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2003-12-18
1) Three Important End-Of-Year Tasks
2) Who's Using Which OS?
3) Zone Alarm, NAV Issue Patches
4) Holiday Card From Ranganath
5) Nasty IE Bug Lets Fake Sites Look 100% Real
6) Holiday Publishing Schedule
7) Where's The Bottleneck?
8) Last Chance To "Recommend And Win" This Year!
9) Unusual Book Suggestion
10) Freeware Site Moves
11) More Reader Sites!
12) "Bluestell" Denial Of Service Attack
13) Just For Grins
14) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"HTTP Referrer" A Privacy Threat?
Java "Virtual Machine" Woes
Yahoo's New Dial-Up Speed-Up Worthwhile?
2003-12-15
1) Not-So Subtle Reminder Re:Win98
2) Spam Education Banners
3) SpyBot Falling Down?
4) Infrared And Other Modem Links
5) Freeware "Buffet"
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Reader-Suggested Free Password Managers
8) More Reader Sites!
9) HotSpots Question
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Sneak Preview Of A New Linux Distro
Solving Big-Drive Headaches
CDR/DVD Test/ID Tools
2003-12-11
1) The *Only* Sure Way To Stop Spam
2) Free: Tweak Windows Transparency
3) Tip: RoboForm + USB Flash Drive
4) Self-Contained Software Better?
5) Nav 2004: 10,000 Zero-Byte Files...
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Powerful File Tool, Free
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) "True Vector" Troubles
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Multi-OS Tweaks Site
Protective "Shield" For Your Registry
Folder ShortCuts In Your File Menus
2003-12-08
1) Gator Information Center
2) Free CHK Recovery Tools
3) Workaround (Sort Of) For Vertical Scroll Problems
4) Send Modem Signals Anywhere
5) Things That Make You Go "Hmmmmm..."
6) Always Room For One More
7) AVG Faster, Better
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Two Wireless LAN Eye-Openers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Nice Tool, One Glitch
Web's Best Tech Support; Best Freeware
Nascent "Calendar Of Updates"
2003-12-04
1) Site Move 99% Complete
2) *Forcing* A Shutdown Via Software
3) Has Your Scrollbar Behavior Changed?
4) Free AntiVirus/Firewall For 1 Year
5) Free Video Streaming For Every OS
6) Three More Winners!
7) A "Wow" Tech News Site
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Virus Eats Everything
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Transferring Files/Software In Upgrades
Enable XP's "Search" To Find Text In Files
Easy Fix For Hotmail/MSN Problem3
2003-12-01
1) Web-Host Outsourcing
2) ZoneAlarm Update
3) 1,000+ Freeware Links
4) Microsoft's Free "TweakOmatic"
5) Timely Reminder
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) One Letter, Multiple Tips
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) For Beginner Programmers (Free!)
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Say... Anything!
Linux Legal Nexus
New XP Tip Site
2003-11-20
1) More On Solving Automatic Maintenance Problems
2) Mirror, Mirror, On The Web...
3) More Cures for Too-Slow New PCs
4) Site Moves
5) A Better Monitor Testing Tool
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Delousing Public PCs
8) Reader Sites!
9) Linux: Messier And Messier
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free: Short Tip, Deep Help
Free: Outstanding DIY Hardware Resource
Free: Wallpaper Toy Update
2003-11-17
1) Hybrid Maintenance: Power *And* Ease
2) Wx Geeks, Unite!
3) Hello, From Suradon
4) Excellent Free Password Generator
5) Free! XP/2K/NT Tips By The Bucketful
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Nineteen Thousand Jumper Settings
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Free, Powerful, Versatile Backup Applet
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Speech Synthesis--- For Utility Or Necessity
Er, "Virtual CDs?"
Spam-Tracing Resource--- And More
2003-11-13
1) Don't Waste Your Money On Bogus "Speed Up" Tools
2) Free Virtual CD Drives, From Microsoft
3) Nice Software, Nasty Actions
4) More Free Connection-Sharing Tools
5) Offbeat Topic: Web Weather Sites
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Refurbished OK?
8) Reader Sites!
