Welcome to the realm of PCTech! I have been collecting useful tips and troubleshooting procedures over the years for problems that will not be solved over the phone by your ISP or PC manufacturer. The articles that I'll publish under this domain will branch off in many diferent directions, so i'll try to keep the tree of links simple to the point where you'll be able to find whatever you are looking for. If you have na issue that is not in the content of available solutions, you can allwais post a request on this page and i will try to provide you with a working solution of the problem as soon as possible.

I love the new look of aidpage.com!! Many thanks to the Aidpage Team!

      The creation of this page has a very simple purpose. To ease the pressure and frustration, you as a home Buyer/Seller have, when it gets to purchasing or selling a home. And there is lots of it, especially for the first timers or those who have not done a transaction for a long time.

     I remember buying a house for a first time in downtown Las Vegas in early 90's. I couldn't figure, why the Real Estate Agent was trying to make me sign all these papers before I even decided on a house. Why don't we just look at houses and let it settle for a while? Well, the papers were not more then a formality and the houses I was interested in were selling fast, so it wasn't the agent, but my own frustration and lack of knowledge about the Process that made me feel uneasy. Now 15 years later being a Realtor myself, I would like to share my experience, not only as an Agent, but also as a person been on both sides of the game and understanding what people go through to make it happen.

                               - The Process
                               - The Scare of Paper work
                               - How To Choose A Real Estate Agent

Hi guys,

Flicking through your posts, I can see that most of you are going through financial difficulties of some sort. Many people say that they need money but somehow they seem to expect a miracle – someone to give them what they need just because they are nice. It sounds wonderful but it doesn’t happen very often, as we all know. In most cases everyone must sort out the problems himself.  I am sure you are doing your best trying to find a grant, if possible, or get social security benefits, which is not always easy, but there are other options too. I am a loan officer myself and I would be happy to help you with some free advice. It might help you out or at least I might be able to give you useful information.

As a general rule, if you are in too much debt, bankruptcy might be a good way out. (But don’t do it if you don’t HAVE to!)  It doesn’t do as much harm as most people believe in a long term and it is a way of getting back on track faster. What would you say if I told you that a person who had bankruptcy discharged 3 months ago has a credit score of 566? Or that there are programs that would give you  100% mortgage loan one day out of bankruptcy. Please don’t get me wrong! I am not trying to convince you that bankruptcy is a good think. I would compare it to having a surgery – you don’t do it if you have another option.
Just a piece of advice: do your homework first. I have seen lawyers who would easily charge you a few thousand dollars and do just about nothing.

Another sensitive issue is credit history and credit scores. Many people believe that their scores are too low to get a loan. In reality, there are programs for almost every situation. Keep in mind that you CAN and HAVE TO: (1) make sure your credit report is correct at all times and (2) sometimes there are errors in the report and you need to take steps fix them. There are thinks you can do that will improve your credit scores and the good news is - you can do it yourself. You don’t have to pay someone $3,000 or more for a “magic” credit history repair.

Please let me know if you find my notes useful and feel free to ask questions.
I would be happy if I can help.

Here is how to set up your e-mail address,  how to change how often OLE sends and receives messages and how to enable the viewing of pictures in Outlook Express 5.0 and 6.0:

How to set up an e-mail account in Outlook Express 

How to change how often Outlook Express sends and receives messages

How to Enable Viewing of Pictures and Attachments in OLE

     In general none of the ISP providers are obligated to help you with this - if you can open a web page, that is as far as their tech support will go. Your PC manufacturer will NOT help you with this issue. And your last resort - Microsoft, will charge you for live tech support approximately $35/h... So, to avoid hours of arguing with tech support reps, here is what you have to do to fix this type of problem:

    DELETE THE TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES To delete the temporary Internet files, follow these steps:

    CONFIGURE SECURITY, CONTENT, AND ADVANCED SETTINGS IN INTERNET EXPLORER To configure security, content, and advanced settings in Internet Explorer, follow these steps:

To delete the Cookies in IE 6.0:

• click on "Tools" and select "Internet Options"

• Click on "Delete Cookies":

• Click "OK":

• After the hourglas is gone, click on "Delete Files":

• Click "OK" without checking the box next to "Delete all offline content":

• After the hourglass is gone, click on "Delete Files" again :

• Put a check mark next to "Delete all offline content" and click "OK":

• After the hour glass is gone from your screen, click "OK" on the "Internet Options" window, close IE and reboot your computer.

