Make a few quid online

I normally like to keep clear of the how to make some cash online posts, however today I will talk about one such website because you can really earn 40-50 pounds a month from just answering questions and the site is - Webanswers

Now I know that there are many tips on how to produce income on the internet and lots of sites have content about the various income you can get however most are scams or really not worth your time but this seems to bring in a few quid and its fun.

So what is WebAnswers?
WebAnswers answers and questions website just like the name indicates - you can ask questions and you can react to questions.
After creating your no cost WebAnswers account you can leap right in and begin responding to concerns on many subjects such as interests, work, computing  just to name a few. These groups are further split up into many sub-categories or areas but you will have to check out the website for more information. Believe in me - there's a classification for just about anybody.

How to produce income on WebAnswers?
WebAnswers has a system where the individual asking the question 'awards' the best responce to the question he/she believes fits the concern best. The individuals getting the 'awarded answer' profits all the income for the ads on that page for that concern.
currently set at 60% and WebAnswers gets 40%.

hows it work?
1) you get to produce income through GoogleAdsense. (50 questions before you can sign up)
2) it's an excellent website for studying information on a wide range of subjects.
3) You create new buddies.
4) Webanswers is fun and that is an advantage, I have fun here responding to questions and I even ask a few myself.
5) If you have a question and you publish it on webanswers you benefit from getting different reactions with different viewpoints from the webanswers customers.

so sign up ask and answer some questions and see if you can get a few quid click  here to begin

Again Goodluck with Webanswers

does your Internet drop out when making calls?

Does your internet drop out when you pick up your phone to make a call?  This often happens on wireless handsets no matter what the make or quality and the reason is because of the cheap power supply parts they have used. It still amazes me to think that expencive high quality handsets still use cheap chinese power supplies which often cause interference, this interference is then sent back up the line which is then causing your router to drop the ADSL data connection.

The question is, can this be stopped?
Simple answer is Yes, and its often very very simple.

What you need.
4 x FERRITE RING CLIPs cost £5 to £10 (amazon or ebay often have them)

What does a ferrite bead do?
A ferrite bead is a passive electric component used to suppress high frequency noise in electronic circuits.  A ferrite bead, by design, filters out the high frequency noise in the circuit by dissipating it as heat

What to do.
1, Get your first ferrite ring clip and loop the power supply lead round once to form a circle it is very important to loop the wire - now close the ferrite connect clip see picture. ensure that the bead is at the PSU end.

2, Repeat this at the phone end for both the power lead and the phone lead see picture.

3, Lastly place the 4th Ferrite Bead on the ADSL router phone input jack (lead from phone socket in to router) thats it!

It really is as simple as that, the feeding back noise should be cut down meaning that your phone should now not cut out the internet while it is in use. (it worked for me, it should work for you!)

Any questions please feel free to ask.

PC & Phone call scams - stay safe, what to look out for.

A few years back with the surge of the Internet the problem of scam phone calls nearly vanished, however be warned that the phone call scammers are doing it again and this time its more than your card numbers that they are after!

Whos at risk?

• Insecure/Easily Confused
• Computer Novices
• Elderly

What to watch out for.

• The caller says that they are from Microsoft or Windows or are Certified and that they represent Microsoft/Some Company and that they are Microsoft/Company Certified. 
• They claim that your computer has got errors or is running slowly or is Infected with a Virus.  DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!

What do they do?

• When they call your landline they have you captive and eaisly hold you on the phone, they then get to business twisting things to make you think they are "real". 
• For example you agree saying something like it is slower that it use to be, which is when they say "oh so your computer is slow, see thats the virus" once you agree with them its on.....
• They now try and convince you to get on your computer, saying that they will "Try and talk your through how to remove the Issue/Virus."

Hows the scam happen?

• 99% of people get confused at technical terms, so after a few terms like MSTSC, msconfig, mmc most users get confused. This is when the caller suggests that they can do it remotely for them. (most people have experienced some form of remote assistance at work, so they often think its a good idea)
• The cold caller then gets the confused person to install an app like teamviewer, or they navigate you to some remote webpage with the intent of gaining remote access into the computer, remember its YOUR COMPUTER!.
• Warning - if you give someone permission to your computer then no virus software can help you!

What do they do?

• Once they have control to your pc some of the scammers will make you log in to your online bank account "to test it" however it really is so they can see/record your details being entered for example.
• Some root around the hard drive to look for confidential information/pictures/documents and copy them back to their computers for sale or abuse.
• And in the worst cases they install backdoor software which then allows them access to your pc at any time this could be long after the phone call, it could be days or even weeks.

What dont they do?

