Effective Employee Monitoring

I often read tech blogs and surf the web for innovative ideas and fresh concepts to blog about. I found that this practice is indeed very helpful, as I have discovered many new solutions to daily problems through bloghopping. Just recently, I stumbled upon a very innovative website that offers a cost-effective way to manage employee performance through utmost transparency. 


My Team Monitor allows managers and leaders to effectively and efficiently monitor their staff. This is done by tracking how and when employees work. Employee monitor software is installed in employee workstations to aid employee management. 


One way the software does this is by taking regular screenshots of employee activities on their computers. Aside from screenshots, the employee monitoring software also tracks mouse clicks, keystrokes and an employee’s total worked hours. These are sent to their supporting leaders and managers who can view these screenshots and other reports to review employee performance, on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. This allows trends of inactivity, non-utilization and idle time to be observed. 


Thus, those who are worthy could be more appropriately rewarded, while those who are challenged could be coached and mentored to perform more efficiently and effectively. 


My Team Monitor is really a simple, yet innovative way to work remotely with confidence and transparency. I know that business leaders, executives and managers will realize that this software will be a valuable tool for business.

Error stdole32.tlb solved!

Last week, I encountered a very weird issue on my computer. I have a desktop with Windows Vista Ultimate and Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus. It has been working for a while until I decided to install Microsoft Visio 2007 and Microsoft Project 2007. Then my problems began.

Everytime I started an Office application, it would act as if it were installing that Office program all over again.



Even the Office files were unassociated--DOCX and DOC files would not open in Microsoft Word by default.

But the key to getting this error fixed had to be the error message that appears whenever I open up Microsoft Excel: stdole32.tlb.

So what I did first was to uninstall Microsoft Office and Microsoft Encarta. But that did not fix it. I did it a couple of times but to no avail. I was desperate. I thought my Norton Antivirus was causing the problem so I uninstalled it, reinstalled Microsoft Office and Microsoft Encarta before installing Norton Antivirus but it was still unresolved.

I then installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1, thinking it would fix the problem. That too didn't fix it. I was ready to format my hard drive and start from scratch.

But then I decided to search online for possible solutions to this problem. Maybe I wasn't alone after all. I then came across this site and it really helped me lot to get my computer working again.

It turns out that there were no groups or usernames that HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry could be provided permissions.



In the Registry Editor, checking on permissions on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT should reveal something like this:



However, mine was special, and it did not have any groups or users that can be provided permissions:



The fix involved using the SubinACL tool available from Microsoft as a free download. It should install in C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Toolsby default.

Then I typed the following code in Notepad:

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=restricted=r /grant=YOURUSERNAME=f /grant=restricted=r /setowner=administrators
subinacl /keyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=restricted=r /grant=YOURUSERNAME=f /grant=restricted=r /setowner=administrators

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=users=r /grant=everyone=r /setowner=administrators
subinacl /keyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=users=r /grant=everyone=r /setowner=administrators

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=users=r /setowner=administrators
subinacl /keyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f /grant=users=r /setowner=administrators

replacing YOURUSERNAME with the computer username. After saving the file as officefix.cmd in the same path as where SubinACL was installed, I simply double-clicked on it and it repaired my registry.

ShopWiki: Revolutionary!

Other shopping sites can only provide you so much. Their options, brand names and stocks are based on what dealer ties up with them. Thus the products offered are limited. For online shoppers, that means they have to bear with the price dictated by the store and the available models and brands on their sites.

That's why ShopWiki is revolutionary. Unlike other online shopping websites, ShopWiki actively searches other stores on the Internet. This is similar to how Google crawls through the millions of webpages posted online. While other shopping sites just provide you the stores that have paid for placement, ShopWiki offers several alternatives to the online shopper.

For instance, ShopWiki's accessories page is a portal to bags, gloves, hair accessories, hats, shoes and even scarves! Their page on bags alone provides several models, brands and other options to choose from--backpacks, laptop bags, luggage, camping backpacks, designer bags and baby bags come in different makes, shapes, brands from the most affordable to the incredibly fashionable and trendy.