Before you are able to do this you will have to obtain the following information:

•  Your e-mail address
•  Your user name
•  Your password
•  The incoming server name
•  The outgoing server name

After you get the above information here is what do you have to do:

• Open Outlook Express
• Click on "tools" and click on "Accounts"

• Click on the "Mail" tab

• Click on the "Add" button and click on "Mail"

• In the "Display name" box type whatever you want people to see when they recieve an e-mail from you and click "Next".

• In the "E-mail address" box type your complete e-mail address and click "Next".

• Enter the incoming and outgoing mail server names and enter them in the text boxes. Click "Next".

• Enter your password in the text box next to "Password" and make sure that there is a check mark next to "Remember password". Click "Next".

• Click "Finish".

• Click "Close".

After you click "Close", you should be able to click on "Send/Recieve" button on the tool bar of OLE and get the messages that are stored on the incoming mail server.

Please, let me know if you have any questions :)

Hello. I am an african american single mother. I have bad credit but am trying to get a loan to purchase my first home. I have a pretty good job which I've been on for more than two years now. Previously I was in a very bad relationship, but now I am rebuilding my life and wish to provide my two year old daughter with a lovely home. Please help me. Thank you.

Here is how to do this, explained in simple words:
 
    1. Click on the “Start” button on your desktop.

    2. Click on the “Run” option in the “Start” menu.

    3. In the text box next to “Open” type “cmd” (for Win XP or Win 2000 Pro), or “command” (for Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, Win NT 4.0).

    4. Press “Enter” or click “OK”.

    5. The “command prompt” window will open on the screen.

    6. In this window type “telnet ‘YourIncomingServer’* 110”.

    7. Press “Enter”

    8. You should get “+OK InterMail POP3 server ready.” or a similar message.

    9. You will have to type word “user”, press the space bar on the keyboard one time and type your “user name”**

    10. Press “Enter”

    11. You should get “+OK please send PASS command”.

    12. Now type the word “pass”, press the space bar on the keyboard one time and type your “password”***

    13. You will get “+OK ‘user name’ is welcome here”. Now you are logged on to your POP3 server through telnet.
    Now you should be able to type "list" in the same window. This will display the number of the messages in your mailbox and their individual size.
 
      * - ‘YourIncomingServer’ - the name of your incoming mail server will be provided to you by your Internet Service Provider. For example - if you are a customer of Cox Communications your incoming mail sever could be ' pop.west.cox.net '; if you are a customer of Earthlink, you mail server could be ' pop.earthlink.net'. To obtain the correct name of your incoming mail server, please call your ISP's technical support line.
 
.......  to be continued

To make sure that your Internet Explorer is not trying to use dial up connection:

1. open up IE
2. click on "Tools" button in the tool bar in the upper left-hand side of Internet Explorer
3. select "Options" from the menu that opens up
4. click on the "Connections" tab of the "Internet Options" window
5. put a "dot" in the radio button next to "Never dial a connection"
6. click "Apply"
7. click "OK"
8. close Internet Explorer
9. restart your computer

Now try using your explorer again - this time it should use your existing LAN connection.

Some of the security settings in OLE have to be changed.

Here is how to do this:

• open OLE
• click on "Tools" button in the upper part of OLE
• select "Options" from the drop down menu
• go to the "Security" tab
• remove the check mark from "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus"
• click the "OK" button
• close OLE
• open OLE

Now you should be able to open pictures and attachments.

