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Typing is a skill that I never took the time to learn in high school. I never thought I’d need it. As an adult, I have found that typing is a necessity. For an at-home business like medical transcription, typing well and accurately could mean the difference between an average business and ever-increasing profits. This article gives suggestions for those who have lived with the "hunt and peck" method most of their lives and people who have been taught how to type but want to increase their speed and accuracy.

For those of you, like myself, who have grown frustrated with how long it takes you to type a document, now is the time to learn the proper technique. I must warn you: it will be a challenge. Your brain and your hands have grown accustomed to typing the wrong way. The one problem with learning a bad habit is that you have to unlearn it.

To improve your typing speed, invest in typing tutor software. These programs teach keyboard and number pad memorization. Learning proper finger placement on the "home row" is essential to typing success. With the proper foundation your typing speed will increase.

Two programs on the market today are MacMillan Typing Tutor 9 for the PC and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 for PC and MAC. I learned how to type properly using Mavis Beacon software. The program takes you through the basic principles of typing, using fun games and timed tests at every level to increase speed and accuracy. Once a particular level is mastered the program allows you to move on to the next.

For those who need a refresher course to increase typing speed, online services are available to assist you. The key to your success is practice, practice, and more practice. Typing speed tests to increase your speed are available free on the Web. You are given a sample paragraph to type. Once you are done and hit "submit", the speed and accuracy of your work are translated into WPM (words per minute). You can practice with as many paragraph samples as you want.

A key to success in a typing dependent business it to increase your speed. No matter which category you fall into, consistent practice will determine how much your typing speed will increase. Once success is achieved, a monthly practice session or two wouldn’t hurt to keep up your skills.

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Your network is more central to your business processes than ever before. You don’t need to be reminded that network outages and security lapses can be devastating. You need a technology partner that can help your business get the most out of its network and keep it up and running 24 x 7 x 365.

Microsoft no longer support Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange 5.5. Your server is down and your company is no longer receiving email. Where do you turn for microsoft support?

If you look on the web for a microsoft certified consultant you will see many companies looking to gain you as their next client. Here are a few things to look for when choosing such a company.

1. how many certified engineers do they have?
2. how many years have then been in business. Remember NT has been around a long time.
3. Have then give you their plan over the phone on how they will fix the problem.
4. talk to the engineer that they will be sending. have him or her explain the issue and fix to you.
5. talk with another company and see if the first’s company fix is valid.

In today’s world, just about every company needs to use computers for their business to succeed. While Enterprise-size companies (typically 250 or more computers) already have an IT department, they may have gaps in the IT expertises to implement new projects, solve technical issues, or simply are overburdened.

After you have fix the problem with NT then it is time to migration to Active Directory. Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory® service is an enterprise-class directory service that is scalable, built using Internet-standard technologies and delivered with Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. It is the central point for isolating, migrating, centrally managing and reducing the number of directories found in a network. Using it can simplify management, strengthen security and increase interoperability. Even though not every organization will immediately implement Active Directory services when deploying Windows 2003 Server, the solution does offer many advantages.

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Before I get started with the second part of this article, I want to mention another requirement for a good pvp(player versus player) game; Open Pvp. I know that I have opened a large can of worms with this one. But, I want all of you reading this to realize that I am not trying to make friends. Many of the things I say will offend some (I tend to call them carebears). The plague of carebears will be discussed in another article. Anyway, back on topic…

Why is Open PVP so important Tay?

Open pvp/pk is the very heart of competition in online games. “Survival of the fittest” If you concentrate on the pvp niche, you will find many people who will sign up for these games. There are consequences to open pvp however. Most of the paying customers of MMORPGs despise failure(getting killed). Why? Well, many people use MMORPGs to get away from their real lives. In many cases, these lives are already filled with enough drama and failure. So, why would they want to experience failure in an artificial world as well? It’s much too easy to complain about failure instead of taking the proper steps to correct the problem.

So what about the player-killers that target newbies? How will I ever level?

You can level easily in every game that you play if you take the proper steps. I personally haven’t had any major problems in this area. You may get killed every now and then, but never to the point where you can’t continue leveling. Read the “How to avoid getting ganked in WoW” article for survival tips. The strategies can be carried over in most games.

You can grief others in consentual pvp/pk based games much easier than an open pvp environment

So, what makes a bad pvp game?

* Heavy restrictions on the pvp/pk environment

* Item/Time based leveling

* Lack of goals, rewards, competition, and public kill/death ratio

* Overpowered classes

* Over censorship from Game Masters (Gms)

* Relying on others to advance your character - This is a pet peeve of mine. If I want to grind for 12 hours straight solo, I should be able to do that. Many will say, “But, playing online with friends is the purpose of a *multiplayer* game.” That may be true, but time zone differences and other restrictions make it difficult at times. I shouldn’t need to join a zerg just to continue leveling…

Many of these items were discussed in the first part of the article, so I won’t regurgitate the same information twice.

How do I satisfy everyone as a developer and make money at the same time?

I will use WoW and Lineage 2 as examples. World of Warcraft has 89y67123 different servers now…but where is the open pvp server? It would be so exciting to be able to kill anyone, anywhere. Just make a few of the major towns safe zones so you can use the warehouse, etc.(Ogrimmar, Undercity, etc.)

In Lineage 2, you should get rid of the highly flawed karma system. A discussion of this topic would take an entire page… The only thing I will say is, there must be a balance. Gaining more karma from defending yourself is the most ignorant idea ever.

If you want to satisfy everyone, create a game where all of the best gear and equipment is gained through pvp. You must enter the “wastelands” in order to obtain the best items. No artificial boundaries like a karma system, unbalanced item drops, etc.

The best aspects of each game MMORPG that I have played will be discussed in the next article. In the meantime, keep killing, keep grinding, and always strive to be the best. **Failure isn’t an option**

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