Computer
Info
This Weeks Meeting
John Watkins will be hosting the
meeting again this week. He will be
demonstrating how to scan your pictures into Word and then edit them. This is for beginners.
All-In-One Printers
There are many all-in-one printers
on the market today. An all-in-one is a
PRINTER SCANNER COPIER FAX machine.
John brought in his HP 950 at the
last meeting to let everyone have a chance to see it demonstrated and talk
about the pros and cons of an all-in-one.
This particular machine also had the ability to read Smart Media
Compact Flash Memory Stick cards and print directly from them without using
the computer. The fax machine and copier
also work without the computer. The
software interface (program) which allows you to easily access any of the
functions was very good. It even has an
OCR (optical character recognition) that seemed to be quite accurate. It is selling at Office Max for $349.
I guess it was decided that the pros were that it was easy to use seemed to have fairly
good printing ability scanning ability OCR ability. The only negative that was discussed was if one function
needed to be repaired, then you were without everything while it was in the
repair shop.
Security Holes in Office and Internet Explorer
Microsoft
has stated that there are "critical" security lapses in its Office software
and Internet Explorer which put tens of millions of users at risk of having
their files read and altered by online attackers.
An
attacker, using e-mail or a Web page, could use Internet related parts of
Office to run programs, alter data and wipe out the hard drive as well as view
file and clipboard contents on a user's system.
The systems affected are Office 2000, Office XP, Money 2002, Money 2003
and Project 2002.
Microsoft
is providing a patch that eliminates three vulnerabilities in Office Web
Components. In addition, Microsoft has reported
vulnerabilities in the three latest versions of its Internet Explorer that
allows infiltrators to read files.
You
can download a software patch from Microsoft's TechNet Web site http://www.microsoft.com/technet
Internet Explorer 5.5 and Hotmail
If you are running Internet Explorer
5.5 and you are using Hotmail you might get the following error message when
you try to reply to a message ---
Lexplore
has caused an error in MSHTMLED.DLL. Lexplore will now close.
There seems to be an incompatibility
in Internet Explorer 5.5 it is best to upgrade to Internet Explorer 6.0 to
solve this problem. You can read about
it at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q275154&
Windows XP Startup
This is a good web site to help you
learn about determining which programs or applications are running when you
startup your computer and do you need them.