I know there is some place on my computer where I can tell it not to have some programs running in the background on startup. But, I have not been able to find it. I am running Windows XP and have just loaded my Corel WordPerfect programs but don't want them running in the background. Can someone Please tell me how to find this tool so I can turn them off. It is slowing down my machine!! Janet in Baton Rouge, LA

I have been sent a photograph of a cemetery list as an attachment, which I have printed but the text is too small. I have tried to enlarge it without success. Can someone please help.? Marie in Australia Such is Life

Hi everyone, I would be interested in any thoughts / advice about this : I am increasingly swamped by spam which I filter out fairly successfully using 'message rules' in OE. I suspect that much of this arises from the fact that my email address has been published on various web-sites, including my own. I believe that it is possible to hide email addresses from those who harvest them from web-sites using a Java script. If anyone knows how this is done and whether or not it is successful, I would be pleased to hear from them. Many thanks, David

I'm not Lance, but here are my 2 cents. The latest security flaw in Internet Explorer can be temporarily fixed by turning off Active X scripting. This has been recommended time and time again. If your Active X controls are turned off and your virus software is up to date, you will not have a problem. The new Service Pack (due shortly) is in it's final stages of testing. It has been a release candidate for awhile. Microsoft says that if you are running the RC2, this is not a problem. If you've followed this list for awhile, you would see quite a few problems that have been created by people installing alternate browsers and then later trying to remove them. I use IE as my default browser but also have an alternative one installed (Opera). Reason: There are some (actually, quite a few) that look better in Opera. Also, since my Active X controls are disabled in IE, if the pages uses extensive Java scripting, it will not load. I then note the address and go back and load it into Opera (if I really want to see the page). Hope this is of some help? Art >Lance, this is from CNET Download: What are your thoughts on this? Janet > >July 2, 2004 >A recently discovered security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has >prompted experts to recommend using alternative browsers until the flaw can >be remedied. Thankfully, Download.com's top five alternative browsers are >more than happy to take you surfing in the interim. In New Releases, >accomplished utilities WS_FTP 9.0 and SANDRA Standard 2004 SP2 would make >noteworthy additions to your home PC. > >TitleDate Added > >WS_FTP Home 9.0 >A brand-spanking-new interface and improvements when connecting to secure >servers highlight the most recent release of this popular FTP client. > >SANDRA Standard 2004 SP2 >Improved support, as well as compatibility and reliability with new >hardware, strengthen this comprehensive diagnostics utility. > >Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 >The latest revision of this lean open-source browser sports a new default >theme, data migration from other browsers, and a theme manager. >License: Free > >Easy Message 2.3.663 >Chat with friends using this multiservice instant-messaging app, which was >recently updated to restore service to Yahoo's network. >License: Free > > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know >them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, >other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi Janet! All the different versions can be confusing. As one other writer pointed out MS Word is not part of any Windows operating system. Word is either part of the MS Office Suite of programs, included with MS Works or a stand alone program. The MS Works version is usually a version behind the current version. You may have originally got your version of Word as part of the computer manufacturer's setup CD which would have also included the Windows program. They sometimes bundle programs together like that. The version history went from Word 97, to Word 2000 (no 98). Then it moved to Word XP (or 2002) and now the latest is Word 2003. For the average user there is little to be gained from moving to a new version. If you do a lot of intensive production of brochures, illustrated newsletters, write books, etc., then a move to a new version would be of some advantage. There are a number of ways to acquire a newer version. MS Works is probably the cheaper option, though it would not be the latest version. Besides Microsoft Works (spreadsheet), you get Microsoft Word, Microsoft Money Standard, Encarta standard, and more. Task Launcher brings all six products into an easy-to-use interface. It has 500 pre-designed templates for personal, household, school, and community related tasks. With Works Suite you can qualify for discounted upgrade pricing for Microsoft Office 2003. The price of Works with all those is cheaper than buying MS Word as a single program (figure that one out :-)!). That's how I initially acquired MS Word some years ago. You can purchase MS Works Suite 2004 for USD79.99 (Amazon.com). The next option is one that is becoming the more widely accepted way of purchasing the MS Office 2003 Suite. And that is to buy the version known as the "Student and Teacher Edition". This version is "supposedly" for students and/or teachers only as the name suggests. However, it is widely retailed now to anybody - all you have to do is ask. With this edition you get Microsoft Office Word 2003, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, and PowerPoint 2003. You can install this on up to three of your home PCs. It is a silly situation really, as this edition is retailed for around US129.99 (at Amazon.com) while the NORMAL edition is around USD400 (which includes Access and Publisher also). Then of course you can purchase MS Word 2002 as a single program for USD42.75 (at Amazon.com). Depending on your needs of course, but I would suggest that the Student Teacher version would be the best value. You get the advantage of MS Excel as a spreadsheet program, but you also get the best e-mail and personal information manager program available - Outlook 2003. It alone is worth USD 89.99! You may find prices cheaper (than those I have shown) available from local stores. Even e-Bay is a good option for excellent value. We have bought some very expensive programs through e-Bay and all have been excellent and new. Hope this helps. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Janet Heck [mailto:jeheck@cox.net] Sent: Saturday, 3 July 2004 02:47 To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Word 97 vs. Word 98 Thank you for your comments on these two programs. I am still lost! But that is nothing new. I appreciate your help. Janet ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0427-1, 2004-07-02 Tested on: 3/07/2004 9:36:05 AM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Lance, this is from CNET Download: What are your thoughts on this? Janet July 2, 2004 A recently discovered security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has prompted experts to recommend using alternative browsers until the flaw can be remedied. Thankfully, Download.com's top five alternative browsers are more than happy to take you surfing in the interim. In New Releases, accomplished utilities WS_FTP 9.0 and SANDRA Standard 2004 SP2 would make noteworthy additions to your home PC. TitleDate Added WS_FTP Home 9.0 A brand-spanking-new interface and improvements when connecting to secure servers highlight the most recent release of this popular FTP client. SANDRA Standard 2004 SP2 Improved support, as well as compatibility and reliability with new hardware, strengthen this comprehensive diagnostics utility. Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 The latest revision of this lean open-source browser sports a new default theme, data migration from other browsers, and a theme manager. License: Free Easy Message 2.3.663 Chat with friends using this multiservice instant-messaging app, which was recently updated to restore service to Yahoo's network. License: Free

