What’s the best route for your practice to take to meet and fulfill all the needs of your clients? How can you make sure that your practice stays up-to-date and on top of all the medical record procedures? Electronic medical record software can and will help your practice with the medical records your staff has to process. The best option is to determine which emr system suits your practice so that everything is able to run effectively and efficiently for your staff and clients.

EMR Software EMR software provides a number of solutions to better patient care. As we all know, money is a huge concern for practices that are big and small. This software will help save time for your patients and staff and, most importantly, save money for your practice. With time saved on paper work, your staff will be able to pay more attention to your clients and their needs. It will simplify the lives of your staff as they learn to schedule, bill and do reports with this software. Not all emr systems are right for your practice. The type of software that you need depends on the size of your practice. Large clinics have different needs than those of smaller practices. For this reason, choosing the right emr functions is vital to the stability of your practice.

ASP Electronic Medical Record For your office you need to find the emr solution that best fits your practice environment. Once selected, you can customize the software so you and your staff are on the same page. Customization will make it easier for you stuff to look up, locate, and retrieve client data. With broadband Internet connection, your practice will not have to worry about taking care and backing up the information. Servers, back-up, and IT problems are all taken care of by the IT professionals of the company’s software from who you purchase it. Your practice’s files are always secure and available to your staff for quick and easy processing. Switching computers is not a problem in case of a virus or crash. All information is securely stored and backed-up by the vendor. The best part about ASP electronic medical record is that it allows flexibility. It’s a monthly cost and not a huge startup fee for your practice. This gives you the time necessary to use it and see how much it can help your practice reach new levels of service and efficiency.

EMR Systems Setting up the system and having it customized to your practice is the way it should be. Have you ever had someone teach you a certain way to do something and that turned out to be harder than if you were able to do it yourself? I have and that’s why customizing all the different functions to your office will make it an easier process for your staff, and they will be able to handle their duties to guarantee a smoother running practice. The less you have to worry about the duties of your staff will bring greater ease to your mind and you’ll know that the job is being done right and your patient needs are being fulfilled.

Jordan Bartlett is a client account specialist with 10x Marketing– More Visitors. More Buyers. More Revenue. For more information about EMR solutions please visit AdvancedMD.

Although we don’t know whether Microsoft ever envisioned such a big market about PowerPoint on its first release. Today this software is impacting profoundly on education and corporation’s activities in the way that nobody could ignore. With a wealth of visual and audio effects people rely on it to express their ideas, plans more intuitively with more effective communication outcomes.

One of most wildly PowerPoint application exists in education. With the booming of Internet, traditional education approaches have been eclipsing by various new emerging ways. And in spite of heavy promotion of supposedly new television educational approaches in recent years, from my point of view, the real innovation and revolution is taking place somewhere else: on the Web, where I truly believe the advantages of PowerPoint will be fully exerted again.

Another great application undoubtly is for entertainment. PowerPoint2003 provides great transition effects and flash movie enable, narration record functions, people are now in favor to use it to make all kinds of brilliant slideshows as a way to store and highlight their precious memory. For businessperson, it’s been an exclusive way to make their conception live for many years.

However like any other softwares PowerPoint has its share of weakness. The final project’s totally dependence on PowerPoint Software requires the Microsoft PowerPoint installed in any computer on which a presentation is running; And its bulky size make it awkward to distribute. In recent years, people come up with an idea to fix this inconvenience – to convert PowerPoint to smaller, multi-platform supported flash files. We can include the merits of this conversion as following:

1. Reduce Size and Email Ready

If you are using PowerPoint presentation frequently in your work, you must feel to be hindered by its bulky size every now and then, which holds you back from any distribution. Now with PowerPoint to Flash Converter, that kind of problem will be eliminated automatically. The converted flash presentation is absolutely a better option for emailing due to its smaller size; it will not clog your partner inbox.

2. Greater and Easier Accessibility for Viewers

The converted Flash presentations can be easily viewed in any Internet Browsers. For most of Browsers have already had Flash Plug-ins installed, so you can email the convert Flash file to your friends directly without worrying whether they have PowerPoint Software installed on their computers. And thanks to its smaller, streaming media format you can just post it on websites or Intranets to share with other people.

