Here are a few reasons for a failing hard drive:

# You may start to notice intermittent read/write failures
# The hard drive LED light never goes off
# Unexplained crashes of your operating system
# Running CHKDSK shows bad sectors
# The hard drive takes a long time to come up
# Accessing, opening, or saving files are taking an awfully long time

At this point you will want to:

# Make sure you have a BACKUP of your data!
# Perform a test on your hard drive to check for possible failure

Read more here:

http://www.win7articles.com/how-to-check-your-hard-drive-for-possible-failure.html

Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

What if I told you that there was a way for you to watch all of your favorite shows, along with news, sports, movies, and even dozens of music stations… all for a one time fee that’s less than half of what you currently pay for cable? (And yes, it’s 100% legal!)

The internet changed the way you work, shop, book travel, and spend your free time. Now, your computer can revolutionize the way you enjoy watching television, too. Imagine: no more cable or satellite bills, no hardware to install, no worrying about bandwidth limits- just thousands of channels and crystal clear picture and sound quality.

With Satellite Direct, you get unlimited 24/7 access to over 3,500 channels. That’s thousands more than cable TV, including dozens of hard to find international channels, as well as all the best premium, movie, sports, news, and music programming. And unlike traditional satellite television, you don’t need to worry about expensive equipment or heavy satellite dishes. In fact, you don’t even have to wait for installation at all! Our easy to use software can be downloaded in about a minute… meaning you are only 60 seconds away from great television, without paying another cable bill ever again.

If you have a computer and an internet connection, you have the ability to cancel your cable company today, and begin enjoying thousands of premium channels right away. Or simply have both!

What would you expect to pay for technology that allows you to access the best that television has to offer? Even spending several hundred dollars on a one time fee would add up to thousands of dollars in savings when compared to the thousands you will likely spend on cable subscription services over the next few years.

But for a limited time, Satellite Direct is offering their revolutionary software at the unbelievable price of only $49.95. That’s about half the average monthly cost of cable… for a lifetime of television service!

AND as this is an Internet based service you can be in any country to use it.

More here: http://www.updatexp.com/SatelliteTV

Regards

Marc Liron

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CyberLink today launched the latest in its award-winning DVD player software CyberLink PowerDVD 9. PowerDVD 9 enriches the movie experience, providing HD-like quality from standard-definition DVD movies.

The following features have been added to PowerDVD version 9:

- TrueTheater Technology up-scales DVD for playback on HD displays

- Cinema Mode provides seamless Blu-ray playback to Microsoft Windows Media Center PCs

- Up-to 8-channel high-definition audio is supported for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound
systems

- FancyView enables easier, more pleasurable navigation of DVD titles, chapters and movie information.

- Library features allow information to be stored about both DVD and Blu-ray titles

Read more here:

http://www.updatexp.com/dvd-decoder.html

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
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Whether you are running Windows XP or Windows Vista. There are times when we all want to use our PCs to play our favourite DVDs, and the newer BlueRay Discs, for entertainment and relaxation.

Then a DVD decoder from leading software vendors CyberLink or Corel may be what you need!

You also have the option to choose a simple Windows Media Player plugin too…

Read more here: DVD Decoder

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP

http://www.updatexp.com/xp-driver-scan.html

Driver Scanner is the perfect solution for automatically updating drivers, saving you the hassle of having to identifying all your system’s drivers, then find updates for them using, before then downloading them from the manufacturer’s website.

Driver Scanner scans your PC’s drivers and checks them against our comprehensive library of the latest drivers, to give you a full list of all those that need to be updated. With single click simplicity Driver Scanner will then install each update on your PC.

But what’s more, Driver Scanner will also backup all your drivers to an external device, meaning that the next time you reinstall your system you can load up all your latest drivers, from one place.

Download the FREE trial now and perform a quick Driver Update scan of your computer now.

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP

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Vendors are always improving their windows vista drivers and making sure you have the latest one, for ALL your devices is time consuming. If you are technically savvy you can use the device driver to manually check each device driver is up to date.

