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This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Using Delayed Startup to Speed Up Windows Boot Time
I don’t know why this function wasn’t built into Windows itself. Delayed Startup is an invaluable tool that is part of the free WinPatrol program…

*   The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.

*   Create a Fill-In Form in MS Word Easily
Guest author Carol Bratt wrote this great HowTo article with plenty of details and screen images…

*   Do I need a Software Firewall?
A reader writes that he connects to his Internet Service Provider using a router, and wants to know if he needs a software firewall, too…

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

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are nowa vailable:
*   free weekly Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter
*   weekly on-line Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Tired of old antivirus software that slows your PC to a crawl? Try High-Performance VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Only $29.95 for one computer Multi-computer discounts, too… Unlimited Home Site License only $49.95

This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Email Images Not Showing Up
What’s happening when my email has a block for an image, but there’s an X in the block?

*   The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.

*   Another Way to Convert FAT32 External Drives to NTFS
In last week’s email newsletter, I wrote detailed instructions on reformatting drive partitions. This week, a reader reminded me that there’s an easy one-step process that’s part of Windows — as long as you want to go FAT32 to NTFS…

*   Excel Tricks
Excel can do some neat things, if you know how to trick it…

*   HowTo: Using Notepad++ With Excel
Why should you edit a complicated Excel formula by using Notepad++…and how to do it…

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

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

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Tired of old antivirus software that slows your PC to a crawl? Try High-Performance VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Only $29.95 for one computer Multi-computer discounts, too… Unlimited Home Site License only $49.95

This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   IExplorer.EXE Application Error
When closing Internet Explorer results in an error message, the fix turned out to be easy…

*   The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…

*   Solving Runtime Errors and Debug Errors
Another reader writes about trying to solve program crash messages…

*   Why Uninstall Acronis True Image Home?
This caught my interest — there had to be more to the story…

*   Saving an Animated GIF File, part 2
A reader offers another way to save an animated GIF file…

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

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

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Tired of old antivirus software that slows your PC to a crawl? Try High-Performance VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Only $29.95 for one computer Multi-computer discounts, too… Unlimited Home Site License only $49.95

Program: 7-Zip, version 4.57
Publisher: Igor Pavlov www.7-zip.org
Category: Compression/Decompression Archiving Utility

7-zip is open-source software and is licensed under a user-friendly license. You can download it for free and use it for free, including redistribute it (as long as you include the license with it).

I’ve been trying 7-Zip recently as an alternative to Filzip — ot because I’ve become dissatisfied with Filzip, but because some readers recommended it to me.

Let’s look at an example — using 7-Zip to look at, and extract, 7-Zip. One of the ways you can download 7-Zip is as an .EXE executable file, so it can be installed by running the file. Interestingly, it can extract itself out of its .EXE file. However, this ability doesn’t mean that it can unpack other .EXE files that are actually install programs.

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