2002 July-December
LangaList Archives
(Standard Edition Only; Full Archives
Here. )
Previous issues/years
Click to Power-Search All Archives
(or manually browse, issue by issue, below)
Note:
Some of this archived information may be out of date.
Please click here.
2002-12-19
1) Farewell, Win9x/3x
2) Preserving Your Win9x/3x Setup
3) More (Free!) "Bayesian" Spam Filters Coming
4) "Amazing Resource"
5) Last Chance This Year To Enter FREE Drawing
6) New Entrant In Free Antivirus Arena
7) They Loaded The Code
8) Sloooooooow Compression
9) Publishing Schedule--- Please Read!
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
How To Update A Current Copy Of The Archives
Two Ways To Obtain A Full, Fresh Copy Of The Archives
2002-12-16
1) End Of An Era
2) Holiday Gifts (Not!) From Microsoft
3) More Free Tools For "Dodging Hack Attempts"
4) A "Wow!" Tool From Google
5) Refining XP Searching
6) Don't Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) Free "Bayesian" Spam Filter For Outlook
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) Freeware System Monitor
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Version Of Archives En Route
Site Actually Seeks Spam
Comparing Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, IE...
2002-12-12
1) Cataloging CD/Floppy Files
2) Spyware Disguised As A Spyware-Remover?
3) Dodging Hack Attempts
4) Recycle Old CDs
5) "Attachment Options" For Outlook
6) "h. maginnis" Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) Derlan Says "Thanks"
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Prefetch Pros and Cons
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Self-Contained Linux
9 Freeware Utilities
Firewall For Older PCs
2002-12-05
1) Lindows Feedback
2) Update to DirectX & DirectPlay
3) "New Ways To Do Familiar Tasks.."
4) More Free "Cookie Eaters" and Temp File Cleaners
5) Saving Mousework
6) Want $10,000 To Spend For The Holidays?
7) Insider's View On Credit Card Fraud
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Long Emails Truncated?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"What The Heck Is...?"
Free Tool Assists Directory Synch/Copy
Small Networking Issues Still Bubbling
2002-12-02
1) Lindows Version 3.0 = Major Changes
2) More: Cookie Management
3) Windows Update Hassles
4) Related "Hard Line" From Microsoft
5) New Month, New Chances!
6) "Page Faults?"
7) Cache Adjustments
8) Another Free Icon-Positioner
9) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Great Feedback On Laptop Battery Problems
More Help With Small-Net "Domain" Problems
Free Data And Image Recovery Tools
2002-11-25
1) More Security Patches
2) "Greeting" Card EULA Abusers
3) Another Reader-Recommended Anti-Spyware Tool
4) Zipfiles Slow Down Searching
5) The Obscure "Browse Master" Setting
6) Last Week To Enter November's FREE Drawing
7) Desktop Icon Position-Holder
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Catfish Catalogs
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Solving Notebook Battery Problems
Multiple-Monitor Setups
Free Floppy Tool
2002-11-21
1) Anti-Spam Tools That Work
2) More Scumware-By-EULA
3) Managing Cookies?
4) Correction, Discount and Donation
5) Old Networking Method Still Useful
6) Thanks!
7) "Social Engineering" For Virus-Senders
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Tools For Tracking What's On Your CDs
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
A Free Test Document For Word Security
Seasonal Changes Mess Up File Copying
Do-It-Yourself Autorun CDs
2002-11-18
1) Real-Life Spam Solutions
2) Use Qfecheck/Qfechkup To Verify Installed Patches
3) When MS Messenger Just Won't Quit
4) Don't Ask Why...
5) What About Langa.Com's Credit Card Security?
6) Two Reader-Crafted Freeware Updates
7) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Outlook Tags Your Office Docs
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
1.62MB On A Standard Floppy?
Free Ways To Monitor Network Traffic Visually
"Over Quota" Errors
2002-11-14
1) Printer TurnOff
2) A Free Backup Tool From India...
3) ...And a Free Outlook Tool From Fiji
4) Another Tip Re: Moving Old Floppies To CD
5) Admin Password Expiration
6) "Jinx" Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) "Best" Anti-Virus/Trojan Software
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Housekeeping Notes
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Very Up-To-Date Networking Help
Mangled Partitions, Fast Transfers
Free Tool Recovers Windows Product Key
2002-11-07
1) Wireless Networking...
2) ...And All Kinds Of Networking
3) Microsoft's Knowledgebase Changes *Today*
4) Outgrowing Your Email Software?
5) "Error Saving Web Page..."
