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2004-06-28
1) Dust And Laptop Fans
2) More On Drive Letter "Mapping"
3) Excellent VPC Resources
4) Wrong-Way Default Settings For Small LANs
5) Free USB Thumb Drives?
6) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
7) When You Need *Exact* CPU Info...
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Take "Command"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Site Move Update; More
Direct Fix For Autoplay Problems
Sticky Keys
Odd Fix For Warped CDs
2004-06-24
1) Non-Obvious USB Drive Differences
2) Did The Lights Just Flicker?
3) "Keyhook" And More
4) And A KeyMapper, Too
5) Stealth Filters
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Reader-Recommended Disk Usage Tool
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) "Freecycling"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Roboform On A Keychain Drive
Windows Installer Clean Up Utility
A PC "Sandbox?"
Plus! Site Move
2004-06-21
1) The USB Drive Revolution
2) When Update... Won't
3) Second Drive Questions
4) Further Authoritative Info On CD/DVD Life
5) Update On Ranganath
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Resurrect Dead Drives
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Many Useful Items
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free, Pro-Written Password Keeper
Lindows, Xandros Set Free
Free Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Tool
2004-06-10
1) Quiet As A Library Whisper!
2) Extending the Life Of Old Software
3) CleanMgr Hangs, Real And Illusory
4) Find Your Lost "Product Key"
5) Change "Open With" On The Fly
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Free Caps Unlocker
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Free "RegSeeker"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Malware-Removers
Boost Your Browser's Connections
KVM Problems
2004-06-07
1) Cool And Quiet: Warm-Weather Follow-Up
2) ZA5 Reactions
3) Needed: More Drive Letters
4) Installing Software In Linux
5) Reader-Tested Image-Recovery Tools
6) Always Room for One More!
7) Anti-Phishing Site, And More
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming
9) Hyper-Suite of FREE Tools
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Two Dozen Great Freeware Tools!
Folders That Just Won't Delete...
Best Reg Cleaner, Rescue Tools Ever?
2004-06-03
1) Remove *Any* Software
2) Multi-Itemed Taskbar
3) Automatic Windows Setup
4) Free Partitioner/Imager
5) Free Image Resizer, and Fix
6) Three More Winners!
7) Forced Unlock/Deletions
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) About That NUM Lock...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Monitor Gamma Tools, And More
Best/Safest CDs You Can Buy?
Many PhotoDraw Alternatives
2004-05-31
) More Free Password Tools
2) New ZoneAlarm Version Disappoints
3) Kennedy Space Center Blacklisted
4) Bypass The Recycle Bin
5) Recovering Deleted/Reformatted Digital Photos
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Dumping RealPlayer
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Free Tools Save Hours
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Front Panel USB Difficulties
Small, Fast, Efficient--- and Free!
Malware Implants Hard-To-Delete DLLs
2004-05-27
1) Is .Net Bad?
2) Registry (And Other) Cleaning, Part 1
3) Registry (And Other) Cleaning, Part 2
4) Free "SpoofStick"
5) Mining The Menus
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Win98 Task Killer?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Disk Usage Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
One-Click XP Optimizations (Free!)
Removing WToolA.exe and Siblings
Locked Out Of IE's "Options?"
2004-05-24
1) Monitor Color Weirdness
2) NTFS Encryption (Built Into XP & Win2000)
3) Free, Built-In Tool To Wipe Out Old Files
4) Unrecoverable Hang At Boot?
5) FavIcon Buglet Still Unsquashed
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) That PrtScrn/SysRq Key
8) Code Load Success Story
9) TweakHound Revised
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Page/Swap File Settings In Detail (1)
Page/Swap File Settings In Detail (2)
Page/Swap File Settings In Detail (3)
2004-05-20
1) Great Reader Feedback On Linux
2) Surprise Benefit In Zero-ing Out Unused Space
3) Reader Explores Multiple VPC Uses
4) Shutdown Problems In All OSes
5) Consensus Emerging On CD/DVD Life
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) BrowserTune/HotSpots Site Move
8) Reader Sites!
