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I've decided to add a selection of links that have been previously mentioned in the IT Suite.
http://www.gimp.org - A free image editing package.
http://www.getfirefox.com - An easy to use alternative to Internet Explorer. link updated
http://toolbar.google.com - Google toobar with handy popup blocker and spell checker. Works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
http://free.grisoft.com - A free Anti Virus soution for your PC. Updates automatically too!
If you can think of any more that might be of use for other people please let me know.
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I guess you watch The IT Crowd on CH4 Martyn, or is that just a standard IT engineer's reply?! 
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 Love your sig by the way - I'd edit it to reflect a more truthful question that my guys ask: Have you tired of turning it off and on again??? Makes me sound picky but I'm not trying to be, honest! It's that dodgy 'e' key! One application I use at home is the Microsoft version of Antispyware, or Defender as they now call it.
Hey....it could also read....."Have you TRIED turning it off and on again"......there are also the the four magic letters that don't require the missing keyboard 'e' to bring a computer back to life...
R.T.F.M...........(READ the F'Guess'g Manual)...
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C.T.F.C...........(CHECK the F'Guess again'g Connections)...
Works for me everytime...... ....I love this Techy stuff.. 
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This is, of course, if we are talking about the same thing Martyn..
Kipper,
February 09, 2006
Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation
Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop
San Francisco - Google today announced a new "feature" of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy. If a consumer chooses to use it, the new "Search Across Computers" feature will store copies of the user's Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google's own servers, to enable searching from any one of the user's computers. EFF urges consumers not to use this feature, because it will make their personal data more vulnerable to subpoenas from the government and possibly private litigants, while providing a convenient one-stop-shop for hackers who've obtained a user's Google password.
"Coming on the heels of serious consumer concern about government snooping into Google's search logs, it's shocking that Google expects its users to now trust it with the contents of their personal computers," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "If you use the Search Across Computers feature and don't configure Google Desktop very carefully—and most people won't—Google will have copies of your tax returns, love letters, business records, financial and medical files, and whatever other text-based documents the Desktop software can index. The government could then demand these personal files with only a subpoena rather than the search warrant it would need to seize the same things from your home or business, and in many cases you wouldn't even be notified in time to challenge it. Other litigants—your spouse, your business partners or rivals, whoever—could also try to cut out the middleman (you) and subpoena Google for your files."
The privacy problem arises because the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986, or ECPA, gives only limited privacy protection to emails and other files that are stored with online service providers—much less privacy than the legal protections for the same information when it's on your computer at home. And even that lower level of legal protection could disappear if Google uses your data for marketing purposes. Google says it is not yet scanning the files it copies from your hard drive in order to serve targeted advertising, but it hasn't ruled out the possibility, and Google's current privacy policy appears to allow it.
"This Google product highlights a key privacy problem in the digital age," said Cindy Cohn, EFF's Legal Director. "Many Internet innovations involve storing personal files on a service provider's computer, but under outdated laws, consumers who want to use these new technologies have to surrender their privacy rights. If Google wants consumers to trust it to store copies of personal computer files, emails, search histories and chat logs, and still 'not be evil,' it should stand with EFF and demand that Congress update the privacy laws to better reflect life in the wired world."
For more on Google's data collection:
http://news.com.com/FAQ+When+Google+...66.html?tag=nl http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar..._roils_the_web http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DGEPGPHA61.DTL http://news.com.com/%20Bill+would+fo...3-6036951.html
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I think what they are talking about is the Google Desktop Search, this technology does not apply to the toolbar.
I personally don't use the Desktop Search, both MSN and Google, I'm waiting to see what Windows Vista is like with its improved search. (I've had a go, but it is too early to tell at this stage)
At the moment however, I use Spotlight on Mac OS X 'Tiger' v10.4
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I get to say it quite often, it's second in line to "Log out, then back in again". Getting the base unit switched off buys us Techies a bit more thinking time <snip>
It works surprisingly well, most of the time!
