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Issue 152 - September 12, 2001
ISSN 1488-3163; PC Improvements © 2001
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Welcome to the 152nd issue of the PC Improvement News. PCIN
consists mainly of news and tips. There is something for everyone,
and if this is your first issue, I'm sure there will be something
for you.
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with any suggestions or comments. If you give me two or three
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CONTENTS
OPENING THOUGHTS
Everyone is still trying to understand what happened yesterday.
I have nothing new to say about what happened yesterday. There
have been plenty of people more eloquent than I who have said
many things more important. All I can say is that our thoughts
and prayers are with all of those who have been affected by
this tragedy.
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The NEWS
Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock
"Although Web sites like MSNBC.com, CNN.com and CBSNews.com
initially began their coverage of Tuesday's tragedy by offering
big graphics, live audio, and video, staffers rushed to
distribute server loads and put up text only sites, in an
effort to make information as accessible as possible.
Initially, Internet users across the country reported being
unable to access national news sites as they frantically
sought information about the situation, receiving 500-13
error codes -- 'HTTP Error 500-13 - Server too busy' --
or 404 error codes -- 'Cannot find server or DNS Error'."
I heard about this while I was at work. Luckily there were
people who had radios (there are no TVs in the office).
I tried every news site I could think of (ABCNews.com;
CBSNews.com;
NBC.com; GlobalTV.com;
Pulse24.com;
CBC.ca; CNN.com;
MSNBC.com)
and I couldn't load any of the pages until mid-afternoon.
MSNBC.com
was the first site that I was able to access.
For more info:
Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_882061,00.html
U.S. attack: Inundated CNN.com strips graphics, boosts bandwidth
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/11/010911hncnn.xml
eBay Bans Sale Of WTC, Pentagon Items
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_882761,00.html
U.S. attack: Companies warned about possible cyberattacks
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/12/010912hncyber.xml
GoTo changes name to Overture
"GoTo.com Inc. is going away -- at least under that
name. The pay-for-placement Internet search engine plans
to change its name to Overture Services Inc., effective
Oct. 8, GoTo.com said in a statement. The company has grappled
with user confusion over its name, considered too similar
to such Web portals as InfoSpace Inc.'s Go2Net.com and The
Walt Disney Co.'s Go.com."
For more info:
http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1634/IDG010910goto/
China spots "Code Blue" worm
"A new Internet worm has emerged in China akin to
the Code Red worm, which caused $2.4 billion in estimated
cleanup costs on Internet-linked computers last month, a
computer security expert said Friday.
The "Code Blue" worm has similarities with the
Code Red worm, which caused widespread problems, said a
worker at the police-run Computer Virus Treatment Center
in Tianjin, about 54 miles from Beijing."
For more info:
China spots "Code Blue" worm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7086783.html
'Code Blue' Worm Strikes in China, May Migrate
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/13405.html
Code Blue deemed bigger threat than Code Red
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/07/010907hncodeblue.xml
Microsoft sticks with Flash in Windows XP
"Digital graphics software maker Macromedia said Tuesday
it will ship its ubiquitous Flash player with Microsoft's
Windows XP operating system and bundled Web browser, avoiding
a clash other technology makers have faced as they hustle
to get their technology supported in the highly anticipated
operating system.
The Flash player is a free plug-in that allows an Internet
browser, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, to view
animated cartoons or dynamic Web sites created with Macromedia's
Flash technology. The player has been shipping with Windows
operating systems and Internet Explorer for the past four
years and is supported by roughly 97 percent of Web users,
a Macromedia spokesman said."
For more info:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/11/010911hnflash.xml
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POLL of the WEEK
Here are the responses from the last poll:
Your office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.) is
made by which company?
Microsoft (Office): 75.00%
Corel (WordPerfect Suite): 11.96%
Other: 6.52%
Lotus (SmartSuite): 5.43%
Sun (StarOffice): 1.09%
Total Votes: 92
Visit http://pcin.net/polls/
to participate in the new poll this week:
What program do you use to read your email?
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FREEHELP FORUM
Visit the PCIN FreeHelp Forum to post your questions or answer
others. Each week I highlight a question, and where to go
to get the answer.
Question
At fillcd.com there is a download that will let you list
files that you want to copy on another media. You can list
the size of the media that you are copying to and if it
is several things that is being copied it will show which
ones will best fit on the media. After it is selected it
can be moved to another place and copied to the new media.
My question is a stupid one but it must be ask anyway since
I don't know the answer. When the files that I want to copy
are moved to another place to copy, are they actually moved?
If so how are they returned to the original place?
Answer
No Answers Yet!
Visit http://www.pcin.net/cgi-bin/forum/index.cgi
and check out the Software Forum to post your suggestion,
or to post a question of your own.
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PCIN.net UPDATE
Check out these new or updated pages on the PCIN.net site:
Archive of PCIN Polls (updated weekly)
http://PCIN.net/polls/
Support PCIN (donate through PayPal, Canadian Mail, or
US Mail)
http://PCIN.net/donate.shtml
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THE TIPS and OTHER STUFF
Cheap Trick of the Week
**Everybody out**
You have all kinds of folders and files open and you want
to close them all. What's the fastest way?
Windows 98 and Me have an undocumented little procedure
for this.
Hold down the Ctrl key and click on each file or folder's
icon in the Taskbar across the bottom of the screen. The
buttons will seem to depress but nothing further happens.
Then right-click on one of these buttons and select Close
from the context menu that pops up.
All files and folders will close up at once.
Get your own copy of "The Little Black Book of Cheap
Tricks: 2001" by visiting http://www.pcin.net/lbbct/
Downloading Internet Explorer 6.0 (Or any other version)
This is a tip I've seen around lately, with an extra bit
added on. If you want to install IE6, Microsoft tries to
force you to install over the web. In fact, they've been
doing this for a while now (at least with IE5 and IE5.5).
Well, if you visit http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/
you can download the setup file that starts the full installation.
But once you've downloaded it, don't double-click on it.
Start a DOS window and change to the directory where the
setup file is listed. Then from the command prompt, type
ie6setup.exe/c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"
This will download all of the files needed for your current
operating system. You can then run the setup file and install
the file from your local computer. And of course you have
the files if you ever need to install IE again.
The extra bit added on is a setting that will download all
of the files needed for all Windows operating systems. Follow
the same steps as above, but from the command prompt, type:
ie6setup.exe/c:"ie6wzd.exe /d:1 /s:""#E"
Finding Sounds
A couple of weeks ago, subscriber Jay Willette asked for
help in finding sounds similar to the AOL sounds, but for
those who are using Outlook Express. He received many links,
but below are 3 links that have some very good WAV files
that could be used in place of "You've Got Mail!"
and other sounds.
http://www.favewavs.com/email.htm
http://www.slonet.org/~rloomis/mailcall.html
http://www.findsounds.com/
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