9) Spybot 1.3 Finally Out
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More On Hacker-Proof Data Storage
Even Faster/Simpler Flash Control
Keep-Alives Between Different Accounts
2004-05-17
1) Follow-Up: Linux's Achilles' Heel
2) Outbound Mail Filters Needed?
3) Speaking Of Firewalls...
4) Free Copy Of Visual Basic
5) Another Free CD Burner Tool
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Deliberate Slow Downs
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Installing Custom Drivers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus Edition Extra: Three Free Downloads
Free URLMail Tool
Free, Improved Encryption Macro
Free, *Expanded* Encryption Tool
2004-05-06
1) More On Safe (and FREE) Password Storage
2) Finding The Worst Space-Hogs
3) Looking for Help With PageFile/Swapfile Sizes
4) Got The Blues? Greens?
5) Reader Sidelines Linux
6) Three More Winners!
7) Convert Your Setup Floppies To CD
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) "Freeware4U"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
AVG Update Update
Free Hard Drive Tools
Another Good Font Fix
2004-05-03
0) Update Re: Delivery
1) 19 Ways To Store Passwords--- Safely!
2) The Handy "Run As" Command
3) "Free Software Forever"
4) Upgrading/Replacing A Hard Drive
5) "ASP.NET Machine A..."
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Free CD Burner Software
8) They Loaded The Code
9) ID 3,400+ Startup Items
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free, Automatic Icon Restorer
Spyware-Free Download Tools
Test and Fix A Minor Archive Glitch
2004-04-26
1) A Grand Experiment, Part One
2) A Grand Experiment, Part Two
3) DOSLife, Saved By Google!
4) A Very Unusual Emulator
5) Dueling Firewalls
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Looks, Acts, Feels Like XP--- But Isn't!
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Customize Your Internet Explorer
10) Free "Antique" Tools
11) Just For Grins
12) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Notify" Edition Improvement
Free Unofficial Win98 Service Pack
Valuable "Catch All" Sites
2004-04-22
1) More Re: Linux Hardware Support
2) When The Admin Account Is Invisible Or Locked...
3) Cr*p Cleaner
4) Pape Enters High School
5) Beyond System Tools: DOS Applications!
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) Deep Network Refresh Needed?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Multiboot Manager
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Emulator, Extender
AVG Update Failures
Bad Name, Good Idea
2004-04-19
1) Linux's Achilles' Heel
2) AOL Madness (Warn Your Friends)
3) Many, Many DOS Resources
4) Free "PowerToy" For Auto-Logins
5) Safe Storage For Passwords
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Memory Aid for Hijack Recovery
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) FileZilla, BitTorrent... For Large Downloads
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Icon Problems In XP, Win98
What's Beyond "Ultimate?"
Cheap, Blank DVD +/-Rs
2004-04-12
1) Copies Of Old Dos Files/Boot Disks
2) New Publication Schedule Posting
3) Easy Open
4) Multi-OS Restore Via DVD
5) Everything About Linux Printing
6) Recommend It!
7) Security Settings Gumming Up The Works?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Bypassing XP's Logon Screen
10) Just For Grins
11) Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
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2004-04-08
1) More on Virtual PC Technology
2) Caches, Batches, and Freeware, Oh My!
3) Feedback On Free MS Security CDs
4) Free Linux Documentation
5) Weird URLs
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Free Drive Tester
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) GIMP 2.0
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Version Of Archives En Route
Free Tool Monitors Your Online Use, Costs
2K/XP "Indexing Service" Advice
2004-04-05
1) Virtual Excellence
2) XP Service Packs
3) Most Exotic Cooling Solution Ever?
4) Free "Taskbar Commander"
5) Low-Tech, High-Efficiency
6) Three More Winners!
7) Knoppix-Specific Newbie Help
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Dell Laptop Software
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Auto-Remove System Restore, Others
Powerful, Free Security/Maintenance Tools
Free Indexed Searching
2004-04-01
1) Is "XP" Pronounced "Oink?"
2) Hard Drive Size Confusion
3) Free RAM Testers
4) Any "Magellan" Fans Out There?
5) Pop The Top For Cooling?
6) It's a new month...
