Whats happening now...

It has been a few weeks since I posted anything but as I said I would be taking some classes for MSSQL. I have finished the first round of classes and won't be taking another until October so I will have some time to bring things up to date.
Where to start..
First I want to thank the people that have supported my efforts to get AA1 Consulting Computer Repair Services off the ground. The customers have been great and have been referring their friends and family members to me and I really do appreciate that.I am offering 25% discount for future tech support sessions for anyone that refers someone to me and they use my service. A real incentive to spread the word about a computer support company you can count on!
Classes were..a little disappointing. I have used New Horizons in the past to keep abreast of new technological advances but this time was not as complete as previous classes I have taken with them. MSSQL is a very complex database program and I felt that the material was rushed through without ample time to completely understand the concepts. I am not new to SQL but I was using MSSQL 2005 for the first time and there was virtually no time spent on the interface..that is to say..where are things located in the menu structure. Covering 2 or 3 chapters per day in a 700 page book was daunting to say the least, so I have been self studying the MS curriculum kit I bought last year to try to fill in the holes. However, I feel that is why I took the classes..to fill in the holes. Often times when a new concept was introduced, by the time I could begin to grasp it and formulate a question in regards to the subject, the instructor had already moved on, he never asked if anyone had a questions.
So, I am dubious about sitting for the exam..I just do not feel I was prepared enough by the class.
Aside from that..just trying to get through this depression as we all are.. they are calling it a recession, but I haven't seen things this bad since the mid 70's.

So,Let's have a nice round of applause for Wall Street and all the government entities that let us down!

Setting up your home network.

I will assume for the purpose of this discussion that you have already installed your network adapter.






To verify that the PC is getting a valid Ip address,open a command prompt by clicking Start,Run and type "cmd" in the run dialog box. At the prompt type "ipconfig /all"





And you will be able to see the "IP Address" field in the results. The IP address isn't as important as the fact that all the computers on your network get the same "range" of addresses, ie; 10.10.1.1,10.10.1.2 or 192.168.1.2,192.168.1.3 etc. Like your postal address, every PC needs to have a unique address or it will not be able to communicate on the network or "duplicate address' errors will result. Once you have established that the PC's are all getting proper addressing, try to "ping" another PC and see if you get a reply,like this:
If the PC is getting communication with the other PC you will see replies like in the graphic.
So now they are talking to one another..lets "map a network drive"...Right click on "my computer" on your desktop and select"map a network drive"




When you click on "map a network drive" a dialog box opens which allows you to "browse" your network for shared resources. Now on the PC that you are trying to access you must allow sharing of that resource or nothing will show up in your list.



And now you should see your shared drive and be able to connect. I hope this tutorial was useful, if you have any questions visit me on my website AA1 Consulting Computer Services and use the chat feature..I am on and available to help most days. If I am unavailable, email me at support@aa1consulting.com. Thanks for stopping by!!

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Hello all

Getting ready to start school..as soon as I get the paperwork all together. I went to New Horizons to get my MCSE and I see no reason not to go back to them. I thought everything they taught was relevant and helped me to pass the exams. I only need two exams for MS certified database admin so, I'm going for it! I'll keep you posted

I have been logging into Forums making myself known and I think it's working. I have been seeing many hits at my site while I ma in those forums and whenever I post I always add my website url..hey, if you don't blow your own horn, who will,right? Anyhow, I've been thinking about changing the website look and feel, but maybe its too soon. I quantify the page constantly and it has all the things that make up a good website(in Google's eyes anyway)..so keep your eyes open..I may just go ahead and change it..thank goodness for style sheets! I guess thats it this week,If anyone has anything, let me know. I'll be glad to help.

Enable file and print sharing in Windows XP

File and Printer sharing is used for sharing printers and files. In addition, a special share, called the admin$ share is used to remotely manage and install software on Windows XP systems. By default file sharing is blocked in the firewall. What do you need to do to get this working under Windows XP?


