[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #533

MikesWhatsNews, 11, 07, 2002
in today's issue #533
Speedtrap.com
Panda Antivirus Enterprise Suite
Laptop Recovery ET
JSame Game
Fast Boot / Fast Resume Design
EatIcons
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC      Win9x/ME Task Manager
        Graphics in More or Less detail Part 2
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Speedtrap.com
http://www.speedtrap.com/
Founded in 1995, Speedtrap.com is a leading provider of Internet
content that is critical to drivers. Speedtrap.com provides people
on the move a service that informs them of potential traffic
slowdowns, traffic hazards and other information to help save them
time during their commute. Speedtrap.com is a privately held
company. 

This service is not intended to promote speeding and complies with
all current state and federal laws. 

While we make every effort to provide accurate information, we
provide no guarantees of the information listed on this site. 

Any inquiries should be directed to SpeedTrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
SPEEDTRAP.com
Kirkland, WA 
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Panda Antivirus Enterprise Suite ~ demo  free
http://www.pandasecurity.com/download-paves-4020.htm
Thank you for your interest in Panda Antivirus Enterprise 
Suite software, the premier antivirus software product for 
your network. 
Please fill out the form below and press "Submit" in order 
to download your free demo copy.
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Laptop Recovery ET ~ James White  ~ pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.emeraldinvestigations.com/
ET will help recover your laptop in the event it is stolen. 
Please download the free demo and send me feedback. 

Look for the link Laptop Recovery ET.
Computer thefts have increased at an alarming rate. 
Laptop theft tops the list of stolen computers due to the fact
that they are very easy to pickup and carry away. The information
stored on the stolen laptop usually exceeds the cost to replace
it. Think of the information you have on your laptop, address
books, work files, memos, tax information and sensitive
information related to your company and personal life.
Our software "ET" installed on your laptop/PC is configured with
your preset telephone number starting with *82 which disables call
blocking. When your laptop/PC is stolen and the subject plugs in a
phoneline, the computer will covertly dial the preset number at a
configured time and everytime the computer is turned on. The
telephone it dials having "Caller ID" will then display the name
and telephone number where your stolen laptop/PC is located. For
some reason if the modem has been reconfigured another feature
"ET" offers you the option to set "ET" to e-mail you with Internet
information, IP address, Date and Time of connection. You simply
call your local Law Enforcement Agency with the information and
they will recover your laptop. Caller ID provided by your
telephone subscriber is inexpensive and is not necessary until
your laptop/PC is stolen.
Unlike similar products where you pay a security company a monthly
monitoring fee, "ET" you purchase only once.

"ET" requires a webpage to active the Internet tracking option
only when your computer is stolen. Emerald Investigations offers
this service or will assist you in setting up your own webpage for
a small setup charge.

The cost of "ET" is $25.00 US per copy, we provide discounts for
Quantity purchases, Educational and Law Enforcement\Private
Detective organizations.

"ET" will automatically update the NEWEST VERSION for Registered
users free.

Thanks to; 
James White  
Emerald Investigations
11 Royal Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Tel/Fax 978-447-1718
www.emeraldinvestigations.com
pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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JSame Game
http://potentproducts.com/resources/games/samegame/index.html
JSame Game is a simple game and played by one player -- you! 

You play for fun and can play against your high score or how many 
balls you have left.

This version is an adaptation of SameGame, an old and popular 
game from the Macintosh platform.  
Using JavaScript to make it workable on Web pages, 
is where the name "JSame Game" comes from.

From; Potent Products
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Fast Boot / Fast Resume Design
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/defaul
t.asp
Customer research shows a frequently requested feature that users 
want from their PCs is fast system startup, whether from cold boot

or when resuming from standby or hibernation. 
The Windows development team at Microsoft has taken bold steps 
in making fast startup PCs a reality with the Microsoft®
Windows® 
XP operating system. 

The design goals for Windows XP on a typical consumer PC are: 

Boot to a useable state in a total of 30 seconds 
Resume from Hibernate (S4) in a total of 20 seconds 
Resume from Standby (S3) in a total of 5 seconds 

Boot and resume times are measured from the time the power 
switch is pressed to being able to start a program from a 
desktop shortcut. 

Download  
http://tinyurl.com/llc
BootVis.exe Tool
A performance trace visualization tool for use with Windows
 XP systems.
Note: This version of BootVis.exe is compatible with final 
release of Windows XP (build 2600) and resolves a 
compatibility issue when using third-party IDE drivers.
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EatIcons ~ free
http://www.regxplor.com/other.html
This is a program that speeds up your Windows Explorer on 
Windows 95/98 by removing all those silly icons. 

Of course, you could also use it as a practical joke by setting 
it on a friend's PC. 
The program will remove all icons from this PC without leaving a
trace. 

This program is not a virus, it has no malicious intents and it 
does nothing permanent. 
You can get all your icons back by restarting your computer. 
The program has no side effects. 

Note: EatIcons can be installed to remove all icons at startup. 
This means that you never see your icons again, even after 
restarting your computer. To get them back, you should run 
EatIcons again. When the program askes if you would like to 
enable this feature, make sure to answer "no". The next time 
you restart your computer, your icons will appear again.
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

 x is NOT the button

Shutting down FrontPage by clicking on the X button in the
top right hand corner of FP can cause your extensions to
become corrupt if you have just published. So always shut
down FrontPage in the prescribed manner, namely.

Click the Done button after publishing.
Click File | Close web
Click exit

Better safe than sorry.

AccessFP ~ FrontPage Resource Centre
Site ~  http://www.accessfp.net/
Ezine & Forums ~ http://anyfrontpage.com/  FREE FP E-Books
Journal ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPJournal
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe>

Win9x/ME Task Manager 
Freeware
http://www.coralsoftware.com/TaskManager/index.htm

Win9x/ME Task Manager lets you know the CPU information, 
memory usage, processes, and applications running on your 
computer. You will be able to add new tasks with just the 
click on a button.

Win9x/ME Task Manager gives the advanced functionality 
that the Users of NT / 2000 have with the included Task 
Manager. 
Win9x/ME Task Manager includes the memory optimization 
of RamWatch Lite.
It includes the ability to monitor most system resources like
physical, virtual, pagefile memory as well as cpu usage and
processor speed. 
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Graphics in More or Less detail Part 2

In yesterdays tip, we showed you how to change your color
palette, the setting that determines the number of colors 
Windows uses to display images on your screen: 
Right-click the desktop, select Properties, click the Settings
 tab, select a palette under Color, click OK, then click 
Yes to restart Windows. 
We also promised to explain these settings. 

Most likely, you'll see four settings under Color --16 Color, 
256 Color, High Color, and True Color. 
The first two are self-explanatory (16 and 256 colors, 
respectively). High Color allows Windows more than 
65,000 colors, and True Color around 16.8 million. 

Not sure which to choose? That all depends on what's
 more important--performance or image quality. 
The fewer colors Windows uses to display your graphics, 
the faster it will display the images on screen. 
So if it's performance you're after, you'll want to choose 
the lowest setting that you can live with--most likely, 
256 Color (for obvious reasons, 16 Color is pretty
limited). 

If, on the other hand, quality of image is important to you 
(and you have a system that doesn't get bogged down 
performance-wise with a higher setting), you'll want to 
choose a setting that allows for more colors, such as High Color. 
You probably won't ever need True Color, unless quality is 
REALLY important to you--for example, if you work with 
graphics for a living. 

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however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures cannot keep up with 
the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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