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Please help me in choosing web hosting

0zas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:41:16 GMT

Hi everyone,
I am sorry for possible offtopic, but I need your help in find new web hosting provider as soon as possible, because my current host (ixwebhosting.com) is kicking me off, they say 'your account is using a lot server resources', but my website gets only about 200 visitors per day and my disk usage is 1500 MB (maybe they do not like that?)

Anyway, what would be your recommendations for getting reliable web hosting? Where are you hosting your websites? Are you happy with your providers?

I am now checking http://www.hosting24.com/ - offer looks very nice, but is it real that they can provide unlimited disk space?
I have contacted them about this question and they say something that "These days 500GB disk drive costs only $30 per month, so if some day we will run out of disk space we will simply add new 500GB disk drive with almost zero costs and you can continue uploading without any problems".

What do you think about it? Maybe things have changed in last 4 years? With my current provider I get only 2GB of disk space for $10 per month..
Any ideas and suggestions are much appreciated.

recovery d says it is full

mickman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:24:48 GMT

how can i gain space on my recovery d, any help is greatly appreciated

Is there a glossary of terms related to the Vista Forum?

Magigal — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:35:38 GMT

Good afternoon,

I am new to Vista Forums and would like to have a reference to try and understand the abbreviations and acronyms that are used. For example the word "Pinned" is a new term for me to use in this context on a forum. I have not found any information on posting a profile and an avatar and a signature sentence ( if that is the right phrase for using a sentence at the end of each post.) . Also, where is the best place to list my computer specs.? I have had to adjust my computer's resolution due to a vision problem, and it is possible the areas I am asking about are difficult to see on one page, although I have been using the arrows for right or left to check for more information. ( it is such a slow process to have to use arrows constantly , <sigh> ).

Thank you so much for any support and help that you have for me.

Magigal

How to find my posts

poppa bear — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:03:58 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to find and log onto my posts? I went to my profile and it lists them there, but I don't know how to open them, and unfortunately can't remember which forums they're in.

Thanks to anyone who can help. PB

How to uninstall a program that fails to uninstall automatically

cliftonbry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:07:53 GMT

I have a lot of programs such as Windows Live Essentials and Driveguide that are visible in the Unstall or change a program menu in Windows Vista. I've attempted to delete these programs using the uninstall option with no success. How do I delete programs that won't delete using the uninstall feature?

Can 2 versions of Microsoft Office Applications exist on the same PC and function correctly?

cliftonbry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:04:47 GMT

Installed MS Office Enterprise 2007 (708mb) on my PC, thinking it would overwrite my current application, Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrongPage (468mg) but that didn't happen. I still see the MS Office XP in the Uninstall or Change a program feature of Windows Vista. I want to delete MS Office XP but I'm concerned my actions would cause MS Office Enterprise 2007 to no longer function. What should I do?

Jelly beans!!!!

olly333 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:43:24 GMT

i just wanted to post something off-topic

Combining Pictures to make larger landscape Picture

Philosophaie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:08:12 GMT

How do you combine Pictures to make larger landscape Picture?

SPAM!

Pupulo — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:44:41 GMT

Moderator: This is advertising, is considered SPAM in this forum, and is prohibited.

Continuing to post this stuff will result in account termination and banning of IP Address.

You've been warned.

Mac is simply better...

Oppermongo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:47:35 GMT

I find myself sitting with a Vista laptop in my lap, wondering what to do with it.:doze:
I bought this nice piece of equipment a few months ago and already it's lacking performance in my line of education (which is going towards website design btw).
After using it for like two weeks, I installed Ubuntu in dual-boot to discover that I liked this OS alot and the only reason not to completely ignore the existence of Vista were a few little programs, Windows-exclusive, and my reaonable collection of games designed for Windows.:smooooth:

Now however it seems I will be in need of a Mac, since the grafical performances of this fine Windows laptop just don't fullfill the requirements. At least, they do now, but will be insufficient within the next few months...:cool:

As it is early in the morning over here and I haven't slept all night due to a freaked out sleeping pattern, I'm quite bored and feeling like sharing a completely pointless story on a random forum...
GZ! It's yours...:w00t:

Any replies on this ancient 'Windows vs mac vs linux' topic are welcome, anything off-topic will be intensively read and completely ignored if not interesting...

