Downloading files from the free geocities

Geocities free is closing in October. Many folks have asked me how do they copy their html pages to their computer to save them before they are deleted.

Well.... here is the instructions.

File Manager
You can also manually download or copy your page code with File Manager. This option allows you to back up the code used to create your web pages; it will not, however, enable you to copy your images and other site assets, and the process will take significantly more time than downloading your pages with FTP.

1. In the Create & Update, Manage, or Index tab of your GeoCities Control Panel, click the "File Manager" link.
2. Select the file you wish to back up.
3. Click on the "Edit" button at the top of your File Manager.
4. Locate the file you wish to download or back up.
5. Click the box to the left of the file you wish to edit, and click the "Edit" button at the top or bottom of the File Manager.
   Note: If you have GeoCities Plus, click the "Edit" icon next to the file name:
6. This will open the HTML editor. Highlight all of the code on the page, then select "Copy" from the "Edit" menu of your browser's toolbar.
7. Now open a text editor on your computer (such as Notepad, Wordpad, or Simple Text).
8. Select "Paste" from the "Edit" menu of your text editor toolbar. All of the code from your file in your File Manager should appear in this file.
9. Select "File," and then "Save as," in your text editor toolbar.
10. Use the "Save in" or "Look in" field to navigate to the folder on your computer in which you want to save the file.
11. In the "File Name" field , enter a name for your file with the extension .html (for example, yourfile.html). We recommend giving the file the same name as its mirror in your File Manager.
12. If you're using Notepad, next to "Save as type," select "All file types."
13. Click "Save."

How do you reset a Palm?

push the reset button on the back. This will un-freeze it but will not delete info on it.
If you press the on button and the reset till the logo shows up...then press the up arrow it will reformat it, and all the data will be wiped clean.

You can then sync it to you data on your computer.

new hotmail settings

Hotmail changed its mail...now to check in outlook express:
use these settings

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)

POP SSL required? Yes

User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live

SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)

Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)

TLS/SSL required? Yes

False Facebook Apps

Avira warns against fraud using falsified Facebook applications

Virus protection experts explain the risks entailed in using Facebook widgets and offer tips to help users protect their privacy

All Facebook users are familiar by now with the applications that encourage them to take part in games or quizzes. However, these applications can harm users, according to security specialists from Avira.

The harmful applications are cleverly disguised advertising banners that perfectly mimic the appearance and function of the familiar and ever-changing Facebook applications (widgets). If a web surfer clicks one of these, rather than being taken to a trustworthy Facebook application, he will find himself diverted to another server on the Internet without even noticing. The fake widgets are so cleverly programmed and designed that the user’s suspicions are not aroused as he uses them. At the end of the activity, the fraudulent web application will ask for additional information, such as a mobile phone number, to deliver the result of the game. However, the text message sent will prove expensive, because it is the confirmation that the user has agreed to a subscription with the fraudsters. The details are usually only found in the small print, which is easy to overlook: the damage can reach considerable amounts of money, which are debited with the next phone bill.

The risk of giving away too much personal information exists with every application on offer within the social web. Anyone using Facebook applications should only install those from a trusted source and should think carefully about the data they reveal on the platform. It takes just a few easy setting changes to secure your privacy. The right checkmarks can be set in Facebook under Settings/ Privacy Settings. The safest approach is to set all the fields in your Profile to “Only Friends”. Remember that here too, not every person behind a friendship invitation is a real friend.

It is also possible to change the settings for advertisements. The Facebook Ads tab can be found under Settings/ Privacy Settings/ News Feed and Wall. Here, you should select “No One” in the box. It is also possible to set the access rights for the applications: Individual rights can be assigned for all applications under Settings/ Application Settings / Edit Settings. Here it is also advisable to at least set the settings for your private domain to “Only Friends” and to take a close look at the settings for additional approvals.

vista search - short cut windows key

You don't have to open up a special window to find the files or programs you're looking for, Just hit the Windows key or click the Start button and start typing—Vista will show you organized lists of the top files and programs that match the text you've entered. ( full findings, click "See all results" at the bottom of the window.)

Need Multiple Clocks

you can set up Vista to display multiple clocks . Click on the clock in the Start bar, then click "Change date and time settings", then the Additional Clocks tab. Check the box next to "Show this clock" for each additional clock you want to add, then specify the time zone and display name for each clock. Clicking OK, clicking on the clock in the Start bar will show you the clocks for every time zone you've selected.

If you're a traveler you will like this!

7-8-09

today is a lucky day

Tech tip #992

I am often told that a user cannot shut off their computer.....
When nothing else works, if you press in the computer's off button long enough, it will eventually stop resisting and turn off.

Last day of april

Spring cleaning!

Your fan it pulls in air for cooling and then blows it out.

And, along with that air comes dust.

To clean:

1. Unplug the case and open it up
2. Using a can of compressed air (available at your local office supply store), blow the dust out of the computer
3. Or use your vacuum cleaner in the blow out mode
   

New computers watch the CPU's temperature and have thermal cutoffs — if the CPU gets too hot, the computer will shut down without warning!

Blow the dust out of the power supply, too.

Hint: take the computer outside to blow it out.

Do not touch the componets with the vacuum cleaner, just blow out the dust!

today

today I went to the beach...day off

Slow Internet?