3. Keep all original effects in PowerPoint presentation

Convert PowerPoint to Flash will keep all original effects in your PowerPoint presentation without any distortion. After converting your PowerPoint presentation to flash files, you will be surprise to find that the result is amazing; all the original effects are remain unchanged. With this knowledge in mind, you can just go ahead and enjoy it!

4. Secure

PowerPoint files are editable by anyone else who has PowerPoint installed on their machine. Not so for Flash files which allow you to maintain a higher degree of control on your content if you wish to.

5. Firewall Friendliness

Flash-based content has no problem going through firewalls as it behaves just like standard Web content.

There are already PPT to SWF softwares on the market, some of them are really strong. But they all priced at above average level (several hundred dollars) compared with other softwares, their target clients mostly are companies or organizations.

From http://www.sameshow.com
A practical and easy-to-use PowerPoint to Flash Converter

Susan Zheng
http://www.sameshow.com

This guide shows how to convert flash to mpeg and burn on dics. I used FlashonTV. If there is anything wrong, please let me know. I’d like to communicate with you.

First, launch FlashOnTV, you should select TV standard and background color. If you don’t know which standard your country uses, you can just select your country and the program will help you choose the standard automatically. Choose the background color you like. In the interface of Folding Setting and Output format, you can choose the FlashonTV working folder, the folder where video files as mepg format will be saved and VCD, DVD or SVCD which format you want to change.

Second, import the flashes you want to burn on the discs. The interface will display flash files’ names and you can Rename, Remove and Rearrange them. You can edit the flash files and disc space usage line will display how much space your disc leaves.

Third, choose Menu Designer, select your menu template, you can choose the present template or create by yourself. Also, you can download from website. If you want to change audio, you can select it from your hard driver as the back ground music. If you want to change template, you can add image and text to your menu template. The characters you imput in the text will display on the image. You can custom the menu image and drag the buttons and lie them anywhere you like. It feels good.

Fourth, when everything is ready, preview it. You can preview it on your PC and it is what will be displayed on TV. Change it until every you think is fine.

Fifth, burn CD. Select CD burner, write speed, disc type, write method, use Nero drive, record, copies, and output options. Finish these options and you can begin to burn your DVD/VCD.

That’s all. If you are interested in the Flash videos on TV software, just refer to http://www.flash-on-tv.com.

Have fun!

Webmaster of http://www.flash-on-tv.com.

Disclaimer: All the thoughts expressed are my views only! Your perception might differ…

1. How different is product development?

2. What are the fundamentals of building a product?

3. How do I know that I’m at the wrong end of building the product?

4. Will you start building two products, if given a second chance?

5. All of a sudden I go blank, what should I do?

6. But my project is running on a delayed schedule, what do I do?

7. Pitfalls in putting out milestones?

8. Testing? what?

9. Do I make the team work 7 days a week?

10. why this faq?

1. How different is product development?

For starters, they are completely orthogonal! I can hear you mumble "C’mon building a product cannot be different from building a framework." I learnt it the hard way! Yes, though they seem to be very much related, the subtle differences place them far apart!

In developing a framework, you get started with whatever you have in mind. i.e you conceptualize your version of the framework. This will get you started, but after sometime, when you rope in a couple of customers, it is not you(framework team) that decide what goes in or what is useful! IT is mainly driven by the internal customers. They start defining the rules. This check ensures that whatever the framework team builds, is used effectively! Well, it acts as a guide post.

The scenario takes a "U" turn with respect to product development. why? it is due to the fact that it is pretty difficult to rope in early customers. Unless they have an impinging need for the solution, they will not opt to be part of the early bird customer programs. So what can happen is the possibliy to get insane, "what might happen if this happens?" and you start fixing problems or developing features which might not be useful! This I would term as the "product developers" mind block. To overcome this we cross-verify ourselves with the competitors(EEE strategy), but down the line, it might not be effective. Because we tend to supersede the competitor. So always be watchful about what you put into the product.

