     
A little about me, Kim KomandoI host two national radio shows. My Digital Minute airs Monday through Friday. I also host a three-hour show on the weekends. My shows are broadcast on more than 460 radio stations throughout the great United States and also in 177 different countries and on every ship at sea on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Plus, I write two columns a week for USA Today.com and 82 daily newspapers on Gannett Newswire.
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Don't miss any more of my hot picks; get all my free newsletters in your inbox. >> Rookie Rundown: The start to your digital lifeManaging Flash storageGuy from Loveland, CO, listens to my national radio show on KHOW 630 AM. He notices that when he watches videos on certain sites, such as news sites, Adobe's Flash Player asks him whether it's OK to store information on his computer. He wants to know what this is all about and whether it's really necessary. Flash is an important part of the Internet and appears on many sites. Some sites use Flash as a basic video player while other sites take full advantage of its capabilities. One of the things Flash can do is store information on your computer. If you play an online Flash game, for example, Flash can store your current level and high score. Next time you start the game, you can pick up where you left off. In the case of news sites, they probably want to store video player preferences or what videos you watched. It might be for your convenience or so the site can keep tabs on the videos that are most popular. However, it might be for Flash-based tracking cookies. The site's privacy policy should tell you the reason. That can help you decide whether or not to allow local storage. If you don't want to deal with all this, you can modify Flash's local storage settings to always deny storage requests. If you've never been asked to store information, you should also check your settings. Your Flash Player might be set to accept everything. First, make sure you have the most recent version of Adobe Flash installed. You can download it here from my site. Then open a Flash video, right-click on the video and choose Global Settings. On the Storage tab, you can choose Block all sites from storing information. Just be aware this could cause some sites to not work properly. I recommend setting it to Ask me before allowing sites to save information. Then you can decide on a case-by-case basis. Below these options, you can click the Local Storage Settings button to see set what sites are already storing data on your computer. You can choose to remove the data or block a specific site from storing information in the future. If you just want to wipe out all the information, click the Delete All button. Note that this could cause you to lose data on some Flash-based sites. The Internet can be a scary place, but browsing safely can be really easy with a few steps.
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Contest site:$1,500 Delightful Diva GiveawayLooking for a break? She Knows is offering a $500 Spa Finder gift card for relaxation and $1,000 in cash to buy you something fun. Open to U.S. residents 18 and older (void in RI). Expires Mar. 31, 2012. Freebie of the week:AllergEaseAllergy season is beginning. Nip your allergies in the bug with a free sample of AllergEase all-natural allergy support lozenges. Open to U.S. residents 18 and older. Limit one sample per household. Freebie from Komando:Stargaze from your computerDon't live in an area with a clear view of the sky? Want to know the position of celestial objects before heading outside? This powerful home planetarium software is just what you need. Freebie from GoToMyPC:Free 45-day trial of gotomypc.com (www.gotomypc.com/kim)Use your Mac or PC remotely. Works on PC and Macs! Kim Komando Show listeners get a 45-day free trial. Use promo code Kim. Freebie from Carbonite:Free trial and 2 months free (www.carbonite.com/kim)Hard drives fail. Don't lose your precious photos and data. Carbonite is simply the best online backup. It's the one I use. Get a free trial. Use promo code Kim and get two months free when you decide to buy. Killer Tip: Choose the right Ethernet cableHeavy on the technical sideQuestion:I'm expanding my wired network to every room in my house, including the garage. However, I'm not sure what cable type to use. What is the difference between Cat 5e and Cat 6? I'm not a fan of wireless networks because they lose signal strength. Thanks for your time. I love your show. Answer:Expanding a wired network to every room of a house is often a major undertaking. Rewiring an entire house is no small feat, even with a smaller abode. Of course, you could just run the cables outside the walls, which is much easier. But that has its own set of problems. It doesn't look very good to start with, and it can limit how far the network can extend. There's a reason many people prefer the ease of a wireless network, Rafael. Still, I see your point about signal strength. To cover a larger house, you often have to take special measures. If you do stick with a wired network, you have to decide what cable to use. Ethernet cable comes in a number of different categories that indicate the network speed and frequency the cable can support. The category also indicates the cable's ability to avoid outside interference that can lead to network glitches. Joke:You can always count on me to make you smileDuring John's physical, the doctor asked him about his daily activity level. John replied, "Well, yesterday morning, I waded along the edge of a lake, escaped from wild dogs in the heavy brush, marched up and down several rocky hills, stood in a patch of poison ivy, crawled out of quicksand, and jumped away from an aggressive rattlesnake." "No," John replied, "I'm just a lousy golfer."
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