• The scammers do not fix your computer you are a victim and the chances are your pc was fine before.

• Anyone can phone up saying your computer has got errors, or is running slowly or has a Virus, they are just trying to bait you and scare you in order to gain access to your pc, resist and hang up!!!.
• You have been warned to think logically.

If you have had this happen to you then the chances are the only way you will be totally safe is to either restore your computer to a date before the remote session or reimage your machine from scratch.

If you have had this happen to you then let us know what happened, if you need advice then post in the comments and ill try and assist you.

Good luck and stay safe.

Windows 8, October Release?

In recent reports it seems that Microsoft might plan release Windows 8 at the end of this summer thus making it available by the end of October this year.  This at the moment is all speculation at about the release date - however its worth keeping in mind that we could see Windows 8 this year!.

What forms will windows 8 take?

• Traditional PCs
• Business Tablets
• Windows on ARM (WOA) for consumer tablets.

If you have any news on this report then pleae leave some comments, we will try and keep on top of this.

How to quick clean your cluttered Desktop!

If like me you suffer with a cluttered desktop covered with lots of icons, folder, documents and other shortcuts all over the place then maybe this will help you just as much as it helps me.

Stardock have a great tool called Fences, Fences Is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they are not in use enabling you to ringfence your icons in to groups for example work, home, photos, documents, website etc. 

So what do you need to know?

• Its free for personal use
• Requires: Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP

Install Guide

• Download Fences Here
• Install Fences
• Upon starting Fences, Fences will arrange your desktop and group icons automatically, however you can choose to do this manually if you wish.

It really is as simple as that, now I have a easy to manage desktop - and the great thing is by a double clicking on the desktop I can hide all my icons in a flash!!.

Enjoy!

Firefox drops support for Windows 2000, XP RTM, XP SP1

So it has finaly come Firefox will on April 24th offically drop its support for the following Windows products..

• Windows 2000
• XP RTM 
• XP SP1

Therefore to conclude Mozilla has just upped its minimum supported Windows version to Windows XP SP2 with Version 13 of Firefox...

So if you want to continue to be supported then you should upgrade your system. tbh you shouldnt be on NT or win2k now days anyhow, unless you are running some old lab equipment, and if you are on Windows XP then it should already be at least SP2! if its not then patch, patch and patch again!

Read more here

Page Jump Using HTML

Page Jump Using <html>
This is a quick guide on how you Page Jump, you need to place two items on the page:

1. A basic link pointing to another section of the page.

•       <A HREF="#codeword">Linked Text, example "Section Title"</A>

2. The point where the page will jump.

•      <A NAME="codeword">"Section Title - or blank space"</A>

The A HREF command is the same as a basic link except the link is to a codeword rather than a URL.

There is a # sign in front of the HREF codeword, this tells the browser its an internal link. Without the # the link will try and browse the net and not your page.

There is no # sign in the NAME command.

Good Luck

Screen Orientation

A lot of people often work on long projects, pictures or Excel documents and would find it that bit easier if the could turn the image to "portrait mode." Rotating the screen would then allow them to work further down the page meaning they need to scroll down less. However there are some people will want to do this to just want to annoy their friends.... 
Either way some graphics cards allow quick keyboard shortcuts and some you have to change manually in the settings it really depends on what Graphics card you have, so try the quick way first.

Here are some ways you can change the orientation.

• Intel: press Ctrl+Alt+Arrow key.
  · Ctrl+Alt+Up - rotate 0 degrees.
  · Ctrl+Alt+Left - rotate 90 degrees.
  · Ctrl+Alt+Down - rotate 180 degrees.
  · Ctrl+Alt+Right- rotate 270 degrees.
• nVidia: In the Nvidia control panel select rotate display and choose the orientation.
• Windows 7: Right click on your desktop select screen resolution now you can and choose the orientation from the drop down box.

Dont forget to rotate your screen, and if you do this to annoy your friends try to remember to tell them how to undo it :0)

Add "My Dropbox" to Your Start Menu

Dropbox is a fast online file sync utility and to speed things up you can add it to the Windows 7 Start Menu "with a small hack".

To do this follow these steps:

1. Right-clicking on the start menu logo and select properties.
2. Select "Start Menu" from the tabs and click customize.
3. change Recorded TV to “Display as a link”.
4. Close the open menus
5. Click start and Right click on Recorded TV select rename and enter "My Dropbox"
6. Right click Recorded TV again and select properties this time, now in the locations section you want to click remove Recorded TV, and then add your Dropbox folder.
7. Finally make sure you set optimize this library for “General Items”.

You can now access your dropbox from your Startmenu in one click.