Do It Yourself Personal Computing

Monday, June 28, 2010

Dowload Firefox: Still the best browser by far

Mozilla firefox 3.6.6  is still the best browser by far. Try it and you will never use the IE again. Trust me I am already hooked.
There is still umlimited potential to personalize your browsing experience which is the most important attribute of firefox. Then the security and speed is exceptional.
The Web is all about innovation, and Mozilla continues to set the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.
User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The "Awesome Bar," tells you your location instantly and it is easy to learn to use as, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time.
Performance. Firefox is built on top of the powerful and revolutionary new Gecko platform, resulting in  safest, easiest browser with unlimited personalization products.
Security. Firefox raises the bar for security. New anti-malware and anti-phishing security features helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware keeping people safe on the Web.
Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons.I personally like the add-on that shows you the ip of the sever and also the one that shows the flag of the country where the server is located. It is amazing to know it bit about where you are when you browse the limitless globe. You are not lost anymore.

Try firefox today!
Firefox 3.6.6

Friday, June 11, 2010

How to recover your Google App password

As a freelance web designer you may find that you have lost the url Google sent you through which you can open and set up mail boxes or for some reason you find that you have lost your Google Apps password here is a simple way to reset it without contacting Google Support directly.

In this case I set up a domain purchased through Google checkout for someone. Google normally sends an introductory or welcoming email to you admin email box used during the checkout. This email contains links and support information on how to open and configure several Google Apps bundled with the domain purchase. If you loose this mail it could be hard for you to get access to your Google Apps email set up. A simple way to gain access to and set up you Google Apps email is as follows:

  • Go to Google Apps homepage www.google.com/a
  • Enter you domain name in the space for returning users
  • Select manage this domain from the drop down
  • hit go
  • Because your domain is set up to use Google Apps but is not yet set up, the page will display a link to reset your password if required.
  • Select to reset your password and hit  enter
  • Google will now automatically send a reset user name and password to the default admin email for that domain
  • Log to your email and follow the links to reset your password
  • For blogger the username is by default “bloggeradmin”, however, you will find that the email for bloggeradmin will not work properly. You may never be able to access the mail box for bloggeradmin. Google would have to figure that one out.
  • Enjoy
  • If you are the domain admin and you forgotten your password the same process would also reset your password and send a new password to the default email. Only this time you do this from the sign on page by clicking the ‘cannot access account’ link.