9) More Reader-Recommended Office Alternatives
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Important Heads-Up Re: Mandrake 9.2
Filter Email Safely In Outlook Express
WinXP Sort-Order Bug, And Fix
2003-11-10
1) Cautious Thumbs-Up For AdAware
2) Contradictory Advice?
3) Reader Suggests $19 Backup Option
4) Free Attributes Editor
5) More Linux Weirdness...
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Free/Easy Surveys And Polls
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) O, Tempora...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free: Tool Helps Keep Older Software Running
Free: HotKey Manager
Free: Web Change Notifications By Email
2003-11-06
1) How NOT To Mess Up Stored CDRs!
2) Major Headache: Langa Sites Must Move
3) File Association Tools & Tips
4) Simple Fix Prevents CD Shrapnel
5) Tiny E-mail Client
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Red Hat Drops Free Linux!
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Samurize
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More On CD Cleaning, With How-To Pictures
Another *SAFE* Way To Preview Email (Free!)
Rich Site For Win98 Tips
2003-11-03
1) Time To Check your CDRs
2) Worldwide Email Test
3) "System Volume Information?" (XP and WinME)
4) OpenOffice Feedback
5) Microsoft Office 2003
6) Three More Winners!
7) Linux Boot Times
8) They Loaded The Code
9) "ErrorLevels" and "Exit Codes"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Expert Advice: CD/DVD Burner/Player Repairs Pt 1
Expert Advice: CD/DVD Burner/Player Repairs Pt 2
Expert Advice: CD/DVD Burner/Player Repairs Pt 3
2003-10-30
1) Uncover The Real Power Of XP's Maintenance Tools
2) Another "Special Issue?"
3) BrowserTune 6 Private Preview
4) What is BrowserTune? What's Different?
5) The Private Preview Details And URL
2003-10-27
Special Issue!
1) Make Windows Self-Maintaining
2) "Special Issue?"
3) BrowserTune 6 Private Preview
4) What is BrowserTune? What's Different?
5) The Private Preview Details
2003-10-23
1) Murphy Lives!
2) Let's Test Email Reliability
3) More On Passwords
4) CoolWebSearch = Very UnCool
5) Compendium Of Google Tips
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) Broken "Help"
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Text Readers/Speakers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Slipstream Setup
Free: Tracking Down Space-Stealing Files
Still More Audiophile Suggestions
2003-10-20
1) More On "Throttling Shared Connections"
2) Expert Advice On Passwords
3) Fred's Easy Way To Good Passwords
4) Free High-End Graphics Gallery (And More!)
5) Deleting "Internet Logs"
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Spam Study
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Putting Registry Searches To The Test
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free, Automatic Win98 Registry Backups
Safe Message Preview For Outlook (Free!)
Head-To-Head Comparison: URL-Shorteners
2003-10-16
1) A Linux Positive...
2) ...And A Linux Negative
3) Connection Sharing Follow-Ons: Low-Cost...
4) Connection Sharing Follow-Ons: And NO-Cost!
5) Meet Eder!
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Toggle Online/Offline Easily
8) They Loaded The Code
9) You Want Free Tweaks? Here's A Ton!
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Expert's Opinion On PC Cables
Still *More* On Converting Tapes/Records
Collectively Rate Online Vendors
2003-10-13
1) Cleaning Up Digital Dust Bunnies
2) Free Courses From MIT, Online!
3) Open Office And File Associations
4) Another "Search" Alternative
5) Free Boot CD Alternatives (1/2)
6) Free Boot CD Alternatives (2/2)
7) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Simple Layout, Deep Help
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
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2003-10-09
1) Six, And Counting...
2) Best-Ever FREE Office Suite Upgraded
3) "Throttling" Shared Connections...
4) ...And More Basic Sharing Options
5) XP Services
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) BootIt NG and DVDs
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Software Awards
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Version Of Archives En Route
Beyond 128-Bit Safety
More: Convert Tapes And Records To CD
2003-10-06
1) Popup Stoppers and Browser Trouble
2) Keep 2K/XP Kernel In RAM
3) Email Manager On A Floppy
4) Next-Generation Rescue/Boot CD/DVD
5) Update to "Ultimate Boot CD"
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Time To Kill a Recurring Hoax
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Another Monitor Problem--- And Solution!