If you need me to post pics along with the instructions, please send me a message :)

Welcome to the part of my aidpage where I will try to help you to resolve whatever issues you might have sending and recieving e-mails with Outlook Express:

Problem solutions for Outlook Express

Set up an e-mail account

Hello...

I am a mother of two, 2years old and 14months.  My 14 moth girl is under going genetic testing, orthopedic surgery and therapy.  Due to all of her many doctors appointments including those in california I had to stop working my full time job last November to keep up with all appointments.  My boyfriend and father to my two children has continued to worked a full time.  We were just able to make ends meet for the last few months, but this month we are now so far beneth water we can bearly breath.  We moved into the home we are in in August 2006 we have not been able to funish our home yet, we managed to purchase a couch, but no table to eat at, my boyfriend and I are sleeping on an air mattress that we have to re-air half way through the night because it doesn't hold air and my son sleeps on a mattress and my daughter sleeps in a playyard we found at a thrift store.  We don't have any family members that have extra money to help us out in our situation.  So I have been forced to turn to the kindness of strangers to help us out.  My boyfriend has too much pride to ask for help so I have left him in the dark about this and my asking strangers for help.  I'm not asking for a particular amount of money just what ever you can give.  If a dollar is all you can afford then please help us out it wold be greatly appreciated.  I know there are people out there who would like to help but are uncomfortable with sending money, if that is the case a gift card for Walmart would help out alot so we can get food and diapers for the kids.  Since this is the only place we can get food and things the children need all at the sametime.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you for your help if you can, Melissa.

    First of all what you need to understand is that the Process I am describing here takes place in Las Vegas, NV and may not be as useful elsewhere in US. There is a number of people working on every single Real Estate deal towards a same common goal-to make the deal go through and close escrow. Some of these people you will meet and others you won’t, but every single one of them wants to finish this in a positive way, so they can get paid. SIMPLE AS THAT! And they know that they should work so, that everybody from both sides (Buyer/Seller) is happy or there is no deal, which means no payday and none of them wants to see that happening after all the time and money spend. Let me mention some of these team members so you better understand the next part of the PROCESS.

    First you choose a Real Estate Agent to help you find or sell a home and represent you throughout the transaction. Your Agent is your best friend. There is another just as good friend to you whom you may never see in person but he/she is watching every step of the way, because is legally liable for your Agents conduct – that person is your Agents Broker who gets paid part of the commission or a flat fee.

    Same structure is valid for the other side of the transaction (Agent, Broker, Client). Some times you may see the Broker working directly with the Client, but that is not a common practice. That’s why the Brokers hire Agents, so they don’t have to go out and do it themselves.

    So far we have the Real Estate side of the team (both sides Brokers, Agents, Buyer and Seller). Now let’s move to the Mortgage (Loan) part.

    If the Buyer doesn’t have the money cash (99% of the cases) will need to find a Lender (Bank, Mortgage Company, etc.) to finance the purchase. Usually, the Agent would pre-qualify the Buyer before they start looking at potential properties and this is the practice I prefer. It saves all of us valuable time. After finding a lending company, Buyer meets with a Loan Officer to help with the paper work and choose the right Loan, than the Loan Officer sends the paper work to the Processor. The Processor is somebody you may hear from if they need more information and then the file goes to the most important person on the Mortgage team, The Underwriter. If the file is complete and The Underwriter signs it off, the money is ready to go to Escrow.  The Mortgage team (Loan Officer, Processor, Underwriter) is getting paid partially by charging fees to the Buyers closing cost and partially by the Bank they got the money from.

