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January 7, 2005
Happy New Year, CNET members! What's a New Year without New Year's resolutions? Stop dwelling on the ones you didn't accomplish last year, because the real celebration is all about moving forward. So, scrounge up paper and pen, jot down all the things you'd like to accomplish this coming year, and go at it with whole new outlook! Hmm, it's not that easy? Well, let me drop you a few hints: · Resolution #1: Register for the CNET Forums · Resolution #2: Visit the CNET Forums when you need advice or when you have helpful tips so that you can help fulfill someone else's New Year's resolution. · Resolution #3: Participate in our weekly Q&A if you haven't done so already. Now, that wasn't so bad. Seriously though, I want to wish each and every one of you a very prosperous and safe New Year, and above all, here's a toast to happiness and good health! Now let's tackle Maria's spam issue. I received some great advice from our members, so read on. Thanks, everyone, for your support and participation.
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Member Question of the Week
Please help me! My main personal e-mail account for five years just recently started to receive a huge amount of spam and is growing in numbers daily. I'm at a complete loss as to how and why this is happening to me. And I'm not about to give up my e-mail account. Is there any solution out there that can keep the spam from winning? Thanks in advance.
Submitted by:
Maria E.
A sudden and progressive increase in the volume of spam strongly suggests that your e-mail address has been recently added to a number of marketing lists. The time of the year likely has played a role, too: As everyone tries to cash in on the holiday season, the amount of unsolicited mail inevitably peaks.
Have you recently registered at Web sites or signed up for electronic newsletters, surveys, or special offers? Entered online contests such as those for iPods, HDTVs, trips, or cars? Downloaded free software? If so, chances are your e-mail address was added...
Submitted by:
Miguel K.
Please click the following links for this week's: For
Miguel's
efforts, we're sending him his choice of any Help.com Learning CD.• Honorable mentions • Additional great advice from our members • It happened to me, here's what I did... Community Buzz  Each week we take a look at topics discussed in the forums.Best regards and enjoy! For those of you who have moved on to Firefox and are looking for a new tweak for it, look no more. Our veteran moderator, Robert Proffitt, picked one up and shared it with us. Take a look, you won't be disappointed. More from the Browser Forum Detecting key loggers and RATs Member swede71 has been doing some research on key loggers and RATs (remote-access Trojans). His major concern is how to protect himself from commercial key loggers that claim to be undetectable. Do you have any suggestions? Is there really a best way to detect and remove these pests? Find out what others are suggesting. More from the Viruses & Security Alerts Forum Image stabilization, what's the big deal? Some say the image stabilization feature in digital cameras is the best thing since sliced bread. But is it? If you have any information or expertise in this field, please offer up some advice to demystify this feature for all of us. More from the Digital Cameras Forum Backing up large number of files/directories to multiple DVDs With most DVD-burning utilities, backing up files to DVD is just a matter of drag, drop, and burn. But what if you have so much data to back up that it becomes cumbersome to keep track of all those files and DVDs? Is there a DVD-burning utility out there that supports automatic disc-spanning of data sets? If you have any recommendations, please chime in. More from the PC Applications & Utilities Forum XP repair and Critical Updates Member michhala recently ran into some trouble while running the Windows XP repair program. As a result, it removed all her Critical Updates from the Add/Remove utility. Michhala hasn't been able to get the Windows Update utility to bring everything up-to-date again. Is this unusual? Check out this thread and see if you have a solution to offer her. More from the Computer Help Forum Mac nugget: iBook vs. PowerBook Given the recent updates to the iBook, how will a maxed-out iBook perform compared to a standard PowerBook? -posted by bmc0902 More from the Mac forum |
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A friend of mine recently sent me a really cool photo slide show that he'd created and copied onto a CD, and it even worked on my home DVD player. It plays just like any other DVD does, and the slide show is full of background music and impressive effects. I took a bunch of family photos over the holiday, and I was wondering, how he did he do that, and could I do it, too?
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Jack L.
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