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Y2K

For the record, the Y2K bug CANNOT be fixed just by adjusting the time setting in Windows!
 
 
 
 

TIP OF THE MONTH

The choice is yours - pay monthly or get free internet with a little loss of privacy. Personally, I think my privacy is worth a monthly fee, but if you don't, here's the details:
http://microav.com
 

 

SITES FOR SORE EYES

VCR Fixer
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VCR got you down? Need some simple repair instructions? Most VCRs can be repaired with no electronics knowledge at all. Try "The Self Service Website" at:
http://www.fixer.com
 
 

AMAZON.COM

KC TIP

DAM is Digital Automatic Music. It is a new way to sell CDs that contains songs in both MP3 and stardard CD audio format. So you can play them on your stereo and on your computer.

Check out some of those hot DAM CDs:
http://www.mp3.com/store
 
 
 
 

WinTips

TipWorld
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There is another site out there that outshines us by miles with their daily tips on dozens of subjects: TipWorld. Sign up for some of their free e-mail newsletters. Subjects range from popular software to internet and web help to health, home, money, and lifestyles. But be careful, don't sign up for too many at once! Heeeeeere's TipWorld:
http://www.tipworld.com
 
 
 
 

Keyboard Shortcut Du Jour

StickyKeys

Tired of stretching your hands from one end of the keyboard to the other to reach those oft-used keyboard shortcuts (such as Ctrl-Alt-Delete)? Turn on StickyKeys, and you can press these same combos with a single finger--ONE KEY AT A TIME!

- Open the Control Panel (Start - Settings - Control Panel)
- Click Accessibility Options
- select Use StickyKeys

Test it: press the Ctrl key, then the Alt key, then the Delete key. Presto, the Close Program box opens. Turn StickyKeys off by pressing Shift five times. Turn it back on by pressing Shift five times, then press Enter. Practice!

More Windows Tips
 
 

!!Hoax & Virus Alert!!

True scenario: Fremont, California. Four masked and heavily armed men approach a small, nondescript building. Their target: a manufacturer and distributor of computer memory and components.

Sound like NYPD Blue? This type of high-tech robbery happens all the time. Such crimes cost companies more than a million dollars a day in Silicon Valley alone.

Technology firms aren't the only losers. Thieves sell the goods to consumers via the gray market. Other crooks work more subtly: They buy cheap CPUs, doctor them (or the motherboards they're connected to) to run at higher-than-rated speeds (a process called overclocking), re-mark them to look like the real thing, and sell them to unsuspecting customers. You may be using one in your PC without knowing it. Re-marked CPUs are unpredictable--they might work, they might not. Such a processor could be DOA, or only buckle under heavy use, taking your data with it.

If you shop at a swap meet, an online auction, a little-known mail-order company, or a local computer shop--your chances of encountering the gray market increase. You may first discover that your product is stolen when you call the company for technical support or warranty repair and are asked for a serial number. Often, the only indication that you may have a stolen CPU is a price that seems too good to be true--but even that's not always the case.

So if you're hunting for bargains, be cautious. Before you get too excited about a seemingly great deal, take a hard look at just how much money you'll be saving.
[adapted from an article by Christina Wood and Kirk Steers in PC World]
 

And remember, all the latest info on viruses and hoax emails are here: 
http://www.kahl.net/hoax
 
 
 

Save on Calls with Calling Cards

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NetTips

You can also click FILE in the pull down menu and select SEND PAGE

Or if you are using the Internet Explorer browser click FILE in the pull down menu and select SEND. Then you can choose either PAGE BY EMAIL or LINK BY EMAIL.

Try it! If you have a website you think we should know about send it to us!!
 
 
 
 

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Cheers, 

Alex 
Kahl Consultants 
http://www.kahl.net
 
 

THE PLUG

Jeepney Gang
http://www.jeepneygang.com

ARIS Academic Research Information System
http://www.grantsinfo.com

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THE PUNCH LINE

The Fine Print

* CTRL: Control Key (there are 2 of these on your pretty little keyboard)
* ESC: Escape key (top left of your keyboard)
* Home & End Keys: found next to the Page Up and Page Down keys, to the
right of the alphanumeric portion of your keyboard (even on laptops)
* Keyboard combinations: hold down the first key, then press second key shortly

MORE TIPS????
NetTools has the entire collection: 
http://www.kahl.net/tools/tips.html