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2003-06-30
1) Making *Really* Old Software Work In XP
2) Knoppix/Red Hat Linux Advice
3) Hijack Prevention
4) Detect Web Site Updates/Changes
5) "ReplaceEm"
6) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
7) Mystery Tilde?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Wrapping Up Tray-Tools
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
A Very Complete Boot CD Alternative
NOD32; SpyBot; Free System Analyzer
NTFS vs FAT

2003-06-26
1) More "Perfect PC Rescue Tools"
2) New ZoneAlarm
3) Free File Tools, And A Eudora Mailbox Tool
4) New "Short Link" Tool Trial
5) Still More "Great Freeware"
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) Not Careware or Shareware, but...
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Tiny Mail Client
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
WinUpdate With Unexpected Consequences
Replace "Page Cannot Be Displayed"
CD Drive Emulators

2003-06-23
0) Item Zero?
1) The Perfect Rescue Tool
2) Win98 Scripting Issues?
3) AVG, Avast, NOD32...
4) "Tools That I Love"
5) Anti-Hijacking Tools
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Add XP's Tray Action To Win98
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Geek Glossary
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Tips re: Upgrading To XP
Benchmarks From Russian Site
How To Merge Two Partitions Into One

2003-06-12
1) Microsoft Grants 2nd Stay Of Execution To Win98!
2) Lots Of Free Zip Tools
3) ...And Another Free Encryption Tool...
4) ...And Alternative "To Tray" Utilities
5) Meet Raganath!
6) Intelligent Auto-Fix
7) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
8) Cause, Cures For Exploding CDs
9) More Reader Sites!
10) Important Announcements (PLEASE READ!)
11) Just for Grins
12) Plus! Edition Highlights:
How Hot Is Too Hot?
Even More Pro-Quality Installer Tools
Freeware System Status Tool
 

2003-06-09
1) More CD Shrapnel!
2) Question Re: Upgrading To XP
3) Professional Network Security
4) Another HomePage Hijacker On The Loose
5) Looking For Easy, Lightweight Rollback Tools
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Outpost Firewall Updated
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Another Way To Remove System Files (XP, 2K)
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Platform for Privacy Preferences"
When To Give Up On A Problem
Revealed: All(?) Hidden Google Options

2003-06-05
1) Keep Your Files Safe From Prying Eyes
2) Prevent/Remove Outlook Duplicates
3) A Dozen Great, Free Tools (Pt 1)
4) A Dozen Great, Free Tools (Pt 2)
5) Old Backup Tapes Empty?
6) Now Three Times The "Recommend" Winners!
7) Remote "Trigger" Files
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Minimize *Anything* To The Tray
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Free Antivirus Tools, Test
Restoring The "Save Password" Option
Extra Caution With Linux?

2003-06-02
1) Easy Encryption
2) More Ways To Run WinApps In Linux
3) New Google Options
4) Office Profile Wizard
5) Another Fix For Broken Internet Connections
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Serious Multibooting With Free "BootPart"
8) More Reader Sites!
9) WinZip Alternative
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Low-Cost Way To "Gang" Modems
Megs Of Free Security Tools
Free Multilingual "Sticky Notes" Alternative

2003-05-29
1) More Mouse Gestures
2) "List of Lists" Redux
3) "Bad Flashers" And BIOS Updating
4) 10 Minute Guide To Linux Installs
5) Exploding CDs
6) Last Days To Enter May's FREE Drawing
7) Adding Optional System Files, After Install
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Zip-Files Finally Get Decent Encryption
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Scott Specker's Auto-Proxy Tool
More Easy Network-Setting Switchers
Hand-Selected Freeware

2003-05-26
1) False Sense Of Security
2) Mouse Gestures
3) Local Error Code Rosetta Stone
4) Export/Save Your "Blocked Senders" List
5) AVAST, Me Hearties!
6) Recommend It!
7) snaF desreveR
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Controlling "Stacking" In XP's Taskbar
10) Just for Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Over Ten Thousand Free Downloads!
Powerful Security-Testing Tools
Sources For Cheap Blank CDs

2003-05-19
1) Updates From Hell
2) Recover A Crashed No-Floppy System
3) Macy-Jean's Handprints
4) Changing Drive Letters (All Windows Versions)
5) Mailbox Full...
6) Don't Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) New "Replicator"
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) New, Free Online Firewall Test
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free, Automatic Daily Searches Of Key Sites
A Different Email Client With Great Filters...
Prevent Kids (or Others) From Changing Settings

2003-05-15
1) "Link Hijacking"
2) Alternate Networking Configurations
3) Huge Library Of Drivers/BIOS Updates/Etc.
4) Partitioning Problems (Win98 through XP)
5) Anti-Virus Tools?
6) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
7) "Ganging" Modems
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Women Twice As Likely As Men To Report Spam
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
BrowserTune Update
Short And Sweet
Free, Open-Source FTP Tool

2003-05-08
1) Easy Linux Setups
2) Invisible Caching
3) Deciphering Error Codes
4) Still *More* Free Tool Recommendations
5) "Yahoo Popper"
6) Paul Watson Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) Spam's Silver Anniversary (Sigh)
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Two More Reasons To Like Eudora
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Homemade "Sticky Note" Trick
Keyboard ShortCut Compendium
Free Document Converter, Boot Disks, More...

