Ridgerunner Consulting

I've got a professional blog! Whoohooo! Obviously, it needs substantial customization to accurately portray the cute and stylish yet functional and impressive work that I do

It's nice to have my website back up. It's been down since at least Nov. 30. I had it on a Lotus Notes/Domino platform for a long time but needed to move it for a variety of reasons. I got distracted by other work and holidays, and then for a while it just seemed like an overwhelmingly large project. No longer! Now I can post about stuff I've learned, stuff you should know and more.

Many of my clients use AVG, a free antivirus published by Grisoft. If you've been getting notices that your copy is out of date, please go here:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free and download this file:
download this file:

avg75free_432a904.exe

Choose "Save" and choose the desktop as the place to save it to.

When it's done downloading, it'll ask you again if you want to run it, say yes.

Grisoft also offers one of the best antispyware options around, AVG Anti-Spy. The 30-day free trial can be downloaded from http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-spyware-free
The free trial runs on a schedule and downloads its own updates, but only for 30 days. It's great for cleaning up problems with your computer, though.

Microsoft is taking some small steps to protect Windows-using consumers from ad- & spy-ware with Windows Defender, a light always-on system protector. Go here to download:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

http://www.tigerdirect.com/static/html/10-tips-healthy-PC-article.html from www.TigerDirect.com, a great source for computers, parts and accessories.

As long as I'm making recommendations...

Please don't buy Dell printers - you have to buy the ink through Dell and it's very expensive. I know the offers they show you while you pick out a computer are tempting, but they're not worth it!

Thank you.