John Gall Internet Income And PC Tips And Tools

I hadn’t worked an automotive related project for awhile but decided to jump back in to see how well it works. I purchased domains to cover Ford dealers in various Illinois cities. Many times people will search by city name so I figured i’d create a web site based on the city name that provides name, address, phone number and hours of operation for several popular Chicago area Ford Dealers. The dealers I covered are in the list below. It will be interesting to see if the concept works as it could be repeated for other states or expanded in Illinois. Each website cost $7.47 for the domain plus $5.00 to launch it at a directory I use. I figure my break even is at around $120 so it will be interesting to see how long it takes to reach that point.

Melrose Park Ford Dealer
Franklin Park Ford Dealer
Glenview Ford Dealer
Midlothian Ford Dealer
Downers Grove Ford Dealer
Calumet City Ford Dealer
Orland Park Ford Dealer
Homewood Ford Dealer
Carol Stream Ford Dealer

When I first got my Kindle 2 one of the things that first stumped me was how do I delete Kindle books from my Kindle 2. I had downloaded a sample of a book and then realized I could not figure out how to get rid of the book. I quickly figured it out but thought i’d try and save you some time. To delete books from a Kindle you need to be at the home screen so you are looking at your books. Use the joystick to highlight or underline the book you want to delete. Then move the joystick left and you will see an option “Remove From Device” now push down on your joystick to delete that book from your Kindle. If you change your mind you can right click instead to remove the option to delete a book from your Kindle.

If you are having trouble with your Kindle 2 or have questions you should know that Amazon has provided both an email address you can send to as well as a phone number for Kindle 2 users. The Kindle 2 email address is kindle-cs-support@amazon.com and if you want to contact Amazon Kindle 2 support at their phone number you can call 1-866-321-8851 from the USA or if you are a Kindle 2 user outside the US you want to call phone number 1-206-266-0927. You should have your Kindle on hand when you call. You can call for error messages, payment questions or questions about Kindle repair. This phone number is actually Kindle support for all models so you don’t have to be a Kindle 2 user to get help here.

While installing Windows 7 professional on several laptops at work we found that network file copy perfomance was horrible. Because we do all our application installs over the network the slow network performance on the Windows 7 Pc’s was really putting a crimp in our ability to configure the systems quickly. We thought that security settings or software or antivirus software might be the problem but it turned out to be a new feature of Windows 7 causing the slow file server and file copy performance.

Windows 7 by default has a feature called remote differential compression enabled. When remote differential compression is enabled and you are trying to copy files off a Windows file server the files copy but the peformance is poor. Because Windows 7 seems to have issues with Remote Differential Compression, we just turned off the feature on our Windows 7 Pc’s and immediately we found file copy performance improved to what we’d consider normal.

To restore file copy performance on your Windows 7 PC Click Start, Click Control Panel. Go into the Programs And Features icon and choose Turn Windows Features On/Off on the left side of the pane. Then uncheck Remote Differential Compression, click ok and reboot.
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If you are looking for an easy way to extend the reach of your Wifi network you can accomplish this easy for $52.99 by getting a Wifi signal booster model HSB2 by Hawking Technology. I bought three of these on Amazon and used two to extend the reach of a customer’s Wifi network in a 20,000 sq foot warehouse. I also recently added one to my home wifi network to get a great signal out on my outdoor patio.

Without the Hawking in that warehouse the Wifi router only got us to the middle of the warehouse and not down the rows of rack shelving and boxes. Adding one Hawking booster got us around most parts of the warehouse and since my router had two antennas I added a second to help get further in the other direction. Installation is easy, just plugin the AC adapter and screw the grey end of the antenna cable to the Hawking input and the other end into the connector where your antenna is located on your router. That’s it and you are done. You can buy longer cables if you want to move the Hawking HSB2 to a higher or longer location away from the router. The only drawback is a faint high pitched whine that comes from the Hawking HSB2. I never noticed it in the warehouse but in my home office I initially noticed it. I was worried my dogs wouldn’t like it and that i’d find it annoying however I no longer notice it and my dogs never seem to pay any attention. They still lay under my desk as always so what initially worried me has turned into a non-issue. So if you don’t mind spending $52.99 to extend your wireless network the Hawking Technology HSB2 signal booster is an easy way to solve a common wifi problem.

