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2005-06-27
1) Largest LangaList Ever!
2) How Do You Know If Protections Are Really Working?
3) Yes, Master
4) Free "KatMouse"
5) Questions On Multibooting
6) Bad Cables Masquerade As USB Drive Problem
7) Last Days To "Recommend And Win!"
8) "Find And Run Robot"
9) They Loaded The Code
10) Who Thought Of "Recovery Partitions," And Why?
11) Persistence Pays Off
12) Freeware Mailer
13) Free Text Converter
14) "Teach Me HTML" Tool
15) Just For Grins
16) More LCD Info
17) CD Won't Open Up, At First
18) "Migration" Tools To Ease New Setup?
19) Help With NTFS
20) Clever Way To Rescue Laptop Data
2005-06-23
1) Looks Strong, But Don't be Fooled!
2) Wants To Mass-Email (Not Spam) A Group
3) Bblluurryy Tteexxtt
4) ISP Security Tools (E.G. AOL's) OK?
5) Salvaging A Semi-Clean Setup
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win!"
7) CDs vs DVDs
8) They Loaded The Code
9) ScreenHunter
10) Just For Grins
11) Floppies Won't Format/Read
12) "Read-Only" File Problem
13) PC Insomnia
14) "House Call" Gets Rolling
2005-06-20
1) Building Better Passwords
2) Monitor Woes
3) Recycling Hard Drive Guts
4) Setting Up Wireless
5) Feedback On 64-bit Hard/Software
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Spontaneous Reboots and Bad Motherboards
8) Still *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Checking Your Infra-Red Emitters
10) Just For Grins
11) Testing A New Plus! Service
12) Key Sequence Saves Reboots
13) DMA Redux
14) SP2 Shutdown Hangs
2005-06-13
1) USB Boot And Other Problems
2) Another BHO Tool
3) Better Way To Add A Second Drive?
4) IP V6
5) "Dell - Software Support or Extortion?"
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) "Read Error" In Backups
8) Another Code Load Success Story
9) What's Hiding In "Network Places?"
10) Just For Grins
11) Connection Frustration
12) Free Website Link Checker
13) "Reinsert Disk" Over And Over
2005-06-09
1) Make XP More Secure
2) Recording Keystrokes, Mousing, And More
3) Zip Drive Problem
4) Two Powerful Tools
5) Putting XP On A Reducing Diet
6) Always Room for One More!
7) Two Problems, One Likely Solution
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Free, Secure Way To Save Software Keys, Etc.
10) Just For Grins
11) Files Growing Like Weeds?
12) Free "Universal" USB Driver
13) 101 Uses For Dead CDs...
2005-06-06
1) Remote Control Security
2) BHOdemon
3) Painful Experience
4) iPod, youPod, weallPod
5) OS Swaps; 64-bit CPUs
6) Three Winners!
7) One Site, Eight Drive Vendors
8) They Loaded The Code
9) USB Thumb Drive Causes Hang
10) Just For Grins
11) Do It Yourself Google RSS Feeds
12) "Websearch Toolbar" Won't Die
13) Two Reader Questions
2005-05-30
1) Reusing An Old Drive In A New PC
2) Asked And Answered: Display Question
3) Nightly Scans Worthwhile?
4) Let Your PC Breathe Easier
5) Troublesome Windows Update KB890859
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Portable Freeware Collection
8) And *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Firefox Backup Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Subtle Problem, Easy Fix
12) $250 Network Tool Released As Freeware
13) Which Port Does What?
2005-05-26
1) Recover Gigs Of OEM-Reserved Space
2) Free Compatibility Toolkit From Microsoft
3) Picasa 2 Out, Still Free
4) Possible Security Holes In XP?
5) Delete Just the OS; Leave The Rest
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) "Raw" Data Tool For Digital Cams
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Reader's Security Tips
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Bellsouth's (And Other ISPs') Software
Web Connection Makes PC Crawl
More Small Mail Server Options
2005-05-23
1) Laptop Setup Secrets: Reclaiming A Hard Drive's Space
2) File Format For Long-Term Document Storage?