Most users hate us saying it because they have 47 applications open 'to do their daily work' and it takes them ages to re-open them once re-booted. The fact rebooting often works is somehow irrelevant if it causes them even more inconvenience!
The 1st thing IT staff should do when responding to a 'disaster' is back up the current (broken) situation. This is to allow thinking time and ensure any 'corrective' action will not make the situation worse.
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just come across these pages if you are looking for free software a good reliable and safe download site is
www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads
a good infomation site and a IT mag with plain speaking detailed help and solutions. hope this will be a help to you all
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This is a great magazine with many useful tips
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I thought i'd add a couple of links that people may not know about:-
www.7dayshopping.com - for cheap printer cartridges, camera memory cards and ink jet papers. They are based in Jersey and delivery is about a week.
www.gamershell.com - excellent site for latest gaming patches, demos and news. Very fast downloads
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why can't i open more than one window
Can you explain that question a little bit more.....?
Are you saying that if you open Internet Explorer you can't, say, open Outlook Express over the top of it, or Lowestoftonline over the top of that....?...
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Think that opening more than one “screen” at a time in Internet Explorer is only available in IE7.
When you open IE it usually opens at your “home page” by default, and that is your first “tab”. It’s just above your home page – and is a wide “tab” with the word Google (or whatever your homepage is). Immediately next to that “tab” is a small tab. To view other sites and leaving Google open, click on that small tab, then type in the address of the new site, send it, and that site will open. Again, at the top of the page is a tab stating Google, and another one which will show the name of the new site. You can then open another one in the same way, etc. etc. and so forth.
If I open sites from “Favorites” – I go to the appropriate section - e.g. LoL is in a section entitled "Genealogy", I first of all hold down the Ctrl key, then click the link for Lowestofonline - which will then open that site. Then you can open others the same way.
To close any tab that you no longer need, just click on that tab and a small “x” appears, click on that, and that page closes.
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i cant get out look express full stop.i loose lol each time go back to yahoo,to see my mail.if could get oe be easier.told cos i live in lowi that bt can't let me use oe.this never happen in london.think someone talking crap here.i also get awful noise like creeking door when i do things with files.windows 98 was lot better.thanks kip
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if could get oe be easier.told cos i live in lowi that bt can't let me use oe.this never happen in london. think someone talking crap here.
This sounds very odd – that you can’t get OE. Think someone’s been telling you porkies – that “because you live in lowi BT can’t let you use OE”. OE is a program within Windows – it has nothing to do with BT. Assuming that OE is there, then this would suggest that it’s not been set up to connect with your ISP.
Which version of Windows are you using – XP?
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they have been telling me porkies and i been paying for them.doing my head in.dont know wot to do.they said that bt and e dont gell very well.had no probs in london.and i total computer moron.
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beatlechick: do you have any friends who have computers and could have a look at your setup for you? It's probably not too big a problem and could help you get it sorted.
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hi all
you people who keep losing lowestoftonline have you got this page as your home page or bookmark/favorites please
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maybe I'm reading this wrong...but I don't know what you mean when you say you 'Lose' a Window if you open another.....
If you are looking at LOL and want to go to another site, just minimise LOL or whatever programme you wish into your Tray.....it can then be opened again with just one click....
In fact you can have all youir minimised Windows open at the same time by RIGHT clicking an empty space in your tray, and selecting 'Cascade' or 'Tile' windows any way you like......
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Hi Meryl, can you tell me please how to go about making a signature and a picture to put at the end of my posts. thanks omgiexx
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Generally speaking that is what I do Kipper. If however I am looking at LOL and decide to ask Google for something by typing into the small GOogle slot at the top, then as soon as I click go, the LOL disappears.
If you type into the Address bar of a Window you already have open, e.g. LOL, and press Enter, you will close down LOL instantly, that's normal.....