    Then everything happens in Escrow (Title Company). Some states are using attorneys instead. One of the Buyers Agents job is to open Escrow with an Escrow Officer after the purchase contract was signed and accepted by both parties. Once Escrow is opened the Escrow Officer becomes the coordinator of the Process until it closes successfully. In order for that to happen, all the paper work gathered from RE Agents, Banks, Mortgage Co., etc., should be satisfactory to the standards of the State Law. One of the major roles of Escrow is to issue a Title insurance to the property, which means they made sure that all the liens and debts have been paid off prior to Close of Escrow, so the Buyer gets Clear Title and if someone shows up later and claims they had an interest in the property and were not paid to their satisfaction, they have to settle the dispute with the Title Company not with the Buyer. If the Seller did not pay his liabilities and did not disclose them prior to Close of Escrow, the Escrow may settle the claim and go after the Seller to recover the damages.

    Charging Buyer and Seller fees to their closing cost pays the Escrow Office, Title Officer and their assistants.

    Now I hope, you The Client, understood better the confusing sometimes Process of moving a Real Estate Transaction. And before we proceed to the next segment I would like to remind you that the above is mostly valid for the State of Nevada and especially for Las Vegas, where I work and live for 15 years. Most other states even though similar may surprise you with terminology, order and institutions different that the said above.

                               - The Scary of Paper work
                               - How To Choose A Real Estate Agent
 

To change how often Outlook Express checks or sends messages you have to:

1. open OLE
2. click on the "Tools" button on the tool bar on top of Outlook Express
3. in the "General" tab of the "Options" window by default there is a check mark next to "Check for new messages every 30 minute(s)"
4. you can change the number "30" to whatever number you want - if you delete "30" and type "5" in the box, your Outlook Express will send and check for new messages every 5 minutes.

Please, let me know if you need me to post pictures or if you have any questions.

I am a 26 year old female, and I have a 1 and 1/2 year old daughter and my husband. We recently came to Vegas, to be closer to our family and search better opportunities, but things don't always happen that way, as my husband couldn't find the right job right away and I have been looking for one for months. In addition I know nobody and I don't know where to go make friends, especially when I don't have much budjet to go places.  I love to kow people,moms who have children and like to meet for playdates here in Vegas at my home or yours or at a park.

My other problem is a job. I am so eager to work right now but I don't have much to show of with. Most of my jobs I've done so far were temporary and out of the USA while I was at college and were not of great significance of what  I really want to do. I have a 2 years degree in Graphic Arts and a minor in Computer science, and I would love to use the abilities I have paid for to develope at college.I can learn fast any office machines and softwares, I have had use of  most of them. Also I have good communication skills, that I have developed from other customer service jobs I have been at. That is I would love to work for someone who needs help in an office, and extra telephone help. I am beginer and never worked before in that field but I wont let down anybody, if given the opportunity.

It's hard  to look for a job and go to many interviews because I have my daughter full time at home and my husband and I can't efford daycare right now, maybe never, all his money go for bills. I have to start working to make money to pay for daycare. I need a reliable understanding employer, for that. I cannot effort a job that I will do temporarly.I will probably find daycare if I know I met a reliable employer. I am turnng 27 this year and I am eager to begin a career and develope good working skills.

If you have any friends or yourself in VEGAS who can help me get at work, I will be so greatful. I will not let anyone down as I am honest and active person,persistent person.

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Total Planned Units:   403
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I am 26 years old and a first time mother of the most beautiful 1 year old little boy. He has made me look at life in a completley different light. But being a parent isn't as easy as i always thought my parents had it. The father of my son has turned out to be, well, i guess not ready to be a father. So i'm on my own pretty much. A woman trying to raise a man. Now to top it all off,  I'm 7 months pregnant. I have been blessed to have a supportive family, but family or not a person can only help you until they can't help you anymore. my father is going to reno to start a new job and he cant afford to take me with him nor would I want to just pick up and go. So either I have to come up with the funds to move to an apartment, or I have to come up with a way to pay for half the bills in this house.(My dad's gonna leave everything on if I end up staying here.) A friend of mine said they'd move in and pay half of the bills if I could come up with the rest. I have been looking for work that I can do on the computer. Somthing I can do at home. I don't know what to do. half the bills here would be like $650. It would be more expensive to move into an apartment.  Everywhere that I have called wants !st and last months rent plus a deposit. I can not come up with that kind of money. But I'm hopeful and I refuse to give up. So if there's anyone out there who can help, Any help I can get I'm grateful to receive. Thank you, and God bless.

