Email is used for various purposes, from personal messages, notices, invoices and send files through the attachments. Most of the messages coming through mail is not important, but it also comes with valuable information that we do not want to lose. Digital information is very useful but can be very short, hard disk that contains hundreds of thousands of files can be deleted in seconds. Thats why if you receive a message from the e-mail, you should consider to regularly make a copy or back up of entire contents of the message received. Practically its not difficult, with only two clicks and a few seconds of your time that you spend each week, unless you do not have all this information.

But how to make a backup of the information received by email?
Make a backup of messages received via email, especially depending on the method used to receive messages.

The method used to receive e-mail

There are two main ways to receive and send mail.

1. Using the web client : Using a web browser to access services that have an email account, free service can currently accommodate the message is received and collected gradually on its servers. In general, they offer a large size and unlimited. An example it email service providers are well-known Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL Mail and others.
2. Using the email client software : This is a program installed on your computer, the message server are downloaded to the PC every time you make a connection to it and usually the original file will be deleted. This system provides the advantage of having all messages received on your computer and can review them even if no internet connection.

The program used in these cases the familiar Outlook default on Windows XP, Windows Mail on Windows Vista and optional in Windows 7 and Fedora Thunderbird (free client) and many others, including some which is not mentioned are extra or shareware (trial).

How to back up email from the Web client?

The safest way is to download and store important files on our computers in two different locations, of course not the same hard disk. There is an application that provides the ability to download entire contents of your mailbox to your computer, such as GMail Backup allows you to do if you use Google Mail service.

Email backup software

Here are some of the mail client backup software that is often used in windos today. This email backup software application allows you to create copies or backup of email files.  I found this program in Spanish, but it does not matter because its use is quite easy as described here.

To use it, download, unzip it and you just need to double click on file to back up. You can do it regularly, it only takes a few seconds, so you’re sure to have the data and information that safe from accidents that may occur on your computer. If the data is so important, then it is best to have a copy on removable devices.

How to backup email in Windows Mail?

Windows Mail is the default email client in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 for various reasons this application is not included in the operating system. But for those that use, have to download from Microsoft’s servers and will be installed automatically.
The following batch file to back up or backup the contents of the Windows Mail folder that includes messages received, sent, draft, etc.. Folder containing them are the following path :
% USERPROFILE% \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \ Windows Mail \
Also need the Windows registry that contains the data account created, the original key is located at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows Mail
When you run the batch file you’ll see two options :

• When writing the number 1 and hit Enter, it copies the files and stores them in a folder called BACKUP on drive D, if the folder does not exist will be created, if the computer does not have the D drive, will be created BACKUP folder on drive C.
• When writing the number 2 and press the Enter key will do the reverse, ie the saved files will be restored.

Download batch file to backup the files in Windows Mail

How to backup email in thunderbird?

Thunderbird is an email client software that need to install, it is a free program developed by Mozilla and the most prestigious and used on the Internet. It can be installed in any system, if you’re interested you can download the latest version in the following link: Download Thunderbird
The following batch file you can use to create a backup or backup the entire contents of the file in Thunderbird. The file in this application are in the following directory:
% Userprofile% \ AppData \ Roaming \ Thunderbird \ Profiles
It works the same as the previous batch file, save a backup in a folder named BACKUP in drive D, if none, then it will be in drive C.

Download batch file to backup the files in Thunderbird

The two previous batch files using the command ROBOCOPY, so each time you run the application, just copy new files, ie not overwrite any file that is already in the backup, just copy the latest.

How to backup email in outlook and Outlook Express?

Microsoft Outlook is the email client included with Windows XP, Outlook Express is installed with Microsoft Office package. The following batch file is to create a backup or backup folder of each of the two programs installed on your computer, this support will also include a copy of the address book.

As above, the file is stored in the BACKUP folder in drive D where you can find all the information. In this case the backup is done using the XCOPY command available in Windows XP.