I have 'Internet Explorer' - 'Outlook Express' and 'Desktop' icons permanently in my tray next to Start.......Sooooooooo, if I have LOL open and I want to check on something or open another Window using my Browser Google....I just click the IE Icon in the Tray which opens Google on TOP of LOL.....Soooo..when I've finished with the other Windows I've opened, I just close them until I get back to LOL........I hope that all makes sense, doing it and explaining it are two different things...Right?..... 
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This is getting quite hard now, if you minimise LOL and go into google, LOL will disapear but if you minimise the site you are using you will find LOL is there in the background
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Hi Meryl, can you tell me please how to go about making a signature and a picture to put at the end of my posts. thanks omgiexx
Hi Eth, I could try to explain but it is a bit long winded. Dorothy Ann has made one for you which I will happily insert to you signature space. However if you have a pic of your own , then just insert it via the Browse slot and I will pick it up and ad it for you. Get back to me and tell me what you want to do.
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Hi Meryl, thanks for this, could you use this picture please xx
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Thanks everso much Meryl, that was very kind of you xxx
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can someone help,i got tab browsing don't like it but jus recently in the tabs it keeps saying vista,and i no got vista got xp.would like to browse like did wen had windows 98 is it poss
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Ideally you want to be able to uninstall internet explorer 7 and reinstall internet explorer 6. However, I believe that Microsoft will not let you do that - I don't think they have ie6 available for download on their site anymore. I think that when you first upgraded there would have ben a warning box telling you this - it is Microsofts way of forcing you to do it 'their' way.
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If you don't like the way that Internet Explorer behaves, you could always try Firefox. They too have tabs - and in fact were the first browser to do so - but they do act in a slightly different way. Personally I switched to Firefox a year ago BECAUSE of the tabs, and then switched back again when ie7 came out as it has slightly better functions.
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I may be preaching to the converted but it doesn't appear when i do a search on this site, has anyone tried www.filehippo.com?
Full of free useful software all in one place...also a new function on there that automatically alerts you to updates on existing software you may have on your PC.
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Can anyone help please. I am not very computer literate. I pay £25 per month to BT for an 8 mb broadband connection. Last night my son ran a check on my connection and found that it is less than 1 mb. Is this normal? i have just put in a complaint about it as i understand i can get 1 mb elsewhere for about £8 per month.
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My lad showed me this site www.find-dvd.co.uk it does price checks on dvd's, game's, book's, cd's and a wide range of electrical bit's and bob's (tv, fridges, phones etc even iron's ) hope some members find it usefull.
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Steve and Patricia.
You gotta love life, because life loves you.
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Most broadband suppliers state that you can get UP TO 8mb , but in reality it's usually betwen 2-3 mb that we actually receive..
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Hi All,
Just downloaded software called System Protect which is free and I find it has stopped many files from being Hijacked its well worth using and it saves many problems re-occuring. go to
www.system-protect.com/
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there a site apparently you can go to or something you can do to check if a site really is locked anyone know what it is thanks
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i got system protect now,it really is good....this yeild manager still hovering about
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For a full online PC tuneup try THIS site. (PC Pitstop). You have to register (quick, easy and free) but it's quite safe, reliable and I have been using it for years, very handy!
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As for other internet browsers.
Opera 9.6 is fast and efficient, has alot of the firefox addons as stand, available free at
www.opera.com
Google Chrome also works, but its fairly slow and graphics intesive, available from links on the google homepage.
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Well I am glad I didn't find them. Would have worried me to death!
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I had Google earth and somehow the shortcut and programme have disappeared.Can someone supply the link to the free download,please.
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my son use an app for phone bar code checker.it .brill.anyone else use one.going see if i can download one to my nokia.may only b able to use on android but giving it ago
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I had a mobile quite a few years ago (can't remember the make/model) that had a barcode scanner built into it. I think it was a little before it's time and could find no real use for it then. May well have had a use today with more internet use than there was then with mobiles.
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great tip.if get skype through mob phone then can use it make free mob phone calls anywhere in world.no mob price calls
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