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*** This Week's New Articles on Ask Leo! How do I find out who's sending harassing email?
I think it's kind of frightening how often I get questions like this one. The sad reality is that the answer for most people is very, very simple: You don't. So what can you do? Continue reading: "How
do I find out who's sending harassing email?" * * * Is remote printing secure?
Yes, there can be logs. No, previously printed documents are not saved in a way that they could be re-printed or viewed again later. However (isn't there's always a "however"?), depending on your level of concern, printing may not be as secure as we casually assume. Continue reading: "Is remote printing
secure?" * * * How should I maintain my Documents and Settings folder?
Well, I hate to tell you this, but most folks will tell you that there really isn't such a thing as "maintaining" the Documents and Settings folder. It's just a place where programs put stuff. Like documents. And settings. Let's explain that a little, and then also take a look at exactly what I would do in your situation. Continue reading:
"How should I maintain my Documents and Settings folder?" * * * How often should I replace my CMOS battery, and what does it do, anyway?
Actually all PCs, desktop and laptop alike, have a battery like this, typically referred to as the "CMOS" battery. It serves an important function, even though it's actually possible on most machines to run without one ... which quickly becomes annoying. The good news is that, as you've seen, they typically last for years. Continue reading:
"How often should I replace my CMOS battery, and what does it do,
anyway?" * * * Why is my firewall software alerting me to a connection attempt from an address like 192.168.1.1?
One of the common annoyances with software firewalls is exactly this: that you may get repeated notification of access attempts, with no real sense of where they're really coming from, and whether or not they're legitimate. In this case, I can't really say whether it's legitimate. But I can say that the IP address is closer than you think. Continue reading:
"Why is my firewall software alerting me to a connection attempt from an
address like 192.168.1.1?" * * * Yes, it happens to me too. I made what could have been an extremely expensive blunder.Continue reading: "Yes, it happens to me
too." *** A Word from our Sponsor Are YOU Backing Up? Advertisement. Ask Leo about advertising here. *** This Week's Most Popular The ten most popular articles in the last 7 days on Ask Leo!
*** Popular Articles from the Archives Back in grade school I was bullied by other students of my class. That's quite a few years ago, and I can only wonder what it would have been like had we had email and the internet at the time. Sadly, many kids today don't have to wonder - they're living it. This week's How do I find out who's sending harassing email? is just one example of how incredibly frustrating it must be to be on the receiving end of on-line harassment and cyber bullying. That leads me to feature this podcast (with transcript) from three years ago. A plea to parents everywhere: Know what your kids are up to? I talk about some of the common questions that seem to be coming from kids, and wonder ... do the parents know? Continue reading... *** Thoughts and Comments I get occasional requests to republish articles that have appeared on Ask Leo!. The short answer is that no, full articles may not be republished without prior permission from your's truly. (You can, in fact, publish the first couple of paragraphs if you include a link to the rest of the article here on my site. My Terms of Service spell out all the details.) However, I've been working on a solution. I'm slowly rewriting some of my more important and popular articles specifically for republication. You'll find them out on EzineArticles.com. Yes, EzineArticles has its own Terms of Service, but they're quite sensible. Follow them and you're more than welcome to the items I've posted there. I'm also interested in recommendations - if you see something on Ask Leo! that you'd like to legally republish in full, drop me a line and I'll see if I can prioritize putting a fresh version out on EzineArticles.com. * And in more "it happens to me too" news ... for quite some time one of the more popular articles on Ask Leo! has been about SVCHOST and it's occasionally using 100% of the CPU for no apparent reason. Moments before preparing this newsletter I discovered that one of my computers (yep, the same one that had activation issues) was running at 100% CPU usage in SVCHOST for no apparent reason. Sigh. Guess I better go read my own article. And, quite honestly, some of the many, many helpful comments that accompany it. When reading my articles if you're not at least browsing the comments you're often missing out on some really good stuff. Not just occasional disagreements, but often excellent alternative viewpoints and additional data. I know I learn a lot from my readers, and I do appreciate that. * As always, if you appreciate this newsletter or the site, one of the best ways you can say "Thank You!" is to link to Ask Leo! or simply to tell a friend or colleague. Just send folks to askleo.net. 'till next time...
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