2. What are the fundamentals of building a product?

The most important aspect of the product is the conceptual integrity! Yes! that is the secret ingredient for making your product a success! Visualize how the end-user/customer will see the product. That will set things straight! Start looking at the product with NOT what you know, but with what the customer knows. The default behaviour of any developer is to fall into the habit of taking things for granted. i.e the normal pitfall is that once you get into the trees you tend to forget the forest( the overall picture!) Always concentrate on the forest and not on the trees! During the intial stages of the product, I missed it and I payed the price(extra time)!

3. How do I know that I’m at the wrong end of building the product?

Well it is a tough question, let me give it a try… The moment you sit down to work, what is that flashes in your mind, "how to fix the issues?" "where to find the solutions?" "how could I nail this bug?" If you answer "Yes" to any of the questions, then you are seeing the trees! It is high time you start visualizing the global picture of the product.

4. Will you start building two products, if given a second chance?

No, it is not OK! NEVER start two products at the same time, even when they are related. Normally what happens is that you tend to lose focus of one product or the other. Just postpone the start of the second product by 5-6 months. During which the first product would have come to a decent shape. It is just an balancing act! but your mileage may vary…

5. All of a sudden I go blank, what should I do?

Well, this I would term as the Product developers "block". It happens, remember afterall we are human. Just take a couple of days off! and get started with a fresh mind! believe me it is normal! Just go ahead and talk with guys out there who has already built great products!

6. But my project is running on a delayed schedule, what do I do?

Whatever I say out here will not address your problem. All I have to say is this, you underestimated the project time frame. Believe me all software developers are optimistic, no matter what, that is their nature This is Ok! as long as you acknowledge the delay and make an effort to make much better schedules.

7. Pitfalls in putting out milestones?

Well it depends upon the product, if the product is very straight forward i.e without very high performance/scalability requirements, go ahead with your monthly milestone(s). But be careful while tagging the milestones. Because I faced the problem of running out of milestone numbers and started calling it beta even before it was beta ready!

8.Testing? what?

It depends on how much quality you want in your product! Normally it will take 1/3rd the time of the time taken to build the product! No matter how much pressure you have for monthly release, never compromise on quality! We talk about quality etc at the early stages,but sacrifice it in the name of time constraint! Never do that. What if the milestone gets postponed? it is ok!

9. Do I make the team work 7 days a week?

Nope! whatever happens don’t over do it! (I did it, I got obssessed with the product). Stretch your team only if needed! Well! it might be against the standard management philosophy were the more time you spend the more you gain! I totally disagree with this! Think about this, when is that you get the best ideas and solutions to your problems? I am confident that you don’t get them at work! It happens only when you are away from work. Moreover, the nature of software job does not need the couontless hours. All it needs is a clear mind and very little time. But the industry is all screwed up! I took a shot at it but in vain… but I am sure I would break it someday in the near future! Here is an interesting tid-bit: I came across a international study about the productivity of work(i’m sorry I missed the link), It states that on an average only 2 hours/day results in productive work! That means we spend nearly 6 hours a day (assuming 8 hrs as the working time) in communicating etc… Well, I could hear you shout at me, that is not possible, well try for yourseslf! Before that ensure that what productive work is! Anything that you to attain the goal of the company is termed productive. Another word of caution is that this time frame is only an average over a week, i.e you tend to be more productive on some days only!

10. Why this faq?

There are two ways to learn anything in this world, one the hard the way and second learning from somebody else’s experince. I learnt the hard way, I want you to learn the easier way! If this enlightened you, here is what I want you to do… share two of your learnings that would do!

Hey I have more questions what do I do? well you have couple of options i) read some books esp Mythical Man Month (a must read for product leaders) ii) discuss with people who have already crossed it or iii) learn it the hard way!

-Ramesh-

If you are familiar with using Windows applications (eg: Word, Excel) then you have the basis for learning how to use this application. Its friendly drag and drop interface makes it very easy to learn, especially if you are used to the drag and drop environment with Windows.

How often have you come across scenarios where people are dumping data into Excel to then manipulate it to get a result? And then doing the same process again at a later date to analyse new data? Well, setting up a Crystal Report to sit across the datasource is simple! And Crystal Reports can read data from a number of datasources (eg: MS SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Java Beans - you can even report from your Inbox or Contacts in Microsoft Outlook!).

