[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #535

MikesWhatsNews, 15, 07, 2002
in today's issue #535
Replicator v1.8.7 
Dos Menu Creator v1.0 
NetSolitaire 2002 3.0
StopScum.com
Ghostfiles v2
Deee's Computer and Internet Reference Guide
Boot To Safe Mode Shortcut
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC     PC Hell Spyware Removal
        Ejecting from Explorer
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Replicator v1.8.7 
And for fans of the popular Replicator, I've prepared a new
version 
of this Power Tool too!  Look for Replicator v1.8.7 at:

    http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

This version fixes a nagging problem that could cause the program 
to crash when asked to delete a read-only folder. 
And it now handles the "<dow>" (Day of Week) destination tag 
correctly 
(thanks to several readers who helped locate these two bugs).
Replicator
Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! 
Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder 
to another. Source and Destination folders can reside 
anywhere on your network. 
Files larger than 2 GB are supported. 
Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a 
few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files 
that have changed, and the replication of file deletions."
From;  Karen's Power Tools 
http://www.karenware.com/newsletters/2002/2002-07-12.asp
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Dos Menu Creator v1.0  ~ free
http://www.premiumhealth.com/programs/
Dos Menu Creator is a DOS program which will create colorful 
and professional customized menus to run programs in DOS. 
The menus can be password protected and they have full mouse
support. 

Using this program, you can set up menus containing DOS 
programs and then you could have your menu run each 
time the computer starts. 

This program is a DOS program, however it should work 
correctly with Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and NT. 

Dos Menu Creator can be downloaded in under 1 minute by most
people. 
The .zip file is only 180k. 
You will need an unzipping program such as WinZip to unzip 
Dos Menu Creator from the .zip file. 

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NetSolitaire 2002 3.0  FREEWARE
http://www.netsolitaire.com/
Play five Solitaire games online.
Win 2000/95/98/ME/NT/XP
 
This is a collection of five different Solitaire games in one 
small download. 
Along with the traditional Freecell and Klondike versions 
are Fifteens, Golf and Pyramid varieties.
If you are unsure of how to play any of these variations, 
online help files provide you with everything you need to 
know.

Each Solitaire version apparently has more than nine 
trillion possible games, so every game should be 
different, no matter how much you play.

Undo and redo buttons are included, along with an 
autoplay feature. However, there are no other 
user-changeable elements such as card backs.

The games are played online, and because of this a free 
account can be set up, allowing you to post your scores 
to a Champions List. Both the current week and previous 
weeks' tables are featured.
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StopScum.com
 http://stopscum.com/
This site covers various scumware and helps put you in control by 
helping you take a stand against it and other theftware. 
Help stop it.
http://stopscum.com/#news
Welcome. Contextual Advertising aka TheftWare and it's negative
financial and moral implications is a very serious issue which
effects all Merchants and Publishers. TheftWare technology used by
KaZaA, eZula, Gator, and Surf+ must be eliminated. Their will be
others who will follow, but stopping all of these unscrupulous
players will send a strong message to the other defacers and
hijackers that we won't tolerate these actions. We must fight in a
moral, ethical, and legal manner. Read our daily news and stay
informed.


Our first targets are KaZaA, eZula, Gator, and any company and or
individual which profits from this relationship with respect to
their TopText technology and all similar technologies. These
TheftWare products deface and alter the content of Websites
(including Merchants) for financial gain. These procedures do not
obtain the prior written consent of the Website owner, do not
notify the Website owner of these actions, and do not share any of
their revenue with the site owners. In some cases, they alter the
contents of a PG site with Adult and or Gambling links which the
owner of the site would never permit. We find all of these actions
morally reprehensible.
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Ghostfiles v2
http://www.lowrieweb.com/ghostfiles.htm
Ghostfiles is a very simple tool for mirroring file between
directories. Ghostfiles is a taskbar application that when
running, ghostfiles hooks the file system and looks for file
changes in a named source directory. Any changes to files in the
source directory, or in sub-directories of that path are
automatically mirrored to files in the destination directory.

Specially designed for Windows NT. Windows 2000, Windows XP and
Windows.NET Server, Ghostfiles has little or no impact on your
system while looking for file changes. When a file is changed,
Ghostfile simply applies those changes to the mirrored files:
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Deee's Computer and Internet Reference Guide
http://users.erols.com/foxdm/computer.htm
A comprehensive Listing of Computer and Internet Resources 
available on the Web.
There are links to All About Computers, All About Networking, 
Miscellaneous, Operating Systems, and All About The Internet
categories. 
Each category is divided into sub-categories, 
and each sub-category has many links. 
Plain, but very useful.  
thanks to; Christy
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Boot To Safe Mode Shortcut by Vic
Here is how you can create a desktop shortcut that when clicked 
will automatically boot you into Safe Mode. 
 
I tested this on Windows 95, 98.
 
Right click your desktop and choose NewShortcut.
 
In the command line enter this command:
WIN /D:M
 
Click Next, choose any name you want for the shortcut.
Click Next and choose your icon.
Click Finish.
 
Right click your new shortcut and go to Properties.
 
Click the Program tab and then the Advanced tab.
 
Put a checkmark next to MS-DOS Mode
Remove the checkmark from "Warn before entering MS-DOS Mode"
 
Click OK
And that's it.  Now, whenever you need or want to get into Safe
Mode (ie - as for a defrag) just double click the icon.
 
Vic ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WinTips-Tricks/
Lock and hide folders with maximum ease and security.
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/lh/lockhide.htm
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

Security Options greyed out? Reasons why.

This problem occurs if any of the following
conditions is true:

You have a disk-based web open.
-or-
Your web is hosted on a computer that is
running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft
Windows 98 and running Microsoft Personal
Web Server version 4.
-or-
The content root of the Internet Information
Server (IIS) is on a FAT file system.
-or-
FrontPage permissions on the server are turned
off (disabled).

For solutions see MS Q265468:
http://tinyurl.com/nag

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

PC Hell Spyware Removal

http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

"Spyware and Adware Removal Help."
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Ejecting from Explorer

If you're navigating through your computer (Windows Explorer) and
you find you want/need to eject a CD without having to reach for
your computer, it's easy enough to eject a CD from Windows
Explorer, Just right-click on your CD-ROM drive, and then choose
Eject. 

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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible viruses, 
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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