How to disable images using Outlook express

This has been an issue to few folks. Basically what happens is that when your receive your email, you get lot of junk mail which are formatted with HTML etc. Some of them are not suitable to your taste but also take some time to load. There are some alternative ways to block the load of images but each has its advantage and disadvantages:
1) Disable images in IE as it also affects OE
2) If you're running a firewall with rules make a rule that blocks OE's access to port 80. That way it can't get the images it needs.
3) There is a utility called Detach XP. This program could be used to apply the blocking even though its primary aim is to allows you to access these blocked files in Outlook 2002, without editing the Windows Registry manually

Minesweeper easy play

Automatically reveal mines:
1. Make the desktop clear and close all applications.
2 .Start minesweeper game.
3. Type xyzzy.
4. hold down shiftkey for sometime.
5. move the cursor above the mines .
6.Der will be a white spot in the top left corner of the screen.
7. This will turn black if you place the cursor above a mine.

Stopping the counter:
1. Launch minesweeper and press win+d to show the desktop.
2. Now click on minesweeper in the taskbar to freeze time...


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URGE, Brought to You by MTV

Microsoft may never be able to match the experience that millions of iPod buyers have
had downloading music from Appleís iTunes Store. But you canít blame the Redmond
company for trying.
URGE, shown in Figure 18, is a new music service featured in WMP 11 that has its roots in
the American video cable channels MTV, VH1, and CMT. The parent corporation, MTV
Networks, imbues URGE with a music library thatís said to be two million songs strong
(which should be enough to keep you entertained for at least a few weeks). The service,
available only in the United States at this writing, provides unlimited listening for a
monthly subscription fee, or you can buy individual tracks, similar to iTunes.Besides the usual 99-cent music downloads, URGE offers over 6,000 music videos, more
than 500 playlists by genre, and some 130 commercial-free radio stations in a wide variety
of styles.
If you canít find what you want on URGE, WMP 11 still boasts partnerships with several
other online audio stores. These include the selections of Audible.com, Napster, XM
Satellite Radio, Microsoftís own MSN Music, and so on (see Figure 19).

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Encrypt Entire Drives with BitLocker

Screaming headlines in recent years have made the public aware of stolen laptops and
desktop computers that contained the personal records of thousands of millions of indi-
viduals. These thefts might not have exposed anyoneís personal data if the hard drives in
the stolen computers had been encrypted and protected by strong passwords.
Various third-party solutions have long been available to encrypt sensitive data folders
and entire hard drives. With Vista, Microsoft now enters this market with BitLocker Drive
Encryption.
BitLocker has some advantages over competing encryption products because, integrated
as it is into Windows, it can check the integrity of a computer system before the Windows
user interface is ever loaded. BitLocker can tell when a hard drive has been moved to a
different computeróas would be the case if a drive had been stolenóand can defend
against brute-force attacks.
BitLocker also integrates with Microsoftís Active Directory domain service scheme. The
remote storage of digital keys that can unlock or restore data if a user forgets a password is
a difficult and labor-intensive chore for IT administratrors. BitLocker handles this by using
Active Directory to escrow the keys securely, while still being able to help an authorized
(but forgetful) user access crucial data thatís stored in a password-protected drive.
BitLocker is available only in Vista Ultimate Edition, which can be purchased separately
or upgraded to from the Home and Business Editions, and Vista Enterprise Edition, which
can be purchased separately or upgraded to from the Business Edition.


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Support for RSS News Feeds

IE 7.0 includes an easy way to subscribe to news feeds, regularly updated information
that sites publish in the format known as Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
When a surfer visits a site that publishes one or more news feeds, a square broadcast icon
on IE 7ís toolbar changes from grey to orange. Clicking the icon takes you to a page that
explains the content of a feed and provides a clickable link that subscribes you (see
Figure 10). This is a big improvement over previous news feed buttons in other browsers,
which formerly displayed raw XML code when clicked.
After youíve subscribed to a news feed, you can read it using IE 7ís Favorites pane. This
subwindow is accessed by clicking the yellow star in IEís toolbar and selecting Feeds.
The latest news items can be sorted by date or title or filtered by categories provided by
the author of the feed (see Figure 11).
IEís native feed handling isnít as capable as a dedicated readerís, such as NewsGator, or
an online news aggregatorís, such as Bloglines.com. But the addition of RSS support in IE
is certain to make this form of communications popular with a much larger chunk of
Internet users than had discovered news feeds prior to Vista.

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IE Protected Mode and Phishing Filter

Internet Explorer 7.0, when running under Windows Vista (not XP or earlier operating
Protected Mode. This means that dishonest web sites that
systems), operates by default in
a user happens to visit cannot trick IE 7 into changing Windows system files or other cru-
cial configuration details.
A separate feature, but one that can work in concert with Protected Mode to keep users
Phishing Filter. IE 7 regularly downloads from a
out of trouble, is Microsoftís new
Microsoft server a list of web addresses that appear to be fraudulent. These sites may get
on the list because theyíre collecting passwords or credit card numbers from gullible con-
sumers, theyíre downloading spyware to peopleís computers, or for other reasons. In any
case, IE 7 doesnít display known phishing sites, instead warning the user about the iden-
tified problems with the site.
The features just described are only two of the several Microsoft has added to Internet
Explorer. Others include protection against cross-site scripting attacks (in which one site
takes over a window used by another site), ActiveX suspension (which disables the most
dangerous ActiveX controls), and Windows Defender, which guards against spyware.
Itís too early to say whether the new IE security features will add up to an adequate level
of safety for Windows users, or whether third-party security products must still be added
to Windows. Itís likely that Microsoftís own programs will play second fiddle to third-party
developers, who concentrate specifically on antiphishing and antispyware research. Read
the comparative reviews of security add-ons in respected computer magazines to learn
which products provide the best securityóand then invest a few bucks in any independ-
ent downloads that are top rated.


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Microsoft Vista and Security

The battle for malware wages on,but new weapons have been pushed to the front
line.For Windows Vista,many new security features (as well as some updated ones)
help to protect computer systems from past,present,and future malware threats of
any class.
Vista includes many new features that help to thwart malware threats.Behind
the actual making of the software was a major plan to shift the way Microsoft does
business in the security sector.Now,making a secure,private,and reliable computing
experience has become the companyís top priority and has been dubbed
ìTrustworthy Computing.îTo preserve data con?dentiality,integrity,and availability
(CIA),Windows Vista brings a new level of con?dence to computing through
improved security,reliability,and management.It achieves this by establishing inno-
vative engineering,applying best practices,and creating a system where the OS can
be updated and maintained consistently to avoid intrusion or exploitation.

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