK. Follow the steps above to display the Bcc field, close the new message form without sending it, and then on the Tools menu, click Options, and select the option to use Word as the e-mail editor.
• Create a distribution list to send mail to multiple recipients:  In Outlook, on the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List.

The video uploaded has been discontinued.

Blogger isn't  allowing me to upload video at the moment.  So if you would like to see the videos we have done you have to go Facebook.com and search for me if the link be low will not work.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8780&id=1812394038&saved#/rhonda.powellwoodard?ref=name

AntiSpy Protector 2009 + Rootkit = Big Trouble!

This is another bad bad piece of software.

Check out bleepingcomputer.com.   They have instructions and a link to a rootkit.

Post back if you have the rouge or if you have encountered it and its' removal.

Aug 14, 2009
School is back in session here in Cobb County GA. So maybe I can add to my computer blog daily -- ok at least weekly. Below is a link to a Random Access Page issued by MicroCenter. Cick on it and hopefully you will enjoy reading.

My overview:

First before reading let me say I am not a fan of Acer laptops. Desktops that are "decked out" are pretty good. A laptop should not be used on a 24/7 basis. Meaning that laptops are suppose to be turned off. A desktop can run 24/7 with restarts. You will wear out the power source using it like that. I personally have had to replace power sources at least every two years only because I run computers 24/7 - do I need to? Does anyone? No but it is nice to walk in and click the mouse rather than wait for it to boot up!

The article does or should make you think; this is coming pre-loaded with VISTA and Acer is issuing a Windows 7 upgrade. Most people are glued to XP - don't get me wrong XP is good. It fit the need where there was one. However, life moves on and so should you! When will XP go away for good? Some say 2013. Vista has been out and is going great - at least for me!

We are 2 months away from another Windows release. There is more hype about this one on a more positive note than VISTA. However, it is hard for me to understand why some will not upgrade to VISTA use it get use to the platform and then go to Windows 7 once the "bugs" are out of it. In my opinion the worst thing to do is buy a Vista machine and downgrade to XP. Vista has connectivity ease in it. It also is an easier usage platform for the novice computer user. If you aren't into opening up the Control panel and digging into the properties boxes and using msconfig go with VISTA. That is my opinion.

Now in reference to the article. I think the netbooks are great little notebooks for: getting email, reading net articles, playing limited on line games word processing, spread sheets, and power point demos. Once again it is not a workhorse computer. Now, I use my laptop for doing my blogs and at client sites. I use it from working from my bed. However, I have six other computers also. Two are in my husband's office, one my daughter's in our family room(these are running XP home) the rest are in my office workshop. One is running Windows ME, one two are running XP pro. Two that are not running have Windows 95 and 98. THe 95 is being retired as i type! The 98 is not running but is under the workbench if I need it! I use the parts! Yes it is a hobby and a passion to see how these things work.

I hope you enjoy reading this and comment on it and send me questions.

Happy Techy Time!
RJPW

http://www.microcenter.com/random_access/newsletters/09_newsletters/0809/in_the_lab.html?BrCs=498&BrCg=16185126&BrRc=1100169426

Aug 11th

I just finished refurbing an old dell to XP pro. I also picked up from a client and old P3 SONY VAIO desktop that runs fine -- Me that is how old it is. Will see if it will take XP.

Clear

Has anyone tried Clear?

I haven't investigated it however, a friend has signed up for it. Will post later as to how it is.

Windows 7

Just pre ordered and paid for my copy of Windows 7. I pre-ordered from Amazon.com Microsoft is also letting you pre order from their web site see link below.


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/home?os=nonwin7

Where does thIs go

New Blog

Hey eveyone!
I just started this new blog for computer notes. I invite you to send postings also.
Once I get my topics down I will put more on here.