When I ordered my Mini-10 netbook, the scheduled ship date was May 7th and the estimated delivery (at the 3-5 business days $10 shippig charge I chose) was May 12th. Needless to say, I was looking forward to receiving the netbook, especially since I sold my Asus Eee PC netbook last weekend.

On the day it was scheduled to ship, I received an email advising that the expected delivery date May 16th! The even bigger surprise was that it actually shipped the next day. Not only that, Dell upgraded the shipping to Saturday delivery, at no extra charge to me — so it arrived even before the original expected delivery date.

I know that some people, including ones whose judgement I respect, have had problems with Dell. However, I’ve always been impressed with their quality and service.

My first step, of course, was to turn it on and accept the license agreement for the “system builder’s” version of Windows XP Home. The operating system is one place where Dell is unlike some of its competition. Dell actually provides the Windows operating system CDROM…

Continue reading Dell Mini-10 — the first week and first trip

This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Examining a Malware-bearing Email (Trojan email)
This week, I thought I’d take a different turn with the first article — and look at one of the nasty emails that arrived this week. No, not one of those emails, one of the emails that brought malware along with it. Of course, let’s see what they’re trying to do to me (and to you, if you get these, too).

*   Keeping Old Hard Drive Backups
You’ve finally started making routine backups…what do you do with older backup files?

*   Windows XP Network Connection Icon Missing
A subscriber lost the network connection icon in her Windows XP Status Bar. The fix was surprising…

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

*   Subscribers Helping Subscribers
In last week’s email newsletter, I wrote about Mickey’s problem reading his Outlook Express email messages that he had tried to save. Fellow subscribers suggested ways he might be able to solve the problem…

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

*   Email Using Gmail with Outlook
A reader writes about some problems he was having with POP3 and SMTP via Gmail

*   Fun on the Internet
There are some great sites on the Internet that are just for fun. Here are a couple…

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

*   More Reader Comments on Anti-Spam Programs
Readers and subscribers write about their experiences and their spam solutions

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