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    May 23 2004 PowerPoint Presentation by Frank Myers

  1. The most powerful button on your computer: the Off switch.
  2. Did you get a wireless keyboard or mouse for your PC? Be sure to keep the originals as spares.
  3. You cannot run Linux software on your Windows PC. Despite the fact that both Linux and Windows can run on the same computer hardware,they are DIFFERENT operating systems and the programs are not compatible.
  4. Protect your PC: Get, install, use and update your Anti-Virus software - I recommend AVG
  5. Protect your PC: Get, install, and use Anti-Spyware software - I recommend SpyBot
  6. Protect your PC: If you have a high-speed Internet connection, get, install, and use Firewall software. I recommend Sygate.
  7. Protect your PC: Get, install, and use Registry cleaning software - I recommend EasyCleaner.
  8. Protect your PC: Don't let uncles, cousins, nephews or grandchildren use your precious PC!
  9. If your so-called Computer Guru friend or relative volunteers to fix your PC, ensure that they will return to undo the damage later
  10. PCs break because something changes. Think back: What is new or different? What new software or hardware have you installed or changed?
  11. If you break a cheap PC keyboard, merely replace the unit.
  12. Computer mice break, even the optical ones. When the mouse goes bonkers, get a new one.
  13. Do you really need that update? Does it affect your system? Offer features you want? If so, update!
  14. Remember that the Zoom command changes the size of what you see on the screen, but it does not change the physical size of what you're viewing.
  15. Images that look fine on the screen print out tiny on the printer because the printer has a higher resolution than the screen
  16. Often times while on the Internet, I don't want a new link to open in the same window. So rather than click the link, I right-click it. That gives me a pop-up menu, from which I can choose "Open Link in New Window." That way, I can read the link while keeping the original window open
  17. If you leave your computer on all the time, recognize that You should restart Windows periodically.
  18. Reinstall Windows without reinstalling it. From the Start menu, choose Run and type SFC to start the System File Checker.
  19. Know your software! The operating system is Windows! The word processor is may be Word! or Word Perfect and your Web Browser is Internet Explorer
  20. BEWARE! Screen savers downloaded from the Web are often spyware or -- worse -- cannot be uninstalled.
  21. IT'S OKAY! Buying stuff online is safe and secure. Check for the s in the https part the URL. That means that the site is secure.
  22. IT'S OKAY! Signing up to receive some Net services is okay; for example, giving your e-mail address or zip code to register with a major newspaper.
  23. IT'S OKAY! Lots of folks give away their software for free on the Internet.
  24. IT'S A HOAX! Remember: Nothing important is sent via e-mail. If your bank or mortgage company wants to contact you, they use the phone or post office.
  25. BEWARE! That e-mail may not be from the person whose name appears in the From field.
  26. IT'S A HOAX! Bill Gates, Disney, AOL, or Ted Turner will not be sending you a check in the near future.
  27. IT'S A HOAX! Generally speaking, hoaxes tell you to 'send a copy of this to everyone in your address book’.
  28. IT'S SPAM! To stop spam, STOP CLICKING THEIR ADS! Studies show that despite a huge anti-spam attitude that 1 out of every 50 e-mail users replies to spam e-mail.
  29. BEWARE! Never give out or use your Social Insurance Number or PIN on the Internet.
  30. IT'S OKAY! Many of those on-line virus scanning sites are legitimate and do a fair job.
  31. IT'S A HOAX! Before you send a copy to all your friends, search Google for the message's subject. You may save folks a lot of time by doing that.
  32. BEWARE! Sending or picking up an on-line greetings card is the way spammers build their lists.
  33. IT'S SPAM! People who cannot spell Viagra cannot be expected to sell it either.
  34. Getting up to get a cup of coffee? SAVE!
  35. Keep a written copy of your computer passwords in a safe place. Maybe two copies in two safe places!
  36. Don't lose that Windows CD! You will need it again!
  37. Set a Restore Point just before you install, update, or change anything in your computer.
  38. At the first sign of trouble in ME or XP, do a System Restore, picking a recent Restore Point from a time when the computer was working properly.
  39. System Restore doesn't always work in Windows ME, so I recommend using a program called GoBack instead.
  40. Most of these tips were also mentioned by Dan Gookin In his FREE weekly newsletter:
    http://www.wambooli.com/
    Another newsletter I strongly recommend is Fred Langa's "Langalist" at:
    http://www.langa.com/