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2005-12-19
1) Apple's MacOS On Intel PCs
2) More Tools to "De-Clutter Context Menus"
3) Hard Drive "Leak?"
4) Bad Reformat Kills Hard Drive
5) USB Connector Gremlins
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Late Change
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Holiday Schedule, And Odd Questions <g>
10) Just For Grins
11) More/Better Ways To Access Admin Account
12) Hot Software Prospect (Free!)
13) Huge, Free Anti-Spam Resource
14) Old Floppies To New Zip Files
2005-12-15
1) Downgrading From NTFS to FAT32?
2) MS Office Update Problems
3) DeLorme, and More
4) Which GPS?
5) De-Cluttering Context Menus
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Reader Rave Re: Recovery Tool
8) Still *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Sluggish Spin-Up
10) Just For Grins
11) Mystery Buzz From Hard Drive
12) Improving Success Rate Of CD/DVD Burning
13) A Big "Grrrrr."
14) FireFox's AdBlock
2005-12-12
1) Microsoft "Streets & Trips"
2) "Compacting" Vs "Cleaning" The Registry
3) Needs Anti-Spam Advice
4) Ants In His... Lap
5) MSConfig/Startup Problem
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Security Present, But Unaccounted For?
8) Yet *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Defining Terms and Protecting Credit Cards
10) Just For Grins
11) Free Replacement for Visual Basic and REALbasic
12) Free "New Super Utility"
13) Reader Recommended Linux Distro
14) Long Path Length = Trouble
2005-12-08
1) Grab This *Before* You Need It!
2) Cleanup Problems
3) Shutdown Option From Locked Screen
4) Life Expectancy Of Flash Drives?
5) Stuck In An Activation Loop
6) Three More Winners!
7) Hidden File Foils Defrag
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Normal Fixes Just Won't Work
10) Just For Grins
11) Useful, Powerful, Free Utilities
12) Free HandyFind
13) More Tools For Saving Corrupted Files
14) Not Hard, But *Impossible* To Delete?
2005-12-05
1) No GPS? No Problem!
2) Last-Ditch Data Recovery
3) The Other "WMD"
4) Faster Troubleshooting
5) OnSpeed And Other Connection Accelerators
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) More on "Circumventing Censorship"
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Why "Compact" Mailboxes?
10) Just For Grins
11) WinZip Coda
12) Free Tool Copies Even Corrupted Files
13) Primary/Secondary Drive Issues
14) Buying Refurbished Hardware
2005-11-28
1) Readers' PC Maintenance Tips
2) Backing Up/Archiving Email
3) Annual Report: Yasmin Idania
4) Dead Zip Drive
5) Data Stuck On Minidiscs
6) Last Days To "Recommend And Win"
7) Can't Get At "Admin" Login
8) And *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Google Overdose?
10) Just For Grins
11) Special Report: WinZip
12) Pro-WinZip Reader Comments
13) Anti-WinZip Reader Comments
14) WinZip Alternatives And Conclusion
2005-11-21
1) A Complete PC Maintenance Checklist
2) WinZip 10 Worth It?
3) A Tip, And A Plea
4) More On Waterlogged PCs
5) Spreading Out Software Across Different Partitions
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Online Resource For Free Textbooks
8) Still Another Code-Load Success
9) Data In Hand, But Inaccessible
10) Just For Grins
11) RSS Tutorial
12) Stickykeys
13) Has License, But No Setup CD
14) Laptop Buying Hints
2005-11-17
1) Water + PC = :( ?
2) More Free Security Tools
3) Slow Connection And Bad Advice
4) Speaking Of Browser Caches...
5) Pricey Vs Free OCR
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Drag-And-Drop CD Compatibility
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Accidental OS Overwrite
10) Just For Grins
11) "MRTstub" and "MRT.EXE?"
12) More On "Too Much RAM In Win98?"
13) Virus Uses Sony's Rootkit To Hide
14) Upgrade$ Get Expen$ive
2005-11-10
1) Reader Firewall Fallout
2) Free Log Parser
3) OpenOffice 2.0 Here (Free!)
