firepoet27, you could just set the service to manual.

I used to doanload and run all the beta stuff from Microsoft but that was before XP. I bought myself a nice new laptop with XP on it and XP was such a disapointment from windows 2000 that I ended up switching to Linux. Looking at the info on Vista I don't see any reason to use it. I have to use XP on my office…

You beat me to it :)

Thats Intuitive. If only Apple made cars "To turn on your windshield wipers, shift the transmission to reverse with the glove box open"

Do you know for sure your data is safe? Does the web app provider have a DR plan? Do they guarentee that your data is recoverable? What is there SLA for uptime?

Keeping the receipts with the manuals isn't very good advice, manuals get lost easily and then you loose the receipts. Keep the receipts in a small fireproof safe so if you have a house fire/flood/whatever you can go dig out that safe and drop it on your insurance adjusters lap for when they try to get out of paying…

How about some option for those of us without wide screen displays? I won't be getting one any time soon since I don't have a wide lap to hold one :)

VerseQ ([www.verseq.ru])trains people on the most used combinations of letters. It's pretty and nice to work with, and have some plugins for, like, Dvorak keyboard and such.

I've made it now a rule that everything has to have a proper place. If it doesn't have a spot it doesn't get bought. Want that new digicam, there must be a bag purchased with it to hold it and its accessories and a place to sit/hang said bag. CD burner (external so we can share it across all the computers in the house…

M-T-P The LM7805 is a decent quality regulator and if you open up a normal PC power supply ou will usually find one in use for the 5vsb power to your expensive mainboard, the only reason thay are not used for the rest of the PC is current capability and efficiency. Chances are your off the shelf ipod powersupply or…

I'm on laptops at home as well, though I used to have a UPS for the network gear whose battery recently died. There is nothing like using the power company's web site to report the power it out to your home from you systems still running on battery.