Number 292 - September 2007

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Beginners    Vinnie LaBash discusse six things you can do in Dumb Things to Avoid While Using Your Computer. Read and learn! Communications    Les Benson of Victoria's Big Blue & Cousins user group discusses how they got Google to analyze (he uses the English "analyse") their web site in Google Analytics.    Do you need some place to store your deathless prose or other precious data, and don't trust your hard drive, cd's or other storage devices? Take a look at Free Online Storage at DropBoks. Operating System    Some of you may already be using computers running two Operating Systems but most of you aren't. If you want to explore this, take a look at Dual Booting Linux & Vista using EasyBCD.    Maybe you don't want two different Operating Systems but simply two versions of Windows so you can run those applications that require one or the other. In that case How to Dual Boot Windows XP & Windows Vista may be just what you are looking for.    In What programs do you want alerts for? the author reviews problems with Quicktime media player, Office 2007 and Office attachments.	The article The Inside Security Recovery Toolkit discusses a particularly powerful recovery tool namely, INSERT, a version of Linux designed to correct problems in Windows, Linux, and the latest Macintosh PCs. INSERT is a "live CD", which means it does not use the hard disk at all, but runs directly from the CD-ROM drive; as a result, it can run even on a PC with an inoperable hard disk. Worth a look. General Interest    In What's Your Opinion On Scrapping The Internet? several "experts" express their reactions to the article at www.orcopug.org/scrap-internet.html. Has the Internet become impossibly compromised with SPAM, Viruses, etc.? Read the online article. See if you aggree or disagree with the opinions expressed.    In User Group Weblog & Trackbacks the author comments on the increased use of blogs to post information but wondered about how to share information between blogs without having to rewrite or repost it. Thta's where Trackbacks (sometimes called pingbacks) come in linking blogged articles together. Read all about it. Hardware    In 5 Tips for Prolonging Your Battery Power - Conserving Energy when shooting Video the author provides some common sense rules.    In Actiontec MegaPlug the author discusses networking using the power lines in your house. Apparently hardware systems using this technique have improved in the last few years.
Number 292 - September 2007