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- Is it safer to use a well known ISP like Sympatico or a cable company like Cogeco when you do internet banking? Are cable companies secure?
- Security is not provided by the internet provider - it's from the banks.
Use secure internet and encryption. If you make a Visa purchase check Visa on line the next day.
There are more problems going to instant tellers and gas pumps as sometimes individuals have put devices there to gain access to your pin numbers.
Don't click on a link to get to your bank account. Always type in your own bank site and go there directly.
- How to search for Postal codes on the internet?
- Check out Canada Post on the internet. You can bookmark that page.
- How can I convert an MS Word "read only" file back to a file that can be edited?
What causes a file to become "read only" in the first place?" - Right click, properties, uncheck read only. Or you can save the document again using "save as" and give it a different name.
Sometimes you have two copies open and the second one is read only.
If you were using Open Office and you pulled out the stick without closing the file properly, the next time you go to open that document it will say 'read only'.
Be sure you close the document properly after saving it to the hard drive. - Inbox for Microsoft Outlook: Where did my Delete "X" go? The "new" letter box has disappeared."
- The tool bar has been modified. Right click in the toolbar, click "customize", (the standard toolbar will be selected in the list).
Click on reset button or manually add the "Delete X" button. - Does anyone know if "Pareto Logic Driver Cure" is a safe programme?
- It updates drivers for you. For example, if a scanner driver is not compatible with Windows 7 - the company may or may not have a driver to update for Windows 7.
All companies will have a website to go to update their drivers, best to try them first. - Would you please run through the setup and use of "Smart Defrag?
I understood this program was running continuously and starts to defrag if the computer is idle for 5 minutes.
When I did a Fast Optimize scan it took 30 minutes and reorganized a lot of space." - You can leave as installed. Fast Optimize moves files that you use often to make computing faster.
This feature is not necessary. You can install it and forget it!
Do an Analyze occasionally to check on the number of fragmented files and only do a Defrag when advised to. - Outlook Express - import and export - I want to save my email addresses. Please review the process.
- In OE, click on File, then Export, then Address book.
Click on "Text File" (Comma Separated Values).
Click on "Export". In the box type Address Book and the date.
Click Browse and choose where to save it e.g. Desktop. Click Save.
Now click Next. Put check marks in the fields you want to save, First Name, Last Name, Email Address, etc.
Then click Finish. Click OK and Close.
Then you can print the file or export it to a stick (this is a great back up) - or import to g-mail.
- Will it import to Vista? Yes, no problem importing into Windows Mail in Vista.
- Member asked about using Karen's Replicator to backup drive C.
- It only saves files, not programs, from the C drive. You do not want to save the whole C drive with this.
You need to specify the address book, and its location, if that is what you want to save.
If you have questions about procedures, go to Google and for example ask "save my outlook settings" and it will direct you to a bulletin on how to save it.
Companies will offer to do it for a price.
CSV format refers to an Excel spreadsheet but it could be opened in Wordpad.
CSV stands for Common Separated Value file.