Crystal Reports has the power to professionally format your reports to meet your business or personal requirements. Graphs, pictures, conditional formatting, lines, colour, summaries, formulas and a huge amount of other features can be easily applied to give your report the look you want.

In order to learn more about Crystal Reports, and reporting in general, we offer a number of courses addressing these needs:

Crystal Reports XI Level 1
Crystal Reports XI Level 2
SQL Fundamentals

NB: if you don’t use version XI (also known as version 11) don’t worry - differences between the version you use and XI are pointed out as all courses progress.

Please have a look at our website for further information: http://www.inhouseltd.co.nz

Or go directly to our training section: http://www.inhouseltd.co.nz/Solutions/InhouseTraining.htm

Matthew Thomas works for inHouse Limited performing Business Intelligence consultancy - a fancy term for helping companies make better use of the information they have which is targeted at the level of the user (ie: a manager wants an overview or health check on the business whereas an analyst want more indepth views of data to solve problems). He also teaches others how to perform these tasks and has been teaching Crystal Reports dating back to v7, along with other areas like SQL and Business Objects Enterprise.

Remember old good days when your company probably had Great Plains Dynamics? If you are in San Francisco Bay Area – you had local Great Plains Software partner consulting company, who served you basically coming onsite and charging you four hours minimum, even if the problem deserved 5-min fix? This was at the end of 20th century and remote support technologies were not very advanced – Citrix was making good progress and taking market over from Symantec PCAnywhere. Today, when Microsoft Terminal Server and Citrix are remote support standards and IT department uses them to host application server for nation-wide and world-wide users, you should probably be thinking of getting remote support for your ERP and CRM systems. In this small article we’ll take a look at Microsoft CRM remote support, customization, reporting, implementation and integration.

• Why Microsoft CRM Remote Support? Microsoft CRM market niche is still narrow and MS CRM consulting companies do not have enough clientele in their respected locals markets: Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York – even in these hypermarkets. In order to survive Microsoft CRM VAR went to nationwide and even international markets to get clients base.

• Technology-driven consulting companies. Microsoft CRM has web and MS Outlook clients and so by its nature it is web application. When you are considering hosting your web site – you typically do not care where hosting company is located – you consider price and quality. Microsoft CRM could be hosted with .Net hosting companies and implementation could be done remotely with web-session-based training.

• Customization. Today, even if Microsoft Business Solutions has open technology Microsoft CRM SDK – the complexity of the specific tasks (messaging through Lotus Notes Domino, generic MAPI, advanced MS CRM – Exchange connector) requires precision programming, which should be outsourced to nationwide development centers. As our experience indicates – clients are demanding the expertise, not just cheap generic developers. Whoever comes for the cheap price – they usually get poor results.

• Large Business ERP. Microsoft CRM proved its market strength and ability to automate large publicly traded corporation. It sits in Microsoft SQL Server and uses all the spectrum of Microsoft technologies: .Net, Active Directories, MS Exchange, Full-Text Search, Crystal Reports Enterprise. We are confident in Microsoft CRM ability to automate Aerospace & Defense, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain Management, Medical & Hospitals, Distribution & Logistics, Oil & Gas, Wholesale & Retail, Education, Non-for-profit

• Integration. Microsoft CRM has standard integration tool with Microsoft Great Plains, Navision and Axapta integrations are on the way. However you can integrate Microsoft CRM with heterogeneous databases, such as Oracle, DB2, Lotus Notes Domino, Sybase, Pervasive SQL or Ctree/Faircomm.

• Web-Sessions and Skype training. Web Seminars are normal these days and you should be OK with the idea of remote web training. This will allow you to get the best expertise with moderate price.

You can always have us help you, give us a call: 1-630-961-5918 or 1-866-528-0577, help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev is consultant and CTO in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) – Microsoft Business Solutions partner, serving clients in Illinois, New York, California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Virginia, Minnesota, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, Asia, Russia. He is Microsoft Great Plains certified master, Great Plains Dexterity, Microsoft CRM SDK C#.Net, Crystal Reports developer. You can reach Andrew: akarasev@albaspectrum.com

New features can benefit you with a more efficient practice, lower costs, and increased cash flow.

