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Cloudeight Information Avenue - Issue #326- April 26, 2008
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ScreenshotA Comment From Judith
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Important Information
You can find answers to your computer questions or get help from our Information Avenue Forum Submit your favorite computer tip or trick and win prizes! If we choose your tip or trick from those submitted during the week you win!  You can send us your comments or submit questions for possible inclusion in future issues of Information Avenue by clicking here. Keep in mind we can't answer each of you personally, but all questions submitted are read and considered for inclusion in Information Avenue.


This Week's Rant

Things In The Night

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company; a church; a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...We are in charge of our attitudes." (Charles Swindoll)

During the night, in those quiet hours when most of the world sleeps, you lie awake and things in the night become distorted and amplified. The faucet that drips drips drops during the day goes unnoticed - but in the quiet of the night it can become a disturbing, even sinister, sound.

The floor that creaks during the day - the creaks that you never notice - are amplified in the night. You may lie awake and here that creaking and wonder if someone has broken into your home - are you in danger? Your heart races and your mind explores a hundred possibilities. But only one is possibility is the truth. The rest are distortions, illusions, specters of the mind - Things In The Night.

Visit this page to read the rest of this rant.


This Week's Top Questions and Answers

Tom asks about an email he received from Microsoft concerning Windows Live Mail
I hate to bother you with this, but I posted it the forum with out a reply, either no one has received this message or they do not have an answer. Being that you are always on top of the latest changes about to be made I thought you may be able to tell me if this is legit and if so, do you think I should download this new program right no? Thank you! Below is the message I am referring to. Tom

"Dear Microsoft Outlook Express customer..."

Please read the rest of this question and answer online.


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Mary wants to know about an old "trick" to prevent email worms from grabbing addresses
Can you really protect your address book from virus (worm) by typing in AAAAAAA in new contact area, thus assuring a return mail if hackers try to send mail from your address book?

Read our answer to Mary


This Week's Top Tips and Tricks

How Do Spammers Know It's Your Birthday?
All operating systems

How do spammers know it's your birthday, what bank you use, etc? They're not soothsayers...Visit this page to read the rest of this tip.

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Locked Desktop Icons - A solution
Windows XP Home, Media and Professional

This tip is based on a question from Kim who asked: "This is actually for my mother whom I've been trying to help. Her computer is an XP. Someone used her computer and now her desktop icons are locked into place. I've read several places trying to unlock them with no luck. Any info will help. Thank You!  Kim"

The solutions to locked icons on the desktop is simple!  Just right click on an empty area of the desktop. then choose "Arrange Icons By" and remove the check mark next to Lock Web Items on Desktop. See Image below:

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You can also uncheck "Align to Grid" if you want to place icons anywhere on your desktop without having them lined-up precisely on your desktop.



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Cloudeight Information Avenue Free Edition - Issue #326
April 26, 2008


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