Thank you for your comments on these two programs. I am still lost! But that is nothing new. I appreciate your help. Janet

Oops, spelling error in my previous message. staples, not stables! Fran > When I have our membership directory printed, I make it up using Word, then > print it in the size it is supposed to be (about 4.25 x 5 inches), but on > letter size paper, leaving much of the page blank. I write the page number > in pencil on the blank part of the page. Then I deliver to the printer my > printed copies along with a floppy disk containing the Word document. I > think they print from the disk, using my printed pages as a guide. They > print it with two pages per sheet, then assemble the booklet with a couple > of stables at the fold. > > Fran Anderson > Membership > Olympia Genealogical Society

Word is not a part of windows. It is a separate program, included with Microsoft Office and with the better, or is it just the later, versions of Microsoft Works. I didn't know there was a Word 98, I had Windows 97 in Microsoft Office on a computer I purchased in 1994 or so, I know it came with Windows 3.11 and I upgraded to Windows 95. I liked Word 97 just fine, I now have Word 2000 on another computer running Windows 98, It seems to be OK too, but they both have WAY more features than I ever use. Most of the newer economy computers come with Microsoft Works or Corel Office or something rather than Microsoft Office, I have not had the opportunity to use Works. I haven't seen Word by itself, but I did see MS Works on the shelf at Wal-Mart the other day, one cheep version with a word processor, and another version for something in the $95 range which did include MS Word. I do not know which is the current version. But, if you have 97 and are not doing really heavy word processing, you won't gain much, in my opinion. I just remembered that some of the newer Word documents cannot be opened with Word 97 though. --- If there is a 98, it is still obsolete. --- These are just my opinions. Alfred http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ==== ==== =========== ========== ========== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Heck" <jeheck@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:37 AM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Differences in Word 97 and Word 98? > Can anyone tell me the differences between Word 97 and Word 98? Would it be worth it to me to purchase Word 98? I had Windows XP put on last summer and was surprised that I did not get an upgraded Word! Or is that not unusual? > > Janet in Baton Rouge, LA > a >