…or you can manually check vendor websites for available updates, but this takes time and can be a very frustrating process. (With so many device drivers installed on your system you cannot reasonably keep track of which Vista drivers have been updated.)

The alternative is to use a piece of software to do ALL THE WORK for you!

Software like DriverScanner 2009 will:

# Keep your PCs drivers updated and your system fully functional…
# DriverScanner scans and backs up ALL your EXISTING drivers….
# Looks for recent updates, downloading and installing them all in a few simple clicks…

…Trouble Free driver maintenance!

Click here for free instant Windows Vista driver scan of your computer:

www.scanfordrivers.com

You never know how many drivers on your PC will need updating – for instance usb, modem, audio, ethernet, printer etc…

Kind Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

A new income opportunity from Adobe is born!

After waiting for 3 years Adobe have now finally released a version of Adobe Acrobat
that supports the embedding and linking of Flash video in the PDF format.

This has “HUGE” implications for the Internet Marketer wanting to engage with prospects and customers alike.

By using .FLV and .SWF files (..even H.264) you can make your eBooks, product guides, PDF newsletters, etc, come alive!

The following in-depth article, complete with real examples of video in PDF, will have you reaching for your keyboard…

Here is the link:

www.marcliron.com/adobe-acrobat-9-and-flash-video.html

I really hope it helps!

Kind Regards

Marc Liron
IT Consultant & Microsoft MVP
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T: +44 (0)1522 560037

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Offer valid from 1 July – 31 August, 2008; valid on standard ground shipping in the US and Canada only.

Use coupon code SHIP4FREE at checkout ONLY via the link below:

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Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

Want to turn your Windows Media Player 11 software into a DVD player on your PC/Laptop?

With the installation of a small “plugin” that is exactly what you can do!

Both COREL and Cyberlink have a Windows Media Player 11 DVD Decoder available.

You can view the choices available for your DVD Player for Windows Media here.

Leave a comment if you require any help.

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP

URL: http://www.updatexp.com/dvd-player-for-windows-media.html

Corel WinDVD 9 is the world’s leading DVD and video playback software delivering superior audio and video quality in a stylish and easy-to-use application. With broad format support, state-of-the-art quality enhancement technologies and unique features for watching movies on the go, WinDVD 9 sets the standard for the best entertainment experience on your laptop and desktop PC.

Read more about the new features of: Corel WinDVD 9

…especially the ability to Upscale and Time Stretch your DVDs !!!

Enjoy.

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
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Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
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But do you ever get tired of downloading a brush set, copying it into the Photoshop folder, loading up Photoshop, switching to the brush tool, opening the brush palette, only to find you don’t even like the brushes!

Wouldn’t it be better if there were a quick way to check how the brushes looked before hand?

Well Robert Redwood thought so too, but looking around he couldn’t find any utility that really fitted the bill.

So he created one!

Here is a screenshot:

Here is the download link:

http://www.easyelements.com/abrview.html

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.databucketpro.com

No reinstallations, only a few mouse clicks – and there you are up and running again! With Acronis True Image 11, data loss is no threat anymore!

Perform backup in the background, without interrupting other operations! Reduce downtime, getting back to work while restoration is in progress! Make scheduled backups and save them in Acronis Secure Zone, which is a protected partition accessed with Acronis utilities only. The XP-like interface of Acronis True Image makes it even easier to implement backup and restore operations.

See the list of new Acronis True Image 11 features to make sure that this software does meet your backup needs:

Try&Decide – explore the web, download new programs and open e-mail attachments without putting your machine at risk

Archive Encryption – an extra level of protection for your backup archives

Privacy Protection – be able to erase data so that it won’t be recovered by anyone else

System State Backup – backup your system as it is at a given moment

Exclude files and folders from backup – optimize backup and storage

Automatically maintained catalog of backup locations – makes it simpler to manage your backup archives

Search for file in all archives – easily find and extract any file from your backup archive set
Message-level Outlook data restore – restore your Outlook e-mails

BUT HURRY!

The 20% OFF coupon expires on the 31st October 2007

http://www.instantvista.com/coupons.html

(I have even posted a TRIAL download so you can take a look before you buy!)

Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.databucketpro.com

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