Home Safes Staples
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3M 8210Plus Particulate Respirator N95, 20-Pack $10.99 … |
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Belkin Conserve Switch, Energy-Saving Surge with Remote $37.34 Belkin F7C01008Q Surge Suppressor F7C01008Q Surge Suppressors… |
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U.S. Patrol JB5076 Fire Resistant Document Bag $4.99 You may not be a State Department operative carrying crucial documents in a confidential diplomatic pouch to an ambassador, but everyone has important documents that need to be kept safe. This fire-resistant document bag is just the place to keep birth certificates, passports, property deeds, precious photos and more. It is large enough to hold legal size documents. 10in.L x 15in.W x 10in.H…. |
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Rayovac 918 Lantern Battery, 6 Volt Screw Terminals, General Purpose $7.10 Rayovac 918 6-volt Screw Terminals, [PRICE is per EACH]… |
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Rayovac 641 6-Volt Fence Battery with Screw Terminals $20.00 Rayovac 641 6-volt Screw Terminals, Electric Fences [PRICE is per EACH]… |
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AC Power Hub, 3-Inch Diameter, Black $72.00 Power hub puts power access directly at your worksurface level. Provides two grounded AC outlets. Generous six-foot cord with three-prong plug provides a safe, secure connection. Fits three-inch grommet holes in most HON furniture lines. Cable Management Type: Grommet; Closure: N/A; Color(s): Black; Length: N/A…. |
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Card Guard Aluminum Wallet/Credit Card Case (Assorted Colors) $1.20 Card Guard Aluminum Wallet/Credit Card Case (Assorted Colors) Protect your credit cards and cash with the Card Guard Aluminum Hard-Shell Wallet. The hard-shell case blocks RFID tags now embedded in some credit cards, preventing ID theft. The tear-proof 7 pocket accordion interior neatly organizes cards and bills. Featuring an easy open/close clasp, the wallet is water, stain and impact resistan… |
Home Safes Staples
New compaq fs7600 windows xp home?
My new computer has tons of offers and junk. I put it all in my documents in a folder. Is that right? I bought windows live onecare for it too. The guys at staples said to install IE 7 beta if I opted not to use mozilla/firefox. I couldn’t find it on microsofts download site. Instead I just downloaded all the updates for XP Home and that included IE 6 updates. I need advice? Am I safe?
I wonder which thins to remove and which to keep. Example…windows media player or rhapsody? Realplayer?
HP Photosmart Premier or windows photo program? quicken? AOL? Netscape? Norton? Windows LiveOnecare has Destroyer & Firewall…Also Sonic, Weatherbug, Encarta? What !?! SOOO MUCH …
Do I need to run Backup disc’s? now? I have a “partition”?
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1) Moving all the offers and junk to you My Documents. Hopefully you remember where you moved them from, so you can move them back, and then go into the Control Panel, click on the Add and Remove Programs and uninstall any off the software you do not want. (It can’t install them if you have moved them).
2) IE 7 is no more secure then IE6. It just has the lastest and greatest features. But given a choice, use Firefox instead. It is much more secure.
Tips for a Safe Holiday Season
Unfortunately, the holiday season claims the highest number of fires than any other time of the year. Fireplaces give warmth and a relaxing atmosphere, strings of lights help provide a festive look to your home or business and candles fill the air with your favorite holiday scent.
But all of this can be gone in minutes. When I was 8 years old, I heard someone yelling outside in the early hours of the morning. Jumping out of bed to see what was up; I saw our neighbor’s house on fire. It was a 2-story house and the mom and two sons were sitting on the roof while the father was banging on our back door, hollering for an extension ladder. He needed to rescue his family!
Their house caught fire because of a faulty string of lights on the Christmas tree. They had been in bed only 3 hours when they smelled smoke. Luckily, they were OK, except for the father’s frostbitten feet. I can remember the impact that loss had on them – even at that young age. The pain they felt wasn’t just that one night, but for months and months because of the effort spent trying to remember their belongings so they could provide a list to their insurance agent.
The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) offer these safety tips to help ensure that you have a safe holiday.
§ Look for the UL Mark on light strings, electrical decorations and extension cords. The UL Mark means that UL engineers have tested representative samples of the product for foreseeable safety hazards such as fire and electric shock.
§ Ensure lights, decorations and extension cords are rated for outside use. Lights intended for indoor-only use bear green UL Marks. Light strings intended for indoor and outdoor use bear red UL marks.
§ Read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for electrical decorations.
§ Carefully inspect each electrical decoration – new or old – before plugging it in. Cracked sockets, frayed, bare or loose wires can cause a serious electric shock or start a fire. Replace damaged items with new, UL-Listed decorations.
§ Don’t use staples or nails to hang light strings. Instead, purchase hooks or clips designed for hanging light strings.
§ Check packaging to determine the maximum number of strings that may be connected or use this rule of thumb: Connect a maximum of three midget (push-in bulbs) light strings or up to 50 bulbs of light strings with the screw-in bulbs (C7s and C9s).
§ Don’t overload extension cords by plugging in too many decorations.
§ Turn off all electrical lights and decorations before leaving home or going to bed.
Take precautions. The cost of new strings of lights, an extension cord or the proper hooks or clips could be the difference between a safe holiday or one remembered because it was the year you had a fire.
About the Author
Cindy Hartman is President of Hartman Inventory, LLC, a business and home inventory service provider. She and her husband Mike are also owners of Hartman Inventory Systems, LLC, a company that provides assistance to entrepreneurs who want to establish their own home-based inventory business. http://www.HartmanInventory.com