6) New Month, New Chances!
7) Online Security With Bank Cards/Credit Cards
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Change "My Document" Default?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights
More On Identifying Mystery "Services"
Totally Different Random Tagline Generator
Free Reg Cleaner Grows Up
2002-11-04
1) Wireless Poachers, Wireless Guests
2) More On Email Hangs & Repeats
3) An IM/Outlook Problem?
4) "iWON" Means You Lose?
5) Browser Helper Objects
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Easy Way To Back Up Your Drivers
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) Two New Security Glitches
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Tagline/Sig Generator
Another Way To Elude Spamming Robots
Oldies But Goodies
2002-10-31
1) New Software: PestPatrol V.4
2) Windows Look-Alike On Linux
3) Email Deja Vu
4) CPUCOOL
5) Spews
6) Netscape Problem, And Fix
7) Last Day To Enter October's FREE Drawing
8) Lost Your Ding?
9) They Loaded The Code
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Legit Way To Counterattack Spammers
Free Tool Simplifies Moving Floppies To CD
Free Rollback Tool
2002-10-28
1) More On Using Firewalls For Selective Blocking
2) Find Those Space-Hogging Files And Folders
3) Free Scripting Info, Version Check, and More
4) Messenger PopUps Followup; Minor Rant
5) More MS-Word Tips From A Pro
6) Last Week To Enter October's FREE Drawing
7) A Save-Your-Derriere Tool
8) New Code-Load Success Story
9) "Server Rights?"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
From The Department Of Irony...
Tech Analysis Of Built-In Video Performance
State Of The Art Computing, Circa 1958
2002-10-24
1) More On Word/Excel's "Hidden Fields"
2) New Intrusive Ad Type
3) Check Your Browser's "Cipher Strength"
4) Sygate Firewall Caveats
5) Online Histories Of Computing
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Convert Setup Floppies To CD?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) New Boot Floppies for XP SP1
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Ways To Speed Up Apps In Win2K/XP
Free Tool Finds Subtle Win98 Glitches
Best Free Offline Dictionary?
2002-10-21
1) A Free, Two-Click Solution To "Phone-Home Fields"
2) Non-SP1 Patch For XP's Help-System Flaw
3) Defining "Buffers"
4) Excellent Suggestion!
5) Macy-Jean Turns Five
6) $10,000 For Your Trouble?
7) No Simple Answer?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Cablenut"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Partition/Drive Imaging Software
Mouse Tip And Dictionary Question
Don't Try This At Home
2002-10-17
1) Norton Personal Firewall 2003
2) Putting the "Nose" in Diagnosis
3) Auction Tool
4) Win98 Coverage Going Away?
5) CPU Cooling And Performance Meters
6) Recommend It!
7) Slow CD Drives?
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Yet Another (Grrr!) "Unchecked Buffer" Problem
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Definitive Guide To Adware
More Ways To Obfuscate Your Address
"Stealth Executables"
2002-10-10
1) Connecting USB And Non-USB Hardware
2) Copernic Agent Professional
3) Lindows 2.0
4) How To Catch Up Without "CatchUp"
5) Is This Information Useful?
6) IncrediMail Problems (Part One)
7) IncrediMail Problems (Part Two)
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Word Bug?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Ethical Retaliation
Better Corrosion Preventer
Supporting The Kids
2002-10-07
1) Happy Anniversary!
2) USB To non-USB Systems & Peripherals --- Even In DOS!
3) Reprogram Your Power Switch
4) How To Repair/Reinstall ANY Version Of Windows
5) Bugged By Bugbear
6) Margo Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) Two More Security Holes
8) They Loaded The Code
9) More on eMachines Weirdness
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Speed Up *Any* App In Win2k and XP
Build A Network For $6
More Ways To Make Old CDs Snoop-Proof
2002-10-03
1) Save Wear And Tear... And Energy, Too
2) More Excellent Anti-Spyware Resources
3) Fresh Look At On-Board Video
4) Interesting Anti-Spam Tools
5) "WellSpent" Site
6) New Month, New Chances...
7) "Slap" and Other Unusual Freeware
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) Time Servers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Warning: CPU Hog Inside "Real Player One"
Free, Havy-Duty Outlook Replacement For Linux...
...And A Free Calendar (And More) For Wind
2002-09-30
1) To Sleep, Perchance To Hibernate...