Visit ShopWiki today and you'll be surprised to see how it can help you search for the best deals for the products you need to pruchase online.

Keeping our Law Enforces Safe and Secure

As the protector of peace, policemen are often revered and admired by all. And why shouldn’t they? They risk their lives to save the lives of others. It is after all, a risky business to go after criminals and catch them to maintain peace and order in the community. The ordeals they have to go through to keep law and order are often perilous, sometimes claiming even their own lives or at the very least, putting them at stake.

That’s why it is of utmost importance to ensure their own safety in their line of work. The 5.11 Tactical Jacket enhances the safety, accuracy, speed and performance of law enforcement, military and firefighting professionals. It is a two-layer, waterproof, breathable outer shell with a face of 100% nylon, and fully seam-sealed construction 12 pockets to store gear, as well as a pull-out badge holder. It has two pull-out identification panels inside zippered compartments, one on right chest, one across back shoulder blades. It also has a stow-able, adjustable, removable hood; adjustable cuff tabs; a wind-resistant zip-out fleece liner and an ANSI II Reflective Vest. Best of all, it is designed to perform in a variety of weather conditions.

The outer shell, the fleece liner and the reflective vest can all be worn separately. The 3-in-1 can also accommodate the Soft Shell as a zip-in. The 3-in-1 also incorporates the 5.11 Tactical Back-up Belt System, with pouches that attach inside the chest of the outer shell with hook-and-loop attachments for secure gear concealment and can be accessed through slit pockets.

The 3-in-1 outer shell feature long two-way zippers that run from the bottom of the jacket PAST the pit of the arms, enabling the wearer to unzip wherever and whenever needed, for underarm ventilation, a wider range of motion, and improved access to a duty belt. The outer shell and fleece liner also feature abrasion-resistant fabric at the inside waist to protect against duty belt abrasion.

A Web Hosting Solution that Works!

When it is difficult to find the best web hosting, what can you do? There are a lot of web hosting solutions available but how reliable and secure are these solutions available? Don’t the better ones also come with a higher cost? A blogger is faced with these questions and even more when looking for the best web hosting for his site.

Fortunately, Web Hosting Geeks has solutions to offer. Web Hosting Geeks offers web hosting reviews, rating and awards. And they have been in the business of rating web host services and providers since 2004! So you’re sure you have the backing of years of experience when looking for reviews in their site.

At Web Hosting Geeks, you can check out the top web host providers. Their top 10 chart indicates the reasons why the providers listed are in the top—features, benefits and even a review which you can read if in doubt. Web Hosting Geeks also provides web hosting awards to providers that outshine the others in a specified category, for example, Best Budget Hosting and Best Blog Hosting. There are also web hosting reviews of the top web hosts for the past year. And that’s not all. They have dozens of articles that help you pick the best solution for you. Check out their articles on Web Hosting Guide, Finding The Best Web Hosting Service and Which Web Hosting is Right for You.

Check them out now and you’ll be surprised with the services they offer!

Holiday Eyeglass Frames from ZenniOptical.com

There are a lot of different reasons to look forward to this Holiday season—reunions, feasts, parties, and the best part of all, gifts. After all, giving is the meaning of and the reason for the season. So have you taken some thought on what to give your love ones this year? Sure, there are just so many options to choose from. Will you send out the usual presents—calendars, picture frames, mugs, glasses, greeting cards to show them that you care? Or will you take the extra mile to express your feelings? Is quality important to you, or will you go for the less-priced, but sometimes, inferior, gifts?

This season, show them how they mean to you. Show them how much you care about them. Give them gifts they will need not just gifts that they want. And one major need for this season is the need to be trendy and fashionable. A pair of glasses will certainly complement any Christmas suit! ZenniOptical.com offers several eyeglass frames specially made for the Holiday season. The Holiday frames are not only durable and fashionable, but amazingly economical and affordable!

Now, these are just some of the exciting frames available at ZenniOptical.com.




Acetate Full Rim Frame



Pure Titanium Half Rim Frame



Aluminum Alloy Half-Rim Frame with Spring Hinge



Rimless Flexible Memory Titanium

Visit their website for more information.