Download batch file to backup the files in Thunderbird

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What is a RAM disk or drive?

A RAM drive, is a small software that when installed on our computers, creates a virtual drive that uses part of the physical RAM installed on your computer, as if an independent unit. This is the best option to improve performance without making any changes, or add more powerful hardware on your PC.

Why when using the RAM drive can improves performance ?

The speed of the physical RAM installed, is much greater than any hard drive, for example in any modern disk of 7200 rpm, the transmission rate does not exceed 60 MB per second, whereas a DDR2-800 RAM can speeds up to 800 MB / s, more modern even more.

When installing the RAM disk, part of the physical memory is used by Windows as if it were a separate unit.

Obviously, storing the data that we use and the need to access fast enough, so our system will gain efficiency.

Practical uses of the RAM disk or RAM drive

The main uses of a RAM disk is to store data that is accessed frequently, with maximum speed and requiring more bandwidth, there are multiple applications, some examples of how and where to use are:
• For files or virtual memory paging.
• Windows Temporary files.
• Temporary Files in Internet Explorer or another browser.
• Temporary files and cache video editing programs.
• Virtual Disk Photoshop.
• The Google Earth cache.
• 3D games.
• TCP / IP.
• Databases.

Requirements for installing the RAM drive

The main requirement for installing a RAM disk is having enough physical memory is only recommended in case of 1 GB or more but you can install it with 516MB and titrated values ​​according to your needs.

Where to download the software to install the RAM drive

There are several programs that enable a RAM drive on your computer, including Microsoft, but most have compatibility issues with Windows 7 and limitations on the size and amount of memory supported by the unit created.

Dataram is an application that meets all the requirements of the ramdisk, it’s free, compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7, you can download from the website at the following link.

RAM DISK Installation and Configuration

After installing the program starts the configuration tool, which you will find direct access to: All Programs -> Dataram RAMDisk.
In the Settings tab are the basic parameters of program settings, as shown in the picture.

➔ In Disk Size enter the amount of physical RAM it will use the program always reserves a minimum of 512 MB ​​for the operating system, so you’ll see on the bottom of Disk Size the maximum amount you set.
➔ Select the file system, the most common is FAT32.
➔ Click the Start button to start the RAMDisk and after the progress bar is complete restart Windows to complete the installation.

How to save data from RAM DISK

All RAM disks share the same physical RAM feature, that when you restart or shutdown the system erases all data, but this program gives the possibility that in this case have the option to automatically save the contents RAM disk image to a hard drive on shutdown and reload in Windows startup.
This possibility extends its use to many applications without fear of losing the data, so you have to configure the program as follows.

➔ Back to access the configuration tool.
➔ Choose this time the Load and Save tab, check both boxes as shown in the picture: Load Disk Image at Startup and Shutdown at Save Disk Image.
➔ Enter or choose in the bottom of each, the path where to save the disk image by default shows the C: drive but you can save it to any other location where you are not affected in space.
➔ Start RAM Disk, reboot and you can start using it.

What is a web server ?

A web server is software that is installed on the computer with all the necessary conditions to serve or give a web page requested by a browser, ensuring the look and represent all the elements needed for proper operation and visualization.
There are several types of web server, Apache is an open source software, free to use and fully configured, it is the most widely used in networking, Linux or Windows. When installed on the PC we will have a complete server with all the requirements to run locally.

How to install Apache ?

Installation is simple, go to Apache.org then download the latest version for Windows, or you can use the following link. Download Apache
Create two folders on drive C, name the first Apache and the second web_server.
Unzip the downloaded file and run it, follow the installation steps and data that ask you to choose the installation destination, which will be the folder you created in C: \ Apache, other data leave them default to configure later.
The program after installation creates an icon in the notification area that lets you: start, stop and restart Apache, you should keep in mind that any changes you make to the configuration file will not take effect until you restart the server.

How to configure Apache ?

