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Using Spybot
Just run Spybot Advanced with a short cut to "D:\Apps\Spybot
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Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" without a /easymode
at the end.
You can stop programs starting at bootup at:
Tools.System Startup
Just untick what you don't want to
run.
Note: Spybot does run a resident program to watch out for
you.
EMail
– GMail, Incredimail
How to Use Incredimail with a GMail Account
You can send and receive emails using
Incredimail and a GMail account. This allows you to send/receive
emails from anywhere on your computer, and to get at them
directly on your GMail account.
First to create and setup
a GMail account.
Create a GMail account eg
fred.bloggs@gmail.com
Login
to your GMail account and click on 'Settings'
Click on the
'Forwarding and POP' label, and click on the 'Enable POP only for
mail that arrives from now on'.
Click on 'Save'.
Next,
to create an Incredimail account to send & receive emails
using your new GMail account.
In Incredimail, click on 'Tools
-> Accounts'.
Click on 'Add'
Select 'Let me configure
settings myself' and then 'Next'
Enter the name you want to
appear in your email eg “Fred Bloggs”
Enter your
GMail email address eg fred.bloggs@gmail.com
Click
'Next'
Click 'Next' again on the 'Incoming and Outgoing mail
servers' page
Enter the GMail username eg
fred.bloggs@gmail.com
and the password
Select the new line in the 'Mail Accounts'
window, and click on 'Properties'.
I suggest you change the
'Account name' to eg fred.bloggs@gmail.com,
so you know exactly which account it is.
Click on the
'Servers' tab.
Tick the 'Outgoing Mail Server, My server
requires authentication' box.
Click on the 'Advanced'
tab.
Change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) number to 465 and tick
the 'secure connection' box.
Change the 'Incoming mail (POP3)
number to 995 and tick the 'secure connection' box
Tick the
'Leave a copy of messages on server' box.
Finally, click on
'OK'.
Close the 'Mail Accounts' window.
Now test
it.
Send an email to fred.bloggs@gmail.com
from another email address. You can't send it from yourself, as
GMail filters it. Use the 'From' button in the 'New Mail' window
to select who you're sending from if necessary.
Then try
sending an email to another address from
fred.bloggs@gmail.com
When
someone sends an email to fred.bloggs@gmail.com
it gets stored on your GMail account, and gets sent onto your
computer and gets received by Incredimail.
If you send an
email as fred.bloggs@gmail.com
using Incredimail, the sent email gets stored on your GMail
account and gets sent on to whoever you sent it to.
Setting up Incredimail
Incredimail is a fancy email
application like Outlook Express. It allows you to have
fancy
backgrounds, emoticons etc.
Despite installing it
to D:, the data goes onto C: here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Fred
Bloggs\Local Settings\Application Data\IM
The messages, address book and
signature are stored in:
Identities\long funny number\Message
Store
Identities\long funny number\AddressBook
Identities\long
funny number\Signature
To view who your emails are addressed
to
Select View.Customize columns... and
add “to”
Backing Up Incredimail
To backup all contacts and and emails sent/received (which
also allows you to transfer your Incredimail setup to another
computer), do this:
Go to File -> Data & Settings Transsfer -> To a new computer
I've done this and it created a 118MB .cab file, which I've put
in F:\Incredimail Archive
Copying Incredimail data from an old partition
Copy C:\Documents & Settings\Fred Bloggs\Local
Settings\Application Data\IM
from old partition to new one
(maybe via D:).
This copies mail folders & styles
etc.
What is thumbs.db ??
Updating
Incredimail
First, don't do what I've just done.
I had an error in Incredimail, reported it, and got
directed
to the Incredimail site for a newer version. This suggests that
you can just update
to the newer version without any problems.
Rubbish. Now it won't run at all.
So, the the first thing I've
done is to make a copy of the IM folder on C:. That way at
least
the emails are safe !
I'll let you know how I get on !
First,
I can't uninstall it. Found unwise.exe in D:\apps\Incredimail
Firefox
To speed it up, type about:config in
the address field
Alter the entry
"network.http.proxy.pipelining" to true
Alter the
entry "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 30 this
will make firefox make 30 requests at once
Right click on a
blank bit of screen and select New Integer, name
"nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to
"0".
Internet Explorer
F11 – To switch the header
on/off
Replacing Norton Firewall & Anti-virus
This section covers replacing
Norton with Zonealram firewall and AVG Anti-virus
software.
Both are free & have a good reputation.
1. Copy partition
XP1 to another partition. This leaves Norton on the copy
if
like me you've installed into C: with Windows XP.
2. Get the AVG serial number by
giving your name & email address at their
site to get
email with serial number (www.grisoft.com). You can do this
when
you download it.
3. If you're on broadband (lucky
you) pull out the ethernet cable !
4. Uninstall Norton:
Disable both by right clicking then
in the system tray
Goto Start.Norton Internet
Security.Uninstall NIS
5. Reboot
6. Install Zonealarm to C:\Program
Files\Zome Labs\ZoneAlarm by clicking
on
ZoneAlarmSetup_37_211.exe in D:\Downloaded Apps
Supply
name & email address.
7. Install AVG to C:\Program
Files\Grisoft\AVG6 by clicking on
avg6524fu_free.exe in
D:\Downloaded Apps
8. Reboot
9. Create AVG rescue disk.
Updating InCD
First remove the current InCD with
start.control panel.add/remove
Reboot
Disable Norton
Internet Security & Norton Antivirus
Install new
version
Reboot (which will reenable NIS & NAV as well).
Updating
OpenOffice to version 1.1
Download .zip file from
http://download.openoffice.org
for version 1.1
to D:\Downloaded Apps (it's 65MB so takes
about 5 hours on dial-up)
Extract .zip file to
D:\Apps\XPOpenOffice110 (this allows for the installation
of a
Linux version)
Close all other programs
Run
D:\Apps\XPOpenOffice110\setup.exe
Select
D:\Apps\XPOpenOffice110 as the destination.
It will create all
the files/folders around the install folder already there.
When
installed you can delete the install folder.
Java
See My
Java Page
JCreator
This is a Java editor available from
http://www.jcreator.com
I've
had problems keeping version 2 while installing version 3.
Namely
double-clicking on a .java file calls the old one.
The file
type associations are relevant and found in Tools.Folder
Options.File Types
My solution was to
1. Delete all file associations with
JCreator.
2. Rename JCreator.exe to JcreatorV2.exe &
JcreatorV3.exe
3. Recreate the associations.
I suspect a bug in the version 3
installer.
JPP
A Java Pre-Processor available from
http://simtel.urc.bl.ac.yu/win95/java
This
C++ program enables you to include preprocessor directives in
your Java source.
So you create a .jpp file, it creates a
.java file, and you compile with javac to a .class file.
This
allows directives like #include & #define.
It's far from
prefect. I'm looking for a better solution.
Eclipse
Audacity
To use the Lame mp3 dll with audacity
do the following.
Install Audacity
Extract the Lame archive
and extract the Lame.dll file into the main Audacity
folder.
Start Audacity
Press ctrl-P
Click on Formats tab
and press the find Library button
Finally, point Audacity to
the Lame.dll file.
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