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Note: This website will be in transition for a while. I closed my computer business December 23, 2009. I 'm taking college courses and running the business was taking up too much of my time and the business was not making a profit. I will also be removing or updating computer related issues as my time permits. Considering this, please forgive me if some very old computer information remains here until I decide what can be thrown away and what should be updated.

What You Will Find On This Web Site

This web site includes information, and links to information, about computers, computer hardware, (such as modems, motherboards, CPU/processors, memory, sound cards, power supplies, cases, fans, etc.), and computer soft ware, (such as the Linux operating system, the Windows operating system, browsers such as, Arena, Amaya, Arachne, Internet Explorer, NCSA Mosaic, Netscape Communicator, Net-Tamer, and Opera), and pages devoted to information describing common computer problems and solutions or links to solutions. Also included is a directory to most businesses in downtown Middletown, New York, links to political resources in Orange County, New York and Middletown, New York, information and links to information about the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad, the office of which is located in Middletown, New York, the former Erie Railroad stations that are located in Middletown, New York, and other items related to Middletown, New York.


New! Windows Tweaks and Protection July 26, 2004- New page (click here) linking to software that tweaks and protects Microsoft Windows operating systems. AntiVirus - AntiSpyware - Browsers - Firewall - Internet Connection Optimizer - PopUp Stopper.

New New links added under Linux and Etc. May 29, 2004 - New links to news about SCO's fight against Linux have been added under Links > Linux below. New link to WiFi Hotspots has been added under Links > Etc. below.

New link added under Links, Etc, (below), to the website of the New York State Education Department School Report Cards for New York State public schools - Evaluations of New York State public schools.

Another new link added - 11/07/02 - under Links, Etc, (below), to my pages - about two categories of bicycle that have been around for over a century with little change - the 3 speed English Roadster and the 3 speed English Sports bicycles. In the U.S. they have been improperly called English racing bikes. They are really not racing bikes but they probably got that name because they were so much easier to ride and therefore faster than the balloon tire bikes that were popular in the U. S. when 3 speed bikes began being imported in quantity from England. Since I have been adjusting and repairing them for the last 42 years, 33 years professionally (getting paid for it), the last 26 years working in the bike shop at Bob Lounsbury Sporting Goods, I decided to write a few pages about them.

For my pages about 3 speed bicycles click hereBicycles

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What Have Bicycles Got to do With Computers?
 
 

Links
 Linux Windows
Linux - A superior, stable, freely distributed operating system for server, desktop, notebook, and other devices. Windows - Links relating to the Microsoft Windows Operating System.
What Linux looks like - Screenshots of Linux on a desktop. Image Viewers - Eyebrowse Shell Picture.
The GIMP - Graphic Image Manipulation Program - GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program
With this program you can modify images and even easily save them in a different format.
Explor2000 - A file manager that does more than Windows Explorer, looks similar to the file manager that came with Windows 3.1, works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and combines the qualities of Windows Explorer, Winfile, Norton Commander, and XT Gold for DOS.
Linux Distributions. Software 602 Suite - Free Office Suite that can be used in place of Microsoft Office
Desktops and Window Managers for Linux.  The GIMP - Graphic Image Manipulation Program - GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program
The Gimp for Windows is the same as it is for Linux
Other Linux Information
New!Windows Tweaks and Protection - Protect Windows from Viruses, Spywear, and popups. Optimize your dialup, cable, or DSL connection.
New Why is SCOfighting Linux? - What Brian Proffitt, managing editor of Linux Today thinks. Click here .
New!Belarc Advisor - gives you a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware.


Hardware Etc.   
Computers Contact
Who has the fastest CPU - On this page there's a link to a page that rates  real CPU speeds.
News - Computer related, local, and general news links.
Winmodems- These are also called software modems or controllerless modems and are still not as good as hardware modems, (also called controller-based modems). Controllerless modems are half the price of a hardware modem and if your computer can even use one it will be slower than a hardware modem. Avoid them.
Middletown, NY Local Links

New! Photographs of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct, Inc. from the Historical Society of Middletown - On Thrall Library's Website - A photographic history of Middletown NY.
New  You don't really want the cheapest computer.  No, you really don't.
Why not? The motherboard is an important part of a computer, and their quality varies widely. If the motherboard isn't good, the computer isn't good.
Here are some sites discussing motherboards from worst to best.
MURC Forums - Lowest Quality Motherboards
on the market?
- A forum discussion.
Bad Motherboards - How to recognise and avoid them.
- A bit dated but history repeats itself. They made some good points that are still applicable.
School Report Cards for New York State Public Schools

- Recent Annual School Academic Performance Records

See how Public Schools in New York State compare.

- click here - for 2001 Report

- click here - for 2002 Report

Better Ink Refills at Lower Prices
These may be the lowest prices on ink for inkjet printers, laser and fax toner, printer and POS ribbons, and fax thermal rolls and cartridges.  Highest Quality and Guaranteed all perform equal to OEM. For price quotes for what isn't listed here email;  jmvernooy@hotmail.com
Three Speed Bicycles - Three Speed Roadsters, Sportsters and new internal hub gear bicycles still make the most sense for most casual riding and commuting. The gears are inclosed where dirt and water can't reach. If the concept weren't over 100 years old it could be mistaken for the best new idea for bicycles in years.



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Amaya , Arachne , Arena , Chimera , Firefox, Internet Explorer , Mozilla, NCSA Mosaic , Netscape Navigator/Communicator , some versions of Net-Tamer , or a text based browser such as Doslynx , Lynx , (test drive Lynx) , some versions of Net-Tamer , and others. In other words, my pages are not browser specific. They are universal, the way the internet was originally designed. (Some versions of Net-Tamer are just text as for a PC-XT, and some versions of Net-Tamer can be set for text-only or graphics capable, for computers above PC-XT level.

Click here for someone else's listing of browsers that is much more extensive than what is listed above.

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   To get the most benefit from a computer, it is necessary to know its proper operation and maintenance. The most important is to read and follow instructions. Then if you can find and follow the instructions you can take care of a computer. As this site grows, will include information to help you solve at least the most easily solved computer problems. Even though I work as a computer consultant, I won't hold knowledge hostage for a profit. The more information that gets out that allows computers to be of greater use, the more computers will be put into use.

   The most important component is the person who can effectively configure and maintain their own computer. That means more than the ability to point and click a mouse button. You should know how to make backups of important data even if you just use your computer for unimportant tasks. You never know when important data will be lost. It could be a text file that you will never need to read. But it is much more likely that it will be a file that the computer cannot run properly without. Hard drives do die. It is not so much a question of if you will experience hard drive failure, but more a question of when. If you have everything backed up, you can just buy a new hard drive, usually many times larger than the one you're replacing for less than the one that you are replacing, then reinstall the operating system, then restore all the data that you had backed up. If you don't back up important data it may be lost, frozen in a hard drive that doesn't work. For that you could employ a data recovery expert for hundreds of dollars in addition to a new hard drive once you have the data back to restore after you have installed the operating system on the new hard drive. But your failure to backup data, then, will have cost you hundreds of dollars extra, will have turned an unpleasant experience into a costly, very unpleasant experience. So backup any important files now, before it is too late.
 

 Information and documents provided on this web site are provided "as is" without any warranty. All tips and solutions have been researched and tested and have worked for me in all instances. They are offered free to be helpful to those who have the required experience to use them. As is always the case, you should make backups of any important data before making any changes to your computer. Even if you are not making any changes, you should make well scheduled backups of any data that you can't afford to lose.

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