Smoke Signals
Dear Members and Friends
The Communications SIG will be on next Friday 13 June at 1.00 pm. Seniors SIG will commence at 10.00 am and run until noon. I am sure I'll be attending both next Friday and look forward to catching up with you all at both or at either.
Thank you to many who have phoned or emailed about my health. I can assure you I am well again and looking forward to the SIGs again.
Regards
Terry Eakin
Dear Members,
The Communications SIG will be held on Friday 14 March 2008 commencing at 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm.
I will be absent due to a long standing commitment but do turn up and a member will provide his knowledge to you in an easy learning format.
Don't forget Seniors at 10.00 am so make it a full day out and go to both SIGs.
Regards,
Terry Eakin
Better than a holiday
Have you ever thought of changing your browser's homepage? That's
the page that appears whenever you open Internet Explorer, Netscape,
Mozilla, Opera or whatever browser you use. It's actually very easy to
do and makes a refreshing change. 
Most of the latest browsers also allow you to automatically open
multiple page-tags to those sites you visit often. But be assured, you
can just as easily go back to your boring old default page if you are
ever feeling insecure.
The procedure is pretty much the same with all browsers: Simply open the page you want as your new or additional homepage | Click on Tools | Click on Internet Options | Click Use current | Click OK. All done! Only when all else fails should you ever read the Help files.
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2
Mozilla recently released Thunderbird 2, a major update to its free,
open source email client. Thunderbird 2 offers easy ways to manage and
organize your email with message tags, advanced folder views, message
history navigation, find as you type, and improved new mail alert
notifications. Thunderbird 2 also includes support for Microsoft Vista
and an updated user interface.
Thunderbird 2 is immediately available for Windows, Mac, or Linux
operating systems in over 35 languages as a free download from Thunderbird 2
MySpace and Skype Announce Partnership Bringing Free Internet Voice
Communications to MySpace Global Community
Partnership Creates World's Largest Online Voice-Connected Community
Beta Version of 'MySpaceIM with Skype' Announced Today
LOS ANGELES/LUXEMBOURG, October 17, 2007 - MySpace, the world's most
popular social network and Skype, the leading Internet communications
company, today announced a partnership to empower the MySpace community
with voice communications. With more than 110 million monthly active
MySpace users and 220 million Skype registered users around the world,
this partnership connects two of the most popular communications
platforms on the Internet to create the world's largest online,
voice-connected community.
Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?
OE has a long and troubled history with compacting folders. In the most current version, OE compacts all folders automatically after you open and close the program 100 times. Compacting folders is absolutely essential for maintaining your files in good working order. Therefore,
- Do not interrupt the process once it has begun.
- It is best not to use your computer at all until the process is complete, which can take a few minutes.
- Under no circumstances must you ever use Task Manager to kill the msimn.exe process, or put your computer on Standby, or turn off the power, or use a memory-intensive program while compaction is occurring. Any of those can cause destruction of your files and the loss of your messages.
If you don't like waiting for that 100th closing, you can compact all folders manually at any time. For best results always use this procedure:
- On the File menu, click Work Offline so that no new messages will be arriving.
- In the Folder list, click on Outlook Express so that no e-mail or news folder is open.
- Close the Folder list by clicking the X in the upper right-hand corner of the list panel. Alternatively you can click Layout on the View menu, and then clear the checkbox for "Folder List".
- On the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Compact All Folders. Do not use your computer until the process is complete, which might take several minutes.
- If an error occurs, close Outlook Express, re-open it, and begin the process again from the top. If the same error occurs again, close Outlook Express, restart your computer (or log off and then log on again), open Outlook Express and then begin the whole process again.
Unfortunately that does not reset the internal counter to zero, so OE will still compact after the 100th closing. You can edit the registry manually to reset the counter, or you can use OE Tool to compact all folders and reset the counter at the same time. To reset it manually: (Use caution)
- Close Outlook Express and all message windows.
- Click Start, click Run and type without quotes "regedit".
- Navigate to this key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
where GUID is the long number used for your Identity. - In the right-hand pane, double-click "Compact Check Count", then change the value to zero.
Source: Inside Outlook Express - Frequently asked questions.