4) Bolts From Above
5) Laptop Circling The Drain
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Too Much RAM In Win98?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Frappr Fraps Out
10) Just For Grins
11) Taming Email "Creep"
12) Using A "Chill Mat"
13) Windows Product Activation Backup
14) Unwanted Reboots W/ USB Disconnect
2005-11-07
1) Readers Rate Desktop Firewalls
2) Search Frustration
3) Yikes! Here Come The "Splogs!"
4) BIOS Tweaking Successes
5) Linksys Gem
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Sony's Baloney
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) WPA, Win2K, XP...
10) Just For Grins
11) Motherboard Fried?
12) Free, Open Source "Remote Control"
13) New Tools For Ancient Software
14) Incredibly Content-Rich Site
2005-11-03
1) Happy Anniversary!
2) Reg Cleaner Follow-Up
3) More Ways To Tweak Software Boot Order
4) Reader Suggestions On Avoiding Censorship
5) "LiveUpdate" Troubles
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Fax Fix
8) And *Another* Code Load Success Story
9) Frappr
10) Just For Grins
11) Getting More From (Expensive!) Laptop Batteries
12) Interesting Email Client
13) File Frustration
14) Quick Answers Wanted
2005-10-27
1) Domino Effects: Fixing Multiple Failures
2) Tracking Down The Mystery Sound
3) Building A Safety Net
4) Fixing The Hardware Foundation
5) Back To That First Domino
6) Last Resorts
7) Last Day To "Recommend And Win"
8) Safely Giving Away A Used PC
9) More Reader Sites!
10) Just For Grins
11) No Phishing
12) WiFi Printer Sharing Troubles
13) Bluetooth Security Holes
14) Imaging Tool Eats Hard Drive
2005-10-24
1) Linksys Log Problems
2) Stop Spam At The Source?
3) Verifying Hard Drive Spin Downs
4) Free Drive Imaging Tool
5) Circumventing Censorship
6) Last Week To "Recommend And Win"
7) HouseCall Feedback
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Puka: The Sequel
10) Just For Grins
11) LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
12) Update Your Current Copy Of The Archives...
13) Or Get A Full, Fresh Copy Of The Archives...
14) Alternate Way To Get A Full Copy
2005-10-20
1) More On Seeing Who's Connected To You
2) What's Safe To Clean From the Registry?
3) More Reg Tool Pro/Con
4) Tweaking Software Boot Order
5) Boot Time Analyzers
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) One Letter, Several Questions
8) Code Load Success Story
9) .Net?
10) Just For Grins
11) New Version Of Archives En Route
12) More on "Zeroing Out" A Large File
13) APC "PowerChute" And Hibernation
14) Resuming Interrupted Downloads
2005-10-13
1) Where does Registry Bloat Come From?
2) Wireless Freeloaders?
3) WiFi, Bye-Bye
4) Tough Times On Planet Earth
5) Free, But Still Not Worth It
6) Three More Winners!
7) "Zeroing Out" A Large File
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Your Firewall Opinion Wanted!
10) Just For Grins
11) Old, Free Versions Of Commercial Tools
12) Killing Hiberfil?
13) More Bluetooth Dentistry
14) Word Isn't Mum
2005-10-10
1) Testing "Registry Cleaning" Software
2) ZAP 6's "Default Deny" Setting
3) Another ZA issue (Not Just Ver.6)
4) More On File/Photo/Video Sharing
5) Answers To Emails?
6) It's A New Month...
7) Tips For Dial-Up Users On XP
8) More Reader Sites!
9) "Spinning Down" A Hard Drive
10) Just For Grins
11) Loooooong Path Shortcut
12) Auto-Changing "Sig" For Posts
13) Bluetooth Dentistry #1
14) Bluetooth Dentistry #2
2005-10-06
SPECIAL ISSUE!
1) House Call
2) Curing A Five-Minute Boot Time
3) First, A Physical Cleanup
4) Recovering Over 1GB Of Wasted Disk Space
5) Upgrade Leftovers?
6) Bogus Registry Entries
7) The "Aha" Moment
8) USB and Winmodem Issues
9) Coda
10) Want Your PC To Be Next?
2005-09-29
1) Effortlessly Store/Share Huge Files, Free!