3) Mounting A Drive Upside Down
4) A Year's Worth Of Updates on Reyna
5) Fried BIOS
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Firewall Doesn't Block "Ping"
8) Another Code Load Success Story
9) When "System Restore" Won't
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More on Dial-Up Death
Tool To Minimize Address Spoofing
More On Timed Content Capture
2005-05-16
1) Mail Server Alternatives For Home/Small Offices
2) Out Of Room On "C:"
3) More Ways To Capture Dialog Text
4) When "Off" Means "On"
5) Free Calculator Tool
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Another Reason Why Dial-Up May Die....
8) A Milestone!
9) Reader Gets Blacklisted
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Automated Browsing
"Set Up a Network, Save a Family"
More Ways To Preserve, Share, Restore Favorites
2005-05-12
1) Valid Privacy Concerns With Google's New Tools
2) Delete Cookies For More Speed?
3) Capturing "Uncopyable" Text
4) Protecting Kids From Bad Content
5) Salvaging Old "Favorites"
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Stuck Laptop Keys
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Speaking Of Laptops...
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
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2005-05-09
0) Back From Spring Vacation
1) Google's New Tools: Proceed With Caution
2) Dial-Up Dies For No Obvious Reason
3) Getting Started With HTML
4) Email Server in Home/Small Office?
5) Powerful Tools For Customizing Windows
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Alternate Lock-Identifier
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Searching For Fixes
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
New Version Of Archives En Route
Nonexistent USB Floppies?
Telling Secure Encryption From The Bad
2005-04-21
1) More FireFox Pros And Cons
2) Drive Size Issues
3) Return Of The "Malicious Software Removal Tool"
4) "Universal" Disk Imaging?
5) Scheduling Notice
6) "NoSpyMail" Pt 1
7) "NoSpyMail" (and Web Bugs) Pt 2
8) Last Full Week To "Recommend And Win"
9) Movies Won't Play
10) Code Load Success Story
11) Download Helper Needed
12) Just For Grins
13) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Knoppix, *Inside* Windows!
Free Beta Of Norton Internet Security 2005
"Home Search Assistant" Problems
2005-04-18
1) Test And Tune Your Online Connection
2) Attacks Via Asian Servers
3) Spare Partition Saves The Day
4) Unwanted Open-At-Boot
5) Free Copies Of REALbasic
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Your Home, From Space
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Worth A Quick Recap
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Service Pack Backup Bloat
Tweaks To Speed XP On Old/Slow PCs
Scheduled Tasks Not Working
2005-04-14
1) Test And Tune Your Online Connection
2) Attacks Via Asian Servers
3) Spare Partition Saves The Day
4) Unwanted Open-At-Boot
5) Free Copies Of REALbasic
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Your Home, From Space
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Worth A Quick Recap
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Service Pack Backup Bloat
Tweaks To Speed XP On Old/Slow PCs
Scheduled Tasks Not Working
2005-04-11
1) Test And Tune Your Online Connection
2) Attacks Via Asian Servers
3) Spare Partition Saves The Day
4) Unwanted Open-At-Boot
5) Free Copies Of REALbasic
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Your Home, From Space
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Worth A Quick Recap
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Service Pack Backup Bloat
Tweaks To Speed XP On Old/Slow PCs
Scheduled Tasks Not Working
2005-04-07
1) "WormForts" Lockup?
2) Malware Via The Back Door
3) Bad To Clean "Prefetch?"
4) Unhappy With Email Host
5) "Awesome" Encryption
6) Three More Winners!
7) Feel The Burn
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) "Forced" XP Upgrades Next Week?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Definitive Word On ESD?
Free "Data Execution Prevention"
More On PNGs, GIFs, and Patents
2005-04-04
1) Autoexec.NT Problems Growing?
2) Network Activity Display
3) Preventing Email Forwarding
4) PNGs, Lost and Found
5) Another Free HTML Tool
6) It's A New Month...
7) LCD BackLight Burn-Out?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) US Post Office Web Site Inaccessible?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Dirty PC Horror Story
Desktop Searchbar Compendium
More On Thawing Frozen PCs
2005-03-31
1) Using The Free "Briefcase" and "Offline Files"
2) No Decrypt Software Needed
3) Copy/Save/Restore That MBR
4) Launching In The Background
5) Sloooooow To Wake
6) Last Days To Enter March's FREE Drawing
7) How Much Software = Too Much?
