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No107- -Q: How do I record my voice and assign it to a function in Windows? -Joe
A: Recording yourself saying Youve got junk mail! or Dont quit your day job! and assigning it to an appropriate event can spice up the computing experience. Windows comes with a small program called Sound Recorder that can generally be found in your Accessories group (depending upon your version). Windows 95 users click on Start/Programs/Accessories/Multimedia and Windows 98 users click on Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment to access the sound recorder. Be sure to plug a microphone into the mic jack on the back of your computer before getting started. To test your setup, simply click on the button with the red dot (record) on the far right and begin to talk into the microphone. If you see the solid green line in the middle begin to move, you are ready to go. If it does not move when in the record mode, your microphone input could be muted or you plugged the mic into the wrong jack. To check your input settings, double click on the little yellow speaker icon in your Systray (bottom right corner of your screen, next to the clock) and make sure that your microphone input level is at least half way up and the mute option is not checked. The Sound Recorder does not save the sound until you tell it to; so dont be afraid of filling up the hard drive while you are testing. If you start and stop the recorder, all sounds will be saved to the same file, so if you mess up and want to start over, be sure to click on File/New and click on No when asked to save the unwanted sound. Try to keep the sound to less than 5 seconds if you want to assign it to an event, because often times your computer may pause for the entire length of the sound file while playing it. Once you have the sound that you wanted, be sure to save it to the C:\Windows\Media folder to keep it with the rest of your system sound files. (The Sound Recorder can also be used to create a voice message to send via e-mail. Just remember where you save the file and send it as an attachment!) To assign this new sound to a function, click on Start/Settings/Control Panel/Sounds. This will open the Sounds Properties window with a list of Events in the middle. Lets say that you took my advice and recorded Dont quit your day job! and want it to play every time you exit. Find the Exit Windows event and click on it. This will show you the current sound assignment in the Name: box and will allow you to preview it. To change this event to the new sound, click on the Browse button to show all available sound files. Find the sound file that you created and double click it. This new sound is now associated with the Exit Windows event. (If you want to sample files before choosing one, single-click them then press the play button at the bottom of the window.) Important: AOL users should be aware that AOL related sounds are in their own section of the list. Changing the New Mail Notification event for Windows will not change AOLs Youve got mail sound, for example.

No108- -Starting Outlook Express
Since you most often want to read the new messages in your
Outlook Express Inbox when you run the program, why not
have Outlook Express open at the inbox? To do this, run
Outlook Express and choose Tools|Options. When the Options
dialog box opens, click the General tab (if necessary) and
select the check box labeled "When starting, go directly to
my inbox folder." Click OK to close the dialog box and
accept your new selection.

No109- - To shut off your sound when dialing in to your ISP.
For Windows 95 and 98. Double left click on my computer then double left click on dial-up networking then right click on your ISP then left click on properites then left on configure then slid the slider to off.

Trisha_WV this is not the mainframe
they are talking about. They mean
the mainframe in your computer.

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Mr Boots

No111- -What Microsoft antivirus software? By John DvorakPC Magazine December 6, 2001 7:35 AM PT
COMMENTARY-- For years I have used the following explanation when people ask me why Microsoft doesn't bundle antivirus software: Although Microsoft has never ruled out the notion of adding antivirus software to its offerings in the past, it has had no real bottom-line reason to do so. Microsoft does not do anything unless it fends off a threat to the core business or makes money. So why develop a huge company infrastructure to support antivirus software? There is no way Microsoft could sell the software, because people would demand that it be bundled as part of the operating system. And Microsoft would have to do that anyway, to have a consistent story about how it innovates. So where is the additional revenue? With antivirus software, there is none: It's just an added expense. So, I was just as surprised as anyone else when Bill Gates told a small group having dinner with him in Manhattan just before the launch of Windows XP that the company may be reconsidering its position on the issue. Note that Microsoft is already toying with building firewall protection into the OS, as with Windows XP. There doesn't seem to be any money in that either. So what's going on? I think Microsoft will incorporate antivirus software into its system for marketing reasons that are directly related to the company's .NET strategy. I also suspect that Microsoft will license the software from an existing antivirus company and put it under the Microsoft label, but that's not important. What is important is the underlying reason for all thisand it's not computer security. Microsoft wants people to get used to the idea of 24/7 online connections to Microsoft. Antivirus software would let the company connect to users' machines more than ever before. People don't necessarily like this idea. They don't trust the company, and over the years they've fretted that Microsoft might look at their Quicken records or spy to see whose competitive software is listed in the Registry, and then erase crucial files. These notions are crazy, but they simmer deep in the public consciousness. Anyway, Microsoft has to find some reasonable excuse to access your machine. And antivirus updates are that excuse. The company believes that if it can get people used to constant updating, it can then use the connections for other purposes as well. The other purposes, of course, are mercantile. Microsoft wants to sell you hats and CDs and get you to subscribe to newsletters. In the viral update process, you'll somehow become a Passport user, too. Already the company says that every 12-year-old with a Hotmail account is an active Passport user. So Microsoft can claim huge usage numbers. Over time, people will come to see Passport as the obvious choice, and then you can kiss Sun ONE and other competitive schemes good-bye. Many of these ideas flow from the MSN team. Microsoft seems intent on eventually making that service a true success. MSN is hardly a flop, but it's not having the kind of success that Office enjoys. And MSN isn't even close to its competitor, AOL. Over the years Microsoft must have been galled by watching AOL take over people's machines and do gratuitous upgrades. "AOL is updating the system; your account will not be charged." Users are not even given a choice, yet nobody complains. This has got to eat at Microsoft, since when updating a system, it has to apologize for the intrusion and ask permission, even beg users to accept the upgrade. Insiders at Microsoft must squeal with glee as they imagine how daily antivirus updates would change the perceptions of users. As viruses pour onto the scene, Microsoft could easily update software daily. Maybe a few times a day! The downside to all this, of course, is the antivirus software itself. Will it be as good as what we currently have? Will we be able to disable it and use Kaspersky or Symantec products? Probably, but the Microsoft antivirus product will be the in-house software that is bundled with the OS and will dominate for as long as it works. But Microsoft has overlooked the distinct possibility that its software will be even more of a target for hackers and crackers. One massive breakdown and you can be certain that people will flock back to the third-party folks and leave Microsoft right back where it started, only stuck with supporting an expensive

