[AccessD] scheduling

I suggest you replace surge protectors for computer equipment with a
Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS. I have a couple in my office. My power go
off long enough (more than a second) to crash my equipment about twenty
times a day here.

Trip-lite has some very nice ones out for less than $100 that will safely
turn your PC off for you via USB cable if the power is going to be out for
more than 10 minutes. Kind of like the network room's UPS little cousins.
Beware the less expensive APC  models - some have a poorly designed
proprietary cable instead of USB.

JB
"free from the cabal but on the run"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William
> Hindman
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:49 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] scheduling
>
>
> ...the better solution is to install real electrical surge protectors at
> your electrical panels rather than the toy suppressors we all have for our
> computers and phones ...most of those sold at computer/office
> outlets can't
> handle more than a short, mild surge ...for areas like south Florida where
> we get frequent lightning storms you need much more ...the ones we have in
> our main panel and phone distribution block cost $300+ but handle
> over 26MVA
> surges ...anything but a direct hit ...before we installed them we had
> constant hits on our computers despite each having their own suppressors
> ...after installation, I've been able to work through the worst
> storms ...as
> long as power stays on, I can without worrying ...HTH :)
>
> ...of course if I needed a handy excuse to take off this time of year
> anyway, yours would work :))))
>
> William Hindman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Harkins" <harkins at iglou.com>
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 11:20 AM
> Subject: [AccessD] scheduling
>
>
> > I use Access to keep articles, etc. on schedule, keep up with invoicing,
> > etc. and it works just fine. The one thing I don't really know how to
> handle
> > is the following -- occasionally I want to note something that I may not
> > need for months -- and I can do that -- just don't really know how to go
> > about displaying it -- reminding myself to look -- know what I mean?
> >
> > For instance, this past two weeks has been bad because of the weather.
> Even
> > though I have surge protectors, I still turn off everything when the
> > lightning starts and that's been hours every day for the past two weeks.
> I'm
> > grossly behind as a result. Now, what I need to do is make a note to
> myself
> > that sometime in Jan, Feb, March -- maybe even all three --
> that I remind
> > myself NOT to schedule fully for April and May because of the weather.
> >
> > Just not sure how to approach it. Right now, I'm using Outlook
> and Access
> > and I'm working toward phasing Outlook out of the picture --
> it's just too
> > difficult to work with for what I need.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
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