[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #594

MikesWhatsNews, 13, 11, 2002
in today's issue #594
Links 2003 
RegDrop FREE
Popcorn 1.24
2D Ghost Forest Interactive Saver
GenoPro 1.91
Microsoft Unveils New Windows System
CCC      NaughtyMouse
        Old Control Panel Items
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          of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Links 2003 Trial Version
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=11550
The newest version of the best-selling golf simulator of all time, Links(R)
2003 features improved graphics, six new championship courses,
high-resolution 3-D characters, a Dynamic Camera that lets you see your shot
from different perspectives, and improved putting with a new 3-D Green
Analyzer. ESRB Rating: E for Everyone.
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RegDrop FREE
http://www.addisonsw.com/text/regdrop.zip
http://www.addisonsw.com/

"If you have to register and unregister as many controls a day as we do, you
need RegDrop. 
RegDrop is our easy to use component registration utility that allows you to
simply drag and drop a component or components on it and RegDrop will
register or unregister the component(s) for you. 
RegDrop gives real error messages as opposed to cryptic numeric result
codes.
For users of Microsoft's Visual Studio, you can even replace REGSVR32 in the
"Register Control" tool menu with RegDrop. 
Now you can not only register but also easily unregister components by
holding down the shift key while selecting this menu item - saving many
needless trips to Explorer or worse, DOS. 
RegDrop is included with Reveal and you can download a free copy of RegDrop
now!"
Thanks to; Christy
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Popcorn 1.24 ~ free
http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/
Popcorn is a freeware ultra-lightweight POP3/SMTP e-mail client for Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP . 

It works as a client/server application, reading mail "directly" from POP3
servers. 
It is ideally suited for "on the road" mail access, for scanning, reading
and sending mail over slow connections. 
It supports multiple user profiles, enabling you to read and send mail from
any number of accounts. 
It requires no installation, no data is saved locally other than a portable
.INI file containing account information. 
It is ideal for cleaning up POP3 accounts, removing spam, unwanted mail,
large attachments etc... 
It has a mail editor allowing you to compose and send new mail, reply to,
forward and re-direct received mail. 
It fits easily on a floppy or other portable (even read only) media, making
it easy carry around at all times. 
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2D Ghost Forest Interactive Saver ~ free
http://www.ghostforest.com/download/screen_savers/
The first of the Ghost Forest Family - 
a beautiful collection of hand-painted, children-safe interactive screen
savers. 
Part of the Ghost Forest site, presenting the book with the same name.
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GenoPro 1.91 ~ free
http://www.genopro.com/
GenoPro is a software to draw family trees. 
Among all the family tree software, GenoPro is the simplest to learn and
easiest to use. If you are a beginner to genealogy, you can learn to use
GenoPro in a few minutes without the need to take a look at the online help.

GenoPro is capable to draw any type of family tree, including the most
complicated family difficult to "picture". Once you have finished your
family tree, you can save your family tree in a metafile to insert in Word,
PowerPoint or any other Windows software. A metafile is a picture with a
transparent background capable to be scaled to any size without quality
loss. You can use GenoPro to create a huge poster of your family tree. 

GenoPro can insert unlimited pictures for each individual and family, and
help you to create a CD ROM of your family album. GenoPro has a powerful
report generator to generate detailed reports in the language of your
choice. Those reports can be printed using Word or published on the Web
using your internet connection. GenoPro has built-in reports in 10 languages
and you are welcome to add your own language or customize an existing report
to your taste. 
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Microsoft Unveils New Windows System by Peter Svensson
http://www.computeruser.com/news/02/11/08/news2.html
Microsoft Corp. gave pen-based computing another shot, introducing a new
version of its Windows operating system that it hopes will entice people to
use notepad-like tablet computers.

Frankly admitting that the concept had failed many times before, chairman
Bill Gates called it "a dream that I and others have had for years and
years."

In introducing Windows for XP Tablet PC Edition to business partners and
media at a Broadway theater, Gates mentioned some of the previous attempts
at creating a viable tablet computer.

In the early '90s, there was the GRiDPAD, Go's tablet, and the Apple Newton,
none of which lasted more than a few years. Microsoft itself had a Windows
for Pen project.

"It's almost painful to recall what the results of those projects were,"
Gates said.

Microsoft decided to keep working on the concept. Advances on the hardware
side -- longer battery life, faster processors and wireless networking --
mean the time is now ripe for pen-based PCs, Gates said.

Getting computers to recognize handwriting properly has been a difficult
problem for manufacturers, and the legendarily poor accuracy of the Newton
spelled its demise.
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From; ComputerUser.com
see also; http://www.microsoft.com/tabletpc
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe>

NaughtyMouse
http://www.tucows.com/system/preview/237356.html
freeware

This small utility provides a way to automate mouse-related
tasks. Using the wizard you can quickly create a script to
control mouse moves and clicks. 

A script can contain any number of actions and each action can
have random time intervals with a casual radius of deviation to
simulate a human being operating your mouse. 

Use this program to simulate Web browsing, click sponsor
cash-bars, and emulate user activity to prevent your computer
from going to sleep. 

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 Old Control Panel Items

The items that show up in the Control Panel have a file extension
of CPL. You can find these in the c:\winnt\system32 (WinNT/2K/XP)
or c:\windows\system folder. 

Occasionally you'll end up with an icon in the Control Panel that
you don't want, either because you don't have the program
installed anymore or you just don't want someone going in and
making any changes. To remove the icon from the Control Panel, do
a search for all files in the folders mentioned above that end in
CPL and move them someplace else. When you open the Control
Panel, you shouldn't see those icons. If you've accidentally
moved the wrong CPL file, then move it back. If you moved the
right CPL file, and
you're sure that you don't need it anymore, then feel free to
delete it from where you moved it.

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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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