How to become a millionaire

A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft.

The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning
the floor as a Test. “You are employed” he said. “Give me your
e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start.”

The man replied “But I don’t have a computer, nor an email.”

“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager, “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist, cannot hav the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10Kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round.

In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started t go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.

Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US . He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email.

The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”

The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!”

The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

Moral of the story

1. Internet/email is not the only solution to your life.
2. If you don’t have Internet / email and work hard, you can be a millionaire.

3. If you received this message by email, you are probably already an office boy/girl, and not any close to being a millionaire…

Have a great day!!!

P.S - Do not forward this email back to me; I am closing my email &
going to sell tomatoes!!! Hahaha… =p

TROUBLESHOOTING SCANDISK PROBLEMS.

1.Apply one recommendation at a time and then try ccandisk again whether it helped.

2.Disable the screen saver and anti virus program and unplugged the cable/DSL modem (if any).

3. Delete the files in the recycle in, the browser cache (Temporary Internet Files folder) and the Temp, history and recent folders. Corrupted files can also cause scandisk problems.

4. You may receive a notice indicating the drive was written to and caused scandisk to restart. This means some process is causing hard drive activity which interferes with scandisk. Either reboot to safe mode and run scandisk from there or use EndItAll, a free program which shuts down nearly all running programs except Explorer and Systray. Download the program from here: www.docsdownloads.com/Tier1/enditall.htm To boot to safe mode in W98, see: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q180/9/02.asp

5. There are so many Knowledge Base articles about scandisk that I could not include them all. If you don’t find an article below that applies to your situation, check the following article:

List of Articles About the ScanDisk Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q287/9/14.asp

Scandisk and Disk Defragmenter Processes Are Not Completed
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q264746

Disk Is full..." or "ScanDisk Cannot Check the Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q137/9/18.asp

Description of ScanDisk for Windows (Scandskw.exe) in Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q186/3/65.asp

Error Message: ScanDisk Cannot Check Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q154/9/98.asp

ScanDisk Errors on IDE Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q243/4/50.asp

How to Cause ScanDisk for Windows to Retest Bad Clusters
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q127/0/55.asp

ScanDisk Fails Repairing Bad Allocated Cluster
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q130/5/11.asp

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q222/4/69.asp

Err Msg: ScanDisk Was Unable to Finish Correcting This
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q149/4/32.asp

Err Msg: ScanDisk Cannot Check This Drive Now Because the
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q134/4/56.asp

ScanDisk Reports Invalid Date/Time for Many Files
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q132/6/27.asp

Error Message: Not Enough Memory to Run ScanDisk
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q134/9/86.asp

ScanDisk Out of Memory Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q132/8/32.asp

Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk Loops Continuously
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q172/4/73.asp

General Protection Fault Error Message Running ScanDisk
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q135/9/64.asp

ScanDisk Repeatedly Tells You to Exit and Run ScanDisk Again
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q106/0/95.asp

How ScanDisk Fixes Bad Sectors
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q103/9/56.asp

How Often To Defrag

If defragging your computer results in a performance increase, it would seem that frequently defragmenting your computer would keep it in top form at all times. But exactly how often should you defragment your hard drive?

This question is often hotly debated because the answer is relative to what you use your computer for. Any computer use (even simply turning on your computer and turning it off again) creates a degree of file fragmentation. To know how often you should defragment your hard drive, you first need to know what kind of a computer user you are. Most computer users can be sorted into three categories: minimal users, moderate users, and advanced users.

Minimal. A minimal computer user only uses a computer for a certain fixed task, such as typing a letter or playing solitaire. Most often, a minimal user does not use email or the Internet and is on his computer less than a few hours a week. Minimal users should defragment their hard drive once each month at minimum. While additional defragmentations will not hurt the drive, the performance gained through the process does not justify the time or effort.

Moderate. A moderate user uses his computer on a daily basis for Internet, email, word processing, or other productivity tasks. Digital photography activity, music downloading, and frequently adding and removing programs can lead to significant file fragmentation in a short period of time. A home office user would easily fit into this category. Moderate computer users should defragment their hard drive once each week. The temporary Internet files that are stored and subsequently deleted can lead to significant file fragmentation. In addition, desktop publishing applications or other productivity tools tend to create significantly large temporary files that are frequently modified and then deleted once the application is closed. The holes left behind by these deleted files are known as free space fragmentation.

Advanced. An advanced user is defined as a computer user who uses his computer for several hours each day for intense activities. These activities can include high-end video gaming, video- or audio-editing, advanced photo manipulation, and software development. Advanced users should defragment their hard drive(s) daily or every other day. The typical advanced user activities create enormous temporary files that are almost constantly modified before eventually being deleted. In addition, the massive audio or video files that are created by these users tend to be broken up and stored in every available nook and cranny on the drive. Advanced users who do not defragment their drives frequently will see rapid and dramatic reductions in performance as a result of file fragmentation.

How Often To Defrag

If defragging your computer results in a performance increase, it would seem that frequently defragmenting your computer would keep it in top form at all times. But exactly how often should you defragment your hard drive?

This question is often hotly debated because the answer is relative to what you use your computer for. Any computer use (even simply turning on your computer and turning it off again) creates a degree of file fragmentation. To know how often you should defragment your hard drive, you first need to know what kind of a computer user you are. Most computer users can be sorted into three categories: minimal users, moderate users, and advanced users.

Minimal. A minimal computer user only uses a computer for a certain fixed task, such as typing a letter or playing solitaire. Most often, a minimal user does not use email or the Internet and is on his computer less than a few hours a week. Minimal users should defragment their hard drive once each month at minimum. While additional defragmentations will not hurt the drive, the performance gained through the process does not justify the time or effort.

Moderate. A moderate user uses his computer on a daily basis for Internet, email, word processing, or other productivity tasks. Digital photography activity, music downloading, and frequently adding and removing programs can lead to significant file fragmentation in a short period of time. A home office user would easily fit into this category. Moderate computer users should defragment their hard drive once each week. The temporary Internet files that are stored and subsequently deleted can lead to significant file fragmentation. In addition, desktop publishing applications or other productivity tools tend to create significantly large temporary files that are frequently modified and then deleted once the application is closed. The holes left behind by these deleted files are known as free space fragmentation.

Advanced. An advanced user is defined as a computer user who uses his computer for several hours each day for intense activities. These activities can include high-end video gaming, video- or audio-editing, advanced photo manipulation, and software development. Advanced users should defragment their hard drive(s) daily or every other day. The typical advanced user activities create enormous temporary files that are almost constantly modified before eventually being deleted. In addition, the massive audio or video files that are created by these users tend to be broken up and stored in every available nook and cranny on the drive. Advanced users who do not defragment their drives frequently will see rapid and dramatic reductions in performance as a result of file fragmentation.