I would like to add video of myself or staff promoting our business on my website. I would prefer not having to pay a virtual spokesperson company to save some money and change the videos whenever I like. Any suggestions?
That's quite a broad question with a lot of possible answers. There are two primary fields you're describing here : Video production and Web Development. How comfortable are you (or your employees) with either?

Creating a professional looking video is harder than it might first seem, and getting good quality requires an initial investment on some decent equipment. If you don't already have that, you might be looking at a price that's near (or even higher) than a professional's fee for a result that's lower quality. Of course, if you're already familiar with creating decent-looking videos and the technology behind them, this is all a moot point.

The second part of the equation is taking the video and turning it into a web-optimized format that integrates well with the rest of your site. Your main goals here are to make the video look good while maintaining a respectable file size and ensure the video isn't intrusive to the rest of the browsing experience (can be paused or muted, does not immediately go to full screen, and does not break the rest of the page if it doesn't load or loads improperly). Which technologies you employ to display your content will impact these goals quite a bit.

Okay, so that's the overall spiel, now let's talk specifics. I don't hesitate when I recommend Flash as your technology of choice. It's versatile, quick, and one of the most widely used multimedia formats on the web today. Adobe Flash CS 4 is the most recent authoring platform for professional Flash files. It's as pricey as it is powerful, and is only worth the amount of time you expect to invest in it.

This forum thread lists several free and low-end, affordable applications that convert digital movies (AVIs, MPEGs, etc.) into the Flash format FLV. The forum thread can be found here : http://forum.videohelp.com/topic315188.html .

This is a Do-It-Yourself kind of thing, so the more savvy you are, the better the result is going to be. To that end, I suggest you try and enlist the help of someone trustworthy who may be more in-the-know than you (a friend, an employee, a family member) and make it worth their while to give you some help. A crappy video blaring on your website may serve to drive patronage away, rather than attract and encourage them.

If you need more specifics, you're welcome to shoot me an e-mail.

I have the code

<?php wp_swfobject_echo( "data", "width", "heigth"); ?>

but I need to place this code where the word data is:

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'flash-url', $single = true); ?>

when I place it in like this, the inline php does not work, how would go about making this work

Thanks
try:

<?php

$data=get_post_meta($post->ID, 'flash-url', $single = true);

wp_swfobject_echo( "$data", "width", "heigth");
?>

Don't laugh, completely newbie question. This is my first mac, bought a MacBook Pro.

What's the Macintosh HD icon in the corner and what happens if I delete it?
Thats where everything is stored.
If you accidentally delete it, go to the magnifying glass icon on the top right hand side of the screen and type in "Macintosh HD" or Macintosh Hard Drive and when it appears, drag it onto the desktop.
In windows computer thats like the start button.

Macs are great computers, I bought a macbook about a year ago and I ain't ever going back to a windows again. "Once you go mac, you never go back"

Good luck and if you have any other questions, please ask. I will add you to my contacts so I can see if you ask another question about your new mac.
thats your hard drive dont delete and it shudnt let u

I'm trying out the new version of Myspace and I don't know how to make the modules transparent (I want people to see my background)
go to customize profile and select NO THEME

Ok so i have this software from a tablet I bought and I have the option to instal Photoshop elements 6, Corel Painter Essentials 4, Color effex pro 3, and wacom brushes 3.

My questions are: should i install them all? which one(s) will work best for photo editing? will they use alot of space on my computer? how good are they?

I know there are way better versions of this programs, but I have these for free so I might aswell try them no?
Color Effex Pro 3 installs into Photoshop Elements so you have to install Elements first. I'm not sure about Wacom Brushes 3. Both Elements and Essentials use brushes. Elements is an excellent image editor. You can use Painter Essentials to turn a photo automatically into a painting or you can draw/paint freehand or you can paint (called cloning) from a photo by hand. It's a fun program.

Here are a bunch of good tutorials for Elements 6 and 7. You won't be able to do some of the 7 ones at the beginning because the terminology (the wording) is a little different from 6.
http://www.alibony.com/pse/index.php

Here's a great Painter Essentials forum:
http://essentialscafe.com/Default.aspx

Elements and Essentials are good for taking the baby steps you need to take to learn how to use Photoshop and Painter. Both of these are more complicated programs than you think they are. Go ahead and install them…… and have fun learning to use them.

16 GB of Crucial DDR2 667 or 8 GB of G.Skill DDR2 1066? Will the speed make so much of a difference that the 8 GB of 1066 is better than 16 GB of 667?
Consider the 16GB only if you will multitask a lot and run many multi-threaded programs that could consume 8GB or more. Otherwise, stick with the faster 8GB. Large (or what some would call as excessive) RAM actually minimizes access to SLOW virtual memory.
Bad answers! 5 years ago, 512MB met the "Recommended" requirements for most PC games and 1GB met or exceeded the recommendations for every home-user program available. Future-proofing is the way to go. I would recommend getting the 16GB so that 2 or 3 years from now you can still use your PC. Report Abuse

The only reason you should ever need more than 4gb of RAM is for a Server. If you're not doing that getting 4gb of 1066 DDR2 would be best, speeds are better and dual channeling is faster.
Anything above 4gb will never be used unless you want to try watching a video and playing two games at the same time.

