Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters July 13th

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Using Acronis True Image Home 11 to Back Up to DVD’s
In a comment on my Terry’s Computer Tips blog, a subscriber requested that I write about how to use Acronis True Image to back up to CDROM’s or to DVD’s, as many people don’t have home networks.

*   A Happy Ending to PDF Problems
Long-time subscriber Scott Adler wrote this week that he was having problems with current Adobe programs. In particular, he had the same issue with Adobe Reader 8 that many of us have had.

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

*   Malware Silently Alters Router Settings — Change Your Router Passwords!
I’ve predicted it for a long time as a reason to change your router password from the default, and it’s now running wild on the Internet…

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Microsoft Excel - Navigating with Scroll Lock

If there’s ever been a program feature that made no sense whatsoever to me, it is the impact that the scroll lock key has on navigation in Microsoft Excel.

Hummmm… Did I say that strongly enough? Probably not, but I’m not going to write those words…

We all know about the Num Lock key and how it locks the keyboard’s keypad into number mode. If you have a keyboard with an attached numeric keypad, the keys default to scroll mode (arrow up, left, down, right, Home, End, etc.). If you press the NumLock key, the keypad locks into numeric mode.

The Scroll Lock key (Scroll Lk) works differently. According to Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), the Scroll Lock key is left over from the DOS days. It’s functionality is set by the program your using — and most programs don’t even acknowledge the existance of the Scroll Lock key.

Excel, unfortunately, is one of the few that do.

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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters June 22nd

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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*   weekly on-line Terry”s Computer Tips newsletter

This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Changing the Current Font and Font Size in Microsoft Outlook
Many times when we’re writing emails, we want to change the font or font size for more emphasis or better readability…

*   Setting the Default Font and Font Size in Microsoft Outlook
And, sometimes, we want to change the default from that awful Courier New 10pt font and change to a font and size more to our liking…

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

*   User Feedback - Solving Locked Files
In last week’s online newsletter, my article "Which Program Has Locked My File?" was about a utility that I use to help identify and solve the problem when Windows refuses to let me change a file. This week, I had feedback and alternatives from two readers…

This week’s email newsletter includes:
    ”Article 0.” JUST FOR EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS!
*   Copying and Moving Files and Folders - Left-click or Right-click?
*   Removing a Virus Infection

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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters June 8th

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*   Catastrophic Hard Drive Failure

*   My Security Software Recommendations

*   Accessing and Reading Usenet Newsgroups

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Lojack for Laptops

I’m sure you’ve heard about the On-Star satellite system sold by General Motors as an add-on for their automobiles. On-Star is billed as a method to give you instant access to help and even remote control of your vehicle. Lock yourself out of your car? No problem, call On-Star and they’ll unlock it for you. In a crash? They’ll call you to make sure you’re all right because the triggering of the air bags triggers a warning to them. Lost? Get directions.

Before On-Star, and still available for other autos, was a system called Lojack. It would respond to a special transmission and respond with its location. In other words, if it was stolen, you could get the Lojack people to locate the vehicle so it could be recovered.

Now, Absolute Software licensed the Lojack name to use with their software product Lojack for Laptops.

I’d read about it a couple times. Then, one day I noticed that Dell Computer was including it as part of the Complete Care package for their notebooks — at least on the models that I was considering.

So, I started looking at Lojack for Laptops again. The more I read, the more I liked…

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