Did Google copy Leapfish?

any1have1 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:36:44 GMT

Looks like Google might have got caught ripping off another competitor, again!! In the beginning of November, Leapfish launched its new version of its search engine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcMK1vPWFM

Real-time search, lots of options the Google doesn’t have and a selection of search engine feeds. The video shows the power of real-time search, so looks like Google decided to do a video, and show it now has real-time search:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRkYmx4A9Do

Personally, I like the Leapfish video better, but you can clearly see that Google now has Real-time search – after Leapfish had it.

Is this the off-topic area? Like really?

Oppermongo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:48:10 GMT

As I was sitting here yesterday, in the middle of the night and bored out of my mind, I started looking for some forums where I could find a nicer way to pass the time than staring at my wall whilst trying to count to three...:w00t:
So I wounded up here again, and thought like 'hey why don't I check out the main lounge, maybe someone has something interesting to talk about'...
Bad idea...
Is it just me or are all the off-topic threads linked to the three big OS's I'm not going to name here?:doze:

Internet Explorer 7

Innocent Soul — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:55:26 GMT

They say Mozilla Firefox have 100 such features which are unavailable in IE7... will those features b available in IE7

operation Market Garden

pirishlad — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:48:13 GMT

Does anyone know where I can get a brief explanation of the operation?:ermm: please help!:(

How to format my vista dell computer(Not Laptop)??

Tw|Light — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:24:39 GMT

How to format my vista dell computer(not Laptop)?My friend say after format i need install driver or wat..........

pirates of the carribean online

pirishlad — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:18:50 GMT

Is unlimted acces 4.95 a month or do you just pay it once?:unsure:

Create Father's Day DVD Slideshow

jWindz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:50:12 GMT

The third Sunday in June is Father's Day for Americans. We don't need more words to tell how important our fathers are in our family. On Father's Day, do what you can to show your gratitude to your father, and honor the memories you have lived together with your father and bring it back to life.

Making Father's Day DVD slideshow is a good Father's Day idea to show your emotions. Gather up pictures of yesterday and maybe 10 years ago, display them chronologically on slideshow DVD, using good-looking transition effects and emotional titles.

Father's Day DVD Slideshow Tutorial

[b]Preparation:[/b]

1. Memorial pictures/video
2. Favorite music (see here for Father's Day song suggestions. )
3. [b]DVD Slideshow Maker[/b] ([url=http://download.photo-to-dvd.com/DSB_full18.exe?page=125]Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder[/url] recommended)

Step 1: Add Father's Day photo/video and music

Download [url=http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/download.html?page=125]Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder [/url]- easy to use [b]DVD slideshow maker[/b] and install it. Add Father's Day pictures, video and background music to storyboard. To sync pictures and music, switch to Timeline view and adjust picture durations, or edit music length.

If required, click the transition thumbnail between pictures on storyboard to specify your own transition effects. In addition, you could also adjust selected transition through options in Transition Effect dialog.

[img]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2098/addmediaall.jpg[/img]

Step 2: Add Father's Day DVD slideshow Titles

In my opinion, titles are very important to Father's Day DVD slideshow. There are sometimes some words you have never said to your father. On this Father's Day, why not say it out in your Father's Day DVD slideshow. To gain a funny result, you can even define an animated slideshow titles, say scrolling, circle, rolling, flash, and more.

[img]http://www.ourpix.com/images/ms-tutorial/new-year-2009/subtitle-09.jpg[/img]

Step 3: Author DVD slideshow menu

If you want to play Father's Day DVD slideshow on TV, a slideshow DVD menu is essential. Now author an [b]interesting Father's Day DVD slideshow Menu[/b] based on built-in DVD menu template. To do so, switch to Menu tab, and simply double-click the DVD menu template on the left hand side to apply it to your Father's Day DVD slideshow. Afterwards, author your personalized Slideshow DVD menu by editing [b]menu text, slideshow frame[/b], menu background music, and more...