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Cleaning & Optimizing Tools
WLAN Security
Aural Feedback
2003-10-02
1) Who's Responsible For Security Problems?
2) Interesting Idea
3) Better Searching
4) Moving/Merging Folders For Easy Sharing
5) Internet Connection Sharing Limitations
6) Three More Winners!
7) Outlook Aids
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Wowza Site"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Convert Cassettes and Records to CDs
XP Automatic System Recovery
Free Disk Imaging For Penguins
2003-09-29
1) Will Microsoft Do What It Takes? Will You?
2) Deleting IE from Windows
3) Dialog Box Sort Order
4) Fred Missed The Question?
5) Quick Partial Defrag In XP
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Drive Image Eaten By Ghost
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Cob Shell And Paint
10) Jsut For Grnis (!)
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
XP-Freeze Problem Solved
KVM Mini-Network
Freebie Disk Imager
2003-09-22
1) More On Defeating Startup/Browser Hijackers
2) One Man's Scum Is Another's Sustenance...
3) Downloads Machine
4) Another Slow-Modem Update Alternative
5) Super-Fast Free Registry Editor
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) "PreFetch"
8) They Loaded The Code
9) BootIT Tip
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Another Free Anti-Spammer Tool
Speed Up Network Browsing In XP
Browser Security Test
2003-09-18
1) Auto-Reply Horror Stories
2) "NDR Spam"
3) Solid, Basic Info
4) More Scumware?
5) Letter From Faisal's Mother
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Can't Patch Due To Slow Modem
8) Three Thousand And Counting!
9) Stolen PC/Laptop Problems
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Make Your Email Address Scoop Proof!
Spider-Stoppers; Harvester-Foilers Pt 1
Spider-Stoppers; Harvester-Foilers Pt 2
Spider-Stoppers; Harvester-Foilers Pt 3
2003-09-15
1) Auto-Reply Messages May Make You Vulnerable!
2) Critical Update
3) Fred Gets Bitten By The "Cannot Update" Bug
4) "Searchandclick Scumware"
5) Free Virtual PC
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) "Only For Gurus" (Not Really!)
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Weird (But Free!) Monitor Fix
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Downloadable Dictionary/Thesaurus
Head-To-Head AntiVirus Comparison
Make Your Own Custom Linux Distro
2003-09-11
1) OK, What About Outlook Express?
2) Exporting Your OE Mail
3) Yes, even *More* PC Setup Secrets
4) Stuck On "Reverse Sorts"
5) Search Companion "File Missing"
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) "Freeware Revolution"
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Sudden Drop In Disk Space
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Outstanding Image Tool Upgraded
Free, Instant, Disposable Email
One-Click Net Disconnect & Sharing
2003-09-08
1) A Closer Look
2) uPnP
3) Reader Tips On Too-Big Outlook Folders: Repair
4) Reader Tips On Too-Big Outlook Folders: Prevention
5) Mozilla Thunderbird
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) WinME/XP System Restore Question
8) They Loaded The Code
9) "In Situ" Reinstalls
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Expert Feedback: Surge Protection, Pt 1
Expert Feedback On Surge Protection, Pt 2
"Unrelated Inventions"
2003-09-04
1) Three Technologies Worth Watching
2) New Free Security Tool, Port Scans
3) "Make New Folder"
4) Lost Menu Options
5) Three More Winners!
6) "Ad-Aware Let Us Down Again"
7) Prescient Advice
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Web-Site Optimizer Back Online
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Book" Of Freeware That Updates Itself
Cable Pro Offers Tips
Linux Specialty Distribution
2003-08-28
1) "Serious Outlook Problem"
2) Securing XP (and Win9x/ME/2K) Ports
3) Win98/ME Memory Managers, Redux
4) PyroDVD
5) "The 46 Best-Ever Freeware Utilities"
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) In-Depth Free Site
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) New Exotic PC Cooler
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Damn Small Linux"
Another Hidden Google Feature
Free Tool For *Total* Uninstalls
2003-08-25
1) Batten the Hatches
2) Excellent Online Spyware Detection
3) A Bit Off Topic, But Very Worthwhile
4) Cable Modem Hardware Issue
5) PC Mysteriously Wakes Itself Up
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Another S.M.A.R.T. Monitor, And More
8) They Loaded The Code
9) "A Good Software Find"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Rating Your ISP's Mail Delivery Rates
Free, Independent POPmail for Yahoo
Best Test/Benchmark Tool Ever? (Free!)