7) Help For Linux Novices
8) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
9) Easy Cure For Win2K/XP Profile Problems
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Outstanding Letter Re: Data Security (Pt 1)
Outstanding Letter Re: Data Security (Pt 2)
BIOS Optimization Guide
2004-03-29
1) Hack Attack Worries
2) What About Too-Hot Laptops?
3) A Little Extra Privacy: Clear the Swapfile
4) Miraculous Hard Drive Expansion?
5) A New, Knoppix-Like Distro
6) Last Days To Enter March's FREE Drawing
7) Local Search Frustrations
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Where Are They Now?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Auxiliary Tool For MBM
More Acrobat Speed-Ups
A Good Tool Dies (but...)
2004-03-25
1) Fans? What Fans?
2) No-Cost/Low-Cost Ways To Quiet Hard Drive Noise
3) Eder Enters 5th Grade
4) How Often To Reboot or Shut Down XP?
5) Good Site For Partitioning Info
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Win98 Shutdowns
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Free Macro Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Outstanding Printer Tools And Resources
Windows-Based Outlook Alternatives
Cloning Folders and More
2004-03-22
1) Cool and Quiet--- Part Three
2) Wiping Out "Hiberfil"
3) Stuck With Messenger?
4) Image Tool Not Restoring Everything?
5) *Nasty* Scam Mail
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Dying Floppy
8) They Loaded The Code
9) "Locate Link Browser" Error
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Powerful, Free Synch/Copy Tools
Best Outlook Alternative?
Xandros/Linux Update
2004-03-15
1) Isolate The Swapfile/Paging File?
2) XP's Powerful "Tskill" and "Taskkill" Commands
3) Bad Explanation About NTFS
4) Finding Embedded Sounds
5) Clever Printer Color Test
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Thunderbird Ate His File Associations
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Free File and Email Encryption Tools
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Easy Way To Control Flash
New No-Install Linux Distro
Anti-Spam/Email-Management Tool
2004-03-11
1) More Fans = Less Noise!
2) Shortcut Wizardry
3) And Now, A Free MS Office Update CD
4) Bad Advice Re: NTFS?
5) PCs: Very Non-"Green"
6) Five PC Disposal Alternatives
7) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Ace Utilities
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Powerful "Stealth" Partitioner and Imager
Adobe Acrobat Item #1: Make It Faster
Adobe Acrobat Item #2: Make It More Secure
2004-03-08
1) Part Two: Cool and Quiet
2) Another *&^%@* Worm
3) Making Sure Your AV Tools Can Work Inside Zips
4) Firebird, er, FireFox
5) Avoiding Site Redirection
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) "Short Link" Reviews Updated
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Recover Lost Program Keys And Much More
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New, Compact OS, Free For Experimenting
What, Exactly, Are The "System Files?"
Free Online Image Editor
2004-03-04
1) Free Temp, Fan Utility (And More) From Intel
2) "Media Safes"
3) ActiveWords Rave
4) New SpyBot Beta and Info
5) A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Odd Download Problem Solved
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Disconnect From Internet In XP
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Fred Test-Drives Xandros Deluxe
Flash No Longer Useful?
Sneaky Fix For Shutdown Problems
2004-03-01
1) Silence Those Noisy PC Fans!
2) Security Updates On CD, Free
3) Apple's Core OS On Your PC, For Free
4) *Secure* Compression
5) NOD32 Gets The Nod
6) Three More Winners!
7) ZoneAlarm Bug
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Hidden Partitions Interfere With Maintenance
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Collection Of Free Utilities
The Most Re: GHOST
Kiosk/Hotel/Airport/Cafe PC Security Issues
2004-02-23
1) Cool--- And Quiet! (Pt One)
2) "File Transfer Wizard" Question
3) More On Updating Unconnected / Offline PCs!
4) Download Speed Confusion
5) Wireless Networks and Cordless Phones
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Grab It While You Can
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Free "Boot And Nuke"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Cool BLOG + Free Tools
Two "Services" Questions
Shape Of Things To Come?
2004-02-16
1) Successful Updates Despite Slooooow Connections
2) Circular Cleaning Of CDs Bad?
3) His POST Was Toast
4) Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness...
