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Forum Mailing List - lazim disebut Milis - adalah tempat bertemunya para rekan onliner yang memberikan komentar, pesan dll biasanya berisi promosi, tips, iklan dll. Bagi rekan onliner yang memiliki bisnis online dan ingin bisnisnya terkenal, Milis juga termasuk sarana yang tepat untuk promosi. Cuma yang jelas kita harus punya alamat email yahoo untuk ikutan milis. Saya yakin sobat sudah punya. Silahkan buka www.yahoogroups.com di kolom Search masukkan kata kunci misalnya “bisnis online, iklan baris gratis, promosi gratis” setelah terbuka klik salah satu yang sobat anggap tepat untuk bermailing list ria. Tinggal klik Join. Ikuti petunjuknya. Beres. Kita bisa langsung posting apa aja di forum tersebut.

Pengen punya forum milis sendiri? Emang bisa bos? Lha iya dong. Saya juga punya. Coba buka di sini. Gimana cara membuat forum Milis yahoo? Ini saya kasih tipsnya yang gampang banget.

1. Klik di sini Jangan lupa Sign dulu dengan user dan password alamat email yahoo

2. Klik “Start your group”

3. Akan ada tulisan “Step 1 of 3: Select a Yahoo! Groups Category” scroll ke bawah di ada tulisan “Browse Group Categories” yang di bawahnya ada bebarapa kategori yang bisa kita pilih. Di antaranya Business & Finance, Computers & Internet, Cultures & Community dll. Klik untuk memilih salah satu. Klik “Continue”.

4. Lihat tulisan “Step 1 of 3: Select a Yahoo! Groups Category (Continued). lalu scroll ke bawah ada “Browse Group Categories” di bawahnya tertulis beberapa kategori juga di antaranya Business Schools, Companies, Consumer dll. Klik lagi salah satu untuk memilih. Klik “Continue”.

5 Ada lagi “Step 1 of 3: Select a Yahoo! Groups Category (Continued)”. Kalau tidak mau menambah Sub kategori langsung aja klik tombol “Place My Group Here” dan masuk ke langkah berikutnya untuk membuat nama group dan deskripsinya. Ada tulisan “Step 2 of 3: Describe Your Group”
> Group Name : Isi dengan nama group yang dikehendaki misalnya “akupunyabisnis” atau ” The Coolest Group”
> Enter Your Group Email Address : Isi alamat email group misalnya “coolest_group”, “akupunyabisnis” dll
> Describe Your Group : Isi dengan penjelasan group. Silahkan berkreasi untuk menjelaskan kepada rekan onliner tentang tujuan dari Milis yang kita bangun, apa boleh pasang iklan atau tidak dll. Singkat boleh panjang boleh asal tak lebih dari 2000 karakter.
Setelah selesai klik aja “Continue”.

6. Ada tulisan Step 3 of 3: Select your Yahoo! Profile and Email Address. Tarik ke bawah. Di bawah tulisan “Word Verification” masukkan di kolom yang tersedia rangkaian huruf acak dengan benar. Udah kan? Klik aja “Continue”.

7. Sukses. Setelah ada konfirmasi gini
Congratulations!
Your Group Iklaniklan-Bisnis-Online has been created. You can access your group using the link below or from the Yahoo! Groups “My Groups” page.
maka berarti pembuatan Milis kita udah selesai. Lihatlah detail dari Group name, Group home page dan Group email. Ringkasnya kita sudah punya alamat group ( Url Group ) misalnya http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akupunyabisnis

8. Langkah berikutnya klik link “Customize Your Group” untuk setting detail group kita. Klik aja langsung Get Started, lalu Next, lalu Next kemudian Finish. Beres.

9. Kalau sobat pengen ngundang teman untuk join klik tombol “Invite People”. Jika tidak langsung aja Klik Go To Group. Nah udah kelihatan kan halaman milis kita.

10. Selamat menjadi moderator Milis.

Semoga bermanfaat.