2) USB-To-(Whatever) Converters, Part One
3) More Info On XP SP1
4) Hide (Obscure) Your Address From Spammers
5) PC Hangs When Adding New Hardware
6) Last Day To Enter September's FREE Drawing
7) Make Discarded CDs Snoop-Proof
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Thumbnails Going Gray
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Three Powerful (and FREE) Tools
Corrosion Problems
One-Click Searching In Mozilla
2002-09-26
1) An Unexpected Shutdown Solution
2) A Grinlet And A Mousing Tip
3) APIC? PIC?
4) Xupiter = Scumware?
5) Microsoft Java "Virtual Machine" Problem
6) Last Days To Enter September's FREE Drawing
7) More On Spam, And SpamCop
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Free And Low-Cost Disk Encryption
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free, Popular Logfile Analyzer
Auto-Start Your PC With "Real-Time Alarms"
Archive Downloads Were *Smokin'*
2002-09-23
1) XP SP1: Proceed With Caution
2) Shutdown Woes
3) Reader *Loves* Atomica Personal Search
4) Free Anti-Spyware Info, Tools
5) Hubs Vs Switches
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Stuck CD
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) New Low In "ScareWare?"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Improved Version Of Archives Is Here!
Archives Download (Automatic Install)
Archives Download (Manual Install)
2002-09-19
1) Windows XP SP1 Feedback And Alternative Fix
2) Deciphering "Exit Codes"
3) Meet Faisal, Newest Member Of The LangaList Family
4) Website Log Analyzers
5) Rooting Out Stubborn "MalWare"
6) Don't Make Me Beg! <g>
7) Mangled Downloads?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Short But Sweet
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Preinstall SP1 On Your XP Setup CD
Real-Life Linux Suggestions Continue
Improved Version Of Archives En Route
2002-09-12
1) Make Your Laptop (Or Other Gear) Theft-Proof
2) Bootable CD Hassles
3) Are Your Backups Snoop-Proof?
4) *Extremely* Handy Network Boot Disk
5) Mike's List, Spam, and SpamCop
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) SearchBar Is Back
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Disk/Sector Editor
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
XP's Long-Awaited "Service Pack 1"
Tiny, Fast Chat/IM Client (Free!)
"Desktop LX" Linux Trumps XP Pro?
2002-09-09
1) Traveling With Laptops In The Post 9-11 World
2) Better than "DeskSweeper?"
3) Sometimes, Simple Fixes Are Best
4) "OnBoard" Video OK?
5) Persistent Question
6) Could You Use An Extra $10K?
7) New Deception: "Sell-By-Stealth?"
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Gator/Form-Filler Replacement
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Spell-Checker For IE
A "Tip Of The Iceberg" Download Site
More Ways To Kill "Balloon Help/Tool Tips"
2002-09-05
1) Easy Automated Shutdowns
2) "Flaw in Certificate Enrollment"
3) Defrag/Scandisk At Boot
4) Sound Emulator For Old DOS Software
5) New Firewall Guide, And More
6) Another Way To Suppress Desktop Icons
7) New Month, New Chances!
8) How To Remove Windows Messenger
9) They Loaded the Code
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Visual Search Engine; and a "Rorrim"
Repair A Damaged "CV3 Class File"
Linux Point/Counterpoint Continues...
2002-08-29
1) Who's Watching Out For You?
2) IE Patch
3) New Scam Misleads, Legally
4) More Free IE Tools
5) <Blush> I Was Wrong...
6) Over 75(!) Great Freeware Tools
7) Last Chance To Enter August's FREE Drawing
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Buckets O' Boot Disks
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Alternative Download Site For SearchBar
Slick Patch For Better IE Searches
Burst Those Help "Balloons"
Mandrake Linux From The Other Side
2002-08-26
1) Protect Yourself Against Software Changes
2) Free Reg Cleaning For All Windows, Including XP
3) Inexpensive Data Recovery Tool
4) Drowning In The "DMI Pool"
5) Is A Router Enough Protection?
6) Last Week To Enter August's FREE Drawing
7) Multiboot Answers
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free "DeskSweeper"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Powerful, Free Backup Automation Tool
Synchronizing Outlook Calendars
Tons Of Print-Head Cleaning Info
2002-08-22
1) Microsoft's Controversial New EULA Terms
2) New, Free "Font Explorer"
3) Free IE5 Tools Still Work In IE6
4) Most Old Software Never Dies--- Even In XP
5) Better Update Your Google Toolbar!
