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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:

Windows Version	Monthly	Quarterly	Bi-Annually	Annually
Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 Professional, ME, 98 or 95	$4.17	$12.50	$25.00	$50.00
Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000, or NT	$8.33	$25.00	$50.00	$100.00
Small Business Server 2008, 2003, 2000, 4.5	$12.50	$37.50	$75.00	$150.00
Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000, or NT With Microsoft Exchange running on the same server	$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

Location aware printing: Automatically switch the default printer as you move from work to home and back.
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.
Homegroups: A new feature that makes sharing files, printers, and media easier when you have more than one computer at home.
Problem Steps Analyzer: Lets you record the steps that cause problems so that technicians can spend more time fixing problems.
Branch Cache: Lets branch offices work faster when files are located back at headquarters.
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

	Windows® 7 Home Premium	$109.99
	Windows® 7 Home Premium Family Pack You may install this on up to three computers in your home	$184.95
	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.

	Windows® 7 Home Premium	$199.99
	Windows® 7 Professional	$299.99
	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

Intel Pentium M SU2700 1.3GHz 2MB Cache 800FSB 64-bit Processor with Speed Step Technology
Intel GS45 Chipset with Intel Integrated VGA, up to 384MB of Dynamic shared VRAM
13.3" LED WXGA Screen (1366x768 - 16:9 Ratio)
3GB of DDR2 800MHz DRAM
120GB 5400rpm 1.8" SATA Hard Drive
Integrated 802.11n wireless and Gigabit LAN
Intel HD Sound 2-Channel
Integrated Bluetooth, Fingerprint reader, and 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
1xUSB, 1x eSATA, 1xHDMI, 1xHeadphone
3-cell battery
1yr warranty standard, parts & labor. Warranty upgrades available to 3yr parts/labor with 24x7 Support
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.