2003-05-05
1) Getting the Right Linux Footprint
2) Failed Updates
3) Amazingly Tiny, Free Bayesian Spam Filter
4) Where To Put The OS In 2-Drive PCs?
5) Web Pages Not Updating?
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) DVD Alphabet Soup
8) WebRing For Code-Loaders
9) More Free Software for All Your Needs
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Tons Of Free Spellcheckers
Admin Tools Shortcuts
Free Windows Media Player Alternative

2003-05-01
1) 20 Awesome Tools, Mostly Free! (Pt 1)
2) 20 Awesome Tools, Mostly Free! (Pt 2)
3) Msgsrv32 (Not Responding)
4) Eudora Question
5) Don't Like Default Operations/Names? Change 'Em!
6) New Month, New Drawing!
7) More "RealPlayer Alternatives"
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Anti-Spam Bayesian "PopFile" For Outlook
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Fastest Downloads Ever
Powerful, Ad-, Spy-Free Download Manager
Alternative Free, Professional Installer

2003-04-28
1) Alternative to RealPlayer
2) Bloatware or Fun Tools? You Decide!
3) A New Tool from Bart Lagerweij
4) Better Than Rogaine
5) One More Twist To Fast User Switching
6) Last Chance To Enter April's FREE Drawing
7) OK To Delete "PC Health" Files?
8) Still More Reader Sites!
9) Missing Your "Show Desktop" Shortcut Icon?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
FTP Clients
Date-Naming Improvement for Free "ZipIt"
Partial Workaround For Product Activation

2003-04-24
1) Take Two: 10 Great Free Tools
2) "Buffer Overrun" Patch Needs Patch
3) Bury Those Dead Links
4) How About Linux On A Single Floppy?
5) A Letter From Ethiopia
6) Free Professional-Grade Installer
7) Last Week To Enter April's FREE Drawing
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) "HotMail Popper"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Upgrading Old To New Windows (1)
Upgrading Old To New Windows (2)
How to Upgrade--- Standard
Better Alternatives
A Fourth Alternative
Some Windows XP Upgrade Advice

2003-04-21
1) Fred's Picks: 10 Great Free Tools
2) More on Knoppix...
3) Wow! Tons And Tons Of Small/No-Footprint Linux CDs!
4) Er, "Boot" Disks?
5) XP, 2K, NT Security Problem
6) PR Budget Still $0.00 <g>
7) More On "Places" In Office XP
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Free "Cool Tool"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
Best Way To Obtain A Full, Fresh Copy Of The Archives
Update Your Current Copy Of The LangaList Archives
Alternate Way To Obtain Full Copy Of The Archives

2003-04-14
1) More "Linux Inside Windows" Options (Pt. 1)
2) More "Linux Inside Windows" Options (Pt. 2)
3) Odd "Kitchen Sink" Kind Of Tool
4) "Social Networking" Tools
5) Customize The "Places" Nav Bar
6) Recommend It!
7) New, Free "Fresh UI" Version
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Drive-Letter Assigner
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Find A Missing DLL
Who Needs "Virtual Desktops?"
Backup for Linux

2003-04-10
1) Bye-Bye Bios
2) Little-Known XP / Win2K Control Item
3) Free Backup Tools
4) Resource For Tons Of Disk Format Questions
5) And A Way To Install Linux Inside Windows
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Free Email Alternatives
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Free "Wurdz"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Reader Tips For IE6 Font Problem
Freeware Macro Tool
Norton's "Ghost" and Linux

2003-04-07
1) Kiss Those Bottlenecks Goodbye
2) Bad Pixels
3) Linux/NTFS/FAT32 Booting...
4) ...and More On Lindows
5) Hot-Hot-Hotspots
6) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
7) Assigning Drive Letters
8) They Loaded The Code
9) MS Word "Exclude" Dictionary
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Workaround For Annoying IE6 Font Problem
*Excellent* Tweak Re: Fast User-Switching
Another Free Fractal-Based Image Resizer

