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• Email Server Problems
• Updates Last Week discusses updates from Microsoft and other software publishers whom I track
• Reader Feedback
• Reader Request: Training for WordPerfect and Quattro Pro
• Windows Reinstallation
• My Computer Security Software Recommendations updated.
• Windows XP Accessibility Options

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Google has a couple good, free software packages available.

First, there’s Mozilla Firefox with a Google Toolbar already added in:

Google also has its much larger pack — the Google Pack — which includes Google Desktop, Google ScreenSaver, Picasa photo editing/photo gallery, the Google Toolbar for I.E. (a very necessary add-on) and more.

My weekly email and on-line newsletters are now available:

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This week’s online articles include:

• Firefox 2.0 Saved Passwords Change
• Updates Last Week discusses updates from Microsoft and other software publishers whom I track
• Google Pack - A Free Software Assortment
• Reader Feedback
• Better Anti-Virus Program Prices
• My Computer Security Software Recommendations updated.
• Screen Printing with PrintKey 2000

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Looking for a gift for a computer user? How about a wireless mouse?

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This week’s online articles include:

• “Safely Remove Hardware” — Flash Drives
• Updates Last Week discusses updates from Microsoft and other software publishers whom I track
• Dirty D: Drive
• WalkThru - The Windows XP Security Center
• HOWTO: Setting, Changing or Removing a Windows XP Password
• My Computer Security Software Recommendations updated.
• What I Hate About New Program Versions

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WinPatrol, one of my favorite free tools, gives me a lot of protection for Internet Explorer. It’s also a great way to control which programs start up automatically on my computers.

It gives me the ability to disable programs from starting when I start Windows without actually removing the code that would make them start! In other words, I can turn off the auto-startup on a program-by-program basis.

If I change my mind about one I’ve prevented from starting, it’s as simple as opening WinPatrol and putting a check in the startup box for that program.

Of course, I can easily completely remove the program from the auto-startup list, too.

Read more about how to protect your web browser and control which programs start automatically when you boot — in my Web Browser & Startup Programs Protection article.