[img]http://www.ourpix.com/images/ms-tutorial/family/menu_family.jpg[/img]

Step 4: Burn Father's Day slideshow DVD or create video

Burn Father's Day slideshow onto DVD is an easy job for Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder. After customized Father's Day DVD slideshow and authored a personalized DVD menu, just go to Create tab to burn Father's Day DVD slideshow on DVD or create [b]Father's Day DVD slideshow video[/b] in various formats. Once finished, enjoy the Father's Day slideshow DVD on big screen TV. Alternatively, upload it to [b]YouTube[/b] and tell your father the address so that he can watch it from every corner of the world.

[img]http://www.ourpix.com/images/ms-tutorial/travel/create.jpg[/img]

Now what are you waiting for, get the [b]DVD slideshow maker for free[/b] and create Father's Day DVD slideshow from scratch.
At the end, Happy Father's Day 2009!

[url=http://download.photo-to-dvd.com/DSB_full18.exe]Download Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder for FREE NOW[/url]
[url=http://www.photo-to-dvd.com/download.html?page=125]More about Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder[/url]

Why does xbox Live cost $? Good read

Jason — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:09:53 GMT

Was surfing the web and came across this: [url=http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/f/why-xbox-live-isnt-free/a-20080617101147502012/p-3]http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/f/why-xbox-live-isnt-free/a-20080617101147502012/p-3[/url]

Great article, make sure to read the whole thing (all 3 pages). Basically by charging $50 per user it allows microsoft to run their own matchmaking system which in return leaves game developers without this burden. This equates to more online enabled games on the 360 (developers favor it), and allows low budget games to include online modes for very cheap on their part since there is no continued expense associated with the online gaming system(since m$ is running the matchmaking servers).

All in all that $50 ensures that the 360 will have the highest rate of online playable games. Where as other online networks such as the PS3 require developers to run their own matchmaking servers which in return decreases the amount of online games available on the ps3. Some developers just arn't willing to pay that extra expense to provide online support.

[b]Cliif Notes[/b] All in all what you are really paying for is a guarantee to have the most online games of any console

Where do I get HELP for these forums or this site?

pdsnickles — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:12:35 GMT

I just joined and want to watch the threads I created or posted to.
I looked around and don't see a way to do this.
I tried the Subscribe to Topic feature and it says I don't have access to that feature.
So is there a way to see my posts or threads I want to follow, or no?
Also where is the correct place to go for Help re the forum/site?

Searching the forums

Rustyg — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:42:51 GMT

I am trying to search the forums for a particulay Vista problem I have but search will not allow me to do so. I get a message saying I do not have the necessary permissions to access the requested page.

What am I doing wrong? I am logged in and the forum recognizes me.

Skip Windows 7, its Windows 8 we need to look out for

Goffee — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:08:41 GMT

If Windows 7 just fixes what was wrong in Vista, then a) why are we being charged for it and b) doesn't that make Windows 8 the one to go for, it could have a lot of cool stuff such as:

It will enable a lot of features currently online in the desktop. Imagine your user account being a parallel front-end for your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bebo and other online accounts you use.

Instead of having a sidebar for these web-based services, they appear when updated "behind the glass" of the working desktop. Where your eye is focussed (assuming we have these shiny "Surface" displays by then) you'll see who is messaging you or what their update was, Alt+Tab would then take you directly to that application which floats to the top of the desktop.

More on blog, [url=http://goffee-freelance.blogspot.com/2009/02/will-windows-7-make-everything-okay-and.html]here[/url]

Internet Connection Drops using XP

janner14 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:59:11 GMT

Wondering if anyone has had connection drops with their XP computer. I have found a forum on here for Vista users but nothing specific to XP. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Sams First Overclock (K8)

samsam12341 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:16:06 GMT

Hey guys, my name is Sam and I am not at all new with computers, but I am a little un-informed when talking about overclocking. I have been building my own computers for years and never really got into the whole overclock idea. However, my computer is a little out dated, so I decided to add some upgrades and now I feel it is a good time (since my warrenty is gone on everything) to overclock this thing and make it up to par again.

