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1029usr078198
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 Posted - November 23 2008 : 20:35:44
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Question: I tried to use Windows System Restore to put my computer back the way it was earlier. I got the message “Your computer cannot be restored to” the date I picked. What can I do?
Answer: You have a couple of options. One is to boot your computer in safe mode and run the System Restore. This works as long as the failure is being caused by some program that normally is running. If the restore point is just corrupted, choosing another one might let System Restore succeed. It’s possible to turn off Windows System Restore and then turn it back on. When you turn System Restore off, it’ll delete all your earlier restore points. This will free up hard drive space, but is probably not what you need. Finally, you might disable your antivirus and try again. So, my recommendations in order, are to 1) try another restore point; 2) reboot in Safe Mode and try the restore; 3) disable antivirus, start in safe mode, and retry the restore; 4) after fixing the problem another way, turn system restore off and back on to free up the space used by those unusable restore points.
Cool Site: http://pixlr.com: Pixlr is an online image-editor program. It’s flash-based, there’s nothing to install on your computer. Just go to the website, click your country’s flag, and get started. It’s got several tools that let you do some neat things with your pictures, but according to lifehacker, they’re not very sophisticated. You can add text, reduce red-eye, smudge, sharpen, draw on pictures, etc. The program supports layers, meaning that the things you do don’t change your original photo unless you save it back to your computer with the original name. The thing I liked about it most is that there isn’t anything to download or install in order to use the program, plus it’s free.
Cool Gadget: Gunnar Digital Eyewear: Gunnar Optiks is a German company that makes eyeglasses that are designed to cut eyestrain caused by working on computers all day. Great for cubicle-dwellers. Prices range from $99-$189 at their online store. New studies suggest that using a computer all day every day stresses the same areas of your visual system. This results in “blurred vision, headache, eye strain, dry eyes, difficulty focusing the eyes at various distances, double vision, light sensitivity and neck and backaches”
Gunnar proprietary lens technology lets you spend more time working or playing at the computer without feeling the adverse effects often associated with doing so. Gunnar i-AMP™ technology relaxes the ocular muscle responsible for focusing one's eyes at close distances. By putting this muscle more at ease, strain is reduced, and productive time increased. Innovative Gunnar frames and lenses increase the moisture pocket around the eyes, virtually eliminating dry eyes. Patent-pending i-AMP™ technology includes a scientifically formulated amber tint to eliminate additional stress placed on the eyes from external light sources such as pervasive fluorescent lighting systems. The unique Gunnar anti-reflective coating has also been specially formulated to contribute to the delivery of the most comprehensive over-the-counter solution available today to address the effects of Digital Eye Fatigue and Computer Vision Syndrome.
It's All “Geek” To Me: Terabyte: Well, regular listeners now know what a byte is, since it was last week’s geek term, let’s talk about what a terabyte is. Terabytes are trillions of bytes. Our hard drives are currently measured in gigabytes, which is billions of bytes. My computer from 1992 had a drive measured in megabytes, which was millions of bytes. But media-heavy applications, and ten megapixel cameras, iTunes, and other digital media are driving up the storage requirements of computers. So, while the largest hard drive I’ve heard of is 1.5 terabytes, that will increase in the next couple of years.
Links
Lockergnome thread on the problem with Windows System Restore:
http://help.lockergnome.com/windows/computer-restored-ftopict239766.html
PixLr:
http://pixlr.com/
PixLr Story on AppScout:
http://www.appscout.com/2008/11/pixlr_featurepacked_online_ima_1.php
Gunnar Optics:
http://www.gunnaroptiks.com/index.html
10 Steps to Reduce Eyestrain on AllAboutVision:
http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/
Terabyte defined on Techterms
http://www.techterms.com/definition/terabyte |
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11/21/2008-Restore, Pixlr,Gunnar optiks,Terabyte
