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Monthly Publication of the Kentucky-Indiana Personal Computer Users Group
July 2005
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Volume 24, No. 7
Program Director . . . . . . . . . .3
Symantec SystemWorks 2005 .5 Presented by
Brian Oldham
Google - More Than A Simple
Search Engine . . . . . . . . . . .6
Adventures in Linux-land . . .7 of
Don’t Fall For “Human
Engineering” . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Appriss
Computer Hysteria: Crash! .11
Extortion a New Twist for
Computer Malware . . . . . .12
Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Board of Directors . . . . . . . .13
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SIG Directory . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SIG Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Advanced Users . . . . . . . . .17
Community Outreach . . . .18
on
July 5, 2005
Digital Photography . . . . .18
Genealogy . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Hands On . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . .20
Investing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
New Users . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
General Public is invited to attend.
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Free Program Starts at 6:30 PM
Technical Market Analysis 22
Directions - Page 3
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Visual Basic . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Webmasters . . . . . . . . . . . .24 w w w. k i p c u g . o r g
KIPCUG
Windows OS . . . . . . . . . . .24
The DealsGuy . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Membership Application . . .27
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Future Meetings
Adventures in Linux-land
By Siles Bazerman, APCUG popular free distros is Debian There are numerous other programs
Representative, Orange County (Debra and Ian Murdock, authors). included but I have listed the main
IBM PC Users' Group, California It too is available in several vari- ones. Also you can download and
and APCUG Editorial Committee eties. The two most useful for install many other programs free to
beginners to Linux are Knoppix and enhance or replace the ones on the
As many of you know I became SimplyMepis. I use the latter. Both CD.
bored with Windows XP a while of these are downloadable, fit on
ago. Bored with both writing about If all you want to do is send and
one CD with a number of useable
it and actually using it. Windows receive email, browse the web, do
programs, and can run from the CD
went from "Gee, look what I some word processing or similar
without installing on your hard
found!" in Windows 3 to using an things, then you can use Mepis as
drive. You can also install them if
appliance in Windows XP with the installed. Web browsing is relatively
you so desire.
release of SP2. Very usable but not virus free and almost totally popup
much fun to play with. After downloading Mepis, using it free. Both Mozilla and its successor,
and finally installing it, I decided I Firebox, are also available for
I decided to give Linux another needed more information than was Windows, but windows update will
try. The first time was with Red Hat available on line. I found a book not work in any other browser but
3 back in 1998-1999. At that time it Point and Click Linux by Robin IE. Linux is relatively free of virus-
was not ready for Prime Time and Miller that was written to exactly es for two reasons. First, it repre-
there was still a lot to discover in parallel the CD. For less than $22 sents only a very small percent of
Windows 98 and 98SE. Also, there from Barnes and Nobel on line I desktop installations and virus writ-
were only one or two other distros received the book, a CD (exactly the ers want the biggest "bang for the
(distributions) available and little in same as the download) and an buck" so they don't bother. Second,
the way of a GUI, so you used most- instructional DVD. The distro uses you work in Linux as a user, but all
ly command line. the KDE (K Desktop Environment) changes to the system must be done
and includes several editors, Open as either an administrator or "super
Now there are many, many distros Office Suite (similar to Microsoft user" which are not accessible from
out there, some commercial and Office, but free), a CD/DVD writing outside and are password protected.
some free. Red Hat went commer- program, GIMP graphics program Also the browser does not allow
cial, but is available as Fedora for (GNU Image Manipulation popups. This would be labeled
free download. One of the more Program) and Mozilla web browser. EASY.
www.kipcug.org
grams available online. Often for-
University of Maryland Professor gotten is a good registry and unnec-
Kent Norman says, "Men and essary-file cleaner that has automat-
women are taking out their frustra- ic backups, which can substantially
tions on the computer and unfortu- reduce your crashes. Defrag weekly
nately, sometimes misdirecting it to if needed and scandisk at least once
other people." Norman, who directs a month. Do not forget to make an
the Laboratory of Automation
emergency boot disk.
Psychology and Decision Processes
at the University, conducted an Finally, in case of a crash, do not
online survey where twenty percent panic. Write down what you did
of the respondents admitted they immediately prior to the crash, and
dropped a computer on the floor out any instructions that you receive
of anger. They described smashing, from your computer. Make sure you
microwaving and cursing their com- have been taking fruit to lay at the
puters. One claimed he threw his feet of your computer guru or lay
laptop in a fryer and several claimed money on your friendly computer
to have shot hardware. The study tech. The life you save may be your
further suggested computer users own computer. SOS stands for Save
were most annoyed by: e-mail sna-
Our System!
