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From: "Jerry Shafer"
<j2shafer@charter.net>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003
Subject: Info. Here is the information I promise the club during my
visit.
1) Turn off messaging in Windows XP (this
is used by network manager tosend messages to all the people who are
on the network)
a) Click on Start, and then go to Control panel
b) If they are in the Category, pick performance and Maintenance
Category; if they are the classic view go to c:
c) Double click on "Administrative Tools"
d) Double click on "Component Services"
e) Click on "Services (local)" on the left side
f) Then find "Messenger" on the right side and double click
on it
g) In the field "Startup type" click on the down arrow and
chose
"Disable" and then click on "OK"
2) The web site for TweakUI (XP
version) is:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
After you download, just double click on the download program
and it will install it self. It will show up in your Programs
Start menu, start the program. Just click on "Taskbar" on
the left side and then uncheck "Enable "Balloon tips"
to remove balloon tips on the task bar.
3. To remove spy ware from your computer go to
the web site.
http://beam.to/spybotsd
Download the free program, it will find all the spy software
that's on your computer
I had a great time at the meeting and thanks for the cake. Hello to
everyone I miss you all, and I will try and get back soon as possible.
. . . . Jerry
NOTE: Minor wording changes made to Jerry's email by the webmaster
to make it more readable.
Giving Away Your Old
Computer
Before
you give away your old computer:
- Save
all the personal files you wish to transfer to your new computer
on discs. You will probably want to compress or zip them, in order
make the transfer quicker.
- Permanently
remove all your personal files, by reformatting the
drive. This operation removes all files on the hard drive - including
program files and the computer's operating system.
- Re-install
the software and program files, without your personal files.
If
you are unsure how to do this, ask an expert or someone with experience
in these procedures.
1,000 Km Service
Computers,
like cars, need tuning up when they start to react sluggishly. This
means cleaning out all the old and corrupted files, from (1) Internet
files, (2) Temporary files -- those with tmp or ~ in
their title, (3) Unwanted cookies, as well as to (4) Empty the recycle
bin, (5) Defragment your hard drive, and (6) Scan your hard drive
for errors.
Searching the Net
Spending
hours searching and surfing for some obscure piece of information
without success? google.com or
Yahoo.com might help. Also try
www.firstgov.gov for U.S. Government
information. It's a great site!
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