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Your questions & review |
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Using free online PC help |
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Using web based e-mail |
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Address Book Tricks |
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The Google Toolbar |
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What XP updates have been added to
your PC? |
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Changing your e-mail address |
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Storing your data on-line |
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Are your passwords safe? |
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Stopping automatic error reporting in XP |
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Video, Download, Website, &
Windows tip of the month |
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Websites that provide help |
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http://www.windowskb.com/ |
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Locate the proper group e.g. Outlook Express |
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Try
Search entering your problem/question |
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If no answer click Start a New Thread |
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Websites that provide help |
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http://www.neowin.net/forum/ |
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Locate the proper forum e.g. Outlook Express |
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Try
Search entering your problem/question |
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If no answer click Start a New Topic |
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Why? to keep junk out of your regular e-mail |
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Example www.yahoo.com |
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First you Register |
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You will need to enter your name and |
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select a unique user name and password |
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3.
Your Addresses |
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Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com), |
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Hotmail (http://www.hotmail.com), |
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AIM
(http://www.aim.com) and |
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Gmail (http://www.mail.google.com) allow you |
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to
import contact information. |
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Creating a address file from Outlook Express to
export to Yahoo or
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Open O.E. |
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Click file, Export, Address Book, then Text File
(csv- comma separated variable) |
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Select filed to export |
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The name the file and append as .csv |
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Example c:\myaddress.csv |
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Next Import the CSV file into your web based
e-mail |
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First edit your .CSV file to contain only
addresses you want in Yahoo |
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Use
a spreadsheet Program |
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Excel, Works, Quatro Pro |
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In Yahoo go to Mail, then Address, then
Import/Export |
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Specify the file to import address
(c:\myaddress.csv) |
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Select Import Now |
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Other uses of an address comma separated
variable ( csv ) files |
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Print
reports of your addresses |
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Reload
your address book |
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Add
Addresses from someone else's |
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address book to yours |
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Available for IE and Firefox |
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Features |
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A Google search box |
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Browse in Google Groups |
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Browse in News- My News |
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One click local weather |
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Can add more buttons |
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Blog search, Dictionary |
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Can create Favorites (Bookmarks) you can access
from any PC |
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Blocks Pop-up Ads |
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Spell checks any form filled out |
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Auto-fill in of forms |
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Send to feature |
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Add buttons shortcuts to sites |
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For Toolbar help |
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http://groups.google.com/group/IEToolbar-Group |
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Click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs |
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Click Updates box at top of screen |
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and a
list of your XP updates will be shown |
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Websites you can store your data |
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(documents etc) free. Another backup source. |
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http://www.box.net/ - free up to one gigabyte |
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http://www.flipdrive.com - free up to 25 mb |
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Password checker on Microsoft site |
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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx |
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Notifying people with your present |
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e-mail address |
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Create a new e-mail with info on your new address |
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In
O.E. click TO: |
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A
window opens with all addresses |
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Hold
down Shift Key and select all |
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Click
bcc (blind copy) and click OK |
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Click
Send |
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Right click My Computer |
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then
click Properties, Advanced tab,
Error Reporting button, |
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Disable error reporting |
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Picasa - free photo/graphics organizer from
Google |
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http://picasa.google.com/ |
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Very popular site for home made video clips |
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www.youtube.com |
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