Mungkin beberapa diantara kita pernah mengalami trouble saat akan mencetak dengan sebuah Printer. Salah satu yang mungkin terjadi adalah printer spooler service tidak jalan. Salah satu penyebab dari masalah tersebut adalah sebuah virus yang bekerja dengan cara menghapus beberapa file penting yang diperlukan untuk menjalankan printer spooler. Driver printer tidak mengalami gangguan hanya saja aplilkasi print spooler ternyata dihentikan oleh virus tersebut. Hal itu membuat fungsi add printer tidak jalan. Saat membuka word processing juga tidak bisa dipreview dan juga tidak bisa diprint. Tidak ada reaksi apapun saat dipencet perintah print. Permasalahan ini tidak bisa diatasi dengan menginstal ulang driver printer karena memang tidak terjadi error apapun di driver printer.

Untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, coba lakukan langkah berikut:
1. klik start>run> ketik services.msc
2. Cari Print Spooler klik kanan dan pilih properties
3. pada startup type pilih automatic, kemudian klik start

Seharusnya setelah langkah ketiga, fungsi add printer dan fungsi printer pada berbagai aplikasi sudah jalan.
Akan tetapi tidak dengan komputer yang telah terkena dampak “perbuatan” virus karena ternyata si komputer tidak menemukan dimana harus mengeksekusi file exe yang dimaksud.

Virus tersebut pada background process menghapus 5 file penting yang dibutuhkan untuk menjalankan layanan printer. :

- winspool.drv
- winspool.exe
- spoolss.dll
- folder spool
- spoolsrv.exe

Untuk itu perlu kita copykan kelima file tersebut ke folder windows kecuali file kelima ke folder windows/system32. Setelah kelima file tersebut tercopy maka restart komputer. Dengan mengulangi langkah membuka services.msc dan mengaktifkan print spooler masalah teratasi. Akhirnya fungsi add printer dan fungsi printer pada word processing, internet browser dan aplikasi lainnya jalan dengan mulus.

Pesan error Print Spooler Service not Running memang menjengkelkan. Tapi setelah ketemu ternyata sangat mudah mengatasinya.he..he..he…

“Is it possible to print over the Internet? Sometimes I’m working at home and would like to print directly to my office printer. Both computers are online, so it seems like it should be possible to print over the Internet. Can this be done?”

Printing Over the Internet

Yes. There are a variety of ways you can remotely print through the Internet. One way to print via the Internet is to install IIS on the computer that’s connected to the printer. IIS (Internet Information Services) can be installed on computers running XP Professional Edition, and lets your machine act as a web server. IIS will list your connected printer on a web page that can be accessed by any internet-connected computer. Internet printing with IIS is not enabled by default, so will you have to manually enable it. IIS can be tricky to install and configure. It is permissions-sensitive and if you open up permissions too much, you may risk the security of your computer. For more help setting up internet printing with IIS, see this article from Win IT Pro.

Print Sharing Utilities

If you want simplicity, PrinterAnywhere lets you share your printer with other computers connected to the Internet. You can print directly from Microsoft Word, Outlook, a photo editor or any other program, to a printer connected to another computer. It takes care of all the security, networking details, potential firewall snafus, and Windows access rights. Another cool thing about Printer Anywhere, is that the remote computer attached to the printer does not need to have the program that the document was created in.

Print Where is another program that allows you to print over the Internet to a remote printer. Print Where is a solution aimed primarily at hotel, corporate, and university settings.

Remote Printing With IPP

Internet Printing Protocol is yet another method you can use to print across the Internet. It is platform-independent, so it can work with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. These articles about Mac OS X, Windows XP and IPP and
and Windows Vista Internet Printing will point you in the right direction to explore the possibilities of IPP.

Printing With Remote Desktop

Another option is to use Remote Desktop, a feature in built into Windows XP and Vista. You set up the computer that is connected to the printer you want to print to, so it will accept remote desktop connections. You have to create a user account to do this. Login to the Administrator account on your computer, then create the account from the Control Panel / Admin Tools / Computer Management / Local Users and Groups. Right click on the “Users” folder to create a new user and password. You then have to set up your computer to accept incoming connections. To do this go to Control Panel / System, then click the “Remote” tab. Check the box “Allow users to remotely connect to this computer” then click the “Select Remote Users” button. Select the user account you created in “Local Users and Groups”.

One note, if you have Windows firewall, or a third-party software or hardware firewall you will have to make sure that you enable remote desktop connections in the firewall. It’s easy with Windows Firewall, go to Control Panel / Windows Firewall, then select “Remote Desktop” under the “Exceptions” tab. If you have some other firewall, check the help documents or poke around in your favorite earch engine.

