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9 10 [Next] - A 'pulse noise' or 'tax impulse' is a pulse - inaudible by the human ear - that is generated by phone companies to meter the length of telephone connections, usually for taxing purposes. Common only in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, Spain and Switzerland, pulse noises can interfere with or interrupt modem communications. The accepted solution for this modem connectivity problem is a tax-impulse or pulse-noise filter, which filters out the offending pulses and preserves the integrity of the modem connection. 12-Nov-2005 Tim Matthews ID1504 - If you are going to access the internet while abroad, plan ahead. ISP offerings vary extensively in convenience and price, so finding the right solution at a reasonable price can entail substantial research. 4-Aug-2005 Laptop Travel ID1003 - A few simple tricks can mean precious moments of juice on the road. If you don't need sound and can turn it off, do so. Also, consider removing PC Cards when not in use. Even when the notebook isn't accessing these cards, they can drain battery power. You can also lower the monitor resolution and reduce brightness on your monitor to save power. 12-Nov-2005 Tim Matthews ID1490 - If you run Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000 on your laptop and use a portable drive when traveling, a Windows 98 setting can help speed access to your drives. Right-click your My Computer icon and choose System Properties. Click the Performance Tab, and then click the File System button. Under Removable Disk, check the Enable Write-Behind Caching On All Removable Disk Drives and then click OK twice to exit. This operation tells your laptop to use RAM to speed up access to files on your portable drive. 12-Nov-2005 Tim Matthews ID1492 - While doing your pre-trip research, collect it all in one place (using a software application like ours) on your laptop. The point when disaster strikes is not the time to be searching for that list of English-speaking doctors or the calendar that shows you where your spouse is at that particular moment or the final version of your meeting agenda.... Correlate Desktop Information Aggregator 18-Dec-2003 Correlate Desktop Information Aggregator ID1001 Would You Like to Add a Travel Tip?We welcome QUALITY travel tips from our users.Note: you will be required to enter the characters from a security image, so please make sure that you have your browser set to view images. (This measure was necessary to reduce spam.) You will be able to provide your URL, if applicable. Submit your travel tips and hints here. |
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