Ocean Hills Computer Club--2002 Newsletters

Happy New Year
             From the January Newsletter
Run a security check on your computer periodically!
Do you like to travel? Here is a site that will prepare you for your tourist destination. A free membership will help you create a homepage with your photos and travel stories.

      From the February Newsletter
If you have lost the product key to reinstall your Windows system (all versions from 95 to XP), here is a free program to get the number from the Registry.
Do you want to knowabout yourself? There is a web site that will report what others think of you.
Surfing the web requires a search engine, which opens the door to endless information. The most popular search engines are the following: Alta Vista; Excite; Google; Hotbot; Infoseek; Lycos; Open Text;WebCrawler; Yahoo.
Do you have time to download a file? You can check it by entering the size of the file into a computer calculator program which will tell you how long it should take at various modem speeds.
There are free tests to check the speed of your current Internet connection.Bandwidth Place; Broadband Reports.

   From the March Newsletter
Patti, the Computer Club Newsletter editor asks for our help. If you know of an interesting or instructive web-site, please let her know of it. We have none for this month.
             Farewell, Rex. We will miss you.



              From the April Newsletter

Do you want to know the rules of games...any and many? Try this web-site.
Free software to download and to check the speed of your Net connection, this site is good enough for your "favorite" list.
Are you a science enthusiast? Here is a web-site to stimulate your imagination.
You can visit the PBS Antiques Roadshow on the internet.

Surfing the Web: Where to Start?, by Dick Travis

       From the May Newsletter
If you are into digital photography and want to set up a slide show of the photos in your computer or on a CD-ROM, this is a free web-site to download the "LPJ-SLIDE SHOW."
Here is another link to a file structure for browsing your photos.

Expand your programs by downloading from these FREE web-sites.

Try this site for classical music pleasure.

An aquarium with exotic fish can be your screen saver when you link to this site.

Surfing the Web: Get Your Email Anywhere, by Dick Travis

From the June Newsletter

Worried about privacy? If you don't want your phone number and address to appear in the google phone book, click on their search box and type in your phone number. You will get your name, address and a map to your address.

Click on the phone icon to the left of your name and scroll down to: "To have your residential or business phone and address information removed from the Google Phonebook, click here."

Fill in the required information, and in 48 hours they will remove you.

There is a web-site that will translate other languages to English. Click on TRANSLATE, which is located on the Tools line under the search box.If you find a text in French or Spanish, click on this site to read it in English.

A site to get diagnostic tools, system analysis, monitor and modem tests. Know your computer!

Surfing the Web: Windows and the World Wide Web,by Dick Travis

From the July Newsletter

Your birthdate is important in history. You can search for events in Automotive history, Civil War, entertainment, Literature, WW2, etc. on this web-site.

"Housecall" is a free virus checking software. After you open the site, click on the personal tab, click on "scan your computer now". When you input your e-mail address and country, Housecall will download its engine to your computer. Click next to the drives you want to scan, click in the box to"auto correct", click on "scan", and Housecall will scan your Registry and System files, and all the drives you selected. Do this regularly.

All online state and federal government services are available with one click.

You will find helpful hints for preventative maintenance for all your major appliances on this site.

Save yourself. No need to comparison shop on your feet for the best price. Search on your computer.

Surfing the Web: Truth or Fiction?, by Dick Travis

From the August Newsletter

There is a web-site on which the federal government maintains a list of "carcinogens". These are things that cause cancer, and you can read and print this list.

To use Google, a popular search engine, you can download a toolbar that gives you immediate access to it.
the Preferences link on the home page lets you customize the language you want to use and the number of search results you want displayed. A SafeSearch filter blocks results with explicit text and/or images.

If your mouse is acting erratically, you might have the Bugbear virus. You can get a free online fix on the web.

For genealogy beginners, there is a good free resource site with lists of books, supplies and services, as well as many other links.

There are several web-sites for those who enjoy Del Mar horse-racing.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association offers news, feature stories, statistics, a tutorial on wagering and a glossary.
Buy tickets online, play the Online Handicapping Challenge,or download racing wallpaper for your computer.
There is an online companion to the thoroughbred racing museum in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Surfing the Web: Refining the Information Highway, by Dick Travis

From the September Newsletter

From the September Newsletter

You will be happy if this web-site helps you control SPAM.

Surfing the Web: Photo Albums For Your Friends, by Dick Travis

                From the October Newsletter

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