10/8/07

What to look for when you are buying a web cam.

IResolution: Standard rez is 320x240 but some will do 640x480. There is no resolution beyond VGA yet.

Frame rate: Aim for 30 frames per second. Most mid-priced cams will do this frame rate these days. Your internet connection will be the bottle neck on the frame rate.

Internet connection: You should also check the upload speed on you Internet connection. It is a fraction of the speed of your download connection. To get an image of 15 fps you need an upload speed of about 256 kbps.

Price: The higher the price the more onboard image processing in the camera. So if you have an old computer go up market on your webcam to take the load off the old PC.

Your PC's age: The older your PC the pricier the webcam you should buy because image processing will be done in the camera and not on the computer.

Lens: Typically it is not spelled out on the box but the pricier the cam the more likely it will have glass rather than a plastic lens. Glass will give you a clean image.

Light sensitivity:The higher end cams have better performance in low light.
Image: You'll get a sharper crisper image on the high end -- which is $79 to $99 US

Pan and tilt:Up at the top end of pricing you'll get pan and tilt capabilities. That's past the $100 US mark.

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Hangs up internet dial-up connection

When you are browsing your favorite websites using dial-up internet connection, your incoming calls can create problem with your modem if the call waiting option in your modem sittings is enable. Your modem may be hangs up and disconnects the internet connection frequently. Normally when you disabled the call waiting option in your modem sitting and any body tries to call you, he will get the busy beep during internet connected. You should always disable the call waiting option to avoid modem disconnectivity or hangs up.
- To disable the call waiting option, first click on Start button, then Network Connections.
- Here double click on your internet connection and click on Properties button then General.
- Under General tab select Use Dialing Rules box then click on dialing rules button.
- Here select My Location then click on Edit button. Under General tab select the option To disable call waiting dial and put any number in next box like.
- At the end click on Ok button and dial your connection again.

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Set Explorer Multiple Homepages

Many web browsers like Mozilla Firefox but now Internet Explorer 7.0 also allow you to set the multiple home pages. You can open all home pages at the same time; this is great option to open your favorite websites with a single click. But you have option to set single home page according to your need.
Follow the given steps to set multiple home pages in Internet Explorer.

- First open the Internet Explorer 7 and go to the option Tools then click on Internet Options.

- Select the General tab, here you will get option "To create home page tabs, type each address on its own line" and type the URL in the Home page section.

- Type one URL in one line then press Enter to type another URL. Press Ok to finish.

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How to Outlook Express Back up?

Outlook Express is the e-mail client included with almost all version of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP operating systems. Outlook Express is designed for home users and small office user who gain access to their e-mail messages. Built on open Internet standards, Outlook Express is designed for use with any Internet standard system, for example, SMTP, POP3, hotmail and NNTP. It provides full support for today's most important e-mail, news, and directory standards, and is very easy to use.
Outlook Express data is usually stored at the following paths be defaults but you can change Outlook Express location. Normally Outlook Express folder location is C:\ drive when you install your window on C drive, but you can change location of you Outlook to other drive, Outlook Express e-mail message store, along with the address book, usually resides in subfolders at the following paths:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Identities\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\