Yeah, I guess that's the right answer. After posting my question, I gradually realized that I would have to answer it myself. I will actually have...
Good info, Johanna. How does that compare with the recommendation here: http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/surf-safe.html More safe or...
Barry said, "if anyone feels that any web surfing speedup programs are worthwhile with a slow modem, please share that information. " I would...
Right on the money, Pete. That does the job. Thanks.
Thanks for the reply, Mark. I sort of figured something like that was the case. Is it the same with automatic Windows Update? And are you sure...
Arie Slob has a good article about protecting your Internet Explorer browser against "spoof" websites. It is here,...
I am sure that Mailwasher or anything else you guys might recommend is a lot more sophisticated than my recommendation. But when I updated my...
One of the computer magazines- I think PC Magazine- says that in their tests, they consistently find that drefragging causes no improvement in...
okay, thanks, Newt, that's good info. So if I export the address book as a csv file, I should be able to import it, no problem. I had sort of...
In Windows XP Home, I just upgraded from outlook express to outlook 2002. My old address book had two groups. I had created a new folder in...
Thanks, PeteC and Reboot. I use the automatic update on Windows XP. Because I have a dialup connection, I ordered the CD for SP1. I always install...
How do you "start the install program within windows "? Edit: 20:16, 8AUG26: Oh, I guess you mean run the Windows XP CDROM with Windows...
Here is a link to an article in the BBC about a program spammers use to hack home computers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3064125.stm...
Probaly most people who know how to find the BBS got hip long ago to the need for a firewall. Anyone who even casually reads the computer...
Maybe the risk of being hacked for an individual personal computer is minimal. I don't know. I just installed the upgraded free version of zone...
Here is another way to enable/disable Windows XP Firewall. Click START, highlight CONNECT TO, select the connection in question. Then select...
You obviously have a lot of experience with these. You might be right. Husted always gets a lot of spirited discussion about those particular...
This is an interesting question. Computer columnist Bill Husted says he checked with some experts who say they do not see the memory effect in...
I'm back. For a little while. Let us know if that fixed the problem. Apparently no one else is going to reply until we hear from you. I wrote that...
It is always a good idea to eliminate the stupid stuff first. When it reboots during the installation, if you reboot from the CD, it starts the...
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