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Happy New Year & Valentine's Day
How are you saving your photos?
Posted 1/31/2010
Since it took me forever to take down the
Christmas greeting, I thought I'd just cover two holidays here. You
know, we all took a lot of pictures over the Christmas and New Year
holidays. Each photo represents a memory that will never come again.
We urge you to back these photos up, and can offer several ways to
help, from USB Flash Drives, to new DVD burners to external Hard
Drives and Internet-based online backup that can protect not only
your photos, but your music, documents, and video libraries as well.
Trouble with Flash Player?
New Step-By-Step Guide Available
Posted 12/17/2009
We have gotten several questions lately about
problems installing the Adobe Flash Player. As a result, we have
compiled a step-by-step article that I hope is helpful in getting
your troubles with it fixed. You can find the article in the forums
right
here.
Computer Buying Guide
Specification guidelines for Black Friday
Shoppers
Posted 11/24/2009
On the Take Five Tech Tip Friday radio show
broadcast on KBJS last week, we gave a quick guide to demystify
those computer specifications you'll find in Black Friday ads. The
full article is
here, but the short version is below.
- RAM: 2-6 Gigabytes (GB), bigger is better
- Hard Disk Size: 200 Gigabytes - 1 Terabyte (TB), if over 320 Gigabytes, consider a 3 year warranty
- Processor: Use the list
given in the
original article, models lower in the list are more powerful, get the most powerful you can afford
- Windows 7: Home Premium for home use, Professional for business use, Ultimate for either
Online Backup Available Now
Protect your files with DAConsult.net Internet Backup
Posted 11/5/2009, Updated 12/17/2009
We're putting the finishing touches on a new
service: Online Backup. After all, "A file doesn't exist until there
are at least two copies of it." With this service, you
can kiss that worry goodbye!
The service is available to users of Windows
computers and networks and is priced competitively with other
similar services from other vendors. One of the things that
makes this service different is that while with the other
services, you may need several weeks to complete your first
backup, we can take the first backup onto a local USB drive,
which will be many times faster than your Internet connection.
We'll transport that drive to our backup facility, copy it to
the backup server, and it will become your first backup. We
return the drive to you, and tell your software to backup over
the Internet now. Only the changes that happened after that
first backup was taken will move across the Internet.
Pricing for this new service is as follows:
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Windows Version
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Monthly
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Quarterly
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Bi-Annually
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Annually
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Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 Professional, ME, 98 or 95
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$4.17 |
$12.50 |
$25.00 |
$50.00 |
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Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000, or NT
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$8.33 |
$25.00 |
$50.00 |
$100.00 |
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Small Business Server 2008, 2003, 2000, 4.5
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$12.50 |
$37.50 |
$75.00 |
$150.00 |
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Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000, or NT With Microsoft Exchange running on the same server
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$16.67 |
$50.00 |
$100.00 |
$200.00 |
We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, ACH Payments, Checks and Cash.
Can you afford not to have a service like this?
The service is available now. To sign up, you can call or
email us to set up your service and billing. Soon, we'll have
web-based signup available.
Windows 7 is Awesome...
Windows 7 is the Vista that should have
been!
Posted 10/16/2009, Updated 10/22/2009
If you've been keeping up with our opinions of
Windows Vista, you'll no doubt be aware we aren't wowed by it. We
haven't even seen much reason to upgrade from Windows XP and have
been big proponents of the Vista Business to Windows XP Pro
downgrade option. Windows 7 changes all that. Windows 7 really is
what Vista should have been. It's based on Vista, so if software
runs on Vista, it'll run on Windows 7. For that matter, if you have
the right versions of Windows 7, you can even run Windows XP in a
virtual machine (a simulated computer). This feature is called XP
Mode and is a download (more)
that works with Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate.
Features of Windows 7 include
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Location aware printing:
Automatically switch the default printer as you move from
work to home and back.
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Smarter USB Printer
Identification: In the past, if you plugged your
printer into a USB port, the computer would recognize the
printer and install the driver so you could print. That
worked fine. Later, if you unplugged that printer, and
forgot which port you plugged it into, it would recognize
the printer as a completely different printer, and not make
it your default. With Windows 7, if you plug the same
printer into another port, Windows still sees it as the same
printer.
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Homegroups: A new
feature that makes sharing files, printers, and media easier
when you have more than one computer at home.
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Problem Steps Analyzer:
Lets you record the steps that cause problems so that
technicians can spend more time fixing problems.
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Branch Cache: Lets
branch offices work faster when files are located back at
headquarters.
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Direct Access: Lets
remote users work as though connected to the corporate
network more easily. Also lets network administrators
continue to administer computers that aren't onsite.
Windows 7 is available now on new PCs built by
David Anderson Consulting, is also available for purchase as an
upgrade. Our prices for this new version of
Windows are shown after the jump:
Upgrade Version - Requires that your computer
already runs another version of Windows - Click the image to buy it
from Amazon
Please note that the prices on this page may not sync with Amazon's pricing and are not guaranteed
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Windows®
7 Home Premium |
$109.99 |
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Windows® 7 Home Premium Family
Pack
You may install this on up to
three computers in your home |
$184.95 |
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Windows®
7 Professional |
$179.99 |
  |
Windows®
7 Ultimate |
$199.99 |
Full Version - Can be installed on a computer
whether it has Windows on it now or not.
