[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #640

MikesWhatsNews, 28, 01, 2003
in today's issue #640
XP Windows System Restore Utility Quits
Egoboo 2.22 
Free Education on the Internet
Ourfax
Outlook Attachments
The Ten Immutable Laws of Security
CCC      EyeBrowse
        Re-format & Re-install Part 1
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XP Windows System Restore Utility Quits and All Restore Points Are Deleted
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812119
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1

SYMPTOMS
When you run the Windows System Restore utility, the utility may stop
running, and all restore points are deleted. When this occurs, the following
error is recorded in the system event log: 

0xc0000040 

In this scenario, the System Restore utility restarts the next time that
Windows is started, and new restore points are created. 

CAUSE
This issue may occur under a rare set of circumstances -- specifically, when
a program or programs try to simultaneously access and modify the same file
in a way that creates a conflict with the functions of the System Restore
utility.

This issue has been reported in connection with RealOne Player by Real
Networks. 
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 Egoboo 2.22    game
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/egoboo/en/index.html
Egoboo is a 3d dungeon crawling adventure in the spirit of NetHack.
It uses OpenGL and SDL. 
It should run on any Wintel, Unix, and MacOS X system.
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Free Education on the Internet
at: http://www.free-ed.net/

Want to teach yourself about your car's engine or review basicphysics or how
to write your own Web page? This site offers freeonline courses, tutorials,
study guides and lessons in 120 academicand vocational/technical topic
areas. The courses are simple andstraightforward and don't require homework.
Thanks to; Ross
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Computer_Help_and_Discussion
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OURFAX
http://www.ourfax.com/
Requirements: You should be able to send and receive an email, you can have
windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, Mac, Linux, 
or Unix, Webtv, Wap Phone.
OURFAX, is the world's first, easy to use, ad supported  100% FREE service,
that allows any email user in the world, to send faxes directly from their
email address, to almost any fax machine in the world. You can fax from any
email service i.e. hotmail, yahoo mail, or your personal email program ie
outlook, or Eudora. You can also send 100% free Faxes from your webtv, Mac,
Linux, WAP Phone, Email Boxes or Internet Kiosk's. Anywhere where you have
email available you can use ourfax.com for 100% free. 
Thanks to; Thanks to; Jasmine,  Owner/Group Moderator: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pro_tech  and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/computersupport_2  
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Outlook Attachments ~ free
http://camtech2000.net/Pages/Outlook_Attachments.htm
Win9X/ME/2000/XP
In an effort to protect us from email problems like viruses, scripts, etc.
Microsoft has automatically blocked at least 43 file types from being opened
or executed in Outlook 2002.  While this is a good idea there may be
occasions when we want an attachment such as one a friend may have sent.
That's where Outlook Attachments can help.  Operation is very simple.  If
you receive an attachment that is blocked close Outlook, use Outlook
Attachments to highlight and allow the file type, reopen Outlook and the
file will now be available.
From; camtech2000.net
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The Ten Immutable Laws of Security
http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1FE32A33
"This is worth reading."  Ross

The Ten Immutable Laws of Security
Topics on this Page  
  
 Law #1: If a bad guy can persuade you to run his program on your computer,
it?s not your computer anymore.
 Law #2: If a bad guy can alter the operating system on your computer,
it?s not your computer anymore.
 Law #3: If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer,
it?s not your computer anymore.
 Law #4: If you allow a bad guy to upload programs to your web site, it?s
not your web site any more.
 Law #5: Weak passwords trump strong security. 
 Law #6: A machine is only as secure as the administrator is trustworthy.
 Law #7: Encrypted data is only as secure as the decryption key.
 Law #8: An out of date virus scanner is only marginally better than no
virus scanner at all.
 Law #9: Absolute anonymity isn't practical, in real life or on the web.
 Law #10: Technology is not a panacea. 
These are all hyperinks.
 

Thanks to; Ross
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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EyeBrowse
Freeware for non commercial use
Win9x/2000/NT/XP
http://www.eyebrowse.co.uk/

This is an advanced graphics editing, viewing and management
program. It features animated GIF support, context-sensitive
help, a customizable interface and image manipulation
capabilities. Also included with the package is the EyeBrowse
Update utility, which keeps your version up-to-date and can even
fix installation errors. 

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Re-format & Re-install Part 1

This series covers the basic steps of reformatting your hard
drive and re-installing Windows. Now, this is
not for the digitally squeamish and it's defiantly one of those
do-at-your-own-risk deals. It's not intended
for novices and should not be attempted unless you are fairly
comfortable with DOS (if you have to ask
what DOS is, than skip this tip).

A final warning - This is a general procedure so you may run into
unforeseen problems. It is Helpful to have a Computer Tech handy
(a phone call away) in case of problems/questions.

OK, before we start any kind of disk formatting, we need to back
up all the important info on your computer. I usually copy
everything to my CD-R or a few zip disks. I generally only back
up stuff that I
created. I don't backup programs I have on disk, I re-install
those. Make sure you get everything that's
 important to you backed up (maybe twice) because after we're
done formatting the disk it will be
COMPLETELY GONE!

Next, you'll want a boot disk. Even if you don't think you'll
need it you should still have it, just in case.

To make a boot disk for win 95/98, (not a Windows recovery disk)
follow these steps:

1. Open My Computer, insert a 3.5 floppy into your Drive A: and
right-click the icon for your A:  drive. Select Format from the
resulting menu.

2. Select Full format and check the "Copy system files box". Then
hit Start to format the disk.

>> Note that if you are using Win ME that the above little trick
won't work. You'll need to go to your
Start button, Settings, Control Panel. Open up the Add/Remove
programs icon. From there, click the
Startup Disk tab and create a new startup disk.<<

You should now have a bootable disk. You'll probably want to copy
the following files to it:

EDIT.COM (you may need this to create or edit DOS files- this
should be there if you made a Win ME
recovery disk)
FORMAT.COM (for disk formatting)
FDISK.EXE (you'll lean about FDISK tomorrow- this should be there
if you made a Win ME recovery
disk)
MSCDEX.EXE (you may need this for your CD ROM)

All the above files should be under your C:\Windows\Command\
directory.  If not, use the Find feature to locate them (Start
button, "Find" or "Search", depending on what version of Windows
you have) . Once you find the files, right-click them and select
Send to, 3 1/2 Floppy (A).

Here's some other stuff you'll want handy:

- Your CD ROM driver
- Your Windows CD
- Your Windows Setup Disk 1 (it's a floppy that you may have if
you have a full version of Win 98. It's not 100% necessary, but
it does have a CD ROM driver built into it if you don't have
one). 

Please note - You need to be 100% sure you can get your CD ROM to
work after you format your drive.
Windows has built in CD ROM divers, DOS doesn't. If you can't get
your CD ROM to work, you aren't
going to be installing Windows until you do!!

Speaking of Windows, make sure that you have the Full Version of
Windows on CD. If you only have an
upgrade version, you'll need to find an older version before you
can install.

Some versions of Windows will let you use an upgrade CD to
install the full version, so long as you have
an older version (either upgrade or full) on CD to prove you are
upgrading. Some versions will force you
to install an older version first, then upgrade it from there.
Why? Cuz that's how Microsoft is.

Also, some computers have a built in BIOS CD ROM driver that
checks for a "Recovery Disk" when you
boot up. If your computer has this feature, you should be all
set. More on that later.

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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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