My specs:

A8N-SLi Mobo / AMD 64 3500+ (2.21ghz) / Standard heatsink/fan / 1.75gig DDR-PC3200 /

Vista / EVGA 7800GT OC / 40gig 7200rpm HD

Well lets hold the phone before everyone starts making fun of me for this stone age technology! I did upgrade a few things. I got another 7800GT OC, another gig of RAM, and an Evercool WC-202 liquid cooling unit (also another HD). I do not have the liquid cooling unit yet, but I want to overclock this first with the fans, and then again with the unit to compare the difference. From what I have read, I should be able to pull of quite a bit more mhz out of this entry level cooling unit.

My questions are: Does the A8N bios allow overclocking? Would a program be better at it? How should I adjust my RAM with it? What might I be able to overclock it to (with fan and with liquid)?

Thanks guys, will be waiting on replys!

Windows Live Messenger 2009 - Download

Tara — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:13:55 GMT

I have fount the download for windows live messenger beta 2009 and thought that everyone would like to download it as well.

Go to the link provided and then in the text area there is a link going to the download site. Hope everyone enjoys... it is really nice.

http://alex88m.deviantart.com/art/Windows-Live-Messenger-2009-95796786

Share: Large Data Transfer Tool

lizard01 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:57 GMT

As one member of ten famous international photographers, I feel highly honored to be invited to the activity of such theme as “City of Olympics” organized by Chinese government on 10th March. It’s the first time I had been to Beijing, and before this I only see the outlook of Great Wall from pictures. During the week, We take pictures from the spot representing Chinese culture such as Beijing Imperial Palace, Great Wall, and of course some large sports facilities, of which the outlook of one facility is like bird’s nest, so we call it “Bird’s Nest.”

It’s one visual feast that the city blends the classicality and modern perfection everywhere. I even had the delusion of travelling across the history for many times.

I was fascinated by many unique spot I’d never seen before, and what I can do was just to take some pictures of the beautiful scene for permanent preservation. It’s an uncommon experience to take so many pictures on the ancient city’s outlook.and the only way for me to thank Beijing is to record the most beautiful and the vigorous Beijing with my camera.

When I was bothered how I could transfer all of these pictures to the magazine and my friends abroad? The Chinese translator told me that she could help me to solve this problem. It’s a miracle that my friends in North American and Africa received my photos timely. I felt surprised when I saw the email in which my friends appraise the beautiful pictures. I was wondering why pictures could be transferred to any countries I wanted. The translator told me that there was one popular transnational transfer software called QOODAA. It can be downloaded free at [url]http://www.qoodaa.com/[/url]. It’s with English interface, easy-to-use, and can transfer large files (such as movies, videos) across different countries, which changed the history of express CD.

I am not in the least afraid of the far place and large pictures after I found the way how to transfer large files. I travel around the world easily with Qoodaa and to be a cool “daanese”.

OS-X instead of Vista?

Goffee — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:01:16 GMT

Hoping for news from MacWorld and can think of some [url=http://goffee-freelance.blogspot.com/2008/12/xp-cannot-be-killed-os-x-its-only.html]good reasons[/url] why

Search Disabled?

doni49 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:48:26 GMT

I posted a thread mentioned that I had tried to search for an answer before posting. Following is a snippet of one of the replies that I received.

[quote][b]WAW8. (11/24/2008)[/b][hr]Search is disabled in the forums -- doesn't matter whether you're registered or not.
[/quote]

I'm just curious about that. It's generally considered polite to search for an answer on your own before asking your question. But here that's disabled? And if you ARE going to have it disabled, why not indicate that instead of just telling me that I need to be logged in to use that feature or maybe even remove the search link entirely?