1. Open the control panel. You will find this by clicking on start, then settings, and then control panel. Click on the icon that says “Network and Internet Connections”



2. Once you are in there. Click on the icon that says “Network Connections”


3. Now you will find your network cards listed here. You will need to right click on the card you want to enable file sharing. Select the properties menu


4. Go to the advanced tab, and click on settings



5. Go to the exceptions menu and make sure file and printer sharing is checked.



6. Click OK. Stay in the “Network Connections” Folder click on the tools menu, and select “Folder Options…”


7. Go to the view tab. Scroll down and make sure “Use simple file sharing” is unchecked.


8. Click OK. Sharing is now on



One other important note. Make sure you have set a password, or you will always get an access denied message when trying to connect to a remote machine.
To share a printer

1. Go to the printers folder

2.Select the printer you want to share.

3.Right click and select "sharing".
4.Click the "Sharing" tab and select"Share this printer". In the share name window, give it any name you like that users can easily find on the network.

And thats it,I hope that this tutorial was helpful.Please visit me on the web at AA1  Consulting

The fight continues to get my web site noticed...

So my Alexa rank has improved almost 2 million..so I must be doing something right. Still nothing from Google, but its like being a flea on the back of a huge gorilla! I continue to register with directories, seem to be no end to them...hundreds and hundreds of them.
Something else I'm finding adds to your visibility is to post in forums. Apparently the SE's see them as quality links, I've only posted in a few and several SE's have taken notice, most notably Yahoo and Ask Jeeves.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the business I'm in the "bounce rate" is rather high. I'm not positive if that' s strictly a Google term but what it means is, OK..you've gotten a visitor to your site..do they explore the site or just bounce off to something else. I'm hovering somewhere between 46 and 100% which means less than half the folks that find me find it interesting enough to explore beyond the first page. So what I've done is take the content from another page further into the site and moved it to the first page..actually it's allot of my musings that you're looking at right now. My reasoning is that while this blog is a great thing, many people may not do the blog thing, but I still feel what I have to say is relevant and adds to the quality of the content of my main web page. Of course, that's yet to be seen.
I have been reading a great deal on optimization techniques and went thru my main page step by step and adjusted things per the research that I found. That alone is what I credit my Alexa ranking improvement to..after following the advice I found and implementing it to the web site, my Alexa score rose immediately! Format and word placement counts!! Who knew!
Something else I'm having a problem with and I hope if SOMEONE reads this maybe they could shed some light on it..but I am using "XHTML Transitional" and any, and I mean any, scripts I add from advertisers or banner sharing folks causes my W3C validation to go right out the window! I had to change from "Strict" because it was just too difficult to get everyone to play together nicely. Disappointing since I had gone to such great lengths to make sure it was compliant. Suggestions welcome!

Oh and by the way...if anyone would like to brain storm on SEO stuff I am definitely open to that kind of collaboration. And linking each others sites couldn't hurt either!!

More web Site building things that I have discovered...

While manually going to the search engines and registering with them is the best way to get indexed by them, it by no means is the most efficient. Since there are dozens of search engines, one can see how this is a very time consuming process. There are services that will register you with a great number of search engines(here after to be known as SE's)in one operation, but be prepared to pay for that service.
The second part of this process, as I see it is to register your site with directories. There are HUNDREDS of directories and suffice it to say registering one at a time will eat up days and days of your life. Did I mention that SEO is a very long drawn out process..don't expect immediate results..it just doesn't work that way. You need a great deal of patience and then ...a great deal more patience!
I used a application that lists directories and after entering the information that one would use to register with a directory..URL,your name,keywords and a brief description of your site, will automatically enter the information on each directory..but not until you manually begin the registering process from within the application. Still laborious, but much better than finding each site and typing the info in one site at a time.Its called Directory Submitter find it here. The free version of course has some limitations but you'll find it very useful.jbpma7dz25