Medical Billing Software and Physician’s Practice Management Systems are the best tools you can use to improve the financial well being of your practice. Using one can help you to gain full control over your finances, and grow your business. Cutting-edge medical billing technology can significantly reduce time and costs spent processing claims. Not only will you have a better grasp of the health of your practice, you can watch your receivables increase and your payables decrease.

In the past couple of years, new features have began to emerge to increase your operational efficiency. Spurred on by the HIPAA regulations mandating electronic file transfer standards such as X12, and the growth and maturing of the internet, new features are now available to help your business.

Recent advancements include:

1. instant access from anywhere, even away from the office
2. manage multiple offices and functions from one database
3. enhanced scanning - electronically file all claims; even those needing supporting documentation attached.
4. rules engines to identify errors before submitting the claim
5. increased security to comply with new HIPAA standards
6. electronic patient statements
7. electronic remittance advice

Stay Connected

With the maturing of the internet, new technology supporting the ASP (Application Service Providers) architecture allows access to your data including data entry from anywhere with a internet connection. This flexibility is a true benefit to multi-office practices and billing services. Multiple offices can now share the same database without the need for specialized networking or wide area networks. The cost savings in communication expenses alone can be enormous. Billing services can benefit by allowing limited access to their clients. This can instill a higher level of comfort for the client. This access can allow give a billing service a competitive advantage by providing value added services such as scheduling, super bill printing, and patient lookup.

Built in Efficiencies

Leveraging newer technology such as EOB and insurance card scanning, electronic patient statements, and electronic remittance can cut time spent on billing chores by up to 30%. This can allow more time for focus on patients and collections.

Reduced paper handling

Newer systems provide insurance payer rules so that users can immediately identify and correct claim errors that would delay payment of claims. Some systems will submit all your claims on your behalf including paper claims. Carriers can respond immediately so you get faster payouts, most within 14 days. Practice Management Systems can also reduce staff workload by outsourcing the print and mail functions of processing patient claims and statements.

When supporting documentation is needed in order for a claim to be paid, some systems can attach scanned letters of medical necessity, accident reports, referral authorizations, worker’s compensation documents, and most importantly EOBs. This eliminates the need to photocopy paperwork and perform chart pulls later if there are any questions on the claims.

Increased Security:

When using the internet, many users are concerned about security. A well established vendor addresses these concerns on multiple levels. Just like banking at an ATM, all data is encrypted during transmission and is protected by a user name and password. Furthermore, with most ASP vendors, all data and servers are backed up by expert IT staff at the data center. Many ASp vendors offer redundant HIPAA-compliant servers, with backups in different locations to ensure data recovery in case of disaster.

Conclusion

What is becoming standard in ASP-based medical billing software is subscription style pricing, and low upfront cost which cover implementation and professional fees.

If your business is looking to upgrade the medical billing software, examine the new features listed to see if they will offer you cost savings and increased efficiency. If so, insist on the new features in your next system. The cost savings can easily justify the upgrade.

Lori Anderson is an independent consultant with LAtech working with AntekHealthware on their DAQbilling Medical Billing Software and LabDAQ Laboratory Information System projects.

Microsoft PowerPoint has dramatically changed the way in which academic and business presentations are made. This article outlines few tips on making more effective and attractive PowerPoint presentations.

