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If any of these links fail, please notify the webmaster:
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series of links to other resources on the web:
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Free online tutorials:
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Windows XP Home back up. If your computer manufacturer didn't include
it on your installation disk, you can download it.
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A tiny stripper...
Have you ever copied some text from a web page, a word document, help,
etc., and wanted to paste it as simple text into another application
without getting all the formatting from the original source? PureText
makes this simple. Just copy/cut whatever you want to the clipboard, click
on the PureText tray icon, and then paste to any application. Better yet,
you can configure a hot-key to convert and paste the text for you. The
pasted text will be pure and free from all formatting.
Download here. |
Virus and worm removal
tools:
Windows ME and Windows XP should
read
this from Network Associates before running any of these tools, as you
must disable the System Restore Utility to remove the infected files from
the C:\_Restore folder.
At my last count, over 60 individual removal tools were available from
Symantec (Norton)
Stinger tool
The Stinger tool from Network
Associates (McAfee) may be used to scan for 64 viruses and worms on a
single pass. Click here. At 702,471 bytes, it will fit on a floppy disk. The
instructions are clear and concise. Windows ME and Windows XP should
read this from Network Associates before running any of these tools. |
I've installed Mozilla Firefox. Now what?
An Introduction to Mozilla - A Manual for First Time Users for users of
Firefox. Click here. |
Test your Internet Connection speed, click on the following links.
TEST
TEST-TWO
TEST-THREE Think your 56K connection feels more like a 28.8? It might be! Take the speed test to see how fast your Internet connection really is. |
Would you like to tweak your system?
Get
Tweak UI here...
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Test the security of your system.
There may be several holes in your security system. This site will
check your site for access to your computer. It will first show you the
openings.
Near the bottom of the report is a link to a page that contains fixes
for each weak point detected.
PDA and WAP users may also check their security settings. Check
security by clicking here. |
Need a dictionary?
General:
Over 250 languages: Dictionary.com:
Click here.
Computer related definitions:
- Webopedia: Click here.
- Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing:
Click here.
- High-Tech Dictionary:
Click here.
Happy hunting!
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Want to check your Clark County, Nevada, property records?
This site contains information pertaining to all land parcels in
Clark County, NV including:
 | Assessment information |
| Legal owners. |
| Last sales price, month and year |
| Structure description (residential) |
| Taxes: Amount and date paid. |
Click here: Assessor's
Records and Maps |
"The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). ITRC is a nationwide
organization dedicated to developing and implementing a comprehensive
program against identity theft — by supporting victims, broadening public
awareness, disseminating information about this crime and decreasing the
potential victim population."
To fisit their web site,
click here. |
Other items of interest
Need technical help?
An e-mail address has been established to help members. Members can use this address to submit
technical questions to the club. Other members will respond to the
mail messages. This should only be used for technical questions,
not club business. The e-mail address is
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The club has a receptacle
(box) in the classroom to receive your spent printer ink and toner
cartridges for recycling. The Hinman school and the environment
benefits.
Drop yours off during open lab sessions.
Thank you.
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Do you wish to not receive some e-mail message types from your
club?
Read the discussion on the Forms page. You
may print a form and choose not to receive one or more types. You
may choose not to receive:
| The newsletter |
| Weekly activity |
| Other special notices. |
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Not receiving your newsletter? A couple of
reasons come to mind:
| You checked the boxes at the top of the Membership Request form
that indicated that you did not wish to receive same. |
| You may have recently installed a SPAM blocker and don't have
the club's email address in your Address Book or Contacts list. |
| You may have changed your e-mail address
and forgot to notify the Club. Please let us know when you change your e-mail
address:
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Heading off e-mailed hoaxes and computer virus myths.
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you believe in them. Before you forward a dire message check the sites below and
find out if there is any truth to the warning. |
| Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and
passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by
spreading the warning. |
| Do not forward hoax messages. There are cases where e-mail systems have
collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the
company. |
Myths, hoaxes, urban legends, etc.
Learn about some...
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them.
Sophos provides
information about virus hoaxes, chain letters, scams and misunderstandings
to aid companies and individuals. |
More about myths, hoaxes, urban legends, etc.
Learn about some more...
Computers are not only now an integral part of our daily lives, they've also become the primary means by which urban legends and other pieces of misinformation are now spread -- everything from "stupid computer user" stories to virus warning hoaxes (and the occasional real warning). |
Hoax busters
Learn from these folks...
The U.S. Department of Energy supported Computer Incident Advisory
Capability (CIAC) site offers quick access to myths and hoaxes. |
F-Secure hoax pages
Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people -
and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community
by spreading the warning. Check the message that you have received
here. |
Urban legends
Stories you've heard...
Are they true? Pure fabrications? Find out on this site. Some of
these will blow away some stories that you have believed to be true
since childhood! Some have been around for centuries! |
Don't spread that hoax!
Advice on handling
hoaxes...
For the last few years, the internet community has endured a wave of
e-mail hoaxes and pranks, exploiting users unfamiliarity with how the
internet, and computer systems in general work. With the explosive
growth of the internet and its popularity, more and more new users are
"getting online" and becoming targets for pranksters.
"Ancient" myths, like the cookie story, are just waiting for a
critical mass of people who have not been exposed, so that they can go
streaming across the net again. There is no technical solution to this
problem.
The more urgent it sounds, the more skeptical you should be. Even if
you think it might be true, let someone else spread it. |
The Sun City Anthem Computer Club neither endorses nor promotes
any of the products advertised herein and assumes no responsibility or liability
for the statements made.
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