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Issue 236 - April 23, 2003
ISSN 1488-3163; PC Improvements © 2003
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Welcome to the 236th 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. If you give me two or three
issues, I know that you will come back for more!
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any suggestions or comments.
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CONTENTS
Opening Thoughts
My vacation last week was fantastic. I did nothing of any significance, but
it was sure nice being at home. We did a few little things with Andrew and
had a lot of fun. I've updated the Wing Family Web Site if anyone would like
to see the pictures:
Various Pictures of Andrew from March 15 to April 15
http://WingFamily.ca/lisagraham/Andrew/20030315-20030415/index.html
Pictures of our Toyota Echo
http://WingFamily.ca/lisagraham/toyota_echo/index.html
Trip to Metro Toronto Zoo
http://WingFamily.ca/lisagraham/20030414/index.html
Good Friday with the family
http://WingFamily.ca/lisagraham/20030418/index.html
Graham editor@pcin.net and
Chris chris@pcin.net
The NEWS
Eluding the Web's Snare
"Vicki Lewis, a 57-year-old former television producer who lives in
Bethesda, Md., inhabits a household filled with Internet users. Her children
are on the Internet constantly, as is her husband.
But in spite of the electrons flying all around her, she resists the pull
to go online.
A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that
42 percent of American adults say they are not connected to the Internet,
and a surprising number are like Ms. Lewis. That is, they live in a household
where other relatives are regular Internet users, or they have close friends
who regularly go online. Yet they refuse to join the crowd."
For more info:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/technology/circuits/17shun.html?th
Happy Birthday, Ask Jeeves!
"Ask Jeeves, an online question answering service that has gradually
morphed into a search engine, officially launched its site six years ago.
Jeeves was the brainchild of venture capitalist Garrett Gruener and technologist
David Warthen. From the start, Jeeves was different than the other search
services of the day.
The idea behind Jeeves was not to create yet another search engine or directory,
but to offer a question-answering service -- a virtual online concierge.
The askjeeves.com domain was created on Wed, November 29th, 1995, shortly
after AltaVista had its public launch. Yahoo, though popular, was still a
small operation, hosted on servers provided by the web's major powerhouse
of the time, Netscape."
For more info:
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2177081
Concern rises over proposed Japanese privacy law
"Japan's Internet executives fear a proposed privacy-protection law
may be used to restrict speech and shut down search engines and personal
Web pages.
'There's a danger the law will be abused,' said Nobuo Ikeda, a senior fellow
at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. 'We should do away
with all restrictions on the freedom of expression.'
Defenders of the bill, backed by Japan's ruling coalition, say the measure
is a response to consumer complaints about personal information circulating
without regulation in dubious databases and mailing lists. The bill is now
before Parliament."
For more info:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030417.gtjapanapr17/GTStory
POLL of the WEEK
Last Week's Poll
Do you own your office suite (MS or otherwise)?
| Yes, I paid for it |
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48.57 % (51) |
| Yes, work paid for it |
|
16.19 % (17) |
| No, but I got a copy from someone or someplace |
|
22.86 % (24) |
| I don't have an office suite |
|
10.48 % (11) |
| I didn't pay for it because I use free software |
|
1.90 % (2) |
| Total votes: 105 |
This Week's Poll
You can also vote online at http://PCIN.net/polls/
PCIN.net FREEHELP
FORUM
Visit the PCIN.net FreeHelp Forum at http://PCIN.net/help/forum/ to
post your questions or answer others.
Question
Whenever I access any floppy in the floppy drive this error message comes "DISK
WRITE ERROR, Unable to write to Disk in Drive A:, Data or Files May be lost.
Press any key to continue. " Please tell me that what is the solution
of this problem.
and
In Bios my Cpu Fan is showing 0 RPM, but the Fan inside the CPU is running
properly. I am using 1.2MHz Celeron. Please tell me that why it is showing
wrong Speed.
Response
Check the disk your are using.
That is it clean, and not in write-protect mode.
Make sure the cable on the floppy drive is orientated properly and in good
condition.
If necessary check the floppy by using a boot disk, if it boots the problem
is in the Operating System software. If not it is a fault of the floppy drive.
You can either clean it or replace it (for about $15 CAN).
To post a response, visit the General Software Help forum at http://PCIN.net/help/forum/index.php?board=3 and
click on the "Incorrect CPU Fan Speed" topic.
Visit http://PCIN.net/help/forum/ to
post a question of your own.
PCIN.net UPDATE
Check out these new or updated pages on the PCIN.net site:
Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical Hardware Review
http://PCIN.net/help/hardware/lcfo.php
Some Useful Registry Tips - Now 171 Tips!
http://PCIN.net/help/articles/registry_tips.php
Paragon Hard Disk Manager 5.5 Software Review
http://PCIN.net/help/software/paragonhdm55.php
Object Desktop Software Review
http://PCIN.net/help/software/objectdesktop.php
THE TIPS and OTHER
STUFF
Microsoft MVPs
A short time ago an Excel site was featured in the PCIN newsletter Tips
and Other Stuff section. That site is part of a collection of sites offered
by some of the people Microsoft has deemed to be their Most Valuable Professionals
(MVP). http://www.mpvs.org has many different contributors covering topics
from Excel, Access and Internet Explorer to Visual Basic, Exchange and Windows
Scripting. You can read about the MVP program at http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/.
Langa Letter: 10 Great, Free Tools
Many of you know of Fred Langa. He used to be with Windows Magazine and
now writes a newsletter and regular columns for InformationWeek. His latest
column about is called 10 Great, Free Tools. The site says:
"Fred Langa evaluates 10 valuable, commercial-quality software tools that
are available just for the asking. It's not the same old freeware."
Check it out at http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=8800348
More Excel Help
Here is another site to help you with Excel:
"ExcelTip.com offers free Microsoft Excel Tips, Microsoft Excel Tutorials,
and Excel Spreadsheet Help for Microsoft Excel 97 / 2000 / 2002"
Check it out at http://www.exceltip.com/
DISCLAIMER
and OTHER STUFF
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the Editor, Graham Wing and the Assistant Editor, Chris Empey. Graham Wing
and Chris Empey accept no responsibility for the results obtained from trying
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