To connect to the computer you made available for remote connections, start Remote Desktop Connection. In XP, click Start / Run, enter MSTSC and press OK. You’ll need to know the IP address of the computer you set up for remote connections. On the remote computer, Click Start / Run, then enter the CMD /K IPCONFIG command, to get the IP address. (Note: If you have a home network with a router, the IPCONFIG command will probably show an IP address of 192.168.something. If so, you’ll need to login to the router to get the real IP address for the computer.) Enter the IP address into the Remote Desktop Connection window, then you’ll be prompted to enter a username and password. Enter the account name and password you created in the step above. You can then connect to the computer that is attached to your printer, just as if you were in front of it. You’ll have access to all the resources on that machine, including the printer.

One caution, once you allow remote connections to your computer, you do open it up to a certain level of vulnerability. I suggest that you rename the Administrator account in “Local Users and Groups” and disable the “Guest” account. Apple also offers a Remote Desktop solution in OS X, with a drag-and-drop function that allows you to move files between your host and remote computers. FreeNx and VNC are utilities that allow for remote connections with Linux.

Internet Denial of Service: Attack and Defense Mechanisms
by Jelena Mirkovic, Sven Dietrich, David Dittrich, and Peter Reiher
400 pages | Prentice Hall; illustrated edition (January 9, 2005) | 0131475738 | CHM | 5.24 Mb
Suddenly your Web server becomes unavailable. When you investigate, you realize that a flood of packets is surging into your network. You have just become one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of a denial-of-service attack, a pervasive and growing threat to the Internet. What do you do? Read the rest of this entry »

Steps to Resolve the NTLDR is Missing Error in Windows XP

NTLDR Error Message

There are few different ways that the “NTLDR is missing” error may present itself, with the first listing being the most common:

• “NTLDR is missing
  Press any key to restart”
• “NTLDR is missing
  Press Ctrl Alt Del to restart”
• “Boot: Couldn’t find NTLDR
  Please insert another disk”

The “NTLDR is missing” error displays very shortly after the computer is first started, immediately after the Power On Self Test (POST) is complete. Windows XP has only initially begun to load when the NTLDR error message appears.

Causes of NTLDR Errors

There are a number of possible causes for NTLDR errors, including the most common “NTLDR is missing” error message.

The most common reason for this error is when your PC is trying to boot from a hard drive or flash drive that is not properly configured to be booted from; in other words, it’s trying to boot from a non-bootable source. This also would apply to media on an optical drive or floppy drive that you’re trying to boot from.

Other possible causes include corrupt and misconfigured files, hard drive and operating system upgrade issues, corrupt hard drive sectors, an outdated BIOS, and damaged or loose IDE cables.

Fixes for NTLDR Errors

1. Restart the PC. The NTLDR error could be a fluke.
2. Check your floppy and optical (CD/DVD) drives for media. Often times, the “NTLDR is Missing” error will appear if your PC is trying to boot to a non-bootable floppy disk or CD/DVD.

   Note: If you find that this is the cause of your problem and it’s happening a lot, you might want to consider changing the boot order in BIOS so the hard drive is listed first.

3. Check the hard drive and other drive settings in BIOS and ensure they are correct. The BIOS configuration tells the computer how to use a drive so incorrect settings can cause problems, including NTLDR errors.

   Note: There is usually an Auto setting for hard drive and optical drive configurations in BIOS which is usually a safe bet if you’re not sure what to do.

4. Restore the NTLDR and ntdetect.com files from the Windows XP CD. Restoring these two important system files from the original Windows XP CD may do the trick.
5. Repair or replace the boot.ini file. This will prevent the NTLDR error if the cause of the problem is a boot.ini file that is not configured properly for your Windows XP installation.
6. Write a new partition boot sector to the Windows XP system partition. If the partition boot sector has become corrupt or isn’t properly configured, you may receive the “NTLDR is Missing” error.
7. Repair the Windows XP master boot record. NTLDR error messages may also appear if the master boot record is corrupt.
8. Reseat all internal data and power cables. NTLDR error messages could be caused by loose or malfunctioning IDE cables.

   Try replacing the IDE cable cable if you suspect it might be faulty.