Ubuntu 8.10

There's Windows and Mac OS. Then there's Ubuntu.

For those of you who don't know, Ubuntu is a free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. Ubuntu is a Zulu word loosely translated as "humanity." This describes the Ubuntu philosophy: "I am who I am because of those around me," a positive aspect of community.

Ubuntu boasts of the following:

1. A clean and simple desktop (no icons, and with a theme that's pleasing to the eye),
2. A usable operating system (with applications for working with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, browing the web, etc),
3. A vast library of free software (following the Debian Free Software guidelines),
4. Localization in the native language, and
   
5. Power and performance with minimum system requirements.

For more information, visit www.ubuntu.com.

Fish Tycoon

Together with Plant Tycoon, Fish Tycoon was among the first few games I played on my Palm. The PC version of the game offers the same excitement and gameplay as the classic simulation game for PDA users.

Fish Tycoon is a fish breeding simulation game. Although you are provided with limited resources to begin your career as a fish breeder, you need to use what's available to be on top of the fish trade industry. Through upgrades and researching technologies for your fish, you are able to breed rarer varieties until you discover the Seven Magic Fish of Isola. To find out more about this game visit the official site from LDW.

Plant Tycoon

I first played Plant Tycoon when I downloaded this application for my Palm. Although I admit I was bored to death when I started playing it, I found out eventually that Plant Tycoon was a not your typical simulation game. This gardening sim allows you to take care, raise and breed plants while allowing you to experiment and discover more expensive breeds which you can keep or sell.

The game's objective is to breed plants until the Six Magic Plants of Isola (four in the original game) are found. Using limited resources, you have to work your way into becoming a top plant breeder and tycoon with the upgrades and resources available to you. The desktop (PC and Mac) version of the game offers more features not available to the original games made for handheld PDA users. More information is available from the official website.

StarCraft II

The sequel to one of the most memorable real-time strategy games of all time is finally here. StarCraft II from Blizzard, first announced in 2007, is bound for release in 2009 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and MacOS.

The Protoss, Zerg and Terran races in the original game make their return to a full three-dimensional environment. But apart from being deployed in a 3D landscape, other improvements to the gameplay have also been promised by Blizzard, including a new graphics engine, focus on a multiplayer aspect and an overhauled Battle.net. Changes to the game have been, in part, due to the fans.

Additional information is available on the official website.

Prank Calls? Missed Calls? Worry No More!

Imagine spending some quiet, relaxing and rewarding time for yourself after a long, busy week. Your phone rings. You look up the caller ID and you realize the number looks unfamiliar. But then you remember that your best friend recently signed up with a cellular phone provider and promised to call you about his recent vacation. So you decide to pick up the phone and voila--it was a prank! You'd wish to know how to get back but you couldn't do it. Now you feel utterly helpless.

Not once have people been bugged by prank callers and telemarketers. If you are among the thousands of people in the United States and Canada who want to know where that recent prank call was made, then LookupByPhone.com is for you. LookupByPhone.com offers a reliable reverse phone lookup service. Unfamiliar with one of the numbers that appeared in your cellular phone bill? You can use the reverse phone lookup service to trace where the call originated. Worried about tracing a missed call from an unknown number? LookupByPhone.com has a 100% confidential service. No one will be informed if you lookup their phone number. Furthermore, all reverse lookup information on their site comes from databases and directories. Therefore, you can be assured that methods such as GPS tracking to trace a mobile phone's current location won’t be employed in the trace.

Visit LookupByPhone.com today and have a worry-free attitude despite your prank callers.

The Sims 3

It's the third installment of the hit human simulation game from Electronic Arts. But apart from just being able to control simulated people and build houses, The Sims 3 has certainly a lot more to offer.

According to the official website, the gameplay for the sequel to the highly popular and critically-acclaimed The Sims and The Sims 2 promises to provide more excitement to veteran and rookie gamers alike. First, there is now more control over the physical features and characteristics of created Sims with Create-a-Sim. This provides the player plenty of options to play with, especially for the gamer who wants to base his Sims on characters from his favorite movies or TV programs. Second, it will now be possible to visit the entire neighborhood by controlling just one Sim. Now, strolling through the village has become a reality that The Sims 2 gamers thought would only be possible in the opening animation sequence. Third, the buy and build modes have been entirely re-conceptualized to allow free rotation of items and selection of multiple objects. Lastly, the game can now be played in real-time, hence, unused Sims can still experience events in his life--marriage, death, graduation--and gain memories.

