contact details

Apple & IPOD 800-275-2273
IPhone technical support 1-800-694-7466 - U.S.
Dell 800-624-9896
Dell 888-560-8324
Hp 800-474-6836
Compaq 800-652-6672
Gateway 800-229-1103
Fujitsu 800-831-3183
McAfee US 866-622-3911
UK (0) 2079 490107
AU 800 998 887
Mcrosft US 800-936-5700
UK 870-601-0100
MDG Canada 877-466-3634 (Canada)
Medion 866-633-4660
Maxdata 626-935-0050
Sony 888-476-6972
Gateway 800-846-2301
Acer 800-816-2237
Averatec 877-462-3462
Toshiba 800-457-7777
E Mchines 408-273-0888
Compaq 800-652-6672
iYogi 1866-914-9839
iYogi 1866-242-4609
Comcast 1-866-284-6165
1-866-711-6603
Norton US 800-745-6054
Norton UK +44 (0)20 7616 5600
Linksys Technical Support 800-326-7114
IBM 800-426-7378
Lenovo 800-810-8888 (China)
Educomp 0124-4529000.


NEC Corp (800) 338-9549
Panasonic (800) 527-8675
Gateway (800) 846-2301
Sharp (800) 237-4277
HP (800) 474-6836
Sony (888) 476-6972
Toshiba (800) 457-7777