2003-04-03
1) Another "Ultimate Spam Weapon" Fizzles
2) Mobile Racks
3) More Tips/Tweaks For "Fast User-Switching"
4) Fine Line Between Joke and Scam
5) Another X-Ray Vision Tool
6) New Month, Fresh Start!
7) More Cooling Software
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Support Site
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Fractal-Based Image Enlarger
Powerful Tool For Cataloging CD/Floppy Files...
... And Nice Registry Trick

2003-03-31
1) Thweeeet! Time Out!
2) Backups For 30 Cents Per Gig!
3) World-Class Multibooting, Part 1
4) World-Class Multibooting, Part 2
5) NT/2K/XP Security Problem
6) Last Hours To Enter March's FREE Drawing
7) X-Ray Vision Into Your PC
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Final Fan-Related Item(?)
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free NTFS Defraggers
Multiple *Workspaces* (Not Desktops)
Food For Serious Thought

2003-03-27
1) Fred Trips Over Own Security Measures
2) Karen's Free "Replicator" Saves Public Radio!
3) SpyBot and BeClean Problems
4) LCD "Contrast Ratio?"
5) Fat32 and NTFS
6) Recommend It!
7) Third-Party/Independent Update Site?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Going To Washington DC In April?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Easy Symbols
Does "Bouncing" Spam Work?
Free "Amazing Graphic Tool"

2003-03-24
1) Let It Rain
2) One Of XP Home's Limitations
3) Yet Another "Unchecked Buffer"
4) New Letter, Drawing From Reyna
5) Be Clean
6) Last Week To Enter March's FREE Drawing
7) MailWasher Adds New Features
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "FixMBR"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
How Long Should An OS Be Good For?
Workgroup Printer Problems
Simple Ways To Type Arcane/Foreign Symbols

2003-03-20
1) Refresh Rates For LCDs
2) How To Save Your Win98 (And Other) Updates Offline
3) Undoing Dual-Boot Setups
4) "Search Engine Optimization" Scams
5) Upgrade Vs Clean Install
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) WinPatrol Further Improved
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Do You Read Privacy Statements?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Multiple Desktops
AltaVista's Local Desktop Search Re-Emerges...

2003-03-13
1) XP Home's Support Ends 2 Years Before Pro's
2) *Hear* Fans Before You Buy Them!
3) Free "Trios" Alternative
4) A Safer (But Harder) Way To Multi Boot (Pt. 1)
5) A Safer (But Harder) Way To Multi Boot (Pt. 2)
6) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
7) Dust Bunny Hunter
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) Three Great Freeware Utilities
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Expand To Multiple Desktops
From Finland, A Library Of Old Software
Identity-Theft Follow-Up

2003-03-10
1) Microsoft Gives A Little Extra Life To Win98
2) Free Remote Control For Any OS
3) "NetUnits"
4) New Version Of PopFile
5) What's the "Best" Monitor Refresh Rate?
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Laptop Cooling
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Cause Of *Really* Unexpected Shutdown
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free *Non-Microsoft* Windows Media Player
"Pricelessware" Update
Powerful Renaming Tool

2003-03-06
1) File Deletion Followup
2) File Deletion: Reader Suggestions
3) File Deletion: A "Doh" Moment
4) Trios
5) Shhhh! (More On Quiet Fans)
6) Thanks!
7) Unexpected Shutdowns
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Simple Trick Reduces Spam
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Free Document Conversions
Hand-Selected Knowledgebase Links
Shell Shocked

2003-03-03
1) Password Security
2) Safely Test Your Passwords
3) Need A Quieter PC Fan?
4) WinDriversBackup
5) XP Home vs Pro
6) New Month, New Chances
7) TinyURL Test Fails
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Security Flaw in WinMe
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Revised Step-by-Step Help Re: NetBEUI
Clever Way To Convert Web Documents

2003-02-27
1) Does Someone Rely On You For Tech Support? (Pt 1)
2) Does Someone Rely On You For Tech Support? (Pt 2)
3) More Do-It-Yourself Networking...
4) ...and Using Windows' "Networking Wizard"
5) Windows' Multiple Methods (+ Faster Swap File Fix)
6) Free Spy-Blocker
7) Last Days To Enter February's FREE Drawing
8) 2,600 And Counting
9) Atomz vs Picosearch vs Google Site Searching
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Speaking Of Google--- Google Your Phone!
Be's Comeback?
Can't Delete A File?

