Jack Snyder Computer Services


My name is on this site.
It is a good name.
I aim to keep it that way.

Jack H. Snyder
Vero Beach, FL

Computer Troubleshooting
Since 1978

Contact Form
 jsnyder@aftrain.com

(801) 822-0475
(801) 605-1715

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CUSTOM WEBSITE COMPONENTS AVAILABLE

URL - website address - for instance, www.focus-france.com.
Email addresses - anybody@focus-france.com, unlimited number.
Page template composition, front page, main pages, sub-pages, sub-webs.
Customized design, custom headers, footers, banners.
Customized interactive web forms, surveys, inventories, lists.
Email opt-in collection and management tools.
Directory, site map, navigation tools, menus.
Site search engine, various search boxes (bible search or dictionary).
Guestbook, shoutbox, bulletin board, forums.
Blog pages, RSS feeds in or out.
RSS feeds from your favorite news source to populate pages. [example].
Shopping cart, credit card acceptance, PayPal, and ClicknPledge.
Interface between merchant bank accounts and web merchants.
Use of personal pictures and images or inexpensive professional photos, art.
Photo galleries, photograph enhancement, picture editing or optimizing.
Maps and directions integrated in the site.
Streaming and/or downloading center for audio or video content.
Customized contact page / forms.
Redirect pages from old site to new.
"Bookmark this page," "Add to favorites," "Make this my home page."
All meta tags and alt tags populated appropriately and correctly.
Achieving the same look in all browsers.
Complete, professional search engine optimization (SEO) [example].
Plenty of inexpensive on-line storage for your files.
Collection of software to automate many chores.
Coding for Search Engine Submission, intent on high rankings.
Mirror sites, redirect pages, linking to others, getting seen and known.
Collecting email addresses, testimonials, recommendations.
Connecting with professional and social networking sites like Linkedin.com.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AVAILABLE

Content management systems make creating websites less complicated, and allow the site owners or their designates to make changes and additions. The Content management systems include a "back office" administrative area in which the user may add, remove, or modify text and graphics.

SPEED-UP TUNE-UP

A PC Tune-up will often greatly increase speed and safety in computing.  Programs will load much faster, the PC will have significantly more storage space, and the internet reception will be greatly improved.  A PC Tune-up consists in the following actions:

  • Removal or quarantine of spyware, malware, insidious auto-dialers, desktop pop-ups, disconnectors, trojans, crippleware, viruses, etc.

  • Removal of all non-essential, outdated, duplicated, temporary, set-up, or malicious files.

  • Analyzing the disk drives for health and broken areas, then optimizing the file placement to achieve optimum performance.

  • Installing software utilities that speed up reception and file acquisition, or aid in Internet connectivity.

  • Optimizing the cache, hardware set-up, Windows registry.

  • Checking for and installing software updates.

  • Rearranging the cords and wires to improve electrical flow and work space.

The Speed-Up Tune-Up can usually be completed in the course of one day, though there may be need of returning another day to finish up.

TUNE-UP COMPLETE CHECKLIST

Set restore point
Back up data as necessary
Examine and Cull start-up programs
Scan and repair the Windows Registry
Scan for and eliminate malware
Delete unused / unwanted programs
Delete extraneous and temporary files
Archive / compress email
Analyze and defragment drives
Check for and install Windows updates
Execute third-person virus scan
Adjust Internet cache if necessary
Clear and renew system restore points
Suggest upgrades / resources

TROUBLESHOOTING

Go to the troubleshooting form.

The PC Tune-up will often uncover minor problems and correct them.  However, pre-existing trouble, often compounded by attempting to fix the problems, may take further time and effort.  When we speak of 'trouble,' we may be referring to either software or hardware, the network or the set up.  There are standardized troubleshooting procedures to help a technician locate the computer problem.  The user often does not have the experience to solve the trouble; in fact, trying to fix something minor problems often results in compound troubles.

I have been troubleshooting computers since 1978 with Burroughs systems, I have worked through the days of the first real PCs, through the age of C/PM, DR-DOS, MS-DOS, and in the last 10 years, all the versions of Windows.

Troubleshooting is not quite a science, but the more experienced the troubleshooter, the quicker the trouble is found and eliminated.  Sometimes the only way to fix the PC is to re-install the entire operating system, drivers, and software. 

I have done these processes successfully many, many times.  Now I am willing to try to help you not only get back to work on the PC, but fix the problem next time yourself (if there is a next time).

ACCESSIBILITY

The American Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.  Web Accessibility refers to building sites with abilities (or lack thereof) in mind.  When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality.

The needs that Web Accessibility aims to address include (from Wikipedia):

  • Visual: Visual impairments including blindness, various common types of low vision and poor eyesight, various types of color blindness;

  • Motor/Mobility: e.g. difficulty or inability to use the hands, including tremors, muscle slowness, loss of fine muscle control, etc., due to conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke;

  • Auditory: Deafness or hearing impairments, including individuals who are hard of hearing;

  • Seizures: Photoepileptic seizures caused by visual strobe or flashing effects.

  • Cognitive/Intellectual: Developmental disabilities, learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), and cognitive disabilities of various origins, affecting memory, attention, developmental "maturity," problem-solving and logic skills, etc.

In website construction, failing to address the needs listed above not only discriminates against a large population of avid web users, but also discards a population of consumers that could help to keep the web owner in business!  Yet, in my personal estimation, few sites, especially graphics-heavy sites, take into account neither people with disabilities nor the ADA guidelines.  Websites made from graphics-heavy templates are designed for FAST implementation.  Uploaders of these kinds of sites are in a hurry to remain in buisness, and rely on volume and speed, not accuracy and accessibility.  Few sites I look at take the disabled into account at all.

I believe that site builders who do not care about this segment of society are lax in their responsibility to their clients and to the public. I am dedicated to building custom sites that are ADA compliant and fully coded for maximum accessibility, even if compliance means an extra day or two of coding.  You should be, too - whether for the sake of the disabled or for your own business interest of reaching this large, important group with your product or message.