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Debbie wants to keep track of her downloads and bandwidth used
According to a log provided by our ISP, we had downloads totaling over 300mb during the hours of 7:00a.m. through 6:00 a.m. the following day. Is there anywhere on our computers that we can see what was actually downloaded, or at least, where the downloads originated? I use XP Pro and my husband has Win7. Thank you so much in advance.

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Arlene's got an external hard drive - now what should she back up?
I finally bought a 250 GB external hard drive to use for backing up my computer. Now that I've got it, what do I back up? A silly question? Not for a novice. I haven't a clue.

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Revisiting Reimage
Windows XP

We've received dozens of comments about Reimage like this one from Connie A.

"I just read your article on reimage repair. I was having computer issues and decided to try reimage. It went well but when it rebooted registry mechanic came up with a whole lot of errors. Not knowing weather I should have it repair the errors after just using reimage or not I contacted reimage. They responded quickly and explained that it was ok for mechanic to repair these errors as it was for different issues. I let it repair and then rebooted and my problems seem to be fixed. Thank you for telling us about this program. It saved a lot of hassle and expense. And reimage was very affordable. I have most of your programs and try the ones you tell us about and so far have been very happy with the results. It is nice to have someone else test these programs for us. Again thanks so much for all you do." Connie A.

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MiFi - Internet anywhere
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

I recently took a trip and stayed in a condo where the only Internet access was dialup. My laptop doesn't even have a dialup modem - in fact most newer laptops don't. Besides, working with dialup is painfully slow, especially when you're editing web pages, trying new software or accessing your home computer over a network using a program like LogMeIn.

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OOPS! Backup
Oops!Backup is a backup program unlike any other we've ever seen. By now you know that we never recommend piecemeal backups - we urge all our readers to do comprehensive drive clone (or image) backups, because it's the only way to totally recover from a major computer disaster without losing any data. But you don't want to run an image backup restoration just to recover a few missing or inadvertently changed photos, documents, or other files. It's like using a fire hose to fill your dog's water dish. I'm so wonderful at examples :)

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This week's Rant

February

"To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
And dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling (guys) like me."
(Janis Ian "At Seventeen")

To me, February is the worst month of the year.

Though February is the shortest month, it seems like the longest month. February this year, like most years, has twenty-eight days. By the time it is over, it will seem like sixty-two days; at least to those of us who live in the Midwestern United States. Here spring begins on March 21st, according to the calendar, but it doesn't really begin until sometime in late April.

February is a cruel. cold month. It is the mean, odious step-mother of months. It leads us into March - when spring is supposed to begin. But, March is nothing if not a big tease. The calendar says spring begins on March 21. But spring does not begin in March. At least it does not begin in March in my little town.

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Cloudeight Information Avenue Free Edition - Issue #418
January 30, 2010

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