Kerrville, Texas
830-895-5016

What's Up This Week Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Announcements

Bright Ideas Computing continues to expand services with our new Backup Wizard.  This service lets you backup critical files to our remote server so you'll always have an offsite copy of your most business essential files.  This is particularly useful if you forget to make backups to CD or other removable media and take them offsite.  Oops!  Lightning struck your building and it burned down or fried your computer?  Email if you need details.

http://www.bictx.com/backup.shtml

We are still giving away new domain hosting accounts with the purchase of every one of our custom-built computers.  This represents a $145 value and means you can put up your very own website with your very own personalized email address.  Email if you need details.

Fun Stuff

Funny System Administrator Song
http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/sysadmin/index.html~content

Amazing Moon Detail - Be sure to zoom all the way in.
http://moon.google.com/


Hosting Tips

Protected Directory Management

In order to create a password protected directory, click on the Add New Directory button. This will take you to the Protected directory properties page where you can create a new protected directory, define the properties associated with the new protected directory and add users, which will have access to this directory. 

Linspire Tips

Nvu makes managing websites a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.

http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=12173

Windows Tips

Be Careful With What You Install
http://www.benedelman.org/news/010205-1.html

Need A Good Secure Shredder?
I just stumbled across a great utility that lets you shred the contents of computer. It is included in none other than Spybot Search & Destroy.  For example, shred a document before sending it to the Recycle Bin and all of its contents will be wiped out.  All you will have left is an empty document with none of the bits left over on your hard drive.  This also works with image format files.   In SpyBot S&D, just click the menu "Mode -> Advanced Mode -> Tools -> Secure Shredder" and you're there.  Click here for a screenshot of what it looks like...

http://www.bictx.com/images/secureshredder.png

If you don't already have the latest version 1.4 of Spybot Search & Destroy, you can download it from...

http://www.safer-networking.org

Tomas
Bright Ideas Computing
Kerrville, Texas
830-895-5016
http://www.bictx.com
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