2) Six "Dumbest Ideas In Computer Security"
3) Many Setup CDs on One DVD?
4) DVD Access From DOS/Win98 Boot Floppy/CD
5) ZoneAlarm: Not Out Of The Woods Yet
6) Last Days To Enter September's FREE Drawing
7) More On Bearshare and Limewire
8) Code Load Success Story
9) Firewall Alternatives
10) Just For Grins
11) Attack From Within?
12) Laptop Cooking Itself To Death
13) Eat, Drink & Be Messy
14) More Expert Advice On Batteries
2005-09-26
1) New Kinds Of File-Sharing Services
2) Which GPS?
3) Which Camera?
4) Drunken Mouse
5) Meet Jakison, Newest Member Of The Family
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) P2P Problems ("Bearshare")
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Martian Postcards
10) Just For Grins
11) Saving/Reusing Windows Update Files
12) Stretching The LIfe Of Li-Ion Batteries
13) EULA Robot
14) Processor Thermal Specs
2005-09-15
1) Mo' Betta GPS
2) Free Pix + SlideShow + Software!
3) More Jitters
4) PrintScreen Question
5) Simple Tools For Internet Control
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) More Hardware Testing Tricks
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Free "Universal" Media Player?
10) Just For Grins
11) More On Drive Letter Weirdness
12) Command Line Info
13) Keystroke Automation
14) Free PCI Sniffers
15) "Learnkey Direct" Offer
2005-09-12
1) GPS Update
2) New Freebie From Steve Gibson
3) OS-Moving; and NTFS "Convert" Tool OK?
4) Swimming In Synchs
5) "Chassis Intrusion?"
6) Don't Make Me Beg! :-)
7) Pesky Oleaut32.DLL File
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Awesome Web Video
10) Just For Grins
11) Hard, Soft, And Other Drive Errors
12) Drive Letter Weirdness W/ USB
13) DMA Feedback, And A Tip...
14) ... And A More General Hardware Tip
2005-09-05
1) Free Diagnostic Tool
2) What's Causing Mystery Downloads?
3) Context Menu Helper
4) Reader Finds Good Spam Solution
5) Dead Drive Safe To Send To Vendor?
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Buggy Modem?
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Drowning In DVDs/CDs?
10) Just For Grins
11) Zone Alarm Advice
12) The "KnowledgeWeb"
13) Fix For Stubborn DMA Problems
14) "Bacon-Saving Disk Tools"
2005-09-01
1) Speech Recognition Software
2) "WinFixer" Popup Won't Stop
3) AVG's Ratings
4) Update On Eder
5) "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon Gone
6) Three More Winners!
7) Engineer Discusses PC Cooling
8) They Loaded The Code
9) More On Certain Disconnects
10) Just For Grins
11) (Free!) Guide To Configuring NOD32
12) Tool To Manage User Permissions
13) Hard Drive Disaster
14) Three More Free Tools!
2005-08-25
1) The New ZoneAlarm, and The Issues It Raises
2) F-Secure
3) "Dynamic Drive Overlay" Software
4) Too-Long Filenames
5) Free HTML Editor Finally Ships
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) SynchToy
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Answers, Specific And General
10) Just For Grins
11) "Housecall" Project Update
12) Two Tips, Two Questions
13) Ready-To-Go (Free) Linux
14) MacOS On Standard PCs?
2005-08-22
1) Reader Feedback: The New ZoneAlarm
2) Which Encryption Type?
3) More Tools Like "BartPE..."
4) ...And Other Handy CD/ISO Tools
5) Faster Download Trick
6) Is This Information Useful?
7) Reader Finds Simple Fan Noise Fix
8) More Reader Sites!
9) Disk Space In The Wrong Place
10) Just For Grins
11) Better Than "Find And Run Robot?"
12) Disappearing Devices
13) More On Printer Re-Re-Reinstalls...
14) More Linux Tips From Readers
2005-08-15
1) Faster Boots With Prefetch Tweak?
2) Enable/Disable Internet Access On Demand
3) New, Free Cookie Viewer/Manager
4) New-PC Buyer's Jitters
5) "Horror Story With A Good Ending"
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Hardware Disconnects
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) Truth Or Fiction?
