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• Internet Access — Traveling Without Your Computer
• Outlook Express – Unable to Delete Email Messages
• Changing Your Default Web Browser
• Making Your Own Up-to-Date Recovery CD’s and DVD’s
• Windows Scheduled Task Wizard Hangs

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This week’s online articles include:
*   Using the free Google Photo Screensaver
Taking a look at the free screensaver that is part of Google’s free Google Pack software package

*   Updates Last Week
I watch a few operating systems and programs for updates — mainly because these are the ones that I use or in which I am interested. What updates or versions were new last week?

*   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
Want to know which Antivirus program I recommend? Which firewall program? Which Antispyware program? Which Antispam? Or, which router for your home network?

This week’s email only article is "Computer Shuts Down By Itself"

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I started having a bunch of problems this week with my notebook jumping to 100% CPU usage. It wasn’t just a temporary problem either — at one point, I walked away for 30 minutes. When I returned to my computer, the problem was still there — and my computer was virtually useless.

After a couple times, I realized that the problem occurred shortly after I started Adobe Reader 8. It happened every time that I opened Adobe Reader 8.

I think that Adobe made a very stupid choice in Adobe Reader 8. Prior to version 8, you, the user, had the choice of whether to allow Adobe Reader to contact Adobe’s web site to look for updates. They removed that choice in Adobe Reader 8. Now, when you start Adobe Reader 8, it automatically starts adobeupdater.exe, which presumably attempts to check for updates.

In my case, the program caused a major problem. It immediately grabbed about 98% of the CPU. Unfortunately, the way it hung (or they way it was programmed), it prevented shutting down, …

Continue reading Adobe Reader 8 Problems – And a Change to Foxit Reader

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My first experience with a privacy cleaner was WinClear, which cleans up Windows and Internet Explorer temporary files, passwords, cookies, and history. It also handles a few other programs like Word, Excel and Windows Media Player. It’s very easy to use, but at the bottom line, it is a program that focuses on Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft programs.

I kept looking and found the much more flexible cleaner XP Privacy Pro, which also handles Netscape, Opera and Firefox web browsers in addition to Internet Explorer.

I’m much happier with XP Privacy Pro, since it gives me more direct control of what the program finds and deletes — and that it handles my Firefox and Opera browsers, too.

Continue reading Privacy Control with XP Privacy Pro