Vista FORUM -related topic

SixString — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:22:18 GMT

Why can't I do a search here?!? I get this error message...

"You don't have the neccessary permissions to access the requested page. It's likely the forum administrator has restricted access to this feature.
"

Also, if I can get to the point where I CAN search, how do I search for my past posts?

DeskSpace for Windows..i.e. 3D cube desktop

Jason — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:04:04 GMT

I must have missed this but you can now do the 3D cube desktop thingy that ubuntu can out of the box. It costs $20 after the 14 day trial but cool none the less. I will try this out asap.

[img]http://images.pcworld.com//downloads/graphics/screenshots/69432f.jpg[/img]

2x PIONEER CDJ-1000MK3 & 1x DJM-800 MIXER DJ PACKAGE========$1000

eledealer001 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:13:55 GMT

[Deleted by Moderator]

What part of No Advertising in the rules for posting did you NOT understand?

CompTIA A+ Certification

MafiaLord91 — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:30:23 GMT

I am going to be taking my CompTIA A+ Certification test tomorrow. Has anyone else taken it and what is it like if you have?

internet ex. 8

speed — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:38:36 GMT

I recently downloaded ie8 and it sucks how do I uninstall it?

Got a good Vista FAQ?

Jason — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:54:11 GMT

I made a new site dedicated to solely windows vista FAQs:
The main site is: [url]http://vistafaqs.com/[/url]
You can submit your FAQS here: [url]http://vistafaqs.com/submit.aspx[/url]

Thanks for any help, I've been trying to populate it on my own but I tend to run out of ideas.

FORMAT C DRIVE

riptorn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:55:11 GMT

Hi,I want to format my c drive in windows vista, I went to disk management,and right click the drive but the format part is greyed out??.. I want to do a clean install of vista. Please help me. Thanks

IIS 7 MANAGER

riptorn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:09:02 GMT

:)Hi all I have IIS 7 Installed on windows vista ultimate. but when I open it I get the error message saying that it has sstopped working and is looking for a solution??.. I cannot open it?. Please can yyou help me? Thanks.

Firefox 3.0 Released!

kingofnexus — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:56:02 GMT

[img]http://www.spreadfirefox.com/sites/all/themes/spreadfirefox_RCS/images/download-day/buttons/en-US/468x60_dday.png[/img]

Today is Download Day 2008 where Mozilla are trying for a Guiness World Record of the most software downloads in 24hrs!

[url=www.getfirefox.com]Download Firefox 3 Now![/url]

[img]http://www.spreadfirefox.com/sites/all/themes/spreadfirefox_RCS/images/download-day/buttons/en-US/dday_badge_fox.png[/img]

XP Support... A good laugh.

PC509 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:53:40 GMT

This caught my eye on the Windows XP support page (under Why do you have to stop selling Windows XP?).

Link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/future.mspx

Emphasis Mine:

"We've spent more than a year consulting with our customers and industry partners to ensure that we're doing the right thing. We understand that not everyone may agree with our decision—[b]just as not everyone was happy to see Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME retire (OK, perhaps not ME)[/b]."

I love the new sense of humor coming from Microsoft. They can joke about their own products, and I think that Windows ME is the company punching bag.

A good laugh on Fathers Day. :)

Play 2500 Nes games in firefox..Free!

Jason — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:48:42 GMT

Check it out: [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7233]click[/url]

Pretty neat.

Apple Bought Me.com

Jason — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:47:20 GMT

It was likely purchased sometime in December 2007, and it (along with MobileMe for iPhone) could very well be the rebranding for Apple's .Mac service. Wonder how much they paid?

Viewing a Post whilst Replying to it

Dwarf — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:09 GMT

This is a suggestion for the forum Administrators and Moderators.

Would it be possible to arrange it so that you can see the post or thread that you are replying to. At the moment, this does not seem possible and it makes it tricky if you need to refer back to it (and other posts in the thread) whilst you are compiling your reply.

Dwarf