When I have our membership directory printed, I make it up using Word, then print it in the size it is supposed to be (about 4.25 x 5 inches), but on letter size paper, leaving much of the page blank. I write the page number in pencil on the blank part of the page. Then I deliver to the printer my printed copies along with a floppy disk containing the Word document. I think they print from the disk, using my printed pages as a guide. They print it with two pages per sheet, then assemble the booklet with a couple of stables at the fold. Fran Anderson Membership Olympia Genealogical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Heck" <jeheck@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:41 AM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Cookbook printing > Thanks for the great suggestions on having our family cookbook printed. I visited our local copy company and they did not mention having me do it on 8.5 X 11 paper and then allowing them to do their "magic". > > I appreciate your hints! > Janet > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Can anyone tell me the differences between Word 97 and Word 98? Would it be worth it to me to purchase Word 98? I had Windows XP put on last summer and was surprised that I did not get an upgraded Word! Or is that not unusual? Janet in Baton Rouge, LA a

Thanks for the great suggestions on having our family cookbook printed. I visited our local copy company and they did not mention having me do it on 8.5 X 11 paper and then allowing them to do their "magic". I appreciate your hints! Janet

I'd agree 100% with Ken on this. You can get the printing done at almost any of the big office supply chains or printing shops. It's not a big deal for them and they usually can do it within 24 hours or so. The other advantage is you can use your original photos as masters if you lightly stick them to a page. With the modern photocopiers you can have them shrunk down to any size and have them printed in full colour or black and white. Plus the shops can do custom binding as well and make your book look like it came from major printing house. Our you can just have it look like a ordinary handout pamphlet if that's all you need. Just make your 8 1/2 x 11 pages look the best you can and they will do the rest. I'd also suggest numbering each page either on the front or lightly on the back so that they don't get mixed up when they are printed and bound. I'm also sure they would prefer that you print only on one side of the original pages that way the ink will not show through on the other side when they are photocopied. If you really want to go cheap you can set your word processor program to "Landscape Mode" and print your pages in "double columns" then just make quick trip to the "do it yourself" photocopier. Nelson

Janet, What I do when I want to print such a booklet is I print the document out on 8.5 x 11 as a regular document and then I bring it to the copy place and they do their magic. What I do is I organize the big document to look like the small document would look. I don't think I am expressing myself properly but, trust me, it's a very easy process. Ken Quoting Janet Heck <jeheck@cox.net>: > I am trying to print a booklet 8 1/2 in. wide by 5 1/2 in. high, bound across > the top. Can anyone tell me how to print this so I can take it to a copy > company to have 100 booklets made! > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. > Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other > than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >

I am trying to print a booklet 8 1/2 in. wide by 5 1/2 in. high, bound across the top. Can anyone tell me how to print this so I can take it to a copy company to have 100 booklets made!

Janet, I am running XP and have both Notepad and Wordpad, both very similar on a casual inspection. Look in Accessories. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Yancey" <jjc@gvtc.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:45 AM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] NotePad - Windows XP > I am now running Windows XP, which I really do like. > > I have just noticed that I do not have "NotePad", only Windows WordPad. > > I am trying to download updates for "InfranView", and it asks for NotePad. > > Can someone please tell me what I need to do? > > Thanks in advance, Janet > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I am now running Windows XP, which I really do like. I have just noticed that I do not have "NotePad", only Windows WordPad. I am trying to download updates for "InfranView", and it asks for NotePad. Can someone please tell me what I need to do? Thanks in advance, Janet