1-800-213-0992 PRODIGY
1-800-221-9681 ConnectUp
1-800-232-4944 DIRECT.CA
1-800-232-6895 SPRINT
1-800-243-2037 SPRYNET
1-800-267-5866 JUNO (advertising department)
1-800-291-7889 ACSI.NET
1-800-299-1288 Namesecure
1-800-339-4929 HWAY.NET Hiway Technologies, Inc.
1-800-348-8011 MCI
1-800-352-7420 FLASH.NET
1-800-352-7434 FLASH.NET
1-800-356-3638 CyberENET
1-800-368-9314 VIDEOTRON.NET
1-800-380-2447 AGIS
1-800-390-5945 STRUCTURED
1-800-395-8410 EARTHLINK
1-800-395-8425 EarthLink's Business Sales Department
1-800-400-1447 AT&T
1-800-424-3223 IAGNET.NET
1-800-436-4456 IgLou Internet Services
1-800-446-7322 INREACH.COM
1-800-451-1018 ALPHASOFTWARE.COM
1-800-456-6300 ANS.NET Advanced Network and Services, Inc.
1-800-459-4073 Spam Stopper (a commercialy available filtering program)
1-800-463-8123 UUNET.CA
1-800-463-8724 PBI.NET Pacific Bell
1-800-466-5463 AOL
1-800-474-3638 GRIDNET
1-800-475-7840 Bell Atlantic
1-800-539-3505 HALCYON.COM
1-800-555-5641 SPRINT-CANADA.NET (fax)
1-800-563-3271 Call America Internet Services
1-800-565-0567 BELLGLOBAL.COM
1-800-565-2141 ConnectUp
1-800-566-0056 IBM.NET
1-800-567-6789 Bell Atlantic
1-800-582-1253 MCI
1-800-609-1674 COMPUSERVE
1-800-632-7638 BBN
1-800-633-9970 PATHFINDER.COM
1-800-637-4424 IAGNET.NET
1-800-654-5866 JUNO
1-800-665-3633 SPRINT-CANADA.NET
1-800-672-8520 USWEST.NET
1-800-678-2632 Bank of America (a spammer urges you to call them to complain)
1-800-678-5758 MCI (East Coast)
1-800-695-4005 DELPHI
1-800-708-4638 PBI.NET Pacific Bell
1-800-711-5353 JPS.NET
1-800-719-4664 MINDSPRING
1-800-725-2161 U.S. Post Office (number often appears in chain letters)
1-800-728-8471 SAVVIS.COM
1-800-736-1130 SPRINT
1-800-745-2747 CONCENTRIC
1-800-757-8098 ConnectUp
1-800-776-3449 PRODIGY
1-800-784-6512 CLARKNET
1-800-785-6170 WIPC.NET
1-800-801-0118 US.NET
1-800-827-6364 AOL
1-800-841-5433 Life Extension Foundation
1-800-847-2911 VISA (credit card)
1-800-848-8199 COMPUSERVE
1-800-848-8990 COMPUSERVE
1-800-872-3595 @Home (fax)
1-800-873-1914 SPRYNET
1-800-876-9322 WWORLD
1-800-879-6882 PRIMEHOST.COM
1-800-888-6272 MCI (West Coast)
1-800-900-0241 UUNET
1-800-910-4369 AMERITECH.NET
1-800-929-0004 LOA.COM Log On America, Inc.
1-800-942-7726 WEBSPAN.NET
1-800-943-4439 DIGEX
1-800-958-2945 NAP.NET
1-800-967-5363 AT&T Worldnet
1-800-968-7638 IBM
1-800-969-9090 DIGEX
1-800-977-4662 MCI
1-800-992-8668 Los Altos Networks (number seen in a recent revenge spam)
1-800-993-4439 DIGEX
1-800-998-5520 GRIDNET
1-888-203-4439 DIGEX (Dial up Support Team)
1-888-252-7563 CLARKNET
1-888-265-1111 PRIMEHOST.COM
1-888-265-3733 AOL
1-888-266-4767 IPNS.COM
1-88-273-6227 New Age Consulting Service Inc.
1-888-276-9999 AHNET.NET
1-888-356-7726 EARTHLINK
1-888-376-5638 EROLS.COM
1-888-407-9200 @HOME
1-888-456-9675 @HOME
1-888-463-6168 SITEHOSTING.NET
1-888-622-5742 Digital Equipment Corporation
1-888-636-7638 NEOSOFT
1-888-658-8638 UUNET.CA
1-888-662-5274 Blarg! Online Services
1-888-698-4357 NETCOM
1-888-727-4326 RAPIDSITE.NET
1-888-860-3382 MCI
1-888-886-3865 UUNET.CA
1-888-889-0132 CLARKNET (TTY)
1-800-213-0992 PRODIGY
1-800-221-9681 ConnectUp
1-800-232-4944 DIRECT.CA
1-800-232-6895 SPRINT
1-800-243-2037 SPRYNET
1-800-267-5866 JUNO (advertising department)
1-800-291-7889 ACSI.NET
1-800-299-1288 Namesecure
1-800-339-4929 HWAY.NET Hiway Technologies, Inc.
1-800-348-8011 MCI
1-800-352-7420 FLASH.NET
1-800-352-7434 FLASH.NET
1-800-356-3638 CyberENET
1-800-368-9314 VIDEOTRON.NET
1-800-380-2447 AGIS
1-800-390-5945 STRUCTURED
1-800-395-8410 EARTHLINK
1-800-395-8425 EarthLink's Business Sales Department
1-800-400-1447 AT&T
1-800-424-3223 IAGNET.NET
1-800-436-4456 IgLou Internet Services
1-800-446-7322 INREACH.COM
1-800-451-1018 ALPHASOFTWARE.COM
1-800-456-6300 ANS.NET Advanced Network and Services, Inc.
1-800-459-4073 Spam Stopper (a commercialy available filtering program)
1-800-463-8123 UUNET.CA
1-800-463-8724 PBI.NET Pacific Bell
1-800-466-5463 AOL
1-800-474-3638 GRIDNET
1-800-475-7840 Bell Atlantic
1-800-539-3505 HALCYON.COM
1-800-555-5641 SPRINT-CANADA.NET (fax)
1-800-563-3271 Call America Internet Services
1-800-565-0567 BELLGLOBAL.COM
1-800-565-2141 ConnectUp
1-800-566-0056 IBM.NET
1-800-567-6789 Bell Atlantic
1-800-582-1253 MCI
1-800-609-1674 COMPUSERVE
1-800-632-7638 BBN
1-800-633-9970 PATHFINDER.COM
1-800-637-4424 IAGNET.NET
1-800-654-5866 JUNO
1-800-665-3633 SPRINT-CANADA.NET
1-800-672-8520 USWEST.NET
1-800-678-2632 Bank of America (a spammer urges you to call them to complain)
1-800-678-5758 MCI (East Coast)
1-800-695-4005 DELPHI
1-800-708-4638 PBI.NET Pacific Bell
1-800-711-5353 JPS.NET
1-800-719-4664 MINDSPRING
1-800-725-2161 U.S. Post Office (number often appears in chain letters)
1-800-728-8471 SAVVIS.COM
1-800-736-1130 SPRINT
1-800-745-2747 CONCENTRIC
1-800-757-8098 ConnectUp
1-800-776-3449 PRODIGY
1-800-784-6512 CLARKNET
1-800-785-6170 WIPC.NET
1-800-801-0118 US.NET
1-800-827-6364 AOL
1-800-841-5433 Life Extension Foundation
1-800-847-2911 VISA (credit card)
1-800-848-8199 COMPUSERVE
1-800-848-8990 COMPUSERVE
1-800-872-3595 @Home (fax)
1-800-873-1914 SPRYNET
1-800-876-9322 WWORLD
1-800-879-6882 PRIMEHOST.COM
1-800-888-6272 MCI (West Coast)
1-800-900-0241 UUNET
1-800-910-4369 AMERITECH.NET
1-800-929-0004 LOA.COM Log On America, Inc.
1-800-942-7726 WEBSPAN.NET
1-800-943-4439 DIGEX
1-800-958-2945 NAP.NET
1-800-967-5363 AT&T Worldnet
1-800-968-7638 IBM
1-800-969-9090 DIGEX
1-800-977-4662 MCI
1-800-992-8668 Los Altos Networks (number seen in a recent revenge spam)
1-800-993-4439 DIGEX
1-800-998-5520 GRIDNET
1-888-203-4439 DIGEX (Dial up Support Team)
1-888-252-7563 CLARKNET
1-888-265-1111 PRIMEHOST.COM
1-888-265-3733 AOL
1-888-266-4767 IPNS.COM
1-888-273-6227 New Age Consulting Service Inc.
1-888-276-9999 AHNET.NET
1-888-356-7726 EARTHLINK
1-888-376-5638 EROLS.COM
1-888-407-9200 @HOME
1-888-456-9675 @HOME
1-888-463-6168 SITEHOSTING.NET
1-888-622-5742 Digital Equipment Corporation
1-888-636-7638 NEOSOFT
1-888-658-8638 UUNET.CA
1-888-662-5274 Blarg! Online Services
1-888-698-4357 NETCOM
1-888-727-4326 RAPIDSITE.NET
1-888-860-3382 MCI
1-888-886-3865 UUNET.CA
1-888-889-0132 CLARKNET (TTY)