2003-08-21
1) Hacking Into Your Own PC
2) Free Memory Diagnostic Tool
3) Reader-Recommended XP Newsletter
4) BootIt Upgrade
5) "How My System Became Toast..."
6) Three More Winners!
7) Still Debating XP Pro vs Home?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "The OS Files"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free NTFS Batch File Floppy-Maker
Controlling Your Modem Options
Two Freeware Gems
2003-08-18
0) He's Ba-a-a-a-a-ack!
1) Lost Your Windows XP Password?
2) Two Quick Reader Recommendations
3) CD RWs Can be Used Another Way
4) Fred Gets E-Mailbombed
5) "PC Inspector"
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) S.M.A.R.T
8) They Loaded The Code
9) The Case Of The Missing Partitions
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More On "Kid-Proofing" A PC
New "Favorite [Free] Text Editor"
"Great [Free] Resource!"
2003-07-31
1) More PC Setup Secrets
2) OK, OK--- A Nitpicky Correction 8-)
3) Cockroach-like Adware Hides From View
4) Speaking Of Anti-Adware...
5) More From CptSiskoX
6) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
7) Better Than Spam Assassin?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Two Week Summer Break
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Reader Rave Re: Page-Watcher
Google Toolbar 2.0 W/ Popup Blocker
Free, Beta Sticky Note Tool
2003-07-28
1) System Setup Secrets For XP
2) JV16 Tools Go Commercial
3) Update On Ranganath
4) "The Ultimate CD/DVD Data Recovery Tool!"
5) USB For DOS
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) Lightning Follow-Up
8) They Loaded The Code
9) A True NTFS Boot Disk
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Cleanup Your "StartUp" Tab
Where to Complain Re: Spam, Frauds, Scams...
Acrobat Reader 6 Annoyance & Fix
2003-07-24
1) Surges, Again...
2) Linux Rescue Disks
3) Software In 17 Categories
4) "Scary Article"
5) The Best Spam Filter Yet?
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) "Software Patches Heaven"
8) More Reader Sites!
9) PowerToys (and TweakUI) Are Back
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Another Free AntiVirus Alternative
High-Quality Text-To-Speech Voice Synthesis
Dual-Boot Via Hardware
2003-07-21
1) Advice From A Pro On Video Problems
2) Wrapping Up "Imaging" (For Now! <g>)
3) Other Imagers
4) BootIt Password Protection
5) New Security Problems
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Great Security Solution!
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) The Universe, For Free
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Linux-Friendly Hardware Resources
Reader Tips on XP Boot Disk
Free, Automated Add/Remove Cleanup Tool
2003-07-14
1) The Perfect Rescue Tool (Part Two)
2) Misleading Verbiage?
3) A Thought Experiment
4) Reader Recommends PGP
5) Tracking Down Video Problems
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Popout Prism
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Memory Managers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Linux For Newbies
Clean Up The Add/Remove List
Make Your PC Kid-Proof
2003-07-10
1) The Perfect Rescue Tool (Part Two)
2) Imaging Feedback
3) Silent Failures Of Backups And Images
4) "Fred, What About [name of tool here]?"
5) Four Update Items
6) Three Winners!
7) Caller ID...For Email! (And More)
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Lindows 4 Released
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
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2003-07-03
SPECIAL ISSUE:
1) Not A Tease
2) Drive Imaging
3) PQ's Drive Image, Old And New
4) DI7 Problems
5) A Welcome Alternative To DI
6) Bootit NG's Best Points
7) Bootit NG's Weaknesses
8) Another Alternative: Acronis
9) Fred's Bottom-Line Recommendations
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Virtual CD Options
NSA (!) Advice On Securing XP
500+ Freeware Programs
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