All configuration for running Apache is stored in a text file named: httpd.conf is located in C: \ Apache \ conf, you can edit in a text editor such as Notepad, but a recommended program is Notepad + +, the best free software you can find.
You can download Notepad + + from here.
You have two options below :
1 – The first choice, the most simple, the following link to download a copy of the httpd.conf file, unzip, copy or move it to the folder C: \ Apache \ conf and replace the original file, and is ready to run the server.
2 – advanced alternative but not difficult, open the httpd.conf file and manually edit the following lines :
All lines beginning with # are comments in each section describes the options.

Line 52 “Listen” indicates the IP address and port that the server will receive requests, you can use in the following ways:
1 – The server will receive requests only from the same PC: Listen localhost: 80
2 – receive requests from other machines on a local network: Listen 80

In line 149 DocumentRoot is necessary to specify the path to the local folder containing the pages and files to serve, in your case will be the folder you created in C :/ web_server, would be as follows:
DocumentRoot “C :/ web_server”

Line 177 sets <Directory> permission to the directory above, would be:
<Directory “C:/web_server”>

This is the essential configuration parameters to start using Apache. Saves changes and reboots the server by clicking the notification area icon.

Installation process – very simple Wizard

This is a simple procedure such as installation in most software, just double click on the “Next” and then the program will be installed. See screenshot:

Open the file in MP3 format – which we want to cut

To open the MP3 file, simply go to the File menu, and click ‘Open’. Finding files on hard disk, select, and then click “Open”.

Do the cutting process – the most important

Well, I could be more explicit. Now we have the software installed and at the same time we have opened for editing MP3 file, now proceed to cut.

For this purpose, all we have to do is select the start and end with two buttons:
These buttons are on the menu “Edit”. When we wanted to mark the start, you must click on the button on the left, and to mark the end of with second button.

Well, we have to do is to click the Play button (Play), so the file starts playing when the time came where we want to cut it as we click the button to mark the start, and keep playing until it reaches a point where we want to mark the end. It’s that simple, see how it would be:

With mp3DirectCut software, we have managed to cut MP3 files. So easy and simple procedure.

Now save Selection to MP3 format that has been completed.

Once you’ve cut the file, go to menu “File” and then “Save Selection” and then write the name of the MP3 file of the song that has been cut.

We will analyze the most common cause of why the computer shuts down by itself. What is causing this? The first possibility is usually a problem overheating processor (CPU), this makes prevention mechanism (automatic) to turn off the computer processor.

But there’s more that cause this, we will share the most common causes that often occurs:

1.  Physical components Overheating
Processor (microprocessor) has an automatic mechanism to check the temperature, when the temperature becomes too hot, the computer automatically switched off to prevent further damage.

But more on this issue, what causes the heat from a processor? Poor ventilation, of course. Maybe the fan (called a heatsink or cooling fan) is not functioning properly, and no cooling.

This may be due to dust clogging the fan operation. The most efficient solution is that you will do maintenance to those, wipe them with a vacuum cleaner, brushes and leave them as if they were new.

By the way, to clarify that not only the processor fan, but also could be the motherboard (the motherboard in some components) overheating a lot.

2. Conflicts with some new hardware or damaged
Have you installed any new physical component? Accelerated graphics card? Capture TV ? There may be compatibility conflicts. Try removing these new components, to see if this solves the problem.

It’s not always about new hardware problem, it could be because the components that already on your computer have a problem. All you have to do is verify that the component is damaged, this can be done by testing on another computer.

If you have two RAM modules, try removing one and try installing in another PC, and so on. The idea is to remove what caused the problem. Remember that the physical components of a highly sensitive, do it carefully.

When you discover that your hardware is in good condition but your computer is still in the same state.

Well, it is possible that the virus has infected your system, this virus has been developed with the purpose to shut down or restart the computer automatically. The virus is usually automatically activated when you start any program or melakkan specific activities.

What you can do is to completely clean your system from viruses that exist in it.  To do this you can try scan your computer with antivirus.