# Microsoft Customer Service and Support,
(800) MICROSOFT (642-7676). 1800-936-5700 (In Canada, call (877)568-2495.)
Microsoft Customer Service hours of operation: - Monday through Friday,
5:00 AM - 9:00 PM Pacific Time / Saturday and Sunday, 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM Pacific Time

Disable useless Vista Features

If you installed Vista yourself and have experience installing previous Windows OSes, you surely noticed that Vista hardly asks any questions about your computer—and what you plan to do with it—than did prior OSes. Windows Vista makes all kinds of assumptions about your computing habits and the features you may or may not need, and it inevitably installs some overhead that you simply don't need. You can get rid of it. Windows XP had the Add/Remove Windows Features button in the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet, and Vista has something like it.

1. Open Control Panel and click Uninstall a Program to launch Vista's Uninstall or Change a Program Window. In the Tasks pane on the left, click Turn Windows Features On or Off.
2. Check the list of features. Each feature is preceded by a checkbox which, if filled, indicates the feature is installed. If you hover the mouse over a feature, a help tooltip appears to tell you what it is.

   Do you really need Windows Meeting Space or Tablet PC components?

3. Uncheck any feature you don't need. Some of the features are headings with a sub-list below them; just click the little + sign to expand.

For my gaming system, I've purged everything except:

• Some of the games
• XPS Viewer (under .NET Framework 3.0)
• Remote Differential Compression (a network optimizer)
• Windows Ultimate Extras

Note that when you uncheck features, you're not removing these features from your system; you're simply turning them off so they don't sit in the background eating up resources. You can turn any of them back on by invoking this window and filling the checkboxes.

Fast Shutdown Faster Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Vista

CODE

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\
REG_SZ WaitToKillAppTimeout = 10000
REG_SZ AutoEndTasks = 1
REG_SZ HungAppTimeout = 5000

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
REG_SZ WaitToKillServiceTimeout = 10000

If you getting tired of everytime have to clicking Start menu, and then click on Turn Off Computer, and then still have to click on Turn Off or Restart or Log Off in order to log off, restart or shut down your computer, and feel that it’s time wasting, you can create a one-click shortcut that allows the user to shutdown or restart Windows, or go into standby or hibernate mode, with just a single click on the shortcut itself. Best of all, the shortcut can be put at any place – desktop, Quick Launch bar, or Start Menu, and can even launch the shutdown or restart process from command line or command prompt.

In order to shutdown or restart the Windows with just one click shortcut or from command prompt or command line, users can use shutdown command line utility/command that comes with Windows 2000 (with the Resource Kit installed) and Windows XP or Windows Vista (native). To access shutdown command, simply go to DOS command prompt by clicking on Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt or Start -> Run and then type in Cmd to launch a command prompt window.

To create a one-click shortcut to shutdown the Windows computer, right click on your desktop or any folder (or click at File at toolbar), and then select New, and then click on Shortcut. A New Shortcut wizard will ask for location of this item. In the textbox, type “shutdown -s -t 01″ (without quotation marks). Click on Next when done. When ask for a name for the shortcut, give any descriptive name you prefer, such as Shutdown. Then click on Finish, and you can now use the shortcut created to shut down PC immediately after click.

If you want to create a shortcut that quick restart the Windows instead of shutting down the computer, follow the above instruction, but “shutdown -s -t 01″, key in “shutdown -r -t 01″ for location of this item. Again, give a proper descriptive name to the shortcut, such as Restart, and the shortcut is ready to be used to restart the Windows right after click.

As in the shutdown command above, -s parameter will shutdown the computer, while -r will shutdown and restart the computer
. -t 01 set the timeout or time to lapse in seconds for a shut down or restart to begin. By default, if no -t argument is specified, shutdown command will wait for 30 seconds countdown before shutdown or restart. The best part for shutdown command is that it can abort a system shutdown, by using -a as the option for shutdown, i.e. “shutdown -a”. There are other options or parameters that available, and users can view all of the flags with “shutdown /?” command at command prompt.

The options available for shutdown are:

No arguments : Display this message (same as -?)
-i : Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l : Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s : Shutdown the computer
-r : Shutdown and restart the computer
-a : Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername : Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx : Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c “comment” : Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f : Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy : The reason code for the shutdown