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Attention Internet Explorer / Netscape Users! 

Here's Something You'll Love!

We have two fantastic titles for you today! We have both Professor Teaches Internet Explorer 6 and Professor Teaches Netscape. It's about the easiest way there is to get better with your browser! If you're like me, you probably spend the majority of your computing time with a web browser open - and this software will teach you how to get the most out of it!

This CD is packed with tips, tricks, advice, and plenty of how-to material. Even if you've just opened Explorer or Netscape for the very first time, this will have you running it like a pro before you know it. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of tricks and ideas I picked up! It's great!

The lessons are really fantastic and make learning easy (and fun). They use a combination of audio explanations, images, and interactive simulations to teach you what you need to know.

A typical lesson will go like this - First you get an overview of the topic, then as the lesson continues, you work in a simulated web browsing environment trying the various steps.

Rather than just watching a video, you are actually using your mouse and keyboard to "try" the technique. You practice it first, so if you do something wrong you're not messing up your computer. It's like going to computer class and having the teacher right next to you! It's fantastic!

What does it cover? Everything from the very basics to advanced techniques. I'd give you a full list, but there are hundreds of topics in the index! Suffice to say, anything you'd want to do with your browser is probably covered! Just pick a topic and go!

I love the technique this program uses to teach. In my opinion, the simulated environment is genius and I don't know why more "how to" type CDs don't do it. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to run Internet Explorer or Netscape better.

The price on this is only $12.97 and US shipping is FREE! Then next time your browser isn't cooperating, you'll be able to make it work exactly the way you want. Give it a try, you'll be glad you did :-)

For Internet Explorer, head to:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/professor-internet-explorer-6.htm

For Netscape, head to:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/professor-netscape.htm

PS - Don't miss out - This is something everyone can use! After all, computers cost hundreds of dollars, and most of us primarily use them for internet related activities. Isn't it worth $12.97 to get the most out of that experience? 

Computers 101

Q:
I have been receiving these annoying pop-ups that say that Windows XP has a security leak in it's messenger that allows my IP address to be leaked and allows these annoying pop-ups to occur even without my browser open. They try to get me to buy their software to stop the pop-ups. Do I need to install their software or is there something I can do?

A:
First off, never trust a company that exploits a technology to advertise that they can prevent it. Second, yes you can stop these. We ran the tip two months ago, but it seems I'm getting this question three or four times a day, so here's your "summer re-run".

You are probably familiar with Windows (a/k/a MSN) Messenger which is used for Instant Messaging. There is another program called Messenger that is used in networks to transmit and send Alerter service messages between clients and servers.

Even though you'll never use it, unless you are on a network, by default it is turned on, causing an open hole in your XP firewall for pop-up advertising to get through. Here's what to do if you want to stop Messenger...

Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services (or Start / Run and type in "services.msc"). This will bring up a long list of Windows services that are running or available on your system.

Find "Messenger" and double click to open the Properties box. In the "Startup Type" field, change the setting to "Manual". You could choose "Disable", but if any services depend on Messenger they will fail to start, so you're better off playing it safe.

Click OK to save changes.

Thanks Uncle Bill for yet another useless program to shut off.

~ David

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Tip of the Day

Address Book Migration

Do you keep all of your contacts in the address book of your web-based email? What happens if you switch to a new ISP and you want to take your friends along? There is, of course, the tedious method of printing out your address book and re-entering all the info, but I like to save time whenever I can.

Many web-based email address books have the option to import/export contacts into an Outlook (.CVS) or Netscape (LDIF) address book file. But if yours does not, or if you are migrating to another web-based email, here is an easy little trick.

NOTE: Since every web-based email site is unique, these general procedures may need modification.

Go to the address book of your web-based email account. Choose all of your personal contacts as the recipient of an email then click COMPOSE.

Highlight and CUT (CTRL+X) addresses from the TO box, then PASTE (CTLR+V) into body of the email. Put each address on its own line (in other words, delete the commas and hit ENTER). Change the recipient to your NEW email address and you are ready to SEND.

Seconds later you will receive an email containing all of your contact email addresses. There are as many ways of transferring these addresses as there are programs and web-based email sites.

In Outlook, you can just right click each address and add to your new address book.

You may need to play around to find out how to add contacts from the body of an email to your new web-based email address book. You might need to copy each address from the body of the email then paste into the address book. Whatever the process, at least you have the address list to work with.

~David

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Which is Worse?

This site is a lot of fun, those of you who enjoy taking surveys won’t be able to resist its charms. You have two options to choose from like: Hanging by a Thread and Waiting for Help, or Letting Go and Hoping for Minimal Injuries? You chose which is worse and then you get to see the percentage of how people voted.

With tons of questions, you are unlikely to get bored. For those of you who are compulsive survey takers like myself—make sure you aren't at work and have an hour or so free to browse this site. There's too much fun packed into this site.

http://www.whichisworse.com/

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