 As One Inc. an non profit corp. was formed in March of 2005.  We seek to provide shelter for 6-8 homeless adults who have mental disorders. Providing nutritional meals positive direction for a better future.  With the assistance of staff we shall also provide self motivation and goal setting and problem solving technics for job readiness and extended education under the direction Of Clark County Adult Education.   Our staff shall tutor and provided one on one and group sessions .  We will also provide transportation to and from outside services such as Medical appointments & Mental Health counseling.  We shall use extensive expertise in needs assessment of program planning, money management and daily charting and evaluation to help identify problems.  Our main funding shall come from grants, donations.  The small amount of monies from residents social security checks cannot fund our entire program as they would need some monies for personal care.  We need monies for transportation to and from appointments, trainng  and wages, for our staff, housing and upkeep payments and supplies..   We would like to help residents to become responsible independent or semi independent adults.  Currently their are  2 unpaid staff, between the both of us we have almost 40 years of Management and Mental Health experience, But no, know how in writing grants or how to obtain funding.  We are both physically disable do to seperate misfortunes and are not able to work full time,  But we plan to divide the  time along with the help other staff.  With our motivation and determination  we can  encourage our residents to push forward and be positive.

     Dear people,

 I don't know just what to say for I have never done anything like this before, I will spare all who read this my long draw out sad story of surcumstace that leads me to the position of reaching out for help from others. I would like to attend UNLV for a Buisness degree and can't (I don't like the word can't it's like failure before you tried everything) so let's say I'm having trouble finding a way to get my dream started. this will require some help with tuition and books a computer most classes in my field of study suggest a laptop well I realy don't know what else to say. I appreciate those who have taken the time to read this and would like to thank all those who may have suggestions

     Have A Great Day   Sincerely,

                                                    FutureSomebody

I would love to introduce myself, as Stanley Harris, I came here to educate and aid in any possible way. I to need a bit of assistance. I have been blessed by God to conjure up a new invention for the world to see. For the world to embrace. we as humans we've all  encountered all sorts of situations. God knows I've had my share of problems. I was born paralayzed and I couldn't walk for thirteen years, nor could I play with the boys and girls in my neighborhood. Life was very hard for me. I know some of you have experienced some unfortunate situations as well, but if you are like me we don't allow situations to get us down. We keep going. I have to divulge to you all that I was homeless for eight months, I won't get into the gruesome story, but I will state that it isn't easy endeavoring to do good and everything you do isn't appreciated.  I've stated some of these things just to let you know the sort of person you are learning and or taking the time out to read about.  Do feel free to address me by way of email if you have any questions for me.  Remember, the greater joys in life are more felt than seen.

My husband and I have been looking for work for over 6 months now. I prepared taxes during the tax season and was given a bonus at the end of the season that kept us alive for another month or two. But we have tapped out all our credit cards and borrowed as much from family and friends as we can. We have also sold a bunch of our stuff on ebay. 

Please understand, we have not just looked for work; we've also looked for ways to make money via side businesses. We are determined to make a sustainable living, but we have encountered some roadblocks on the way. Within a two year period, we were robbed of most of our belongings and we had a business deal go sour that left us homeless for a short period of time and cost us a lot of time and money in legal struggles.

I've made a small amount of money in the past year editing books, articles and papers. I find that I especially like book editing and have a small website up right now that has attracted some clients and potential clients.  I've not done any marketing to date, other than establishing a relationship with one self-publishing company and putting up a website on another editing service. Today, I just discovered a place where I can advertise my services for free to over a million people a month worldwide. I only need to win a few clients in order to make ends meet. I wish I had discovered this website six months ago because I could have been promoting my side business and making money by now. But I believe things happen in their own time.

