[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #559

MikesWhatsNews, 25, 09, 2002
in today's issue #559
Bob the Builder
Naviscope version 8.69
MemoryConfigurator
Sources of Boating Education
MaxBlast Plus II
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC   Twins Video Player
        Manageable Program Menus
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Bob the Builder - flash site
The Official Bob the Builder Web Site Ð the pre-school learning programme
as seen on Chidrens BBC TV, featuring Bob the Builder, Wendy, Muck, Roley,
Lofty and Dizzy.
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Naviscope version 8.69 ~ free
http://www.naviscope.com/
Ready to take control of your Internet experience? 

Naviscope is a powerful Web Accelerator and complete package of Internet
Tools. 

Naviscope achieves acceleration through five advanced techniques:
prefetching, DNS resolution caching, persistent connections, MTU/RWIN
optimizations and advertisement blocking. In addition to blocking ads,
Naviscope can also block cookies, backgrounds, blinking text, Javascript,
and sounds. Furthermore, Naviscope has a popular SiteMapper that allows you
to navigate a web page before your browser even displays it. Naviscope shows
Web activity as you browse, in a display that allows you to perform Internet
diagnostics, obtain Website registration information, and even stop
individual objects from loading. While you browse, Naviscope can keep your
computer clock adjusted to the NIST atomic clock and shows you how fast your
Internet connection really is. Advanced users find our HTTP monitor useful,
as well as the complete logging and analysis capabilities we provide. A
fully configurable toolbar puts all of these, and many other features,
within easy reach. Best of all, as a limited time offer, Naviscope is
completely FREE! 
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MemoryConfigurator
http://memory.shopper.com/?tag=mc

Time for a memory upgrade? Adding memory is an easy
way to boost PC performance, but figuring out what
type to buy can be difficult. With CNET's all-in-one
MemoryConfigurator, you can find the right memory for
your desktops, notebooks, cameras and much more. 
Thanks to; Christy
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Sources of Boating Education
http://131.230.57.1/safe_pe.htm
The key to safe boating is education
Did you know....... 
The "Titanic" disaster resulted in the first international SOLAS meeting
(Safety of Life at Sea). 
One of there first adopted recommendations is that all commercial shipping
be required to monitor radio distress frequencies.
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See also;
http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/boating/index.htm
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MaxBlast Plus II
<http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqi
d=984>
Software and Utilities for Maxtor Hard Drives 
Hard drive installation has never been so easy! 
One step installation and setup. 
Now works with MS 2000 & XP! 
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The site has a flash animation of instructions.
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

How to calculate the size of your web in FrontPage 2002.

File | Open web | On the menu bar of the Open
Web Dialog Box Click Tools | Properties and
FrontPage will automatically calculate the size
of your web in MB, Bytes and also how many
files and folders.

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;
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Twins Video Player
Freeware
http://www.twins-software.com/

This is a great alternative to other Video Players. It plays a
long list of formats and its compact size makes it a must
download!

Features include:

Customizable playlists
Support for all video formats and other multimedia
Easy-to-use interface for full-screen viewing
Security mode for parental control
Drag-and-drop support

Twins Video Player is more than just a video player.  It supports
almost every multimedia format along with
a nice and easy-to-use interface. Twins Video Player provides you
the best quality at the lowest resources.
But, This is not all, because it has a lot more features and
things to discover. (free-form skinning, subtitle -
support, aspect ratio etc...) Download it right now! 

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Manageable Program Menus

Do you have so many programs that they don't all fit on the
Programs menu off the Start Menu =97 so you have to scroll from
the bottom of the Programs menu to find items near the end? 
 
Compressing this menu to make it easier to work with is simple
enough, when you know how. All you have to do is group programs
together. 
 
For instance, put all your Microsoft applications (and who
doesn't have a lot of these?) under one listing, like "Microsoft
apps," with submenus flying out for the individual programs. Or
you could group your programs according to function, putting all
your layout, drawing and image-editing programs under "Graphic
design apps." 
 
Right-click on the Start button and choose Explore. The active
folder should be Start Menu. If not, look for it in the Windows
directory and open it. In it, select the Programs folder, and the
contents of that folder will appear on the right side of the
Explorer window. 
 
 
Now, from the File menu, select New to create a new folder under
the Programs folder. Type a name for the new folder (like
Microsoft apps), then drag the shortcut icons for related
programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, FrontPage, Outlook, etc.) from
elsewhere in the Programs folder into this. Close Explorer and on
the Programs menu, you'll now have a single folder with a fly-out
menu for the related programs. 
 
Do this for various groupings of programs until you have your
Programs menu down to manageable size. 

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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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