Hi Jill! No worries! As you did not use ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS it was probably installed in the default folder - C:\Program Files\Incredimail. That would be the logical place to start looking. Most programs, when you go to install them, usually accept that you want to install them in the default Windows folder (C:\Program Files), and unless you change it during the setup procedure, that is where they end up. When you install any new program, always close down all running programs. You can do this using Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE), or you can use a simple utility called End It All which I think you will find is still free from the link on this site: http://www.docsdownloads.com/enditall.htm When everything is closed down, then you use ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS to install the program. This is a normal Windows install. It is essential to shut everything down when installing new programs. This is because Windows shares files among programs, particularly files ending with the extension ".DLL" (Dynamic Link Libraries). If you install a program with other programs running, one or more of the files required by the new program may already be in use by another program on your computer. The end result may be a later conflict when attempting to run the new program and you will wonder what has happened. By using ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, the new program will be listed in there if you ever need to change it or remove it from your computer. To use FIND to track down the remnants of Incredimail, just type "incredimail" in the box (without the quotes). End It All, by the way, is a great program to run BEFORE you run DEFRAG on your computer, too. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Boothey [mailto:Boothall@westnet.com.au] Sent: Monday, 28 June 2004 14:38 To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove and what it is ----- Original Message ----- From: Boothey To: Boothey Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:22 PM Subject: Fw: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove Hi Lance, thanks for your reply but where will i find the program folder if i go to find and put in program folder will it come up for me i don't often put things on to the computer so i don't know why i did this i have ad aware on here and i use that. Sorry to mess you about Jill --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0426-1, 2004-06-25 Tested on: 28/06/2004 4:15:39 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

All done and done with. Thanks Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <hty31b5@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: RE: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove and what it is Hi Jill! No worries! As you did not use ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS it was probably installed in the default folder - C:\Program Files\Incredimail. That would be the logical place to start looking. Most programs, when you go to install them, usually accept that you want to install them in the default Windows folder (C:\Program Files), and unless you change it during the setup procedure, that is where they end up. When you install any new program, always close down all running programs. You can do this using Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE), or you can use a simple utility called End It All which I think you will find is still free from the link on this site: http://www.docsdownloads.com/enditall.htm When everything is closed down, then you use ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS to install the program. This is a normal Windows install. It is essential to shut everything down when installing new programs. This is because Windows shares files among programs, particularly files ending with the extension ".DLL" (Dynamic Link Libraries). If you install a program with other programs running, one or more of the files required by the new program may already be in use by another program on your computer. The end result may be a later conflict when attempting to run the new program and you will wonder what has happened. By using ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, the new program will be listed in there if you ever need to change it or remove it from your computer. To use FIND to track down the remnants of Incredimail, just type "incredimail" in the box (without the quotes). End It All, by the way, is a great program to run BEFORE you run DEFRAG on your computer, too. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Boothey [mailto:Boothall@westnet.com.au] Sent: Monday, 28 June 2004 14:38 To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove and what it is ----- Original Message ----- From: Boothey To: Boothey Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:22 PM Subject: Fw: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove Hi Lance, thanks for your reply but where will i find the program folder if i go to find and put in program folder will it come up for me i don't often put things on to the computer so i don't know why i did this i have ad aware on here and i use that. Sorry to mess you about Jill --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0426-1, 2004-06-25 Tested on: 28/06/2004 4:15:39 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks Connie i have never looked at that as a file folder i just call it my start up thing, ho hum thanks to people like you who help people like me. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie" <r.leaman@comcast.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: Re: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] IncrediMail - how to remove and what it is I'm not Lance, but click on Start. You'll see either Programs or All Programs. That's your program folder. Connie > Hi Lance, thanks for your reply but where will i find the program folder if i go to find and put in program folder will it come up for me i don't often put things on to the computer so i don't know why i did this i have ad aware on here and i use that. > Sorry to mess you about Jill ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237