No112- -States to focus on unbundling Windows Reuters December 6, 2001 4:38 AM PT
WASHINGTON-- State attorneys general pressing the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. may ask a judge to order the company to offer a cheaper, stripped-down version of its Windows operating system, a source familiar with the case said on Wednesday. The nine states still suing Microsoft are eying the requirement as part of a proposed antitrust remedy they are scheduled to submit to U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Friday. Requiring an "unbundled" version of Windows is one of several ideas the states are considering as they try to come up with sanctions that will be tougher than those agreed to by Microsoft, the U.S. Justice Department and nine of the other states who have signed on to a settlement of the case. The draft remedy also would strike down a long list of loopholes in the current settlement deal and do more to ensure that Microsoft discloses key source code in Windows to other software makers, the source said. The draft also contains a provision that would require Microsoft to include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language in its new Windows XP operating system and ensure that its Office software is compatible with other software platforms, the source said. Microsoft had included Java in its operating system for years but dropped it from Windows XP because of legal problems with Sun Microsystems. Lawyers representing the hold-out states held meetings today with antitrust experts and industry officials to get feedback on a draft remedy proposal, sources said. Getting an earful"They're getting input from lots of different players, and they're getting an earful," the source said. The hold-out states are California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, West Virginia and Utah. Representatives of those states declined to comment on what kind of remedy they will propose. In addition, the draft remedy proposal would require Kollar-Kotelly to appoint a "special master" to oversee the remedy, according to the same source. Under the current settlement, that task would go to a three-person technical committee. "I think they're seriously committed to getting an effective remedy," said another source who has met with the attorneys general lawyers. The hold-out states will present their remedy proposal as an alternative to the settlement reached by the Justice Department. In the settlement, Microsoft has agreed to take steps to give computer makers more freedom to feature rival software on their machines. The deal also requires the company to share parts of the inner workings of its Windows operating system with other software makers. The settlement would be enforced by a three-person technical committee and would stay in effect for at least five years. The department says the existing settlement terms are strong enough to stop the company's monopolistic practices and would provide "the most effective and certain relief in the most timely manner." Abused monopolyA federal appeals court ordered the remedy hearings in a June 28 ruling, having concluded that the company abused its monopoly in personal computer operating systems. Continuing to litigate could drag the case out for another two years, the department says. But Microsoft rivals and some consumer groups have panned the deal as weak and ineffectual. They say the agreement will not stop Microsoft from retaliating against personal computer makers that promote non-Microsoft software. Critics also worry the settlement does not ensure that Microsoft will allow a level playing field for other companies' add-on "middleware" products; and does not ensure that Windows will work well with computer servers running non-Microsoft software. Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled a hearing for March to determine what--if any--further--sanctions should be imposed against the company. Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler declined to comment specifically on what might be in the remedy proposal on Friday. But he said the settlement "represents a fair and reasonable compromise" and that the case had been "drastically narrowed" by the appeals court since the original ruling against the company last year.

No113- -Clear The Microsoft Internet Explorer Auto complete History
The AutoComplete history for forms, etc. can get full (or
corrupted). To clear the AutoComplete history, run
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (or greater) and choose
Tools |Internet Options. When the dialog opens, click the
Content tab. Click AutoComplete button to open the
AutoComplete options. Now you can click Clear Forms to
clear your AutoComplete history. A dialog box will open
asking if you want to clear all the forms. Click OK to
continue. Click OK to close the AutoComplete Settings
dialog box. Back in Internet Options, click OK.

- Sue Whitehouse

No114- -Cdrom List Creator
If you work the way we do, you probably have a half dozen
or so CDs around with no labels. We tend to cram just as
much as we can get onto a CD, but we never list all its
contents anywhere. After all, listing the comments is a
pain. However, if you download Cdrom List Creator, making a
list becomes an easy job. This is what we did. And we're
glad we did.
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- Eli Cutter

PC- -HELP #9