THE TEXT

• Keep the wording clear and simple. Use active, visual language. Cut unnecessary words – a good rule of thumb is to cut paragraphs down to sentences, sentences into phrases, and phrases into key words.
• Limit the number of words and lines per slide. Try the Rule of Five - five words per line, five lines per slide. If too much text appears on one slide, use the AutoFit feature to split it between two slides. Click within the placeholder to display the AutoFit Options button (its symbol is two horizontal lines with arrows above and below), then click on the button and choose Split Text Between Two Slides from the submenu.
• Font size for titles should be at least 36 to 40, while the text body should not be smaller than 24.
• Use only two font styles per slide - one for the title and the other for the text. Choose two fonts that visually contrast with each other. Garamond Medium Condensed and Impact are good for titles, while Garamond or Tempus Sans can be used for the text body.
• Embed the fonts in your presentation, if you are not sure whether the fonts used in the presentation are present in the computer that will be used for the presentation. To embed the fonts: (1) On the File menu, click Save As. (2) On the toolbar, click Tools, click Save Options, select the Embed TrueType Fonts check box, and then select Embed characters in use only.
• Use colors sparingly; two to three at most. You may use one color for all the titles and another for the text body. Be consistent from slide to slide. Choose a font color that contrasts well with the background.
• Capitalizing the first letter of each word is good for the title of slides and suggests a more formal situation than having just the first letter of the first word capitalized. In bullet point lines, capitalize the first word and no other words unless they normally appear capped. Upper and lower case lettering is more readable than all capital letters. Moreover, current styles indicate that using all capital letters means you are shouting. If you have text that is in the wrong case, select the text, and then click Shift+F3 until it changes to the case style that you like. Clicking Shift+F3 toggles the text case between ALL CAPS, lower case, and Initial Capital styles.
• Use bold or italic typeface for emphasis. Avoid underlining, it clutters up the presentation.
• Don’t center bulleted lists or text. It is confusing to read. Left align unless you have a good reason not to.
• Run “spell check” on your show when finished.

THE BACKGROUND

• Keep the background consistent. Simple, light textured backgrounds work well. Complicated textures make the content hard to read.
• If you are planning to use many clips in your slides, select a white background. If the venue of your presentation is not adequately light-proof, select a dark-colored background and use any light color for text.
• Minimize the use of "bells and whistles" such as sound effects, "flying words" and multiple transitions.
• Don’t use red in any fonts or backgrounds. It is an emotionally overwhelming color that is difficult to see and read.
• Many free templates are available for download at http://www.brainybetty.com/MENUPowerPoint.htm and http://www.soniacoleman.com/templates.htm .

THE CLIPS

• Animations are best used subtly; too much flash and motion can distract and annoy viewers.
• Do not rely too heavily on those images that were originally loaded on your computer with the rest of Office. You can easily find appropriate clips on any topic through Google Images. While searching for images, do not use long search phrases as is usually done while searching the web - use specific words.
• When importing pictures, make sure that they are smaller than two megabytes and are in a .jpg format. Larger files can slow down your show.
• Keep graphs, charts and diagrams simple, if possible.
• Use bar graphs and pie charts instead of tables of data. The audience can then immediately pick up the relationships.

THE PRESENTATION

• If you want your presentation to directly open in the slide show view, save it as a slide show file using the following steps.
  1. Open the presentation you want to save as a slide show.
  2. On the File menu, click Save As.
  3. In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Show. Your slide show file will be saved with a .pps file extension.

  When you double-click on this file, it will automatically start your presentation in slide show view. When you’re done, PowerPoint automatically closes and you return to the desktop. If you want to edit the slide show file, you can always open it from PowerPoint by clicking Open on the File menu.

• Look at the audience, not at the slides, whenever possible.
• If using a laser pointer, don’t move it too fast. For example, if circling a number on the slide, do it slowly. Never point the laser at the audience.
• Black out the screen (use “B” on the keyboard) after the point has been made, to put the focus on you. Press the key again to continue your presentation.
• You can use the shortcut command [Ctrl]P to access the Pen tool during a slide show. Click with your mouse and drag to use the Pen tool to draw during your slide show. To erase everything you’ve drawn, press the E key. To turn off the Pen tool, press [Esc] once.

MISCELLANEOUS

Master Slide Set-Up:
The "master slide" will allow you to make changes that are reflected on every slide in your presentation. You can change fonts, colors, backgrounds, headers, and footers at the "master slide" level.

1. First, go to the "View" menu.
2. Pull down the "Master" menu.
3. Select the "slide master" menu.

You may now make changes at this level that meet your presentation needs.

Preparing the Handout:
In PowerPoint, choose File | Send To | Microsoft Word. In the Send To Microsoft Word dialog box, choose Outline only to create a text-only document, and click on OK. Minor modifications on this document will give you a handout that can be distributed to the audience.

Create visually appealing slides by adhering to these tips, to ensure that the audience is not distracted from the points you have to make.

Dr. Shahul Ameen, M.D. is a Psychiatrist based in Ranchi, India. He edits a portal with information on mental health and Psychiatry, and a directory of Indian websites on mental health.