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Windows®
7 Home Premium |
$199.99 |
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Windows®
7 Professional |
$299.99 |
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Windows®
7 Ultimate |
$319.99 |
The Future is Ultra-Thin...
New notebook less than 1" thick!
Posted 9/19/2009
Introducing next-generation mobility! David
Anderson Consulting has a new thin, light, energy-efficient notebook
for you to consider: the IQ13. These are manufactured for us by our
supplier partner, ASI. Less than 1" thick with a 13.3" wide screen,
the IQ13 is an ideal solution if you need the utmost in mobility and
robust multi-purpose performance. Based on the Intel GS45 chipset
and featuring the Intel Pentium®
processor SU2700 ULV, the IQ13 uses the same core logic and graphics
engine found in today's mainstream notebooks.
Features include
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Intel Pentium M SU2700 1.3GHz 2MB
Cache 800FSB 64-bit Processor with Speed Step Technology
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Intel GS45 Chipset with Intel
Integrated VGA, up to 384MB of Dynamic shared VRAM
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13.3" LED WXGA Screen (1366x768 -
16:9 Ratio)
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3GB of DDR2 800MHz DRAM
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120GB 5400rpm 1.8" SATA Hard Drive
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Integrated 802.11n wireless and
Gigabit LAN
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Intel HD Sound 2-Channel
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Integrated Bluetooth, Fingerprint reader,
and 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
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TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
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1xUSB, 1x eSATA, 1xHDMI, 1xHeadphone
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3-cell battery
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1yr warranty standard, parts & labor.
Warranty upgrades available to 3yr parts/labor with 24x7 Support
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Supports Windows Vista and the upcoming
Windows 7. Additionally, when loaded with Vista, this unit has
earned WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) Validation.
Call us for pricing on this unit today: (903)
586-4082
Special Forum for Take Five with Eddie Baiseri Goes Live
Sorry it took so long
Posted 5/16/2008
Our local Christian radio station,
KBJS has a program
that airs weekdays at 12:55 Central Time called "Take Five with Eddie Baiseri". Yours truly has been
her recurring guest on Fridays for what we call "Tech Tip
Friday". Realizing that people may be driving while listening, we've added a
new forum area that will allow listeners to ask questions that we will be
happy to answer on the air or by email. You can also submit questions to
info@kbjs.org.
Currently, the show has four segments, packed into a ten-minute program:
The Question, where we take one question a week that may be submitted by
a listener, or it may be one that I am asked frequently. If the question
comes from a listener, we'll give that listener's first name. Anonymous
questions either came from several people or are questions Eddie has asked,
or that I've been asked recently. The second segment is called Cool Site
of the Week, where we feature a site that I've found that's, well,
"cool" and one I think you'd be interested in. Segment three is the
Gadget of the Week, which will run the gamut from alternate Disk
Defragmenter programs, to backup devices, to portable recharging stations
for your other gadgets. In short, something we think might be an
interesting tool to look into. Where possible, we'll include a link to the
manufacturer's site in the show notes on the forum. Finally, who hasn't
heard a computer term or two that didn't go over their head? Our It's All
"Geek" To Me segment will feature a term that may be unfamiliar to our
listeners. We'll try to explain and demystify the jargon so that anyone may
understand.
I will post my notes from the shows in the forum, listed
by air date. The notes will include links to our Cool Site of the Week and
any others we might mention (that I remember to add).
No matter what we do, Eddie and I want to create a show
that meets the needs of our audience. So, submit any questions you may have,
or any bewildering computer terms or acronyms you want defined to us at
either info@kbjs.org
or david@daconsult.com.
Thanks in advance for
listening!
Who we are...
David Anderson Consulting is a leading provider of Computer Systems
Integration, Network Design, and Consulting services in Jacksonville Texas.
We are an authorized reseller of Acer products. We are also a member of Microsoft's
Partner Program, Netgear's Powershift Partner Program, Seagate's Partner Program, an Intel
Channel Partner at the Associate level, a Preferred Western Digital Reseller, an AOC Insite Partner, an Authorized CTX
reseller, a Creative Labs System Builder and an American Power Conversions (APC) Reliability Provider Partner.
These alliances give us the broad-based manufacturer support you need to
speed resolution of your problems.
Why Choose David Anderson Consulting?
I'm David Anderson, and I've been helping East Texans
solve their computing problems in one capacity or another since 1986.
I
have fourteen years of networking experience including NetWare®, MS-DOS®, and
various flavors of Microsoft® Windows™. I was a programmer for a total
of 4 years. I've
repaired and built computers since 1991. In one job I held, I was also a
database administrator for about a year, in addition to other duties. I
have been on the faculty of Lon Morris College, and an adjunct faculty member at Tyler Junior College, where I taught
computer science classes.
I hold a
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at
Tyler.
Networks
are our specialty, although we provide technical support, computer systems,
upgrades,
and remote support services. For more information on the available services
we provide, see our services page.