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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

MyAnswers: Cost of using Skype on Telstra 3G service

The following MyAnswers solution 2053 is now available:

How much does it cost to use Skype on the Telstra 3G mobile service to call a landline number?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Thursday, December 23, 2010

MyAnswers: Internet Explorer only saves images as bitmap

The following MyAnswers solution 2038 is now available:

When I go to save a image from the internet which is a png file, Internet Explorer only gives me the option to save the image as a bitmap.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

MyAnswers: Translator application for a blog such as Wordpress.

The following MyAnswers solution 2037 is now available:

Do you know how I go about getting a translator application for my blog ie Wordpress?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

MyAnswers: Create favicon for my site.

The following MyAnswers solution 2036 is now available:

How do I create a favicon.ico file so my image appears when people go to my site?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

MyAnswers: Acrobat PDF file opening in Notepad instead of Acrobat Reader

The following MyAnswers solution 2035 is now available:

I've been playing with Border's digital eBooks and now when I go to open a PDF file it opens using Notepad. How do I fix this?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Monday, December 20, 2010

MyAnswers: Apple iPhone upload files

The following MyAnswers solution 2034 is now available:

The Apple iPhone doesn't allow you to upload files via a web page. I decided to check out the Windows 7 Phone and an Android phone.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Sunday, December 19, 2010

MyAnswers: Google Web Preview

The following MyAnswers solution 2033 is now available:

How to stop Google search results from showing a snippet and the instant preview. (Agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (en-us) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko; Google Web Preview) Version/3.1 Safari/525.13)



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

MyAnswers: Apple iPhone battery capacity

The following MyAnswers solution 2032 is now available:

What is the capacity of the Apple iPhone battery?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Saturday, December 11, 2010

MyAnswers: How I recovered data from a dead HP notebook.

The following MyAnswers solution 2031 is now available:

My notebook computer has died and I'd really like to get my important data off the hard disk. Can you do it for me?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Friday, December 10, 2010

Adding an icon for you site to your Apple iPhone home page with MyAnswers solution 2011

One of the neat tricks with the Apple iPhone I like to show others is how I can add a custom icon for my site to their Apple iPhone. In the captured image of my iPhone you'll see the icons I've created for a number of my sites. You can find all these sites on JustLocal (http://www.justlocal.com.au/).

Now anyone can easily add one of my sites to their home page. Then my site has an easily recognised icon and they can go straight to my site. Adding a link to a site is easy with the iPhone. Making a custom icon appear on the iPhone is the cream on top.

In MyAnswers solution 2011 I provide the changes you need to make to your web page and how to create your custom icon. It is very easy once you know how and requires no special software.

Imagine you're talking to a client. They have an iPhone and they want to know your business details. You ask them if they're happy if you add your site to their home screen on their iPhone and in a couple of steps you are now conveniently located on their iPhone. That's a great way to promote your business.

Now here's an exciting example of how you can add a web site to your iPhone and make money.

I run a service called Virtual Profit Sharing (VPS) where a number of businesses share a generous portion of their profit if you refer business to them. My business is included. It is free to become a Virtual Profit Sharing member. Once you're a VPS member you get a web site link and unique code which lets the business know the referral came from you.

On my iPhone I've added my VPS member link to my home screen. It is the red icon in the top left. Now when a person needs a business card, editing, computer equipment, computer consumables, or a range of other products and services, with a single click, I can go to my VPS member page and pass on the details of the enquiry for a friend or colleague. This helps my friend, the business and I get a bonus for helping both of them.

As an example the other day I was talking to a business owner who wanted a second hand computer as they're computer just died and they wanted something fast and cheap. I clicked on my VPS member icon, selected The Computer Wholesaler, filled out the information with the business owner and sent the referral on helping The Computer Wholesaler and the business owner.

Now you know you can do it, you can get rid of those boring icons that are automatically created when you add your site to your Apple iPhone. Use an exciting custom icon and leave a professional impression of your business.

Kelvin Eldridge

Thursday, December 9, 2010

MyAnswers: Problem after moving Belkin wireless card to another computer

The following MyAnswers solution 2030 is now available:

I took my Belkin wireless card out of one computer and put it in my newer computer. It doesn't work. What have I done wrong?



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

MyAnswers: Locate Link Browser dialogue appears when clicking on link in email client

The following MyAnswers solution 2029 is now available:

A client sent an email to another business and when the receiving  business tried clicking on the link in their signature they'd get the "Locate Link Browser" dialogue instead of going to the internet. This is the advice I provided to me client.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

MyAnswers: Comparison of electric versus petrol car running cost

The following MyAnswers solution 2027 is now available:

Comparison of the costs of running an electric Smartcar compared to running a petrol driven Smartcar.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

MyAnswers: Locate Link Browser dialogue appears when clicking on link in email client

The following MyAnswers solution 2029 is now available:

A client sent an email to another business and when the receiving  business tried clicking on the link in their signature they'd get the "Locate Link Browser" dialogue instead of going to the internet. This is the advice I provided to me client.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

MyAnswers: Google adwords testing results

The following MyAnswers solution 2026 is now available:

Google adwords testing which can be used to assist in determining of Google adwords can work for you.



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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

MyAnswers site now live

The MyAnswers site (http://www.myanswers.biz/) is now live and contains nearly two thousand solutions to problems I've solved in my day-to-day role as a computer consultant. I use the solutions regularly as remembering the level of detail for nearly 2,000 solutions is close to impossible. That saves me time when solving a client's problem which of course saves them money.

The MyAnswers solutions are available for purchase and come with a money back guarantee. If you aren't happy then I'm not happy. My aim with MyAnswers is to assist people to quickly obtain a professional solution to a known problem.

In the near future I'll post each new MyAnswers issue to this blog so that others can follow solutions using the RSS feed.

I look forward to using the solutions to help you save time and money.

Kelvin Eldridge
PS. You can also find MyAnswers on the main page of JustLocal (http://www.justlocal.com.au/).