fus including spam, waiting while a
computer completed a simple task,
DIGITAL- PHOTOGRAPHY SIG - Meets 6:30 NEW USERS DAYTIME SIG "NEW" - Meets
PM on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the LFPL-Bon 2:00 PM on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at CCUM at
Air Regional, 2816 Del Rio Place. Contact SIG 4614 Brownsboro Road (US 42 & Blankenbaker Lane)
in the Computer Lab (Room 222). Contact SIG
DIRECTOR Brian Miller at sigs@kipcug.org or 749- LEADER Winnie Miller at winnie.miller@att.net
5892
EXCEL INTERMEDIATE SIG - Meetings on PDA SIG - Meetings on Hold - Meets 6:30 PM on the
3rd Tuesday of the month at a location to be deter-
Hold - Meets 6:30 PM on the 2nd Friday of the month mined. Contact SIG DIRECTOR Brian Miller at
at CCUM. Contact SIG DIRECTOR Brian Miller at sigs@kipcug.org or 749-5892
sigs@kipcug.org or 749-5892
REAL ESTATE SIG "NEW"-New Date/Location-
GENEALOGY SIG - Meets 6:30 PM on the 3rd Meets 6:30 PM on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at
Monday of the month at the LFPL-Eline Branch at St. CCUM at 4614 Brownsboro Road (US 42 &
Matthews City Hall Building at the corner of Blankenbaker Lane) in the Computer Lab (Room 222).
Grandview Ave. and Fairfax Ave. about 3 blocks south Contact SIG LEADER Bill Buzan at
of Shelbyville Rd. Contact SIG LEADER Susan Moore re_sig@insightbb.com or 639-7647
at 499-5222 or mooresk@win.net
(www.win.net/mooresk) TECHNICAL MARKET ANALYSIS SIG -
Meets 6:30 PM on the 4th Tuesday of the month at
GENEALOGY II SIG - Meets 6:30 PM on the 2nd Louisville Free Public Library, Crescent Hill Branch,
Thursday of the month at the LFPL-Jeffersontown 2752 Frankfort Avenue in the lower level meeting
Branch, 10635 Watterson Trail. Contact SIG LEADER room. Contact SIG LEADER Myron Smith at 897-
Susan Moore at 499-5222 or mooresk@win.net 7718 or mjslks@insightbb.com
HANDS ON SIG "NEW" - Meets 2:00 PM the 4th UTILITIES SIG - New Date/Time - Meets 6:30 PM
Saturday of the month at the LFPL-Eline Branch at St. on the 4th Thursday of the month at CCUM at 4614
Matthews City Hall Building at the corner of Brownsboro Road (US 42 & Blankenbaker Lane) in the
Grandview Ave. & Fairfax Ave. 3 blocks south of Computer Lab (Room 222). Contact Co-SIG LEAD-
Shelbyville Rd. Contact Co-SIG LEADERS Charley ERS Tom McArdle at usersig@insightbb.com or
May at sig@win.net or Grant McCormick at Charley May at sig@win.net or 425-4604
gmccormick@win.net or Tom McArdle at
usersig@insightbb.com
The DealsGuy
By The DealsGuy, Greater Orlando warranty for $14.95. Stores don't let and hard to understand, although
Computer Users Group by Bob (The you open the box to read the war- apologetic; and they were wrong.
Cheapskate) Click ranty but they might show you a It's working, but I still have a minor
copy or refer you to a URL. problem I hope to iron out.
*Purchase Dates For Hard Drives
*Email Problem Fixed Remember "CameraMate
I quickly heard from readers VideoSafe" and "CameraMate Real
expressing their displeasure about I got the run-a-round from Time Video" by Zio Corp. from last
the HD warranties I wrote about last Earthlink tech support trying to get month's column with rebates (stick-
month. I didn't like the fact that a my old Eudora e-mail program back er on the product's box bought from
HD warranty starts on the build date in operation when it stopped work- the retailer) extended through Sept.
either and I don't know where the ing. They said port options could 30, 2005.
purchase receipt is for a new drive not be changed for their new servers
that I bought (shame on me). I may (true). I downloaded Eudora's ver- *Popular Deal Revived
be able to find it, but this HD has sion 6.2.1.2-sponsored (free) e-mail
been lying around here for a while. program to try. Eudora has a link to Twice in the past few years I have
Your purchase receipt for a Western Earthlink's own Web site for a tuto- featured a discount on products pur-
Digital drive means you're covered, rial to set up the Eudora product, but chased from InkSell.com, and both
but I don't know other manufactur- it still didn't work right. I later times I featured it, the deal was
er's policies. When I opened the box bought the paid version and quite popular. I am not familiar with
for a new Western Digital 80 gig Eudora's tech support walked me prices on inkjet products so you
HD the other day, the warranty through steps to make the change should do your own research. Bryan
wording for it was inside its box, that Earthlink's tech support said Hawkins, Marketing Manager, has
under the drive, printed on the bot- couldn't be done in ver. 6.2 either. It offered to repeat this deal for us and
tom layer of the box. The warranty involved copying and pasting a file it is as follows: "We are going to do
is "for one year from the date on my to get the option. That can also be a promo code for your readers. The
original purchase receipt." That done on the sponsored version. That code is for 15% off all compatible
works, but also included was a card info is on their Web site. In all, "inkjet" products. OEM cartridges
to purchase a three-year extended Earthlink's tech support was no help are excluded. The promotion starts
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