Informational Sites

Abandoned mines:

site http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/website/geosurvey/omsiua/disclaimer.htm

Mahoning County Maps:

site http://gis.mahoningcountyoh.gov

go to map viewer in the menu bar .

Sex Offenders in your area ?

site to find out ! www.ag.state.oh.us

Type in your street and area code, and it will tell you if an offender

lives within a one mile radius of your home .

do you have savings bonds ? want to know what they are worth ?

site go to google and type in --( savings bond wizard )--

download the program and it will give you there current value

if you type in the number on the bond.

D. Wilson

Meeting Notes

Security

• Microsoft releases new security updates the second Tuesday of every month
• This month: two critical updates
• MS05-019 or KB893066-- for XP users only
• MS05-020 or KB890923-- for 98SE, Me, and XP
• For more detail:
• www.microsoft.com/security
• Choose “Windows Security Updates”
• Even better:
• windowsupdate.microsoft.com

To make your computer safer, set up Automatic Updates

• For Windows 98, there are no Automatic Updates. But there is a tool that will notify you when critical updates are available. Use Windows Update, check out the “non-critial” section for the Critial Update Notification Tool.
• For Windows Me: Start, Control Panel, Automatic Updates. No auto-install, but auto-downloading is available.
• Automatic Updates for Windows XP
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• Full automatic download and installation is available.
• If you have Service Pack 2 installed, use the Security Center to check your settings.
• <><>Start, Control Panel, Security Center, Manage Settings for Automatic Updates<>
• <><>More details:
• http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security

Cool Web Pages:

• Google can now search package tracking numbers for FedEx, UPS, etc.
• Vehicle id's (VINs), patent numbers, even FAA plane registrations!
• For more details: www.google.com/help/features.html

Next version of Windows

• Code name: Longhorn
• Beta version this summer
• Planned on being released at the end of 2006
• More safety features
• Uses the 3D features of graphics cards
• Advanced search for files

Make your own icons:

1. Start – All Programs – Accessories – Paint
2. Choose Image – Attibutes
3. Make width and height 32 pixels
4. Add your graphics
5. File – Save As – end file the file name with a “.ico”

Screen Saver from your pictures

1. Start – Control Panel – Appearance & Themes – Display
2. Screen Saver tab
3. Choose My Pictures Slideshow from the drop-down list
4. Click Settings
5. Click Browse to choose a folder (it chooses My Pictures by default)
6. Click OK to save settings.
7. Try Preview
8. Click OK to close Display Settings

Photo Printing Wizard
Print our your pictures in a variety of standard sizes

1. Start – My Documents
2. Turn off Folders view if it is on
3. Open up My Pictures and select a picture or group of pictures
4. Click “Print These Pictures” on the task bar on the left
5. Follow the prompts (choose pictures, choose how they print, number of times a picture is used, etc.)

To make a backup copy of your Outlook Express e-mail message files:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. Select the folder location, and then press CTRL+C to copy the location.
4. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.
5. Click Start, and then click Run.
6. In the Open box, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.
7. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
8. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.
9. Right-click any empty space on your desktop, click New, and then click Folder.
10. Type mail backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
11. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
12. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
13. Close the Mail Backup window.

To export your Outlook Express address book:

1. On the File menu, click Export, and then click Address Book.
2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
3. Click Browse.
4. Locate the Mail Backup folder that you created.
5. In the File Name box, type address book backup, and then click Save.
6. Click Next.
7. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click Finish.
8. Click OK and then click Close.

To import your Outlook Express e-mail messages from the Backup folder:

1. On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
2. In the Select an e-mail program to import from box, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5 or Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then click Next.
3. Click Import mail from an OE5 store directory or Import mail from an OE6 store directory, and then click OK.
4. Click Browse, and then click on the Mail Backup folder on your desktop.
5. Click OK, and then click Next.
6. Click All folders, click Next, and then click Finish.

To import your Outlook Express address book:

1. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Other Address Book.
2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Import.
3. Click Browse.
4. Locate the Mail Backup folder on your desktop, click the address book Backup.csv file, and then click Open.
5. Click Next, and then click Finish.
6. Click OK, and then click Close.

Next Meeting: April 19

In the sprit of Spring, I'm going to try something new. Ok, nothing earth-shaking, but just a little bit different in a effort to serve you better.

I think we should start off with news. Some things I'll touch upon are the latest security patches from Microsoft, new web pages of interest, and other things of interest to general computer users over the last month.

Then I'll continue with our year-long journey through windows, but I'm going to try and give it to you in small, easy-to-digest morsels. I'll try to concentrate on specific tasks and tips that support our current topic, and hopefully not too many to overwhelm you.

By the way, it seems the main topic this month is digital photos, since I finally got myself a digital camera! Come and find out which one I got.

And throughout it all, we'll try and answer you questions. That is what this is all about: sharing information with each other so we can all learn.

If you're reading this and have some suggestions, please leave a comment!