I hope this article will help a lot. If anyone knows another reason why the computer is turned off suddenly and frequently, it would be good please share it by all computerhowto blog readers by leaving a simple comment.

1. Go to Control Panel
2. Go to the icon “System”
3. Then click on the tab “Hardware” (XP) in “Device Manager”
4. Select the unknown device driver and double-click
5. Go to the “Details” tab and select Properties “hardware ID”
6. There is, save the four-digit DEV and VEN
7. Login www.pcidatabase.com, under “Search Tools” DEV place your four-digit code.
8. You’ll find lots of results, the search code now see references to your DEV
9. Press Ctrl + F and enter the code in there and then you will find the DEV code you are looking for.
10. They will tell you the name of the device, and even, in many results show the download URL, and if not, you can see the hardware on the internet.

Here is an explanation of some of the details above:

• VEN and DEV: Two important parameters for each of the hardware is the VEN and DEV. VEN is the vendor of the device, the VENDOR is the brand, and DEV  is a device of this manufacturer.
• www.pcidatabase.com is one of the largest databases of hardware
• This series steps can work for Windows XP, Vista, 7.

This is the best way to find the right driver for our unknown device, and even the most successful.
These search results, in many cases, leaving several options, and to know our goal, we will guide by the Vendor Id, click on the name of the manufacturer to show all the device available for this manufacturer.

You see, I’ve done the code search DEV (device) is usually a list of device from the manufacturer, there are many devices, find it, see the description of the chip number and name, and in many cases, a link to the controller

The series of steps described here has a lot to solve the problem of the unknown device and almost always has worked. Of course there are many ways to find a driver for hardware, but with this method, it is the most effective.

But often the user (or client) does not want to reformat their computer for reasons we can’t change, for example, has a management system which the installation is for a single license with a limited time. In that case, you can restore  Windows without formatting, using the steps below :

Remove all processes that start with Windows

Although this step does not seem right, but you must disable any process that starts with Windows, so they do not interfere with execution of this procedure, because there is often sneak viruses or malwares in your PC.
And to do this, I recommend CCleaner, install and open CCleaner and go to the menu “Tools”, find an option called “Startup, where we will remove all processes that start with Windows.

Once you apply this simple step, restart the computer.

Uninstall unnecessary programs like antivirus, toolbars, and so on

With CCleaner, click on the tab “Uninstall”, now remove the programs which we do not need, such as:
Antivirus: Yes, even this is illogical, you need to do what this guide will explain, we need to uninstall completely to avoid interfere with the process, and let the tool works.

Toolbar: A lot of software installed toolbar makes your PC slow, that’s why I recommend you uninstall them without exception

Clearly, once we have removed a series of unnecessary things, let the computer reboot again to continue to implement the third step, which is the most important, because with it, we will remove viruses, and the things that affect

Run a program such as HijackThis, ComboFix and Malwarebytes Anti-malware

This time you will be using the three programs below. You can have this software for free, I will show you where you can download it:

HijackThis : A tool which search for changes in the system caused by viruses and malware, after you do the analysis, it recommended that you check marks everything and fix it. This will not affect device performance, it is completely clean your system. It is compatible with most Windows (7, Vista, XP, etc.), This software is free. You can download here.

ComboFix : This is a super comprehensive program that cleans your system from all types of malware, viruses, spyware, rootkits, etc., automatically execute a series of automated commands, this is the best program available, and always working, this has been tried and has never failed me. It is free from viruses and any other problems that affect Windows, 100% reliable, and it is absolutely free.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware : This is perfect for providing cleaning viruses on our computer, detects malware, viruses, and all things related and you can download it it for free from their own official website

It should be noted that it recommends that runs in the sequence from steps above. Only if asked to restart the computer, restart, but others are not. You can reboot the PC, just as a test from all the above programs is completed. Then, when the system boots, it will be almost free from viruses and you must implement the next step.

