A quick update, the latest build of the installer (same version of file@home) dated 27th June 2009 fixes the registration problem with the components.

If you've having problems, just download the latest version by clicking this link and normal service will be resumed.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

myHomeFiling.com

We've had two reports come in that an error occurs after installing the file@home software and in both instances the software fails to start.

We're not quite sure what's going on with the installer as this hasn't really changed from v1. Anyway, we've pinpointed the problem, a file isn't being registered properly.

If you're experiencing this problem, then the simple fix is to download and run this hotfix. Save it to your desktop then run it (on Vista and Windows 7 you may receive a UAC warning - allow the file to run). When you run it, you should see an old style MS-DOS box then a message box. Click OK on the message box and file@home will be working properly again.

We'll post updates as soon as we know why this is happening.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Being a born and bred potter, pushing our business to support The Donna Louise Trust was an easy decision to make. But we've wanted to support other local (Swindon) projects for a while, and by chance (good luck?) one presented itself to us a few weeks back.

We received an email from Marcus, the website admin, from Ferndale Rodbourne Y.C. F.C. asking if we would like to sponsor the new kit for one of their teams.

We went through a shall we/shan't we phase bouncing emails around (as you do), but we met Marcus a few weeks back and at that point we knew immediately that this was a worthy cause. Marcus is giving up a lot of his own time to help the club, during the meeting, it was his determination that shone through.

So keep an eye on the Swindon Advertiser, you may just see the ugly mug of yours truly, standing proudly by the Under 7's B team; we'll be cheering them on from the sidelines at as many games as possible this coming season too. We'll be tweeting about the exploits too.

Gooooooooooooo team!!

Marketing has to be the single most time consuming task I have ever involved myself in. Bloggs for this, social networks for that, business lunches (they're cool), working breakfasts (not so cool when they start at 7am). But there's only so much one person can achieve in a single day (admittedly, this is actually quite a lot when you put your mind to it and stop distracting yourself..mmmm soooo shiny... I mean, erm, sorry, I digress..again).

But a thought struck me this morning, we actually operate a reseller program for our business software, so why don't we extend this to our consumer product i.e. file@home? It is actually perfect timing, because we want to start offering file@home with localised filing terminology instead of just the UK, English filing metaphors. So having a local reseller on board will help us achieve this - in exchange for favourable terms in the reseller agreement of course. At the minute, this will be english language only, but if there's enough interest, we will look to translate - but we can't make promises as this point.

The reseller program is available to businesses/people in the UK as well, just so no one feels left out, but this will be limited to 2 and will be on a first come first served basis.

So, if you're interested in finding out more fire an email over to the Webmaster to find out more.

For now, happy filing.

Dave
myHomeFiling.com

As we sit here trundling through another year at remarkable speed (if I hear someone mention Christmas again I'll cry) I've been pondering on a thought I had a few weeks ago. Namely, how can our business can raise money for The Donna Louise Trust. The work undertaken by the trust is nothing short of phenomenal, but they need vast sums of money every year just to keep the lights on.

This is their 10th year but without continued support, they may not make another 10.

So here's my plan, for the rest of the year (that's right from the moment this blog post goes live, until Big Ben chimes on new years eve) for every sale of file@home we will donate a minimum of £1 to the Donna Louise Trust.

I know that doesn't sound a lot, but every penny counts and I use the word minimum because if we find that there is more available to donate, we will (we have to take care of server costs, the tax man and paypal fees out of the money people pay as well).

I'll build something for the homepage later this week so that you can see how the pot is building. I'd hope that by the end of the year it will be a sizeable sum, I'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway.

Dave
myHomeFiling.com

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