From bounce-neatnettricks-1234567@silver.lyris.net Thu Aug 15 10:51:10 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: aaa@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8448D43C4F for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 05:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for aaa@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:49:35 +0100 (IST) Received: from silver.lyris.net (silver.lyris.net [216.91.57.32]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7ENU3408604 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:30:03 +0100 Message-Id: X-Sender: jteems@rap.midco.net@pop.midco.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:20:00 -0700 To: aaaaaa@yyyyyy.zzz From: NNT@silver.lyris.net Subject: Neat Net Tricks Standard Issue 131 - August 15, 2002 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed List-Unsubscribe: Reply-To: NNT@silver.lyris.net X-Pyzor: Reported 0 times. IN THIS ISSUE: 01. Secure IE 02. Disk cleanup on XP 03. Thanks but no thanks 04. Mouseless way home 05. Kartoo 06. XP time feature 07. Leaf Peeper Alert 08. Saving scraps 09. Quick access 10. Don't believe your email And What's Coming Up Next Week in NNT Premium 01. SECURE IE. For the past month or so, our Software Review Panel has been giving a grueling test to Secure IE, a piece of software that blocks Flash and pop-ups, prevents malicious file downloads, lets you customize Security Zone settings as you browse dozens of Web sites simultaneously up to five times faster with a tabbed interface, annotate Web page with sticky notes and highlighter, and save complete Web pages, even secure server (HTTPS) pages and archive online transaction receipts. For what we believe is one of the most thorough reviews ever conducted on a single piece of software, check out what our Panel had to say at http://www.NeatNetTricks.com/SoftwareReviews . For a free trial download, visit http://www.secureie.com . And if this one sweeps you off your feet, go to the NNT Store at http://www.NeatNetTricks.com/store and get a super deal, just $17.50 if you order before September 14. With a 30-day guarantee, what's to lose? 02. DISK CLEANUP ON XP. Windows XP users can do some fast cleaning chores with Disk Cleanup. Access this tool from the Start menu by right clicking on your hard drive. Then select Properties and click on the Disk Cleanup button to determine how many files can be safely deleted. 03. THANKS BUT NO THANKS. Continuing our periodic feature of less-than-useful sites on the Web: The International Center for Bathroom Etiquette at http://www.icbe.org/ gets our recognition this issue. It says it's working hard to bring you the latest in cutting edge research and technology regarding bathroom etiquette. We'll resist some obvious puns. . . . . . West Virginia's Diane Stratton recommended NNT to some friends and is now enjoying QuicKeys 2.0, a great Windows management software package. Diane is our latest winner and you could be next. Just go to the NNT Web site at http://www.NeatNetTricks.com and click on "Recommend NNT." Nothing could be easier. . . . . . 04. MOUSELESS WAY HOME. To go home quickly in Internet Explorer, touch F6 to highlight the Address Bar and type two periods (..) there. The Enter key then takes you home. 05. KARTOO. Search engines are everywhere on the Internet but Kartoo at http://www.kartoo.net is quite unusual. It's a meta search engine that displays results on a map in the form of a ball. The larger the ball, the more relevant the result. As you mouseover each result, site descriptions are revealed. If all that sounds confusing, the explanation is more complicated than the service itself. Just try it. . . . . . You should make it a habit to visit the NNT Store at http://www.NeatNetTricks.com/store . We try to have several great products there at a limited-time price much less than anywhere else on the Net. Currently, you'll find excellent ebooks, a very effective popup stopper, and the very useful utility described in item 01 above, along with the usual opportunity to subscribe to NNT Premium and ArchivesExpress. Check us out, you'll be glad you did. . . . . . 06. XP TIME FEATURE. Windows XP added a nice feature that heretofore required a separate software application. It will connect, either at a programmed time or manually, to a time server via the Internet and reset that often erroneous internal clock. Just click on the time in the systems tray, go to Date and Time Properties and click the Internet Time tab. 07. LEAF PEEPER ALERT. A bit early, but soon the changing colors of autumn will begin here in the U.S. For those who like to follow the display, consider http://www.stormfax.com/foliage.htm for a comprehensive collection of links and toll-free numbers to each state to determine peak color times. 08. SAVINGS SCRAPS. Some oldies are worth repeating. If you're working with text in, for example, MS Word or WordPad, and would like a handy way to save a portion for later easy retrieval, just select (highlight) it and click/drag it to your desktop. When the newly created icon is clicked on, it will show the application with which the scrap was created, along with the first few words of the text. A double click opens the text in the application with which it was created. 09. QUICK ACCESS. To go to a frequently used program, you may find yourself drilling down to the desktop and searching out the shortcut icon. Consider instead setting up a key combination that will provide quick access without using the shortcut. Right click on the shortcut and select Properties. In the Shortcut key window, select any key you can remember and click OK. Ctrl+Alt and that key will open the application whenever needed. 10. DON'T BELIEVE YOUR EMAIL. We've been asked about those emails with virus attachments that appear to be coming from NNT, asking for a confirmation of a subscription. Don't believe it, and don't open the attachments. Maybe this exchange between NNT and Lyris (our mail manager) will clear things up: NNT: Is there anything that can be done about the current strains of virus that implant on address books and randomly send email asking alleged subscribers to verify their subscription (when they haven't subscribed at all)? I've received some of these as well, and I know it's become a widespread problem with other ezine publishers, creating a lot of ill will all around. Is there some configuration that we could change to keep these from going out except to legitimate subscribers? Lyris: Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about this since it isn't actually ListManager doing the sending. The real problem is that people sometimes will add the "join" address to their address book and that is what causes the problems. The best we can do is advise people not to have their address books set to automatically add any email address that they send a message to even once. The main culprit here seems to be Outlook Express. WHAT'S COMING NEXT WEEK: Another batch of Neat Net Tricks in the Premium issue, including: * A great collection of information and free downloads to make your system more secure. * Free software to measure and display your real-time Internet speed. * Can you handle still another popup stopper - that's interference free - and at no cost? * An easy-to-use tool to store and arrange all your passwords, user IDs, and other info. * A Microsoft Word tip to easily work around that pesky autocompletion feature. * A whole arsenal of tools to combat spam. * Software that provides more than 200 interesting facts about your computer and displays about your CPU, memory, operating system, and your computer's power source. * Our in-depth article discusses how to best manage our important passwords and get out of trouble when we -inevitably - forget those passwords. And more! If you haven't subscribed yet, you won't find a better source of useful information for just 42 cents per issue. That's $10 for a year's worth - 24 issues - at the NNT Store, http://www.NeatNetTricks.com/store . . . . . . . NNT makes no endorsement or warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to featured products or services. Results may vary based on operating systems and other variables beyond our control. For info on how to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your address, send a blank email to info-neatnettricks@silver.lyris.net . Sponsor an entire issue of NNT with your exclusive message to our readers at very low rates. Send a blank email to advertise-neatnettricks@silver.lyris.net . Comments or questions about your computer and the Internet? Visit the NNT Bulletin Board at http://www.escribe.com/computing/neatnettricks/bb/ . NNT is hosted by Lyris.com, the best in email list management. Copyright 2002 by Jack Teems. All rights reserved. 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