9. Update your motherboard’s BIOS. Occasionally, an outdated BIOS version can cause the “NTLDR is Missing” error.
10. Perform a repair installation of Windows XP. This type of installation should replace any missing or corrupt files. Continue troubleshooting if this does not resolve the issue.
11. Perform a clean installation of Windows XP. This type of installation will completely remove Windows XP from your PC and install it again from scratch. While this will almost certainly resolve any NTLDR errors, it is a time consuming process due to the fact that all of your data must be backed up and then later restored.

    If you can’t gain access to your files to back them up, understand that you will lose them all if you continue with a clean installation of Windows XP.

12. Replace the hard drive and then perform a new installation of Windows XP. If all else has failed, including the clean installation from the last step, you’re most likely facing a hardware issue with your hard drive.

NTLDR Errors Apply To

This issue applies to the Windows XP operating system, including Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition. Windows 7 and Windows Vista do not utilize NTLDR.

Still Having NTLDR Issues?

Let a community of PC support enthusiasts help out! Post the details of your problem in the Focus on PC Support Forums. Be sure to let us know what steps you’ve already taken to resolve the “NTLDR is missing” issue.

I have a laptop with no printer attached. But I do have a wireless network in my home, and one of the desktop computers on the network has a printer. How can I print from the laptop, over the wireless network, to the printer that’s hooked up to my desktop?  

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2 years back, i’ve wrote a post regarding how to resolve ntldr missing problem for Window XP.

Below is the screen shot of the error:

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Well, my friend’s toshiba L40 series laptop also having this issue.So, i plan to get in recovery console and replace the corrupted files. This time, is a bit headache due to his laptop is using SATA hdd, where the driver is not included in window xp cd. When entering recovery console, it shown that no hdd is detected…

So, i searched through internet & downloaded the Intel SATA driver, and integrated the SATA driver on my window xp sp2 cd through nlite. This time, it able to detect the hdd and got into the recovery console.

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Under recovery console, we just need to press “1″, admin password will be asked, where by default is empty, just press “Enter” to continue, unless u did setup the password during installation.

Under the command prompt, type below:

copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

Then, type exit to quit recovery console and restart pc. That’s all, now the laptop able to access window.

Usefull Resources: Guide from Microsoft, Intel Sata Driver

This step-by-step article describes methods that you can use to troubleshoot the “NTLDR Is Missing” error message that you may receive when you try to start Microsoft Windows 2000.

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How to Troubleshoot the “NTLDR Is Missing” Error Message

loadTOCNode(2, ’summary’); When you start your Windows 2000-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

NTLDR is missing
Press any key to restart

This problem may occur if the basic input/output system (BIOS) on your computer is outdated, or if one or more of the following Windows boot files are missing or damaged:

Ntldr
Ntdetect.com
Boot.ini

To resolve this issue, verify that the BIOS on your computer is current, and then use one or more of the following methods, as appropriate to your situation, to repair the Windows 2000 startup environment.

IMPORTANT: Microsoft recommends that you fully back up your data on a regular basis. This is the best defense against data loss, and it must be a part of any disaster recovery plan.

Verify That the BIOS on the Computer Is Current

loadTOCNode(3, ’summary’); Make sure that the latest revision for BIOS is installed on the computer. Contact the computer manufacturer to inquire about how to obtain, and then install the latest BIOS update that is available for the computer.

For information about how to configure and how to verify the correct BIOS settings for the computer, see the computer documentation or contact the manufacturer of the computer. For information about how to contact your computer manufacturer, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z

For more information about how to contact BIOS manufacturers, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

243909  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243909/ ) List of BIOS manufacturer Web sites Part 1

243971  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243971/ ) List of BIOS manufacturer Web sites Part 2

loadTOCNode(2, ’summary’); To repair the Windows startup environment, use one or more of the following methods, as appropriate to your situation.

Method 1: Use a Boot Disk to Start the Computer

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1. Create a Windows 2000 boot disk that contains the following files:

   Ntldr
   Ntdetect.com
   Boot.ini
   Ntbootdd.sys

   For more information about how to create a boot disk, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   301680  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301680/ ) How to create a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows

   101668  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/101668/ ) How to use a Windows boot disk to prevent boot failure

2. Modify the Boot.ini file to point to the correct hard disk controller and to the correct volume for your Windows installation. For more information about how to create a boot disk, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   311578  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311578/ ) How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows 2000

3. Insert the boot disk into the computer’s floppy disk drive, and then restart the computer.
4. Copy the Ntldr file, the Ntdetect.com file, and the Boot.ini file from the boot disk to the system partition of the local hard disk.