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Make Your PC Say "Cheese!"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Disk Image" For Floppies
New WinPatrol Version
46 Free, Tested Utilities!
2005-03-28
1) Little-Known Options For Synching Files In Windows
2) Safekeeping Excel Files
3) Meet Mulyo, Newest Member Of The LangaList Family
4) Stuck ".Dat" File
5) DVD Errors
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Resolution Switching Harmful?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Seeks Universal USB Flash Drivers
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Gem of a Program"
Active Controls And Other Potential Threats
Thawing An Accidentally Frozen Laptop!
2005-03-21
1) Finding CPU And Memory Hogs
2) Validating 1,700 "Favorites"
3) Update #1: CounterSpy Efficiency And Win98
4) Update #2: AOL's "All Your Words Are Belong To Us"
5) Introducing "House Call" (New Reader Benefit!)
6) Recommend It!
7) Lost View Of Network Cards
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Simple, Easy, Freeware Screenshot Tool
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More Non-Adobe PDF Tools
Recommended OE Backup/Transfer Tools
Free Web Log Analyzers
2005-03-17
1) Washing--- Yes, *Washing*--- Your PC's Guts
2) Free "AntiSpyware" and $20 "Counterspy" The Same?
3) System Restore Fights Malware-Removers?
4) "Mind Mapping" Tools
5) AOL Owns Rights To Your Words!
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Outstanding Reference Sites
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) About that "iPod Alternative..."
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
FTP Connection Problems
More Toys, Er, Tools For Weather Geeks
Kiss Of Death: We Kill Another Site <g>
2005-03-14
1) Rust Never Sleeps
2) XP SP2 Kills Recovery Console?
3) LavaSoft Weirdness Again?
4) XP Home's Hidden Backup Tool
5) Seemingly-Dead Links
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) New Windows, New Processors
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Oddball Hardware Troubleshooting Tip
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
How Best To Direct-Connect Just Two PCs
Converting Floppy-Based Software To CD
Google "Cheat Sheet"
2005-03-07
1) Tested *Your* Backups Lately?
2) What About Win98? USB?
3) Free Tools, As Good As Any
4) Cheap Shot?
5) Drowning In Duplicate "Favorites"
6) New Month, New Chances
7) New "URL Discombobulator"
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Anti-Spyware Tools = Tennis Doubles?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Return Of The Dreaded 'Red X' Syndrome
Library Of "Last Free Versions"
Free USB Auditor
2005-03-03
1) De-Dust, We Must
2) Weird "Restore" Error
3) Feedback On "Tools To Keep Hard Drives Healthy"
4) Correction on "Tools To Keep Hard Drives Healthy"
5) A "Linux Inside Windows" Variant
6) Three More Winners!
7) Transfer Email Settings?
8) They Loaded The Code
9) "Inverse Network Technology" / "Visual Networks"
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Severe "Stop Error"
"QuickView" For XP?
Nice Troubleshooting!
2005-02-28
1) The Dirtiest PC I Could Find
2) Tools To Keep Hard Drives Healthy? (Pt. 1)
3) Tools To Keep Hard Drives Healthy? (Pt. 2)
4) Cygwin and "Linux Inside Windows" Options
5) More On Tweaking For Old DOS Apps In XP/2K
6) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
7) What's Blocking His Website Access?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Old Setups On New VPCs
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
AutoPlay Repair Wizard Redux
Follow-up: Snooping or Stalking?
Two Truly Outstanding Free Tools
2005-02-24
1) Changed Cable Setup = No Connection
2) Cooking His Hard Drive To Death
3) Where'd The DMA Go?
4) Update On Eder
5) Controlling "Command" Screens In XP/2K
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Adding Win98 To An Existing XP Setup
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Knoppix For Knewbies
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
More On "A Lean, Mean Game Mode" (Pt. 1)
More On "A Lean, Mean Game Mode" (Pt. 2)
Forgot the Administrator's Password?
