Best Western Customer Service Phone Numbers

All the numbers in one place. No more searching for hidden numbers.

AUSTRALIA: 131779
AUSTRIA: 0800295194
BELGIUM:080016776
CYPRUS: 80091166
DENMARK: 80010988
FINLAND: 080012010
FRANCE: 0800904490
GERMANY:01802212588
GREECE: 0080044141460
IRELAND:1800709101
ISRAEL: 18009452041
ITALY: 800820080
JAPAN: 0120421234
LUXEMBOURG: 08006776
MEXICO: 0018005281234
NETHERLANDS: 08000221455
NEW ZEALAND: 0800237893
NORWAY: 80011624
PORTUGAL: 0800993900
SPAIN: 900993900
SWEDEN: 020792752
SWITZERLAND: 0800552344
TURKEY:00800399072333
U.K: 0800393130
USA: 1800WESTERN

800-528-1238 (accessible from North America only)

Source: http://www.eguru.info

National Fraud Score

I visited a website called the National Fraud Score. They let you take a survey to determine your awareness of issues regarding identity theft. The final score categorizes your risk from fraud. I must say I’m pretty watchful for those thugs out there.

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Happy Days

Shekhar Kammula’s Happy Days videos are now available. Check out some of them below

Use Windows Vista legally without Activation for a year

Brian Livingston, a Windows expert has revealed to users of windows that it is possible to use Windows Vista legally without Activation for a year. Though, Microsoft has labeled this a ‘hack’ to signify that it is illegal, it stated just a month ago that this process would not be a violation of the End User License Agreement (EULA).

Livingston revealed that a one-line command lets users postpone the activation up to three times. Combine this with the 30 day grace period that Vista comes with, and you have 120 days to activate the operating system. In fact, Livingston claims that Microsoft has built a feature in Vista that allows users to postpone activation not just three times but many times more.
Microsoft documented the key and described it as SkipRearm and describes it as follows:

SkipRearm specifies whether to run the Windows Software Licensing Rearm program. Rearming a computer restores the Windows system to the original licensing state. All licensing and registry data related to activation is either removed or reset. Any grace period timers are reset as well.

Read the full article at http://eguru.info

Andhravilas returned my money

If you scroll down and read my earlier post, you will realize that I talked about a scam called Andhravilas. I paid a very small sum of $4 to watch their movies but had to face a lot of frustration since they never replied to my emails. I was facing technical difficulties on the site and my computer is no dinosaur.

I opened a case with Paypal (since I made the payment through them), and asked Andhravilas if they had permission from the movie producers to broadcast their movies on the website. I also told them very frankly that I won’t hesitate to file a claim with the Federal Trade Commission. I would have actually contacted the FBI’s computer crime cell and the Anti-piracy cell in Hyderabd and reported them for unauthorized broadcasting of movies but they decided that it was smarter to return my money. I’m not going to have a big party with that money but when I have the time, I will surely follow up on this issue and see what I can do to stop their shady affairs.

Time for Vista?

For those of you who have Windows XP and are not sure whether it’s time for you to upgrade to Vista, here are a few bits of information that might help you make a rational decision. Vista needs at least 1GB of RAM to be able to run normally. Some people prefer to call that ‘memory hogging’. The new interface imitates the look and feel of a Mac. Microsoft of course would never admit that. The creativity of their team is beyond doubt. If you remember the initial confusion you faced when you first worked on Windows XP, Vista promises you a lot more. By the way, Microsoft has already released some patches for its ultra-new operating system. So much to speak of security.

A pointer for those of you who are planning to go ahead with the upgrade. If you have Symantec Norton installed on Windows XP, uninstall it before upgrading to Vista or you’ll surely have a headache afterwards.

Original article at http://eguru.info/2007/02/14/time-for-vista/

The new 7 wonders of the world.

I chanced upon this new website that allows people from around the world to vote for their favourite 7 wonders of the world. The list is down to 21 choices now and it’s time for us to act. The final 7 winners will be announced in an official ceremony in July this year. Visit www.new7wonders.com to vote for your choice of the 7 wonders. Time to get the Taj Mahal in to that category. The Taj is currently one of the hot favourites.

To vote by SMS in India, follow the procedure listed below

To vote for the Taj Mahal, send “TAJ” to 6767.

To vote for any of the 21 candidates, send “WONDER” followed by the two-number candidate code to 6767.
For example: To vote for Stonehenge, send “WONDER 18″ to 6767.

The cost to send an SMS is:
Rs. 3 – Airtel, Idea, Escotel, Spice Prepaid, Reliance CDMA, Aircel
Rs. 2 – Reliance GSM, Hutch, MTNL Prepaid, Spice Postpaid, BPL, TATA Indicom
Rs. 1 – MTNL Postpaid, BSNL Prepaid
Rs. 0.8 – BSNL Postpaid