Method 2: Use the Recovery Console

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1. Use the Windows 2000 Setup disks to restart the computer, or use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to restart the computer.
2. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows 2000 installation.
3. Press C to repair the Windows 2000 installation by using the Recovery Console.
4. Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   229716  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229716/ ) Description of the Windows Recovery Console

5. Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.
6. Type map, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to the CD-ROM drive that contains the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
7. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after you type each one, where drive is the drive letter that you typed in step 4 of “Method 2: Use the Recovery Console,” of this article:

   copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

   copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

   If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.

   NOTE: In these commands, there is a space between the ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

8. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

   type c:\Boot.ini

   A list similar to the following list appears:

   [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT  [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

   If you receive the following message, the Boot.ini file may be missing or damaged:

   The system cannot find the file or directory specified.

9. If the Boot.ini file is missing or damaged, create a new one. To do so, follow these steps:
   1. Use a text editor, such as Notepad or Edit.com, to create a boot loader file similar to the following boot loader file:

      [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT  [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

      For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

      102873  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102873/ ) Boot.ini and ARC path naming conventions and usage

      301680  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301680/ ) How to create a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows

   2. Save the file to a floppy disk as Boot.ini.

      NOTE: If you used Notepad to create the file, make sure that the .txt extension is not appended to the Boot.ini file name.

   3. Type the following command at the Recovery Console command prompt to copy the Boot.ini file from the floppy disk to the computer:

      copy a:\Boot.ini c:\

10. Type exit, and then press ENTER. The computer restarts.

Method 3: Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM

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1. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and start Windows 2000 Setup.
2. On the Welcome to Setup page, press R.
3. On the Windows 2000 Repair Options page, press R.
4. When you are prompted to select one of the repair options, press M.
5. Press the UP ARROW, press the UP ARROW again, to select Verify Windows 2000 system files, and then press ENTER to clear the selection.
6. Press the DOWN ARROW to select Continue (perform selected tasks), and then press ENTER. The following message appears:

   You need an Emergency Repair disk for the Windows 2000
   installation you want to repair.

7. Do one of the following, as appropriate to your situation:
   • If you have an Emergency Repair Disk, follow these steps:
     1. Press ENTER.
     2. Insert the Emergency Repair Disk into the computer’s floppy disk drive, and then press ENTER.
     3. Follow the instructions to repair the installation, and then restart the computer.

     -or-

   • If you do not have an Emergency Repair Disk, follow these steps:
     1. Press L. You receive a message similar to the following:

        Setup has found Windows 2000 in the following folder:

        drive:\WINNT “Microsoft Windows 2000″

     2. Press ENTER.

        Setup examines the disks, and then completes the repair process.

   For more information about the emergency repair feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   231777  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231777/ ) How to create an Emergency Repair Disk in Windows 2000

If Setup Cannot Locate Windows 2000

loadTOCNode(3, ’summary’); If you do not have a Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk, and if Setup cannot locate the Windows 2000 installation, follow these steps:

1. Start Windows 2000 Setup.
2. On the Setup will install Windows 2000 on partition page, select Leave the current file system intact (no changes), and then press ENTER.
3. Press ESC to install Windows 2000 to a new folder.
4. In the Select the folder in which the files should be copied box, type \tempwin, and then press ENTER.

   Setup installs a new copy of Windows 2000.

5. Log on to the new copy of Windows 2000.
6. Click Start, and then click Run.
7. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
8. At the command prompt, type drive:, where drive is the boot drive of the computer, and then press ENTER. For example, type c:, and then press ENTER.
9. Type attrib -h -r -s Boot.ini, and then press ENTER.
10. Type edit Boot.ini, and then press ENTER.

