Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters January 3rd

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1. Ron says:
   January 3, 2010 at 5:55 pm

   re: Separate Your Data from the Operating System For A More Effective Backup Strategy

   I’ve been on the separate Data drive/partition bandwagon for years. However, I’m not sure about the validity of a separate APPS drive.

   After restoring windows, what about all of those pesky registry entries that programs make when they are being installed? (And forget to remove completely when they are uninstalled!) I thought that most Windows programs wouldn’t run without those registry entries. The obvious registry entries would be file associations, which are easy enough to recreate. But what about app sub modules?

   I haven’t tested the hypothesis. Have you? If yes, could you expand on your experience. What apps (versions) have you tried it with? Which ones worked, which didn’t.

   If most apps work “well enough”, why bother separating apps and data? I could still see having separate directory trees, ie D:\apps\… and D:\data\… . I could see that separating them would speed up backups, but that could also be handled simply by limiting the backups the the appropriate directory trees mentioned above.

   Thanks.
2. James P. Biddle says:
   January 3, 2010 at 5:56 pm

   I used to have the same problems with Verizon DSL. Wwhen Time Warner Cable came out with their highspeed cable internet–I switched.

   The problem with DSL (at least with verizon) it is very sensitive to issues with the phone lines. One of the problems I was having with them was that the modems on their end were sometimes bad and they just have a big problem excepting that. i forced them to run test and everytime it was them who had a failed modem. I see things haven’t changed. I love my cable modem.
3. Andrea says:
   January 3, 2010 at 6:15 pm

   Hello,

   I had a similar issue as the person in your article about her internet connection not working properly. I also have Verizon DSL and, at first, had their modem. After about a year, my connection started dropping constantly, then would be okay again, then drop again, sometimes every few seconds. This went on for some time, even after calling them many times. I’ve also had them come out to my house many times to work on the lines outside. They were unable to figure it out. I did some research on my own, and ended up buying my own combo modem/router, which is a D-Link. After hooking that up, miraculously, my connection was back, better than ever. Some time went by, then suddenly my connection would drop again. The same thing started happening. After a while, I also began to get phone line static. Again, countless times calling them, having people come out..It would work, then not work, etc. One time a techinician said there were crossed lines outside in a box on the phone pole. Other times they always tried to blame it on a problem inside my house with the phone wires. The static just got worse and worse on my phone. Also, anytime someone called me, the internet would drop. It was awful. They put the blame all on me, saying I must need all new lines throughout my house. Then again, suddenly, out of the blue one day…my internet connection worked flawlessly and wouldn’t you know…so did my telephone. No more static, no more dropped internet, and my browsing speed was suddenly much faster than it ever was. Since that day, i’ve not had any problems again. I am betting that one or more people in my neighborhood were having the same issues and they must have fixed something in their lines. Putting the blame on equipment and wires in my house when the problem was in their equipment the whole time. I would put bets on it that the women’s modem is bad or Verizon’s lines are bad.

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