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Latest Virus Threats
W32.Secefa.A
W32.Secefa.A
is a worm with back door capabilities that drops another threat onto
the compromised computer.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.secefa.a.html
Microsoft Says Windows Vista Will
Be Released No Later Than 8/31/06
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051126-5630.html
Microsoft Finally Acknowledges
Another IE Security Flaw
http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=7059
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 Fun
Stuff
Each
week we stumble across interesting, educational and fun sites on the
internet.
We hope you enjoy this section of our
newsletter as much as we do! But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
Icon Wars!
Ever
wonder what your computer is doing at night? This is an oldie but
goodie!
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/icon-war.htm
Hmmm...
Makes
you wonder what they were thinking...
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/things_that_make_you_go_hmmm.htm
And You Thought Your Computer Was
Old?
Just take
a gander at some of these old-timers...
http://www.old-computers.com/
The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and
Printing
Everything
you wanted to learn about our paper money...
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/
The Science of Gardening
Great site that shows how the
plants we tend feed our bodies, our minds, and our senses...
http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/index.html
 Web
Hosting
Tips
Do
you
have a domain website hosting account with
us? If so, you'll want to check this section for handy tips
to
help make your website standout from the crowd. Sometimes
we'll
give tips about working with your Plesk Control Panel. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
Yes!! You Can Use osCommerce
Shopping Cart With PayPal and USPS!
Recently
I was asked if osCommerce could be used on a non-SSL (secure
socket layers) secured website using PayPal as the SSL
secure credit card processor and using the United States Postal Service
as the shipping vendor. The answer, I am happy to report is a
resounding "Yes"! So we set out to install our own on-line store under
those conditions and to document some of the installation processes and
configuration settings.
I am in the process of
recording this project in a new help file called "Getting
Started With osCommerce".
Using this guide, you can start your own osCommerce
shopping cart on your Bright
Ideas Computing hosted domain website account. For more information and
to get a feel for what osCommerce looks like, you can refer to the
following links...
http://www.bictx.com/oscommerce.html
http://www.bictx.com/shop/
 Linspire
Linux Tips
Linspire
Linux is a great operating system that is
designed to be the easiest of all desktop linux distributions.
If
you haven't tried it for yourself yet, ask for a free demo CD the next
time we service your computer. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
Develop
Your Own Software Applications With Gambas
Gambas
is a graphical development environment
based on a Basic interpreter, like MS Visual Basic. It uses the Qt
toolkit, but is able to use any other toolkit for which a module is
written.
With Gambas, you can quickly design your program
GUI, access MySQL
or PostgreSQL databases, pilot KDE applications with DCOP, translate
your program into many languages, and so on...
http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=9261
Linspire Linux Tip of
The Week
Don't
forget to check the archive link at that page for previous tips...
http://www.linspire.com/tooltips.php
Latest Linspire Letter....
http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter.php
Michael's Latest Minute...
http://www.michaelrobertson.com/
 Microsoft
Windows
Tips
Microsoft Windows is
still the operating system that most people are familiar with.
Many businesses have based their requirements around
this
commercial operating system and so it remains the cornerstone of our
onsite support service. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites. Get
The Lead Out And Speed Up Your Start Menu!Is
your Windows XP Start menu annoyingly slow? Well there's a way to
really speed it up but this requires a minor registry hack. So if
you're careful and already familiar with using the registry editor, you
can juice up your Start menu's performance with just a few mouse
clicks. But
please click
here to
read our disclaimer before
attempting this hack.
1. Open the Registry Editor...
Start -> Run
-> Type "regedit" in Run -> Click Ok
2.
Click "File -> Export", choose a backup name and location to
save your registry. 3. Select the "All"
radio button in the "Export Range" section and then click the "Save"
button. 4. Navigate to and
highlight HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.  5.
Double-click the MenuShowDelay item. The default value is 400
and represents the number of milliseconds of delay before the
Start menu will open its menu lists.
6.
Change the numeric value from 400 to anything less. Setting this value
to "0" will eliminate the delay altogether but I like a more
comfortable setting of about "200".
7.
Click Ok and close the Registry Editor. 8. Log off
and then log back in and test the new speed of your Start Menu. There!
Now you should enjoy a faster and more responsive Start Menu.
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"I
returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor
the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches
to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and
chance happeneth to them all." ~Ecclesiastes 9:11
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Happy
Computing!
Tomas
Bright Ideas Computing
Kerrville,
Texas
http://www.bictx.com
830-895-5016
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