    Edit.com opens a Boot.ini file that is similar to the following file:

    [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\TEMPWIN [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\TEMPWIN="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

11. Replace all instances of TEMPWIN with WINNT. The Boot.ini file that appears is similar to the following file:

    [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

12. Press ALT+F, and then press S.
13. Press ALT+F, and then press X.
14. Type attrib +h +r +s Boot.ini, and then press ENTER.
15. Type exit to quit the command prompt.
16. Restart the computer.
17. At the Please select the operating system to start screen, use the ARROW keys to select Microsoft Windows 2000, and then press ENTER.
18. Start Windows Explorer, locate the following folders, and then delete them:

    Tempwin
    All Users.Tempwin

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Additional Resources

loadTOCNode(2, ’summary’); For more information about how to troubleshoot the “NTLDR is Missing” error message, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

255220  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255220/ ) “NTLDR is missing” error message when you upgrade or install Windows 2000 over Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition

228004  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/228004/ ) Changing active partition can make your system unbootable

883275  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883275/ ) You cannot start your computer after you modify the permissions in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows 2000

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Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows 2000

loadTOCNode(2, ’summary’); If you cannot resolve the behavior described in the “Symptoms” section of this article by using any of the methods discussed in this article or by viewing the Knowledge Base articles in the Additional Resources section of this article, perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000, and then use Windows Explorer to copy the data that you want to recover from your original Windows installation.

For more information about how to perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

266465  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266465/ ) How to perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003

Optimizing Your Google AdSense Pages

Introduction

Running Google AdSense on your article website is a quick and easy way to generate revenue for your writing efforts. We’ve been using Google AdSense on many sites running our article manager, ArticleLive, both for testing and for real life revenue generation. We found after some testing and research that there were various techniques we could implement to optimize our AdSense ad’s and increase revenue. Today I’m going to share some of my favorite strategies.

My first suggestion is to read Googles list of tips and tricks for optimizing Google AdSense:
https://www.google.com/AdSense/support/bin/static.py?page=tips.html

If you’re running a forum, here’s a quick list of tips direct from Google:
http://AdSense.blogspot.com/2005/10/six-AdSense-optimization-tips-for.html

Positioning

First and foremost, where you place your ad’s makes a huge direct difference in visibility of the ad, and therefore increases your chance of getting clicks. While some people stress that your ad’s should be highly visible upon first visit, i.e. top of the page, in some cases having your ad’s placed at the END of your article can actually increase click thru’s. Let’s say our article is a review of a specific digital camera, the Cannon IXUS 800 IS. (Incidentally, I love this camera and lost mine overseas).

When a user visits my site to read my review he or she is most likely going to read the article before clicking on any ad’s. It’s the reason they came to my site in the first place. By positioning my ad’s directly after my article on the same page I know my visitor has finished reading my article and may be ready to take action. An ad that offers a cheap price for the same camera I’m reviewing is now highly likely to get clicked on, especially if my review has been a positive one.

Try various ad placements. Tweak and test until you find something that works for you.

Look and Feel

Your AdSense ad’s should blend into the look and feel of your web site. Make suer you use the same font type, size and color so advertisements don’t look like ad’s. On the other hand, sometimes visitors become ad blind so you need them to stand out. Again, test, test, test.

As I mentioned above, if you place your ad’s at the end of the article there’s a good chance your visitor will click on them. Keeping their style consistent with the rest of your page will make them appear as normal links, and therefore your visitors wont get scared off and think that the only reason you wrote the article is so they click on the ad.

Increase Relevancy

Google uses what we call robots to scan your web page to locate the best ad’s to serve. If Google does a poor job of recognizing your articles topic then the ad’s it displays will not be highly relevant. Improving the relevance of the ad’s displays means improving the probability that your readers will find interest in an advertisement and click on it.

There are a few things you should do to increase relevance. Firstly, use descriptive headings and try to be specific. For example, if you’re writing a review about a Canon IXS 800 Digital Camera, then your title should look something like: “Canon IXS 800 Digital Camera Review”. As obvious as it seems, some people tend to forget this and use less relevant headings such as IXS 800 Review.

Be sure to include the topic of the article in the page title as well as adding a detailed meta description and meta keywords. Keep them as focused as possible, using similar keywords found throughout your web page. Adding alt tags to your images can also help. For example, an image of the camera could have an alt tag of: “Canon IXS 800 Digital Camera Picture” and you could even add a descriptive caption to the image.

Cater to Niche Topics

Targeting niche topics instead of general ones will result in two distinct benefits. First, your natural search engine competition is reduced dramatically. You get more targeted visitors interested in your niche topic, who will be shown more relevant ad’s, resulting in higher click rates.

