To Access Spelling Options in Outlook 2003
To access the Spelling Options in Outlook 2003, go to the Tools menu, and choose Options. Then select the Options dialog’s Spelling tab.
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Do you like spyware?
I was reading an article on yahoo that says 57.8 million potentially harmful programs were not removed because the users like spyware or don’t know how to get ride of it. 71.7 million potentially harmful programs were removed by the users. The total number was 129.5 million potentially unwanted programs detected by the MSRT. This is why we are still employed because users are being complacent or don’t want to know how to get ride of this stuff.
The most prevalent rogue security software that was detected was Win32/Winfixer. What Winfixer does it tells the users that they have been infected with spyware and that they should pay money to download their spyware program to get ride of it. There are tones of free anti spyware programs out there. The other spyware that are plaguing people are search tool bars and they are HotBar and ZangoSearchAssistant. Also users are downloading Trojan downloader’s.
Here are three really good programs to fight spyware and malicious programs
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CPUID
You might know this program or you might not have seen it before. It is a freeware program that gathers information about your computer. CPU-Z is a freeware program that gathers information on your system. It will identify your CPU, Memory, BIOS, and Windows version. It will also tell you your graphic card. If you want to download this program please Click Here.
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Save XP!!!
I was reading on CNN that there is a grass root campaign to save Microsoft Windows XP. Microsoft Windows XP will be pulled off store shelves in June. Galen Gruman has made a web petition that has over 100,000 people that already have signed up.
Microsoft plans to end full support — including warranty claims and free help with problems — in April 2009. The company will continue providing a more limited level of service until April 2014.
Do you want to Save XP? If you do please Click Here
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How not to get spam
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Here are some tips on how not to get spam. I use some of these tips myself. This post also goes along with my post from yesterday about the bayesian anti-spam program that I have been using for years.
- Instead of using your primary email you should be using secondary email account for signups on the web. You can use hotmail, gmail, yahoo. Most of the time your ISP will give you multiple email accounts.
- Don’t post your email address on web forms. You can right your email address like yourname+myisp.com instead of yourname@myisp.com. The bots will find your email and start spamiming you.
- You should be using a spam filter like the one that I wrote about yesterday. I use a program called SpamBayes. This is bayesian filter and it is on the client end. Some providers will have their own spam filtering and you should call them to see if they provide that.
- If you do get some spam don’t ever reply to it. If you reply to the email it tells the spammers that your address is valid. You just want to delete the email.
- You should not buy anything from the spam email that you receive because they can steal your information.
I hope these tips will help you fight the spam battle that has been plaguing you.
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Anti-Spam Filter that I think is the best
I have been using SpamBayes which is a bayesian anti-spam filter for years. Bayesian anti-spam filter is a spam filter that is adaptable and “learns” to identify new patterns of spam by examining the words and punctuation of both valid and spam email. This application is a free download and it is open source. If it thinks the email might be spam it will put the email in a folder called Junk Suspects or if I have already classified it as spam it will put it in my Junk Email folder in Outlook. You can download for windows, Unix, Linux, and MAC. You want to give it a try please Click Here. What do you think is the best anti-spam filter that you have found?
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Put wordpress on your local machine
If you want to test out Wordpress or before you install Wordpress on your hosting account you can install it on your local machine. You can download software bundle called LAMP or WAMP depending on the OS install. What LAMP stands for is Linux, Apache, Mysql, and PHP. WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, Mysql, and PHP. These are the 3 main components that you need. Apache is a webserver software. Mysql is a database software. PHP is the programming software or known as server-side application software that drives Wordpress. What is great about these components is that they are all free open source software. This means that you don’t have to pay for anything.
Here are some places that you can get LAMP and WAMP installs.
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You want to read more on Apache, Mysql, and Php. Please Click on the links.
- PHP Website
- The Apache Software Foundation
- MySql
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Word Press 2.5 Upgrade
I just upgraded to the latest version of wordpress. I had some trouble at the beginning with some of my plugins. I think it went ok. The website looks the same so no changes on the front end. The backend of Wordpress has changed. As you can see the administration section is all new. Also when you log into your blog the login page is different. It has the same color scheme as the backend sections.
I like the new upgrade feature for the plugins. I had some issues with the wordpress automatic update and the plugins wouldn’t update automatically. I had to first disable the wordpress automatic update plugin and then upgrade it and then activated it and now the plugins can be automatically update with out any issues.
I should have waited longer to upgrade wordpress so the issues can be worked out. If I have to go back to 2.3.3 I have the database backup, and the directory files downloaded on to my computer. The process going back to 2.3.3 won’t be a problem. Looking on the forums a lot of people are having issues with the upgrade process.
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HTML Application
I just discovered that you can create HTML Applications and they will run on windows operating system. They are applications that have a file type of *.hta. You can use vbscript or javascript to run them. Here is a short little Hellow world application that I created in vbscript. Click on the word helloworld and save it. Open the file in notepad so you can view the contents of the file.
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Remote Reboot Application
I found this cool free application. I actually used it today at work. I had to reboot a computer remotely so I can install software on the computer. Here is a screen shot of the application. You pick your computer by browsing through the network, or type in the computer name. The next step is to type in your credentials. The last step is to pick what you want to do. You can reboot a computer, shutdown, log off a user. You can also force a restart or shutdown on the computer. This application comes from www.intelliadmin.com. I wish I can program something like this.
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