Home server ?????

Home servers are good depending on what you want todo with it.

I had a home server (WHS) and as I general only streamed stuff from my home server I got a new router Netgear DGN200 and connected a harddrive. This is just as fast and flexible todo as a home server.

You can setup FTP access with individual user name and password access.

I have seen my electric consumption go down since I have stopped using the server. So it should start paying for itself in about 12-18 months.

FREE phone line for the kids - Sipgate

If your kids are always on your phone when you need to use it then setting up there own line is easy and cheaper then getting a second BT line.

I use http://www.sipgate.co.uk/user/ and its FREE to register so why not try it out.
You can even choose a local number for free.

You can install the FREE soft-phone on to there PC so they can use there PC as a phone.

or you can buy a handset. These can get expensive and I use a Siemens C475IP which start from around £80 depending on how many handsets you want. Or you can get a cheaper usb one for about £15.

Sipgate 2 Sipgate are free so if they call a particular friend they can talk for free.

Yes there is skype but it cost money to get a uk number and it does not cover all area codes and not everyone has internet> However with Sipgate friends can call you from a landline or mobile.

Your Hotmail is sending out spam

There is 2 ways this happens

1. You have clicked on a link and put your details in thinking its for something else
2. You have a virus on your PC

The best thing to do is get your computer scanned first.

Try http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html and run a scan then
try http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload_free.html

Once you have had a good clean out then change your hotmail account password.

Both these are free so what have you got to loose.