It’s a Friday afternoon and you are stuck at the office on your computer. You would like to start your weekend early, but you have some work you have to finish before leaving. If you had GoToMyPC, you could. The software allows you to transfer files and remotely run applications between PCs that are not connected by a LAN or WAN.

With GoToMyPC you can:

Telework: Work on your office PC from home. Leave the office early and finish up from home or work remotely all day.

Remote Access: GoToMyPC allows you to leave your laptop behind and log in from a hotel or business-center computer.

True Color: You can enjoy a true-to-life, full-color view of your desktop with GoToMyPC.

Performance Tuning: Adjust the balance of speed and appearance. Turn up speed or display quality depending on the task at hand.

Drag-and-Drop File Transfer: With the software, get access to your files at any time from anywhere. Transfer files and folders from one PC to another by simply dragging and dropping between screens.

Multi-Monitor Support: GoToMyPC allows you to work on multiple monitors whether they’re connected to your host PC or to the computer at your remote-access location without a LAN or WAN.

Guest Invite: Invite someone to view your PC in real time. Demo a product on your PC, invite a colleague to collaborate on a document or get help to fix your PC with the software.

Remote Printing: With GoToMyPC, print from the host PC you are accessing to a local printer wherever you are without being on a LAN or WAN.

Brian Shoemaker is the owner of ISP directory ISPShakedown.com and DownloadGoToMyPC.com. Download GoToMyPC here.

How would you like to prevent spyware and adware from getting into your computer? You need to stop adware and spyware before it gets into your files. That way you’re protecting your private information such as passwords, credit card numbers and other documents that you don’t want to share with anyone.

Spyware and adware removers are important because they clean your computer of malicious files. But the best thing you can do is prevent spyware from ever being installed in the first place. Here are four ways to help prevent spyware and adware from getting into your computer.

Keep Your Windows Software Updated

One of the best ways to prevent spyware and adware from getting into your computer is to keep your Windows operating system software updated. Microsoft Windows update addresses security fixes that are constantly updating so your computer won’t be vulnerable. Windows update is a free download from Microsoft at: http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us

Use Computer Firewall Protection

One of the most effective ways to stop spyware and adware is the use of computer firewall protection. Computer firewalls put up barriers to keep any malicious programs from being downloaded without your knowledge when you are on the Internet.

Computer firewall protection monitors everything going in and out of your computer. This acts as a protective shield allowing good data through while blocking the bad data from entering your computer.

Most people don’t realize that if you use Windows XP it comes with a firewall that you can turn on or off. Microsoft’s site explains the step by step process to enable or disable Windows XP Firewall with a tutorial at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283673

Be Careful What You Download

Another good way to prevent spyware and adware from getting in your computer is being careful what you download from the Internet. There are a few types of software that are particularly notorious for including spyware and adware.

File-sharing programs used to trade music, free games, screen savers, and even smiley face packages have been a problem because many of them contain adware.

Be aware of any product that claims to be free because it is likely to contain spyware and adware. Many free programs usually generate revenue from pop up ads or can even hijack your browser to take you to web sites you did not request.

Here’s another tip to prevent spyware from being downloaded without your knowledge. When you close a window on the Internet never click on a box that says "agree" or "OK." Instead, click on the "x" located in the upper right corner of the window. Some programs trick you into agreeing to download software that you have never seen when you click on these.

Install Spyware Protection Software

Spyware protection software is the easiest way to automatically remove and prevent spyware from infecting your computer. You may wonder why you would need to purchase spyware protection software if there are free spyware cleaners.

Free spyware cleaners are good programs to get rid of spyware viruses you already have on your computer now. But many spyware programs automatically reinstall themselves even after they are removed. For this reason free spyware cleaners are not a permanent solution to solve spyware and adware problems.

Spyware protection software is designed to find all hidden programs and disable them before they have a chance to work. It’s important that you get this software installed immediately on your computer.

Once you remove spyware and adware programs from your computer you’ll find it will run faster and your personal information will be much safer. These tips should give you some insight on how to stop spyware and adware in its tracks. Your security and peace of mind is worth spending a little time to prevent spyware and adware from getting into your computer and taking over.

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