6) Don't Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) The Crude Hand Of SpamCop
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Handy "Keep Alive" Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Replacement For The *Other* "Explorer"
Another Way To Access NTFS From DOS
"Delightful Little Program"
2002-08-15
1) Free Firewall Add-On, Free Tests
2) Free Utility to "Sterilize" Hard Disks
3) "A Great Website" For Tech Bargains
4) Not A "Sign," But A *Real* Spaceship
5) Digital Photo Info
6) Thanks!
7) New Release of Favorites Home Page
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) Over *Fifteen Thousand* Free Math Tools!
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Inkjet Cleaning
"Old newbie" On Mandrake Linux
Feedback on "Mosquitoware"
2002-08-12
1) Reader Feedback Re: New ZoneAlarm
2) Analysis Of ZoneAlarm Reader Mail
3) Photos Still Online... For Now <g>
4) Microsoft Opens Windows, A Little
5) Unusual Hibernation Caveat
6) Change Icon Spacing In XP?
7) PR Budget = $0.00
8) Improve Windows' Virtual Memory Settings?
9) They Loaded The Code
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Brian's (FREE) Backup Utility
Outlook Express Help Sites & Tools
Tech Support Pro's Printer-Trouble Solution
2002-08-08
1) Trip Photos Now Online
2) A Simple, Free Directory/Folder Lister
3) Windows 2000 SP3
4) Tabbed Browsers Galore
5) Remove "Recycle Bin" Icon From Windows
6) Don’t Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) Return Of A Really Sleazy Scam
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Reader-Crafted Process-Stopper
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Info-Sharing Resource
Silicon Valley Vs West Nile
Novel, Practical Use For "Dead Man" Software
2002-08-05
1) A Real-Life GPS Road Test
2) Firewall Feedback
3) Free Scientific/Engineering/Stats/Financial Calc
4) Simple, Free Undelete
5) Belated Notice Re: X-Setup
6) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
7) Easier Fix For Lost CD Access
8) More Reader Sites!
9) A Plea Re: "Confirm Your Address..." Services
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Turn Your PC Into A Univac Model I
Free Alternative To Quicken
Two "Freeware Powerhouses"
2002-08-01
1) New Free ZoneAlarm
2) Updated Cumulative Patch for Windows Media Player
3) "CloseIE"
4) 65,535 Ports To Keep Track Of
5) Restart Without Reboot
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Hibernation File Problem
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Networking Woes
10) Just For Grins
11) Your Own Copy Of All The LangaLists Ever Published!
2002-07-29
1) Another Goodie From Jason's Toolbox
2) Cool Freeware For Recovering Lost Image Files
3) Evaluating Firewalls
4) Health/Status Update Re: Derlan
5) XP Privacy Hole?
6) Last Days To Enter July's FREE Drawing
7) Intel System Monitor, And Others
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming and Coming...
9) An Odd British Use Of GPS
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Search Engine Help Site
"Freeloader" Bulletproof Linux
LangaList Archive Update En Route
2002-07-25
1) Tame System Restore's Big Appetite
2) New Firewall Leak Tests
3) Free: Automatic Copy/Move/Delete On Next Boot
4) Cheap ISPs
5) Oversimplified BIOS Explanation?
6) Larry Braud Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) Excellent Reader-Recommended Mozilla Resource
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Awesome Collection
10) (Not) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
What "Maintenance Tools?"
Restore A Missing "Show Desktop" Icon
Cool Trick For Salvaging Miniature Laptop Drives
2002-07-22
1) He's Ba-a-a-a-a-a-ck
2) Improving "System Restore" In WinME and WinXP
3) Free Pseduo-Photocopier
4) Shut XP Not Just *Down*, But *Off*
5) Speaking Of Batch Files: Convert .Bat to .Com
6) Macro Express
7) $10,000 For Your Trouble?
8) Recover Data From "Erased" Memory Sticks
9) They Just Keep Coming And Coming and Coming...
10) An Install/Reinstall Tip
11) Just For Grins
12) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free 2000-page "PC Hardware Bible"
Add "Command Prompt" To The Context Menu
Free PopUp Ad Buster
2002-07-01
1) Automatically Back Up Your Device Drivers
2) Eudora Bonanza
3) Another "Forgotten Treasure"
4) Easier Way To Toggle Images in IE
5) Scrambled BIOS
6) New Month, New Chances
7) MVP Reader's XP Site
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Hyperscore"
10) Just For Grins
11) Summer Vacation Notice (PLEASE READ!)
12) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Linux Router Software Fits On A Floppy
Reader Rave re: "Space Hog" ID Tool
More Custom Explorer Views, And Beyond
Previous Issues/Years
Click to Power-Search All Archives
|