Clean the Windows registry with Argente Registry Cleaner

In this steps we’re cleaning the windows registry but we can not do as thorough of the Windows registry. This is because the system registry is a database where information is stored that will make changes to your PC, as a key (or “word”), with a structure that I think is quite susceptible.

It is for this reason, it is very important for clean up invalid registry entries, so the operation of the computer is the best. And for this, I highly recommend, for use an application called Argente Registry Cleaner. Is a free program in Spanish. You can download it here.

Do maintenance to the computer using CCleaner

Well, after you clean the Windows Registry, fixing the invalid entries, we will now proceed for do the maintenance for Windows with CCleaner. CCleaner has become my favorite and most recommended programs in this case due for clean up unnecessary files on the operating system.

Install a good antivirus and update every day for prevention.

And to finish this article, I recommend installing a good antivirus update for now. In my case, I use Avira AntiVir, which I think is the best. In this post I talked about all the benefits of the program and its salient features.

Many laptop owners face the fact that laptops are often hang and slow. The most common cause of this problem is the laptop overheating. This is often due to the fact that old laptop cooling fan is clogged by dust or something else. If the fan and heat sink cooling system is dusty – then this will reduce the cooling efficiency, and cause some noise.

To repair this, you need to clean the notebook from dust. If you have time and chance, it is better to entrust the service center. But if you do not want to contact the service center – you should do this procedure manually.

Let’s get started.

To clean the laptop cooling system we will need :

- A screwdriver to remove the cover and the fan

- Napkins or fabric, and possibility of required compressor or a can of compressed air to blow dust from the heatsink

- Lubrication the fan (anything but wanted to make it thick and does not spread quickly)

First of all we have to pull out the plug from the laptop power supply, and removing the battery. Remove the cover:

When the cover is removed, find the fan, unscrew the bolt:

Remove the impeller. It can sometimes be removed without much effort, and sometimes it holds pieces of plastic. To remove the the impeller in this case, you can remove the sticker on the back side with a needle and gently lift the puck. With the puck must be neat. It is very easy to lose. Then take the the impeller:

Clean the the impeller shaft with a tissue and provide a little lubrication.

Now, there is quite an important phase – removal the dust from the heatsink. To do this, I recommend using a brush, dry fabrics, a can of compressed air or a compressor. In extreme cases, you can have a vacuum cleaner or blow with full force. The goal is simple – to blow a gap between the plates remove all the dust. That may seem like a clogged sink (these two photos taken from the site azbooki.ru): All the the dust and other dirt is cleaned out.

As result, it should be obtain a clean cooler. When you are finished, collect all of it, tighten all the bolts and put the battery.

This is the one of popular screensavers nowadays which is can be downloaded for free. This totally free fire screensaver already downloaded more than a million and they are really liked it. It gained a long list of awards on the majority of well-known internet websites, popular application resources and specialized resources devoted to totally free screensavers. Yes, the fire consuming your desktop will not be real, however it would be the most realistic example of a flame screen saver you could ever see on your display screen.

The vivid nature on the realistic fire was perfectly transferred to your computer system within a secured yet still really spectacular style. Sparkling tongues of flame are lustily devouring a background wallpaper of the desktop, creating smoke and heat. Real-life flame sounds (a selection of 9 is provided) add even more to the atmosphere, whilst the optimized core tends to make sure it is actually your desktop will burn out, not your CPU.

Download fire screensaver for free, from this page

Today I got a problem on the Canon printer models 1880. Problems that arise are as follows:

1. Error “Ink cartridge cannot be recognized ” on before the printing process.
2. Blinking LED. 5x LED blinking orange then green LED blinks 1x.

I have tried some actions to solve this problem:

1. Reset printer cartridge
2. Clean the connectors on the cartridge board

Result: Negative, the problem still occurs.
Final action: Replace the COLOR cartridges, and the problem was resolved.

The same problem with the same solution, may occur in the Canon printer model iP1200, iP1300, iP1600, iP1700 and iP2770.