5) That Annoying "Low Disk Space" Warning
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Selective Starts in Win98 and XP
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Time To Change Your Winsock?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
How Can *Overwritten* Data Be Recoverable?
PC "Bulletproofing" Alternatives
Cool Videos Of Yore
2004-02-12
1) Reader-Recommended BIOS Resources...
2) ... And Reader-Recommended Undelete Resources
3) "Cryptographic Service Error"
4) Bulletproofing PC Setups
5) Free Reg Cleaner
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) New "Notify" Edition Rollout!
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) PopUp Blocker + Password Manager + Form Filler...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Add "XP Pro-only" Features to XP Home!
De-ME Your XP PC
"Administrators Only" Error, Alternate Fix
2004-02-09
1) BIOS Update: Not As Scary As It Seems
2) Gone, But Not Deleted
3) IE6 Repairs, By The Book
4) Critical Update Also Fixes Minor Annoyance
5) Collaborative Bookmarks
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) "Install To..." Anywhere!
8) They Loaded The Code
9) EasyCleaner Set Free Again
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Reader-Recommended Popup Stoppers
Users, Groups & the "Management Console"
"Administrators Only" Error?
2004-02-05
1) Tools To Transfer Files And Settings
2) Last (?) Word On Preserving CDs
3) Reg Cleaners
4) Another Free Startup Tool
5) "Buying a Laptop? Not so easy!"
6) Three Winners!
7) Great Info, Great Presentation
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Popup Test
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free 4-Part Java Diagnostic
XP's Five User Levels
Very Nice Freeware Keyboard Remapper
2004-02-02
1) What's The Best Size For Partitions?
2) Free ClearType Adjustment Tool
3) "Patriot Act" Scam
4) A Government Site That Might Actually Be Useful <g>
5) Compendium Of Keyboard Shortcuts
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Boot Up In 10 Seconds
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "SpamRival?"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Outstanding Networking Resources
Tweaker's Goldmine
Monitor Overheating
2004-01-29
1) Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen.... Ways To Make XP Better
2) Restoring An Image To A Different PC...
3) ... And Transferring Files To A New PC
4) Novarg/MyDoom/MIMAIL Worm
5) Tizita's Report Card
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Another Free Transparency-Tweaker
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Professional Spreadsheet User SIG
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Res-Changer Tools
Free Tool Deletes "Undeletable" Files
Free Conversion Tag
2004-01-26
1) Ten *More* Ways To Make Windows XP Run Better
2) Defrag Nay...
3) ...and Yea
4) Freeware Resource
5) Teleport
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Proceed, But With Caution
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Restore The Display Control Icon
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Subscription Option!
Freeware Proxy Server
Remote Power-Off For Wireless Node
2004-01-22
1) Password Length?
2) More Splash/Logon Tools
3) Defragging Pointless?
4) White Box Systems, Redux
5) Free Downloads From Microsoft's Research Division
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Free: Multipurpose Graphics Tool
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Odd Upgrade Issue
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
HelpFile Help
Reader Info Re: Xandros
More On Sorting Out DVD Jargon
2004-01-19
1) Free "Bazooka" Aims At Spyware
2) Collection Of Free and Trialware Tools
3) Reader's Real-Life Spam Filtering Example
4) Changing The "Splash Screen"
5) What's Everyone *Else* Using?
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Reader Tips For Linux
8) More Sites!
9) DIY ASCII Graphics
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
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2004-01-15
1) Spammers Get Smarter
2) Test Issues
3) Microsoft Blinks--- Again!
4) Odd Ripple Effects
5) Keep Master Backups Current
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Free System Cleanup Tool
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) CD Shredders
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Version Of Archives En Route
Simple Java Diagnostic
Super-Simple Wireless Security Add-On
2004-01-12
1) Happy New Year!
2) Warning! Email *Unbelievably* Unreliable
3) DVD's Alphabet Soup
4) Follow-Up on Site Move
5) Fraud?
6) Three More Winners!
7) Unusual Spreadsheet Add-Ins
8) Unladylike Evildoers Strike!
9) Acronis and Bootit/Image Updates
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Phone Company Takes Half Of Bandwidth!
Readers *Love* This New Linux Distro
Defunct Recycle Bin
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