Test your internet connection speed at
http://www.speakeasy.net/

Now closing: GeoCities

April 23, 2009 1:37 PM PDT
Now closing: GeoCities, a relic of Web's early days
by Stephen Shankland
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Yahoo! Buzz
Yahoo is closing its GeoCities personal home page service, and with it will go an era of self-expression on the Web that's largely been replaced by social networks and blogs.
GeoCities rose to power during an era when publishing on the Internet meant setting up your own Web site. GeoCities simplified the process by helping people sidestep the complications of registering a domain and learning how to program HTML, the language that describes Web pages.

Yahoo is closing it GeoCities site this year.
Yahoo bought GeoCities for more than $2.9 billion in dot-com-priced stock in 1999, when GeoCities had more than 1.1 million users. However, while the idea of having a personal presence on the Internet has caught on, GeoCities turned out to be a backwater, not the mainstream.
"We will be closing GeoCities later this year.
" Goodbye Geocities, hello FacebookToday, the way people choose to express themselves on the Internet is shifting away from isolated Web pages. Instead they use social-networking sites such as Facebook, with built-in features for creating a profile, staying in touch with contacts, and maintaining at least a little privacy; WordPress, where it's easy to post updates to a blog; or Flickr, where the photographically inclined can meet, share, and comment.
What these services and others including Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, and Blogger possess is a mechanism to notify interested parties of new activity, helping to keep social links pulsing with new information in a way that just can't be replicated by depending on a person to swing by a personal Web site.
GeoCities' vanishing sites?Still unclear is what exactly will become of GeoCities pages. New sign-ups are already no longer permitted, but what about existing sites?
Here's how Yahoo put it: "You can continue to enjoy your Web site and GeoCities services until later this year. You don't need to change a thing right now--we just wanted you to let you know about the closure as soon as possible. We'll provide more details about closing GeoCities and how to save your site data this summer, and we will update the help center with more details at that time."
That leaves open the possibility that Yahoo will make it possible to move a site to another service, as it did when shutting down Yahoo Photos, but in the current climate, it's probably best not to expect such a graceful transition option. Yahoo wouldn't comment on its plans.
Another option is to upgrade to a separate paid Yahoo service: "You don't need to change your service today, but we encourage anyone interested in a full-featured Web hosting plan to consider upgrading to our award-winning Yahoo Web Hosting service."
But given how many GeoCities users weren't technical experts, it seems likely that a lot of amateur Web sites soon will vanish without a trace, a casualty of business priorities and the Internet's rapid changes.
Stephen Shankland covers Google, Yahoo, search, online advertising, portals, digital photography, and related subjects. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered servers, supercomputing, open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank.

Advanced tips using run command

Run Commands that I use

Old dos commands that still are useful

XP start >> Run:

Vista on Start type:

• appwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add/Remove wizard

• Calc --Calculator

• Chkdisk --Repair damaged files

• Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives

• Control --Displays Control Panel

• Cmd --Opens a new Command Window

• Firewall.cpl -- Used to configure windows firewall

• Ftp -ftp.exe program

• Hostname --Returns Computer's name

• Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters

• Logoff -- Used to logoff the computer

• MMC --Microsoft Management Console

• Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files

• Mstsc -- Used to access remote desktop

• Mrc -- Malicious Software Removal Tool

• Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility

• Netstat --Displays all active network connections

• Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server

• Osk ---Used to access on screen keyboard

• Perfmon.msc -- Used to configure the performance of Monitor.

• Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP

• Powercfg.cpl -- Used to configure power option

• Regedit --Registry Edit

• Sfc /scannow -- System File Checker

• Shutdown -- Used to shutdown the windows

• Sfc / scannow -- Used to run system file checker utility.

• Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard

• Sysedit -- Edit system startup files

• Taskmgr --Task manager

• Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host




• Winipcfg --Displays IP configuration

• Winver -- Used to check Windows Version

• Wupdmgr --Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update

• Write -- Used to open WordPad

New tip Speed up Vista

1.right click on My Computer icon then select the option Manage.

2. Computer Management window opens, now select the Device Manager option, then locate the Disk under the Disk Drives.

3. select the enable advanced performance sittings on the disk.

4. click on Ok button to apply the setting

5. restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Rid your computer of the Conficker virus Link

http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10208734-12.html?tag=mncol;txt

Eye chart can help diagnose Conficker

by Seth Rosenblatt

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April Fools' Day passed with much angst over and little action from the Conficker worm, but that doesn't mean it's not a threat.

(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)

Joe Stewart from SecureWorks has put together an effective "eye chart" that sources its graphics from sites that Conficker would block. If you can't see one or more of the images, you're either infected, or image loading in your browser has been disabled.

Firefox users can check if image loading has been disabled under Tools/Options and the Content tab. Load Images Automatically should be checked. Internet Explorer users will find it under Tools/Internet Options, then the Advanced tab. Scroll down to Multimedia, and Show Pictures should be checked.

It's a test based on the fact that Conficker blocks legitimate security Web sites. The logos are sourced remotely, so if they can't load, the sites are also likely to be blocked. If you're seeing blocked images, you should check out the CNET guide to removing Conficker--just because the botnet hasn't done much that's demonstrably malicious yet doesn't mean it can't or won't in the future.

NEWS Comcast e-mail access suffers outage

Comcast e-mail access suffers outage

16 hours, 39 minutes ago

The company's Comcastcares Twitter stream says "there is an e-mail server outage" affecting its customers. A fix expected at 11 a.m. apparently arrives at about 2:45 p.m.

(Posted in Wireless by Zoë Slocum)