With all the new improvements and enhancements in The Sims 3, it is certainly a welcome wait for its release in 2009.

Me as a Sim!

I was searching my Photobucket account for some pictures I have uploaded many years ago and came across some pictures of me as a Sim!

Finally, a Web Host Rating Solution

Reluctant to get a web host for your blog? There are obvious reasons why not all web hosting solutions can be trusted: reliability, security and dependability. Not once have many of my blogger friends complained of having issues with their site because of their cheap but seemingly unreliable hosting service. The result: downtime. So how do you balance quality service and economical considerations?

Fortunately, a new web host rating provider is available for site masters and bloggers to consider. Webhostingrating.com provides a means to clear doubts about signing up for a web hosting service. The web host rating that the site provides to visitors, offers a comparison of the benefits that web hosting companies offer their customers. There are even featured articles such as how to find a secure web host, how to host using Cold Fusion, and defining managed hosting. Visit their site today and you'll surely be amazed at the wealth of information they can provide about various hosting companies!

At last, web hosting services can be worry-free.

Firefox 3 Released

Firefox 3 became available as a free download from the Mozilla site beginning last Tuesday.

The latest release from Mozilla, includes several enhancements aimed to help users keep their frequently visited Web sites organized while blocking access to sites known to distribute viruses and other malicious software.

As of writing, Firefox is second only to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the most popular Web browser today.

Visit http://www.mozilla.com to download Firefox 3!

Social Spark is Live!

As a new blogger, I appreciate the little earnings I get from helping out online businesses that are starting out by advertising their wares on my blog. Thanks to some of my blogmates who have helped me learn the trade, I am now able to earn myself a couple of dollars while doing something worthwhile, something I really love doing.

Now I’m sharing one great opportunity to new and old bloggers alike who would like to earn extra cash. If you’re a interested in earning more money from your blog, then you have to join SocialSpark. SocialSpark is a new social community for bloggers to exchange ideas, make friends, drive traffic, link exchange and most of all earn.

Upon receiving the offer in my email, I immediately took the opportunity to sign up. I didn’t think twice. SocialSpark is surprisingly unique from other bloggers’ communities online because unlike others, SocialSpark digs through your interests so you can share your common interests with the friends you make. Searching for other users—be they bloggers or advertisers—is also very easy and intuitive. Making friends has never been this easy.

Perhaps the coolest feature on SocialSpark is that you can view the Real Rank and the Alexa Rank of a particular blog, with matching graphs that approximate the number of views over the last couple of days.

If you sign up for SocialSpark, please take the time to add me up as one of your friends. Well, at least you’re already aware of my interests, and since you’re a frequent visitor of my blog, we can also get to meet up at SocialSpark. To view my profile, go to http://socialspark.com/bloggers/4ever7.

This post is sponsored by SocialSpark and PayPerPost.

I signed up for PPP!

I am so excited. After only a month, I am already getting paid for my post in my blog. Thanks to PayPerPost.

I was recently introduced to this website, PayPerPost by a friend. I was inspired by how much she was earning from writing to her blog. Her earnings average thousands of dollars monthly. She was even able to get her entire family on an expensive beach vacation because of her earnings. She inspired me. So I decided to sign up.

PayPerPost is a site that pays for creating posts on your blog. The best part of it is that sign up is free. Unlike many other sites, the requirements are very easy to meet. PayPerPost requires your blog to be 30 days old only, unlike other pay sites which require a minimum of 90 days of blog existence. And there are several opportunities for earning each day!

I'd like my all friends everywhere to know about this good news that I am now enjoying. I’d like to introduce everyone to PayPerPost and like me, earn from doing what they love the most--writing. Please spread the good news by word of mouth ethics. I know I will be doing everybody a bit of good deed if you sign up.