2003-02-24
1) XP Professional's Free "Remote Control" Option
2) "Clean To The Bare Metal;" And Saving Web Pages
3) Meet Tizita, Newest Member Of The LangaList Family
4) "TinyURL's" Cool New Feature
5) More On Defeating XP's Admin Password
6) Don't Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) Old Hoaxes Never Die
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Image on a Web Page Appears As a Large Red X"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Excellent Primer On RAM
HotFix For "Connection Woes"
Identity Theft Prevention And Remedies

2003-02-20
1) Ad-Aware Feedback
2) Migrating To XP?
3) Another Free Password-Revealer, And More
4) Speaking Of Passwords...
5) Recommend It!
6) Installing RAM
7) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
8) More "Print Screen" Stuff
9) Resources Still Leaking Away
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
An Easier, Slicker IPconfig
Making the Most Of A Low-Cost PC
Sneaking WinME and Win2K Drivers Into XP

2003-02-13
1) Best Low-Cost Systems Ever?
2) "ESCD" Problems
3) Free NetPerSec Tool
4) More Explorer Shortcut Tricks
5) Local Hard-Drive Search Alternatives
6) "Tourbus" Picks LangaList
7) Delete Even Stubborn Partitions
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Security Problems In Opera
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free "Unstoppable" File Copier
Speed Up Your System Boot Time
Open-Source File Encryption Tool

2003-02-10
1) White-Box PCs: A Year Later
2) Using WinIPcfg To Solve Connection Woes
3) Setting Hard Drive Features
4) "Thought Organizers"
5) Another Cumulative Patch for IE
6) RGale Harter Got A $30 Gift Certificate. Want One?
7) Got (Free) CAD?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) XP SP1a and Alternate Ways To Get Java
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Audio Mixer Software May Kill Sounds!
Ultimate Password-Recovery Site?
Direct Cable Connect In XP/Win98

2003-02-06
1) Wiping Out Special "Recovery" Partitions, Pt. 1
2) Wiping Out Special "Recovery" Partitions, Pt. 2
3) Free Shutdown Tool
4) Ad-Aware's Back
5) New Version of Base line Security Analyzer
6) Want $10,000 To Spend This Season?
7) New Version of Base line Security Analyzer
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Boy, Do I Feel Dumb...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Great Snoop-Proofing Tools
More Useful Boot CDs With Patches Preinstalled
Free MP3 Bookmark Player

2003-02-03
1) Closure (Ha!) On the Linux / XP Bug Comparison
2) Great Web Tool
3) "Ignore" Is Bliss
4) "Wounded Moon" Literally True
5) Defrag Tricks
6) New Month, New Chances!
7) Reveal Asterisk-Hidden Passwords
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) More On Copying CDs, DVDs...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Deadlink Software Reborn
"Trusted" Net Dangers
Long Filenames On CDRs

2003-01-30
1) Firestorm!
2) More On Cleaning Out Old "Service Pack" Folders
3) Stop Programs From Getting Self-Startup Privileges
4) New, Free "Application Accelerator" Available
5) AOL Email Security Compromised
6) Last Day To Enter January's FREE Drawing
7) HTML Oddities
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Much Cheaper Than A "Data Recovery Center"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
7 Reader-Selected Free/Shareware Favorites
More Folder Options
Is All Phone-Home Software Bad?

2003-01-27
1) Linux Has Bugs: Get Over It
2) Windows XP "Additional License" Pricing
3) Free Send-To Tool
4) Using NetBEUI, Part One
5) Using NetBEUI, Part Two
6) Last Week To Enter January's FREE Drawing
7) Dial-Up Networking Monitor
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Terrific Anti-Trojan Software" And More
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Firewall / Connection Sharing Tool
Make Your Files Totally Snoop-Proof
Huge Freeware Collection

2003-01-23
1) Major Linux Vendor Bankrupt
2) Driver Problems In Win2K
3) XP Folder Views
4) AOL (Or Any ISP) Needs No Firewall?
5) Interesting Site For Old Programs
6) Don't Make Me Beg! 8-)
7) "PatchMeister"
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Popup Blocker Blocker
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Tame/Personalize Windows Update (And More)
Powerful Automation Tool
Free Alternative for MS Word

2003-01-20
1) Free Software to Test, ID System Parts
2) 20 Freeware Tools
3) Defang Win2k SP3's Auto Updating
4) Faizal's Mother Writes
5) Auto-Protect Worthwhile?
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Handy, Free Startup and Resource Guides
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming And Coming...
9) SpywareBlaster
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
RAM Defraggers?
An Alternate Quick Search Taskbar
Free NT/2K/XP Password Recovery Utility

2003-01-16
1) Easy, Foolproof Small Networks
2) Free (For Now) Professional Tech Info
3) Here's How To Save $30
4) Expensive "LMAnnounce" Problems
5) Digital Cameras Can Transfer *Any* File
6) Want $10,000 To Clear Your Holiday Bills?
7) Cleaning Out Old "Service Pack" Folders
8) More Reader Sites!
9) A "Wow" Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Reader Loves This Spam Tool
Is An Active Chat Agent A Security Threat?
Win vs OEM vs Vendor Drivers