Netline News March 2005

'Netline News
March 1, 2005

From the editor

Spring arrives this month! With it comes spring break for the kids in school, March Madness for college basketball fans, and wearing lots of green for the Irish and the Irish at heart. This month's newsletter will help you to enjoy your last weeks of hibernation with interesting websites, a "Mydoom" e-mail worm warning, and a tutorial on backing up your e-mail messages.

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Inside this Issue

<> Your Local Help Desk
<> Tech Tips & Tricks
<> Sites of the Month <> Top 10 List
<> Feature of the Month
<> This Month's Chronicles <> Question and Answer

Your Local Help Desk

Ask The Help Desk - What Does "OS" Mean?

Question: I was reading a computer-related article the other day and it mentioned "OS." I've heard "OS" mentioned in conversations but I've never known what it meant. What is it?

Answer: "OS" stands for "Operating System." It's the system that makes your computer run. There are several popular systems available on the market. Macintosh OSX (that's "Oh Es Ten"), Windows in its various flavors from 95, to 98, to XP, and Linux in its various forms. If you're having trouble with your computer and you are talking to a tech support person, he/she will usually ask you what OS you are running. Your answer will most likely be one of the aforementioned systems.

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Tech Tips & Tricks

Short Tutorial: Creating A Backup Of Your Outlook Express E-mail

Most people find that both their personal and business e-mail messages create a kind of journal. In the same way that people keep shoeboxes of special letters sent from friends or file cabinet drawers containing letters
and documents from business associates, many users today use their e-mail software as an archive resource.

A hard disk failure or corrupted e-mail files caused by a computer virus could cause the loss of a user's archived e-mail correspondence. To help safeguard against such an occurrence, users can create a backup of their e-mail messages. As the tutorials below detail, a user can copy all of his/her e-mail files, save them to a secure location, and then restore the files if needed at a later date.

To backup e-mail messages in Outlook Express 6.0 and Windows XP, follow these steps:

1) With Outlook Express open, click your cursor arrow on the "Tools" menu and then click "Options" from the drop-down menu.

2) In the "Options" window, click on the "Maintenance" tab.

3) In the "Maintenance" menu, click the "Store Folder" button. The "Store Location" window will open.

4) Click and drag to highlight the path listed under "Your personal message store is located ..." Next, press the CTRL+C keys on your keyboard to copy the path.

5) Click "OK" to close the "Store Location" window. Click "OK" again to close the "Options" window.

6) Click the "Start" button on the lower left corner of your screen and click "Run" under the pop-up menu.

7) Click on the "Open" field in the "Run" window and press the CTRL+V keys on your keyboard to paste the path to where your "Store Folder" is located. Then click the "OK" button.

8) Click on "Edit" in the menu bar and then click "Select All" in the drop-down menu.

9) Click on "Edit" again in the menu bar and then click "Copy" in the drop-down menu.

10) Open the folder (or make a new folder) where you want to store your backup e-mail files. Then click on "Edit" in the menu bar and "Paste" from the drop-down menu. If you have a CD or DVD writer, it's also wise to make a copy of these files on a disc.

To restore e-mail messages from a backup in Outlook Express 6.0 and Windows XP, follow these steps:

1) With Outlook Express open, click on "File" in the menu bar and then select "Import" and "Messages" from the drop-down menu.

2) In the "Outlook Express Import" window, highlight the program from which your backup e-mail copies originated. For this example, let's assume that we used Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to create the backup copy, so we'll select "Microsoft Outlook Express 6." Then click the "Next" button.

3) The "Import From OE6" window will open. Select the button next to "Import mail from an OE6 store directory."

4) Click the "Browse" button and locate the folder where your backup e-mail copies are located.

5) Click on the folder that contains your backup e-mail files to highlight it and then click the "OK" button.

6) Click the "Next" button.

7) Select either "All folders" to import all mail or select "Selected folders" and highlight the specific mail folders you wish to import. Then click the "Next" button.

8) You'll be presented with a message that lets you know your import is complete. Click the "Finish" button to close the window and return to Outlook Express.

Sites of the Month

Helpful Tax Information In March
http://irs.gov/ - If you are a "do-it-yourselfer" when it comes to filing your federal income tax return, the IRS lets taxpayers file returns totally free this year without the prerequisite of purchasing special software.

"The Tonight Show" With Johnny Carson
http://JohnnyCarson.com - January 23, 2005 marked the passing of the greatest nighttime TV entertainer of our generation. It is estimated that over 50 million people watched his last show in May 1992. "The Official Tonight Show Website" provides many video clips of some of the best moments in the show's history.

Do Some Research Before Your Next Purchase
http://ConsumerSearch.com - Before you make a purchase, head to ConsumerSearch.com for listings and reviews of top-rated products according to a variety of industry experts. The site can be used as a search engine to find product analysis on dozens of products. The data includes in-depth evaluations plus independent rankings of the reviews by ConsumerSearch.com staff.

Collecting PEZ Candy Dispensers
http://PEZ.com - To see dozens of photos of people with their PEZ dispenser collections (some of the collections are pretty huge) or to send a photo of
you with your collection to be posted on this website, head on over to PEZ.com.

It's Time For Some March Madness!
http://ncaasports.com/ - The site provides links to information on Final Four individual and team records (i.e. Bill Bradley still holds the single game tournament record with 58 points in 1963 while Lorri Bauman from Drake University set the record in 1982 on the women's side with 50 points), championship video archives, the brackets and locations for each of the playoff rounds, articles highlighting recent big games, as well as ticket price information.

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This Month's Chronicles

Birthstone: Aquamarine
Flower: Jonquil

March 2005
March 1.........	Peanut Butter Day
March 3.........	National Anthem Day
March 6.........	Dentists' Day Frozen Food Day
March 10.......	Alexander Graham Bell Day
March 15........	Quilting Day
March 17........	St. Patrick's Day
March 20........	First Day of Spring
March 20........	Earth Day
March 22........	Goof off Day
March 25........	Good Friday
March 27	Easter Sunday

This Day in History
www.scopesys.com/anyday

Horoscopes
Pisces: February 19 - March 20
Aries: March 21 - April 19

Question & Answer

Q: What are the different type of viruses and what do they mean?

A: There are three different means for a computer infection: A virus is a tidbit of programming code that will piggyback on computer programs that are either installed, e-mailed or downloaded from the Internet onto your system. Every time the program runs, the virus can then jump onto other programs and create numerous problems for your system. A worm is a little piece of software that will use networks and security holes to copy itself. Once the worm has search the network and found another hole in the security system, it will duplicate itself on the next machine. A Trojan Horses is simply a computer program that says it does one thing, but actually does major damage when you run the program. Unlike worms and viruses it does not automatically duplicate itself.

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Top 10 Funny Store Signs

1. Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."

2. Outside a hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."

3. Outside a tailor shop: "Ladies may have a fit upstairs."

4. In a veterinarians waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!"

5. At the electric company: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't you will be."

6. On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."

7. In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up."

8. Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."

9. In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."

10.In a counselors office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.

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