DDR2 667 is really old as well. Just go for 4gb 800mhz or 1066mhz DDR2

my five year old desktop tower is becoming hot. will adding a case fan inside the tower help bring in and expel more air
You should fit a 80mm fan inside your tower. Most cases of that age already have the mounting points installed. it's normally fitted directly below the power supply unit. This places it above the cpu enabling it to expel as much heat as possible.

make sure you have enough space behind the tower, so that the hot air can easily dissipate.

you may also want to consider a supply fan at the front of the case. again, most cases have the mounting points pre-installed. the supply fan is intended to draw in fresh air, which is forced across the motherboard and then sucked out by your new 4" extract fan. remember to fit it the right way round!

liquid cooling systems are very effective but more expensive to buy and harder to install.
You dont need liquid cooling. Get 1 or 2 –120mm case fans. I bought 2 for 10 dollars with shipping at Newegg.com or TigerDirect. I forget because I use both for parts. You can buy smaller ones but the big one are still cheap so why not get the big ones? All you need is more air. I have a quadcore and dont need liquid, its for overclockers that spend all their money on their pc's and they are nerds that dont have a social life. Sounds harsh, but its true.
Yes, adding a case fan will greatly improve airflow. And NO, liquid cooling isn't required.

Make sure the case fan blows air OUT of the case, not in. I know it sounds backwards, but trust me on this.

Go to newegg.com to buy cheap case fans, measure the mounting holes on your case to determine the size you need (probably 80mm)
get a liquid cooling system

I had windows xp home sp2 with an wireless adapter reciving internet from a router/modem so now i installed vista and when i installed the linksys wireless adapter with the disc vista did not installed cause i went to device manager and it wasnt there so i dont have internet any one can help me VISTA HOME PREMIUM LITEIS NOT INSTALLING MY LINKSYS WIRELESS ADAPTER ANY HELP??? PLEASE
How old is the adapter? Maybe the drivers are for XP and not Vista.
When you plug the adapter in, do you hear a beeping sound?

i've had my desktop tower for over five years and it is getting hot.
Veng.

It is not the fan that the problem in most cases. It is the thermal paste on the top of your CPU. By all means do replace the fan if you think that your CPU fan may be on its way out. Also factors such as dust ingress do affect the cooling performance at the end of the day. If your fans are coated in dust, they will not push the air as efficiently.

It does depend on where you live to be honest, such factors as ambient temperature as well as the temperature in the room where your PC is located will make an immense difference.

As regards desktop PCs, where I currently live, I am pretty much forced to re-apply thermal paste every 12 months due to it simply drying out and going solid - therefore being ineffective. I have tried various brand of cooling paste and it simply makes no difference. I also have a number of laptops and they fair better as long as I clean the cooling fan inlets every week, and strip the whole lot every 12 months for a full service.

I think your situation isn't as bad as mine, so therefore I would simply recommend renewing your thermal compound. Don't forget to give your CPU fan and heatsink a good clean. Unless you have serious concerns regarding your CPU fan, it is pointless replacing it.

And as regards the reply from another user - I find it absurd that people would even recommend replacing the PC entirely just because of minor problems. Not all of us use the PCs to play latest games, and in most cases just because a PC is a few years old does not automatically mean it is no longer useful for the way it is utilised.
DO NOT OPEN YOR PSU!!! There are dangerous high voltages in there and you could get a nasty zap if you open it even when unplugged. Read the warning labels. If the PSU fan needs replacing get a new PSU altogether.

As for your CPU if you find it is not working effectively enough or is making al lot of noise try cleaning away some of the dust and debris away if it still doesn’t fix it yes you can replace your CPU fan.

Otherwise there no real reason to do so.
i wouldn't change the fans unless they are showing signs of distress. typically, when a fan gets noisy it's on the way out.

have you added any other hardware that may be causing the extra heat? like maybe a better video card?

rather than buying another pc, i would try adding a 80mm case fan and see if that improves the overheating problem.
Yes!! First of all I would recommend a good physical clean out of your computer getting rid of all dust and hair and then renew your PSU. also seriously consider upgrading your entire system if affordable
If it's 5 years old replacing small things like fans would just cause more money later, I recommend buying a new computer all together, 5 years is very old for a computer. Especially with the technology we have now.
It won't do any harm to fit new ones. They do get noisier with age. If one packs in you may do permanent harm to your pc.
If it's getting hotter than it used to, then clearly something has changed. I would check to make sure all the fans are spinning. If a fan is making unusual noises, it's probably not spinning full speed and should be replaced. There's really no need to replace a fan that appears to be working perfectly fine.

Usually computers get hotter as they age because of dust accumulation. Cleaning out the case (and the inside of the power supply) with compressed air is a good solution.

If it's the CPU temperature that's going up, as measured by a program like Speedfan and the heat sink fan still appears to be spinning fine, it's possible the heat sink compound has degraded. Fixing that requires removing the heat sink, cleaning off the old compound, putting on new compound, and putting the heat sink back on. I would recommend that be done by someone with some experience.

If the heat sink itself appears plugged with dust, it's often helpful to remove the fan from the heatsink so that the heat sink can be easily cleaned with compressed air.

How do you do that.

I want to do that but I dont know how to.

Best answer-10 Points=]

Thanks in advance
If you mean, two or more pictures on top of each other you can do this on www.lunapic.com. I hope this helps.