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PDF’s are great for documentation, and we can create them, too…

*   A Look at Foxit Reader | Foxit Reader Review
A great little free PDF reader…

*   My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

*   Disconnecting Your Cable Internet Access
Sometimes, we want to disconnect our computers from the Internet. There’s an easy way…

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If you’re like me and use a notebook frequently at home, you probably have it set up with wireless networking. Or, you might have run an Ethernet cable from a cable/dsl router.

Security Tip
If you’re using cable or DSL, or even connected via Ethernet at a university, you can use a router to protect your computer from access by others. The router gets the IP address from your Internet service provider. Then, it creates a local area network to which your computer belongs. The result: you can get to the Internet, responses can get back to you (because the router keeps track of your requests and responses to it, but computers on the “other side of the router” can not initiate connections to your computer — the IP address they see is the router’s!

My notebook is normally wired to my home network. If I want to take it to another room or outside, I’ll turn on the radio in it. Then, I’ll unplug the Ethernet cable and carry the notebook wherever I wanted to go.

Unfortunately, although we can actually make multiple connections to the network from one computer (usually one for the wired connection and one for the wireless), the computer still remembers which should be its “gateway” for talking to the network and the Internet.

When I do the sequence of steps I mentioned, my computer remembers that the local network and the Internet are accessed via my wired connection — even though I just unhooked the cable.

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*   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?

*   The Cable Internet Connection Died - A Night Without Internet?
Installing a new network switch, the cable Internet access and TV both go out…

*   Computer Buying Tips — Selecting the New Computer

*   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?

*   New Computer Setup & Security — Preparing to Protect Your New Computer

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*   The Tiny New Asus Eee PC
More about the Eee PC

*   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?

*   Same Email Received Again and Again
A reader keeps receiving the same email again and again — it’s not sent again, but he keeps receiving it…

*   HowTo: Screen Print - Print Your Computer Screen
Getting the monitor’s contents, or a window’s contents, into an image…

*   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?

*   Lojack for Laptops
Sometimes, a Call Home program is a good thing…

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*   Windows XP Service Pack 3 - a Warning
Do you really want to try the beta version?

*   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?

*   Setting Up Your Router

There are a few security settings we should change on both wired and wireless routers…

*   Securing Your Wireless Network - Securing Your Wireless Router
You’ve got it working … now you need to fix the security…

*   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?

*   Outlook Express - Problem Compacting Email Folders
We need to compact our email folders occasionally, but what if that doesn’t work?

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