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All I Can Say Is WOW!!

We had a super deal on Norton System Works 2002 Pro on Friday. It is only $19.97 (Free US Shipping) and the response was better than we've ever seen for this program (and this has always been a really great seller). Thanks to all who ordered :-)

If you missed out, I was able to find more and I can keep the price at $19.97 (retail is $99.95).

Again, this includes the full versions of Norton Anti-Virus, Norton Clean Sweep, Norton Utilities, Norton Ghost, Roxio GoBack, plus WinFax Basic! Anyone of these programs would be a deal at $19.97, but you get ' em all! (note that this is CD only - but all documentation is on the CD and you save $80.00 by skipping the book)

Interested? I thought so :-) Now, stop reading the newsletter and get to the link below ASAP:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/syswks.htm

PS - If purchased separately, this would be over $300.00 worth of software! Better hurry though!

Computers 101

Q:
I sometimes get URLs (website links) in my e-mail that aren't highlighted and I can't click. How can I get to the site?

A:
I know our more experienced web users are maybe giggling to themselves at this point, but I tell ya, I get this question a lot. When you come across a link you can't click, copy & paste it into your web browser, then hit Enter. You should be zipped away to the site in question.

If you wondering how you do the copy and paste thing, head to:

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/shared/copypaste.htm

Why do you get links you can't click?

In most cases it has more to do with your e-mail client than the person who sent you the message. For example, AOL won't show a clickable link unless the link is written in HTML code. Netscape Messenger 4.x won't show the link as clickable unless it starts with http://.

Outlook Express, one of the e-mail clients I use, will show a link as clickable as long as it looks like a valid web address, regardless of whether it has http:// in front of the address or is HTML formatted.

-- Steve

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Tip of the Day

Music CD Trick

Do you play CDs in your computer? If so, don't you hate it when you're trying to listen to your CD and the computer is "beeping" in on top of it (you know, for error messages and such)? Here's how to fix the problem:

1. Right-click the little yellow speaker in your system tray (the system tray is located opposite your start button). Select Open Volume Controls. (XP Users: click Start, Control Panel, Sounds/Speech/Audio Devices, then select Sounds and Audio Devices. On the Volume tab, click the Advanced button.)

2. A screen will pop up with lots of volume controls on it (surprise), find the one for "Wave" and check the little Mute box. On my computer, the Wave volume control was the 2nd one.

That's it. No more interruptions while listing to your CD. Make sure you turn them back on after you're done with your CD though :-)

An alternative to this would be just to turn your Wave sounds down a little. Follow the procedure above, but slide the volume control for Wave files down rather than checking the Mute box.

--Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

AnyWho

Here's a handy one! Need to find someone? Check out AnyWho. Just type in the fields you know and it will attempt to find the person or business you're searching for. It doesn't always work, but who knows, you may find your long lost Uncle Fred.

http://www.anywho.com/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com