Let’s take our digital camera website as an example. If I was to write a generic article about digital cameras I’d be competing with thousands if not millions of competitors. My Google Ad’s would be generic and the chance that my visitors will click on these ad’s is significantly reduced. On the other hand, however, by catering to a specific, targeted topic, I decrease my natural search competition, I increase my relevance both with visitors and ad’s and increase the likelihood of an ad click.

Use Correct File Names

The file name used for your web page is extremely important to Google AdSense and the ad’s that it shows. Using a simple test on my desktop PC, I created 2 blank HTML files with different names and added the Google AdSense code, nothing else. The first one, playstation-games.html showed these ad’s:

digital-cameras.html showed these ad’s:

There was absolutely no other content in those files and the files were located on my desktop, so Google could not scan my web page for content.

Filtering Non Relevant Ad’s

With all the technical prowess of the Google robots, they can get it wrong. If your site is displaying totally irrelevant ad’s in relation to your websites content then there’s something wrong with your site. It could be that the robots are having a hard time crawling the site, or maybe the way your web page has been coded makes it hard for the robots to tell what topic the page is about. If the majority of the time, however, the ad’s are relevant but some irrelevant ones are still showing, then its time to start filtering.

By monitoring the ad’s on your site you can take a list of the domains of URL’s that don’t match the topic you are targeting, then, inside your Google AdSense account you can add this list of domains to your “Competition Filter”. By doing so, Google will stop showing ad’s from those domains.

Rotating Colors

Sometimes regular visitors to websites become accustomed to ad’s and their brain filters them out. We call this ad blindness. If you know your site gets a lot of repeat visitors you could test automatically rotating color schemes for your ad’s.

Color rotation is supported by Google and lets AdSense automatically rotate through 4 different color variations of ad’s so your ad’s have a higher chance of being noticed by repeat visitors.

https://www.google.com/AdSense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9981&topic=156

Add More Content

The more content you have on your website, the more ad’s you can display. Having more content also means more pages listed in search engines and more pages for your visitors to browse through, meaning more website traffic. The more ad’s you can display, the higher the chance of a click thru.

Testing

You should constantly test and tweak your website for better ad revenue and click thrus. By comparing different ad types for different periods or on different pages you can determine which ad’s work better for your site. In saying this however, it’s best to test for a short period of time, optimize and move on. Spend your time creating rich, valuable content rather than optimizing for better click thrus. In the long term, great content always wins in generating more traffic to your site, which in turn generates more click thrus to the ad’s and puts more money in your pocket.

Conclusion

There are plenty of other ways to optimize your ad’s and I’ll be writing about them in future tutorials. For now though, use what I’ve taught you in this article to better position your ad’s, testing placement, colors and ad sizes. You never know which little tweak might result in an increase of clicks.

Protect yourself from Conficker

The Conficker worm is a computer worm that can infect your computer and spread itself to other computers across a network automatically, without human interaction.

What does the Conficker worm do?
To date, security researchers have discovered the following variants of the worm in the wild.

•Win32/Conficker.A was reported to Microsoft on November 21, 2008.
•Win32/Conficker.B was reported to Microsoft on December 29, 2008.
•Win32/Conficker.C was reported to Microsoft on February 20, 2009.
•Win32/Conficker.D was reported to Microsoft on March 4, 2009.
•Win32/Conficker.E was reported to Microsoft on April 8, 2009.
Win32/Conficker.B might spread through file sharing and via removable drives, such as USB drives (also known as thumb drives). The worm adds a file to the removable drive so that when the drive is used, the AutoPlay dialog box will show one additional option.

The Conficker worm can also disable important services on your computer.

In the screenshot of the Autoplay dialog box below, the option Open folder to view files — Publisher not specified was added by the worm. The highlighted option — Open folder to view files — using Windows Explorer is the option that Windows provides and the option you should use.

If you select the first option, the worm executes and can begin to spread itself to other computers.

The option Open folder to view files — Publisher not specified was added by the worm

How does the Conficker worm work?
Here’s an illustration of how the Conficker worm works.

How do I remove the Conficker worm?
If your computer is infected with the Conficker worm, you may be unable to download certain security products, such as the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool or you may be unable to access certain Web sites, such as Microsoft Update. If you can’t access those tools, try using the Windows Live safety scanner.

source :
http://www.microsoft.com/security/worms/conficker.aspx