This is my review of the Amazon Kindle 2 which has changed the way I view books and the activity of reading. Much like my iPod or my BlackBerry, the Amazon Kindle 2 has changed the way I read and made my reading more productive.

Much like my iPod, the Kindle 2 also makes reading faster and more efficient because all my new books are always with me. If I tire of one or need to reference another I just switch books in seconds, no more carying my books around the house etc.

The Kindle software is also available for the PC / Mac and various cell phone and ipod and ipad platforms. This means if your Kindle is not with you your books still are. Fire up the Kindle software and it senses where you left off on your Kindle 2 and you just keep reading. When you are back with your Kindle 2 it determines where you left off on your PC etc and starts the book just where you left off. So when you get a Kindle 2 you are really gettting on a versitile reading platform sort of like cloud computing for readers.

Ok from a reading and product prospective the Amazon Kindle 2 is excellent in the following ways. The Amazon store available wirelessly for free on the Kindle performs well and makes shopping a genuine activity. An excellent thing about the Kindle is the amount of free and low cost books available. This is why I say shopping becomes an activity because hunting for free or low cost books contains a thrill of its own. Many authors who create a series of books will give away the first in the series which is intended to suck you in. I’ve found many for free or $1.99 and the others in the series are also low cost like $3.99 a book.

The Next Page button on both sides of the Kindle 2 makes reading easy regardless of how you hold the unit. I only wish that they would put additional Next page buttons on the top right and left as well. If you want the previous page however you are limited to the left side for a button but that has not been a problem as I rarely page back.

The Keyboard is easy to use and joystick button for moving around the screen very intuitive.

Ok from a productivity standpoint here’s where the Kindle 2 has changed my reading alltogether. Unlike a paperback I can tuck my Kindle anywhere and bring it anywhere. So any moment i’m held up like a line or waiting room or standing around I can be reading. Much like my cell phone I can also be doing something and glance at the email or in the case of the Kindle the book and still be doing what I was doing such as waiting in line, or picking stuff up at the store. Unlike a book which looks strange for someone to open up and read the Kindle is always open so you just glance down, read a page or so and move on with what you were doing. This small increments of reading really ads up and I can fly through books much faster because I don’t have to remember to carry them with me.
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I’ve been deploying a ton of RSA Soft Tokens and i’m frequently asked for a RSA Soft Token for Android. Up until recently i’ve had to reply that none exists but now at least I have a projected timeframe. I contacted my RSA representative and was informed that there will indeed be an RSA Token For Android but it isn’t scheduled until Q4 of 2010 and maybe Q1 2011. So for now Android users are stuck with Windows or physical RSA tokens. Hopefully the Adroid RSA Token will be relesed sooner than expected.

If you are trying to update Windows XP to SP3 you may get an access denied error. This access denied error shows up even if you run a standalone Windows XP SP3 download like the one at Microsoft. Sometimes this access denied error is caused by registery permissions however in my case it was an antivirus product with a feature called “Access Protection” which was preventing my install of SP3. By disabling the virus scanner and specifically the Access Protection feature I could install SP3 and then re-enable my scanner.

I decided to get back to work on my websites related to Minnesota Cities, so I added a blog to my Coon Rapids website and started putting some content. I’m hoping the blog form factor works because I can add content much faster and on the fly. Since Coon Rapids is on my way home from work and also where I own rental property it gives me many opportunities to stop grab pictures and write about the various stores and restaurants that Coon Rapids MN offers.

Windows 7 and Windows 2008 now use a public key and KMS server to activate for volume license deployments. A good document describing the process and containing the public Windows 7 and Windows 2008 KMS keys can be found at this website.