2005-02-17
1) Curing and *Preventing* Laptop Overheating
2) Weird CPU Speed Problem W/ SP2
3) Re-sort Favorites, All In One Go
4) New Google Maps Beta
5) Win98's Backup Applet
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Too-Long Filenames; Too-Deep Folders
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Windows Update Reminder
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Increase Disk Cleanup's Power
"Portrait" Oriented Screens?
Pens For Marking CDs/DVDs
2005-02-14
1) Curing Laptop Overheating
2) More On Spamproofing Your Main Email Address
3) DI On A Disc
4) Wanted: Just the Meat, Please
5) Unwanted Lockdowns
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Don't Be Fooled
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) SyncBack, Free and Paid
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
A Lean, Mean Game Mode
Free, Heavy-Duty Online Checkup
Free, Powerful Partition Recovery Tool
2005-02-07
1) Restoring Just the Registry In XP
2) Kazaa Sleuthing
3) FILE0000.CHK?
4) Free: Graphical Front End To Cleanup Batch Files
5) Free: Save, Edit, Share "Office Places"
6) Three More Winners!
7) Specialized Answer To A Soldier's Problem
8) They Loaded The Code
9) PDF Alternative
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
"Port 1025" Troubles
Snooping or Stalking?
Simple, No-Bloat (and Free!) Media Players
2005-02-03
1) Real-Life RAM Disk Use
2) Free HTML Editor
3) Surviving A Deep Freeze
4) "Great Software" List
5) Another Sound Fix
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Motherboard Monitor Defunct
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Online Safely, Even As Admin
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Free Cleanup For Bad "MSI" Installs
Free Remote Shutdown Tool
Admin Logon Rejected?
2005-01-31
1) Speed And Security Via a RAM Drive
2) "Live CD" Linux For Learning?
3) Specialty Synch
4) "Anti-adware Misses Most Malware"
5) Lost Startup, Exit Sounds
6) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
7) Fixing Messed-up Shortcuts
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Collection Of Free File/Format Recovery Tools
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Reader's Must-Have Software List
Freeware Dialog Box Tool (And More...)
Easier ATI Tweaking
2005-01-27
1) Erased "Tracks" Come Back
2) More On "Spyware Hype Vs Real Threats"
3) Hosting Follow-Up: One Year Later
4) Spamproof Your Main Email Address
5) "Security Task Manager"
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) Linux Backup, In Detail
8) They Loaded the Code
9) Dead Drive, Lost Files
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Store Data On Digital Video Tape?
New Info On An Old Problem
Changing Dialog Box Size
2005-01-24
1) What To Avoid In MP3 CD Burning
2) Acrobat Gripes--- And Workaround
3) Spyware Hype Vs Real Threats
4) Update On Suradon
5) High-Power, Free File Compare Tool
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Linux Help;
and Rescuing Data on 5.25" Floppies
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Where's the Uninstall Hidden?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Dead "16 bit Windows Subsystem"
Cleaning Up the "Start" Menu
Video Card Tweaking And Info Resources
2005-01-20
1) New PC System Setup Secrets
2) Long-Distance Fixes
3) Unexplained Automatic Restart
4) Win98/ME Systray Cleanup
5) Great Site, Great Solution
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) DOS Tamer And/Or VPC To The Rescue
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Good Site? Bad Driver?
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Zone Alarm / AntiSpy Conflict, and Fix
More On: Moving An Operating System
"bugcode-usb-driver?"
2005-01-17
1) Make The Most Of That New PC
2) Ghostbusting In Device Manager
3) Trick For Browser-Configured Routers/WAPs/Etc.
4) Virus/Worm Blocks *All* Access To PC
5) Don't Wait On SP2
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) More on Older System Hardware Woes
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Great RAM Info Resource
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
Hardware Sniffers Evolve
Huge, Free Tweaking Guide...
... And A Free Tweaking Tool
2005-01-13
1) Happy New Year!
2) Microsoft's Free AntiSpyware Beta
3) Hungry, Like The Fox
4) Outlook & OE Cleanup
5) More Sync Tools
6) New Year, New Chances
7) Linux Backups
8) More Reader Sites!
9) New Viewers For MS Office (Free!)
10) Just For Grins
11) Plus! Edition Highlights:
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