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Back to School, Back To Computers

For most students, it is back to school. And when that school opens, expect a lot of research and computer work to ensue. Hence, it is going to be a busy season for kids but also for the computer.

Among the usual things to expect would be typing of reports and for the aspiring professionals, programming using their chosen language. To some, it may also be Adobe Photoshop time as they would need to prepare graphics for presentations to be shown at school. Enumerate a lot of those and you can just imagine what a PC would say. “All those tasks for one computer?”

Normally, most students are equipped with the latest computer technology so breakdowns may be seen as remote. But just the same, in whatever task they are doing, it would be wise to make backups just in case the unfortunate thing of crashes would come forth. This is the best precautionary measure that a student should take since factors like viruses or hardware failures can occur at times they least expect it.

For families with more than one child using the computer, time and schedule of use may be a problem. Normally, they would take turns but

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Written by PC Freak on August 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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PC Tablets Invading the Desktop Demands

The trend in the market today as far as buying computers is going miniature. We have seen the introduction of new miniature desktops to which the demand for them is getting higher. But should this be a cause for alarm for most desktop manufacturers? Apparently there is a difference but what are the chances that the traditional desktop user would turn towards these compact computers for a change?

The answer lies on where a computer would be used and who will actually use it. For example, in the modern offices of today, it is highly unlikely you will see the traditional employee working with tablet PCs. Also, for the hardworking programmers and developers, the use of desktops is still the way to go considering that they need visualization and better control when creating programs.

The same holds true for graphics designers who are sure to prefer desktops when creating images. In all, it all boils down to use and power of the PC. Tablets can be used for navigation or perhaps entertainment. They are not designed for professional undertaking and that is something we all know. While we cannot discount tablet PCs from advancing through the years, who knows how modern

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Written by PC Freak on August 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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How A Desktop Changes Standard Workloads

If we look at standard operational procedures, we would see most jobs and workloads relying so much on manual labor. But that was yesterday’s news. These days, we have seen the power of technology as some tasks have shown the latest injection of computers and systems to make jobs accurate and faster.

This is not to say that man cannot do routine work on his own. But the real competitive leverage these days is being fast and efficient. Apparently this has become the benchmark for companies to be at par with modern companies and also a means of getting them a step ahead. In the corporate world, you cannot afford to nap and if you do, chances are you will find yourself tailing other companies that are the frontrunners for success.

While the presence of a computer desktop may seem like a threat to most workers today, it should not. Computers are innovations and they are in now way present to take the place of hands-on labor. This is the wrong perception that most people put in their minds today. Rather than cooperate and enjoy the fruits of making their work easier, they make it harder by treating these fruits

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Written by PC Freak on July 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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The Fruits of Computers to Daily Activities

Computers have undoubtedly made life easier for people today. One thing you will notice is that they have simplified and made things faster especially for business establishments who want a faster way of processing transactions and keeping track of reports when needed.

In the olden days, reports normally took weeks to months to prepare. Computers were there but the manual input using software such as Microsoft Excel only helped a tad bit. But today, thanks to modern programming, inputs and proper collection of data stored in databases have made life entirely easier. With one click, you can get your daily sales reports or even browse through transaction records without having to worry about inconsistency.

As far as hardware requirements are concerned, you will be surprised the even the Pentium I can be a good workstation to use. Normally, software programs are based on data transfer and the modules that they use do not require quite high specs.

But the reality today is that you can no longer buy these ancient Pentium I computers as we often see today the dawn of dual processors. As an alternative, you can always look at the AMD or Celeron processors which are a lot

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Written by PC Freak on July 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Requested registry access is not allowed”

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Written by Patrick S on June 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Shell Namespace Extension: Enabling Deep Search

Overview

From my past posts about implementing your own Shell Namespace, there have been some great questions posted by readers.  Many of these stem from the fact that the Namespace example is fairly simple in that it does not implement all of the behavior that is possible in Explorer.  This was done to focus on the core steps in getting a working Namespace implemented.  Yet, there are a few extra steps you can take that don’t require too much more coding on your part to add more useful features.  One question in particular that comes up quite often is how to enable deep searching in your Namespace.

You will notice from the existing Namespace example that if you enter a search term in the search box in Explorer, the search only filters items that are currently in the view.  It does not search into the folders.  In the below images, we try to search for “Two” in the search box which only results in 1 item.  Thus, the sub folders were not included.

Filter Search

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Written by chrdavis on March 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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