Here is my dilemma. I think that a couple of months of setting up a better website, setting up a storefront on the above mentioned website and promoting my services both locally and in cyberspace will lead to enough work to make ends meet and dig us out of the hole. If I can make a living at this, I believe my husband's business will be able to grow and we will have a good long-term outlook.

But the short-term is grim. We have about $100 left and we are now behind on bills. In nine days we will need to have about $900 to cover bills, including rent, but not including food or gasoline. Fifteen days after that we will need another $700 plus food & gasoline. We really need about $1900 a month in order to meet our obligations, which for two people isn't a lot. We will need more than that eventually to dig ourselves out of the hole, but right now I'm just concerned to survive until something gives.

I'm looking for help in the short-short term -- help to make it through August's rent. Appoximately $2000-$3000.

There are several ways that could happen:

1. We've been trying to sell our 1993 van, but with little success. We've advertised in local paper and auto trader and free classifieds.  With a couple of repairs, we actually could auction it locally. That would mean an investment that we do not have plus, according to the auctions website, up to 8 weeks before the auction would yeild payment. The auction house sets a reserve. If someone could lend me the amount of the reserve less the auction fees, I would pay that back when the van sells. Of course, if some other windfall occurred, I would be happy to pay back sooner. 
   
2. If you like to buy the van, we can talk about that as well. I live in Nevada and am willing to drive the van to California, Arizona or Utah to deliver it to someone. Otherwise, we could discuss shipping.
   
3. Maybe someone out there has a book, a manual, a dissertation, or some other editing project(s) that I could complete over the summer. I'd be willing to discount my prices considerably in order to have short-term money.
   
4. I have considerable experience as a bookkeeper, especially setting up books on computer or setting up new business books. If you have such a project, I'd be happy to talk with you about rates.
   
5. Maybe someone would like to talk to me about investing in my business. I plan to specialize in helping businesses or entrepreneurs self-publish a book or books to enhance their reputations and market shares. I'd be happy to share my business plan with anyone who'd consider microinvesting in my business.

I am open to any ideas on what to do. My husband and I have survived some bad blows in the last couple of  years as a result of setting some boundaries with family and business relationships. We are going to make it. I believe in us, but I also believe in the power of community and I was happy to find this site.

In addition to paying back a loan or providing the best service I know how to someone who might help, I also pledge to "pay it forward." I am strong believer in the power of human interaction and human networking. I won't drop the ball.

Thank you for your time and your consideration.

Sorry bout the last post, I can't even spell right now! I really need to get a job or something, we can't even take our kids to their doctor for shots because we owe them over 700 dollars. Does anyone know where I can gwt a job and make alot of money fast??  I get so mad because I know so many people that go to clubs, shake thier booties and have so much money to do anything they want, yeah, they live in a nice place drive nice cars, don't have anyone else to support and then there is us, my husband works an honest job and we can't even get groceries!! wth? This world is not fair!!!!

     Dear people,

 I don't know just what to say for I have never done anything like this before, I will spare all who read this my long draw out sad story of surcumstace that leads me to the position of reaching out for help from others. I would like to attend UNLV for a Buisness dagree and can't (I don't like the word can't it's like failure before you tried everything) so let's say I'm having trouble finding a way to get my dream started. this will require some help with tuition and books a computer most classes in my field of study suggest a laptop well I realy don't know what else to say. I appreciate those who have taken the time to read this and would like to thank all those who may have suggestions

     Have A Great Day   Sincerely,

                                                    FutureSomebody

I overstayed in the US after completing my College BS degree to pursuit American dreams.....Along the way,I mixed some wrong people, suing me in court for crime that I never commited, stealing my personal information and credit.....Being a non status resident, I could't attend and contest in court. The judge ordered me to pay a Huge find. I already used up all my saving and resourse to pay the find. However, I'm  about $3000 due in 2 weeks or I may end up in jail. I've a steady job and I can pay back in  about 3 months. I know there's good being somewhere can help me. My e mail is MAHAMOHI108@yahoo.com  Thank you! God bleesed!