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Changing Your Password -
It is strongly recommended
that you change your password regularly.
You may change both your dialup and email passwords from
our website. Note that changing one does not necessarily change the
other, you must go through the change process separately for each one.
Click here to change your dialup and email passwords.
You MUST know your current passwords to activate the change. If
you don't know your current password you'll have to contact our tech
support staff for assistance making any password changes. 877-426-5638
or 694-6655.
Our Favorite Search Engine
With dozens of search engines to choose from, it's hard to
know where to find the most relevant information. Hamilton tech
support recommends using Google.com
We've found this site to be fast loading, user friendly and produces
the most relevant results for any search. If you haven't discovered
Google yet, give it a try! For your convenience, our search page also has links to the other popular search engines.
Check Your Monthly Time
Did you know you can see how much time you've been using
during the current billing cycle? To check your monthly time click
here. For fast access to this every month there is also a link to
monthly time on the home page both in the upper link bar and on the
left side of the page.
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Find Local Information
We have included links to town websites for all the local
areas we serve here. If your town is not
listed on our local page (and is served by Hamilton.net Internet),
please submit that local town website to us at this email address (info@hamilton.net)and
we will gladly add it to our local page. Be sure to include the
website address for your town website.
Compare DSL to Dial-Up
Can't decide if you should upgrade to DSL Services? Here's
a handy comparison sheet showing the
speed and price differences between dialup and DSL. You'll find
that the speed differences are incredible for very little cost
difference. When you're ready to signup, give us a call! 694-6655.
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Clean Up Your Computer
Have you heard the term defrag and wondered what that
is? There are a variety of system cleanup
processes (including "defrag") that should be done on a regular
basis in order to help keep your computer running efficiently. If you
are interested in using
these processes, the steps are outlined below. Note:
The following instructions are general in nature. Hamilton.net claims
no liability regarding the maintenance of your computer or the results
of following these directions. Contact Hamilton
Information Systems or your favorite computer repair store for
advice and training if you need additional assistance.
For Windows 95/98/ME
Disk Cleanup - Your computer is probably storing a
bunch of files that it no longer needs. It's a good idea to clean out
these files on a regular basis to prevent the buildup of unnecessary
files that are wasting harddrive space.
Open "My Computer" and find your C drive. Right click on the
C Drive and choose Properties from the gray menu. On the General tab
you'll see a pie chart indicating how much room you have left on your
hard drive. Find the button toward the bottom that says Disk Cleanup.
It will scan your harddrive for files it feels can be safely discarded
in order to gain more harddrive space. Choose which folders
you'd like to clean out by putting a checkmark in the box to the left
of each option. Click OK when you've chosen your folders and it will
begin deleting those files.
Check Drive For Errors - It's
a good idea to periodically scan your computer for drive errors
in order to give it
a chance to repair any problems it finds.
Open "My Computer" and find your C drive. Right click on the
C Drive and choose Properties from the gray menu. Choose the Tools
Tab. Find the area titled "Error Checking Status". It will
tell you when you last checked that drive for errors. Click the OK
button to begin checking the drive. You may choose the standard or
thorough tests. Then press start. Based on the size of your
harddrive this process can take between 5 and 10 minutes.
System Defrag - Close all open programs when doing
this operation on your system. Do this step after you have scanned the
drive for errors. Why do this? When your computer saves files to
the harddrive, the files are scattered all over the place. Defragging
rearranges and reorganizes the files to help your machine run more
efficiently. If you are an active computer user, this process should
be done approximately once a month. If you are not actively using your
computer a defrag need only be done every few months.
Open "My Computer" and find your C drive. Right click on the
C Drive and choose Properties from the gray menu. Choose the Tools
Tab. Find the area titled "Defragmentation Status". It will
tell you when you last defragged this drive. Click Defrag Now to begin
the process. Note: Defrags can take a long time to process
(several hours - some even overnight) if it has been a long time since
you did a defrag. If you just did a defrag last month it will likely
only take a matter of minutes to complete the defrag again.
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Get Rid of Annoying Popups
Did you know that popups are generated primarily from 2 different sources? One is from websites that you visit, the other is from spyware/adware programs running in the background of your computer. We have recommendations to eliminate both sources.
Google ToolbarGoogle Toolbar While it will not catch all of them you will see a major reduction in popups.
The other major source of popups is spyware/adware programs installed on your computer. These programs can cause popups, slow browsing speeds and general mayhem in your computer. We recommend 3 free programs that will help eliminate these nasty invaders. Spybot Search and Destroy, AdAware and malware bytes. You can follow the links for each program to download.com where you can download them for free. Then be sure to install and run the programs and eliminate whatever they find. Do this at least once a week to keep your computer clean.
Pay Your Hamilton.net Bill
Automatically
You can pay your Hamilton.net bill automatically each month
using the bank deduct option. This works from any bank and with either
a checking or savings account. You will still be sent a statement, but
you can avoid worrying about mailing the payment on time and it will
save you a stamp. Payments are collected on the 10th of each month
(the billing due date). To begin bank deduct on your account click here.
Changing Your Hamilton.net Plan
Internet plans may be changed at the beginning of the
billing cycle, which is the 20th of the month. To change your plan you
may contact tech support at 694-6655 or email
us. Be sure to tell us what plan you you'd like to change to.
Activate Spam Filtering
Tired of spam (junk mail)? Hamilton.net lets you activate
spam filtering on your email address(es) for no extra cost. To
activate filtering on your account click here.
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