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Quote of the day:
Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will
avoid you.- Winston Churchill (e-mail from Bernie McCabe )
The meeting opened at 10:00 AM with 18 members in attendance.
Announcements:
We have the new projector lamp installed and it's beautiful!
Erik Russel is offering a Fly Tying Course. For more info, call
him at 461-3721.
VoIP service is now available in Elliot Lake from Vianet, starting at
$12.95 per month. Call them or visit www.vianet.ca for
more info.
Skype was purchased by eBay not long ago and they are offering free “PC
to telephone” service in North America until the end of the year. Go
to www.skype.com for
more info.
John Barker told a few good groaners, then opened the floor to Questions:
Name |
Q&A |
Details |
OS |
| Al Davis |
Q |
Using Outlook Express, I'm getting so much Spam from Russia. How
do I stop it? |
All |
| Bob |
A |
Try FrontGate MX, free from www.presorium.com to
block spam. Your Internet Service Provider may not be using
Spam filtering. Web mail sites like Yahoo and Gmail use very
efficient Spam filters, so give them a try. |
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| M.I.G.S. |
Q |
My Explorer won't open full-screen sometimes. |
All |
| John S. |
A |
By default, Windows should remember the last screen size for Windows
Explorer.
In Windows Explorer, click on the Tools Tab, Folder Options, then
click on the View Tab. You should see this:
Un-check “Remember each folder's view settings” then
click on the “Apply to All Folders” button.
Internet Explorer or most other web browsers like Firefox inherit
their view settings from Windows Explorer unless you right-click
on their Icon and change the “Run:” setting to “Maximized”. |
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| M.I.G.S. |
Q |
I had a Pop Up appear from nowhere and I wasn't even surfing the
web. Why? |
All |
| John S. |
A |
Windows has a built-in Network Administrator process called “Messenger”. It
is used on corporate networks to notify users that “The network
will be shut down for maintenance in 5 minutes.”, as an example. This
is not to be confused with Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger. Starting
with XP Service Pack 2, it was Disabled by default.
Adware companies can turn this process back on, then use it to
send pop ups to your PC.
To turn off the Messenger process, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
to open the Windows Task Manager. Then, click on the Processes
Tab and look for a service called Messenger. If not disabled
already, right-click on it and choose Disable. See also:
www.updatexp.com/messenger_service_spam.html |
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11:00 AM: Coffee Break hosted by Marion Kennedy and Pat Scott.
Re-convened at 11:15AM.
Questions Continued:
Name |
Q&A |
Details |
OS |
| John B. |
Q |
I got the following error message when trying to create an AVG
Rescue Disk:
What does this mean? |
All |
| John S. |
A |
Thanks for sending a photo of your error message, it's a huge
help. This message tells me that you, accidentally, tried
to make a Rescue Floppy on your hard drive.
In AVG, open the Test Center and click on the Services Tab and
then click on Rescue Disk Wizard. Go through the wizard and
ensure you are saving your rescue files to floppy drive A:. |
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| Marion |
Q |
Sometimes when I plug in a USB device, Windows doesn't see it. What's
going on? |
All |
| John B. |
A |
Windows should automatically recognize and open the Autoplay
dialog box:
If so, use the scroll bar to choose an action and click OK.
If not, open My Computer and look for your USB device. If
not on the list, click on Windows Explorer's View Tab and then
click on “Refresh”. You should now see your device. (If
not, remove and plug it in again.)
Right-click on your device and choose Properties. Then,
click on the Autoplay Tab and ensure that “Prompt me each
time to chose an action” has a dot beside it. |
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| Brian G. |
Q |
Spybot's Tea Timer seems to interfere when I try to do local searches. Any
suggestions? |
All |
| Bob |
A |
Tea Timer protects your registry from unauthorized changes and
also prevents Browser Hijacking. Try changing Tea Timer's priority
to a progressively lower setting until it behaves. |
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| John S. |
Q |
On our website, the “Front Page Extensions” got
messed up. “FPE” affects the way
the site behaves. According to Microsoft, you have to use the Files > Publish
command in Front Page 2003 to update the FPE files on our web host. I
haven't been able to get this to work.
So far, I can't find any good tutorials on Publishing with FP. Any
suggestions or advice? |
All |
| Bob |
A |
If you haven't already done so, do a Google search for Front
Page 2003 tutorials or Email Microsoft for support.
If anyone has any experience with Front Page and would like to
help, please get in touch with john. |
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| Stan |
Q |
In most programs, under the Files Tab, you have Save and Save As... What's
the difference between them? |
All |
| John B. |
A |
The Save As... command pops up the familiar
Windows Save As dialog box, in which you enter the name, file type
and location of the file you wish to save the active file as. The
same checks and validations occur as for the Save command.
Once done, you can use Save any time you update the file. |
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