10) Just For Grins
11) Free "Unknown Device" Identifier
12) Printer Re-Re-Re-Re-Installs Itself...
13) Great (Free!) Thumbdrive Encryption
14) Hardware Drive Surgery
2005-08-11
1) A Zero-Footprint, "Live CD" Version Of XP
2) Copying/Storing Gigantic Files
3) RAID Deja Vu
4) RAM Present But Unaccounted For
5) The Right Tool For *You*
6) Three More Winners!
7) Thumbdrive Security?
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) World Wind
10) Just For Grins
11) "Other Device: PCI" Won't Install
12) Garbled Fonts In IE
13) Clearinghouse For Update Info
14) Rooting Out A New Trojan
2005-08-08
1) A *Must-Have* Repair/Recovery Tool
2) Re-Install Grinds To A Halt
3) Intel's Advice On Laptop RAM
4) "Superfetch?"
5) Two Networks, One PC
6) New Month, New Chances
7) "Very Nice Software"
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Cooling A Cabinet-Mounted PC
10) Just For Grins
11) Ultimate (And Free) MP3 Guide
12) Free Download Tool, Free .Wav Editor
13) Free, Open-Source HTML Editor
14) Huge, Free 64-Bit Software Library
2005-08-01
1) Another Free Rootkit Security Tool
2) Reducing Hard Drive Wear
3) PC Cooling, Even In Near-Tropical Climates
4) 64-Bit Software Problems
5) Bogus Beta?
6) Is This Newsletter Interesting? Useful?
7) Free, Powerful Group-Mailer
8) Code-Load Success Story
9) ClamWin Update Frequency
10) Just For Grins
11) LangaList Complete Archives Updated!
12) How To Update Your Current Archives...
13) ...Or Get A Full, Fresh Copy
14) Alternate Way To Get Full Archives
2005-07-28
1) Audio Tools And Tips Galore!
2) Password Generator Caution
3) A Year's Worth Of Updates on Derlan
4) Wait A Bit With The New ZoneAlarm
5) MS vs Google
6) PR Budget = $0.00
7) Reader Find Gigs Of Wasted Space
8) They Just Keep Coming And Coming...
9) Laptop Drags Its Heels
10) Just For Grins
11) New Version Of Archives En Route
12) Finagling Around "Private File" Blocks
13) Active Mail Forging Prevention
14) Too Many Browser Security Prompts?
2005-07-25
1) Let 'Er Rip: Converting Files To MP3s
2) Alternate Start Menu Display
3) "Apricorn" Disk Mirroring
4) "ICS" And Connection-Sharing For Security
5) More IR Troubleshooting Tricks
6) Recommend This Newsletter And Win!
7) Giving Others Your Older Hardware
8) Another Code-Load Success Story
9) Small, Simple, Handy... and Free!
10) Just For Grins
11) Reader Bit By "Rootkit Virus"
12) UPS-Controlled Auto-Shutdown
13) Free, Comprehensive "Vulnerability Database"
14) Run 6+ Antispyware Tools With One Click
2005-07-21
1) Got A Phone Cam? Other Digital Cam?
2) Newsletter Delivery Tests A Success
3) What Does "Locking" The PC Really Do?
4) Needs A Third Hard Drive In His PC
5) Two Problems, Maybe The Same Solution
6) Three More Winners!
7) Speaking Of Free....
8) Another Code Load Success Story
9) Free Fixes For Dozens Of Problems
10) Just For Grins
11) Chkdsk "Autochk" Runs Amok
12) High "Wow" Factor Gadget
13) "A 3D Interface To The Planet "
14) More On "Read-Only" File Problems
2005-07-18
1) He's B-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck
2) Open-Source (Free) AntiVirus Project
3) Internet Explorer Security Settings
4) Wi-Fi Liability
5) BookMarkBuddy
6) New Month, New Chances
7) Preventing Unwanted Quicktime "Tray" Icon
8) They Loaded The Code
9) Zabasearch
10) Just For Grins
11) Desktop PC's Weird "Low Battery" Message
12) Install CD-Based Linux To Hard Drive?
13) Wi-Fi Out To Three Miles (5KM)?
14) Free Tool Prevents File Corruption!
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