May 2007 - BigBearCC.org

Volume 7
May 2007
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Award Winning Newsletter of Big Bear Computer Club
www.bigbearcc.org
Next BBCC Meeting: Tuesday,
May 8, 2007 at 5:30 PM
In This Issue
March Meeting
BBCC Club Information
Presidents Message
February BBCC Calendar
BBCC Helpline
About Bearly Bytes
Protecting Content
D-Link
Review Products
My Photosoft
Protecting Content Cont.
Photography Workshop
Cash Flow Report
Hi from O’reily
Adobe Creative Suite 3
Door Prize Winners
Discounts, Offers & Deals
BBCC General Meeting
Word Tip
Excel Tip
Windows Tip Continued
Opportunities Available
Membership Benefits
Membership Application
Map To Meeting
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KAREN TANGEMAN
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ROSEMARY LLOYD
BBCC Board Members, Karen
and Rosemary, will discuss
Microsoft Digital Image and
Windows Live OneCare
There will be two software programs, Microsoft Digital Image and Windows Live OneCare, featured at the Big Bear Computer Club scheduled for Tuesday, May 8th at 5:30 pm Big Bear Discovery Center. These two
software programs will be given out free as door prizes if you are a member.
Those attending will learn how Microsoft Digital Image is so easy to learn
whether you’re a beginner or skilled photographer; see how you can improve your
pictures using the simple, powerful creative tools in Digital Image. Organizing and
finding photos is quicker and easier with improved file management and viewing
– organize photos by date, and by size. Learn more about powerful tools for editing and enhancing your pictures, like panoramic stitching. Share your pictures
with the world - from a simple e-mail attachment, to a DVD slideshow with music
and narration; see how you can show off your best work.
The second presentation will be on how Windows Live OneCare. The allin-one security includes: an antivirus; firewall; anti-phishing, tune-ups, backups
and restoring. It works quietly in the background on your computer, so you don’t
have to worry about nasty interruptions from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other
unwanted intruders. The presenter will also show how it also goes beyond security, regularly backing up all your important files and cleaning up and tuning up your
computer to help keep it running at top speed. You get all this in one convenient
package.
Everyone is Welcome!!
Bring your computer questions and bring your friends!
Besides informative computer related presentations we have
Our ever-popular RAM (Question and Answer) session
This is where you will meet friends who share your computer interests
Member’s Drawing for FREE Software products
BBCC Club Information
BBCC Officers and
Key Leaders
President...............................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Vice President.......................Karen Tangeman
585-7413
[email protected]
Secretary...............................Rosemary Lloyd
584-9358 [email protected]
Treasurer...............................Barbara Moore
585-7981
[email protected]
Reviews Editor.......................Karen Tangeman
585-7413 [email protected]
Director-at-large......................Elaine Tennity
584-7158 [email protected]
Director-at-large......................Kent Gale
585-6460 [email protected]
Publicity...................................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Equipment Director..................Don Odekirk
585-6728 [email protected]
Technical Director...................Jim Lloyd
584-9358 [email protected]
Webmaster...................Bill Flanagan
866-9379 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor....................Gordon West
(909) 584 9776 [email protected]
Membership Director..............Dorothy Sirk
585-3449 [email protected].
Parliamentarian......................David Philipson
585-9389 [email protected]
NameTags.................................Phyllis Jaeger
866-3895
[email protected]
Sunshine Coordinator................Grace Fross
(951) 769-1225
[email protected]
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President’s Message
Our Beginner 101 Computer Workshop last month
was very well received by
the community.
I would
like to “Thank” Rosemary
Lloyd; Barbara Moore; who
did a great job in preparing the
materials and then doing the
Workshop. Assisting them
were Karen Tangeman and Bill Everheart, what a team!
It’s with great pleasure to announce another workshop
and that is the Photography Workshop which is scheduled for
Monday, May 14th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Rick Edwards, our club member, will be doing the Workshop. He
comes with very high credentials and you can read about them
in this Bearly Bytes.
This month Smart Computing was supposed to be our
presenter but due to a conflict in their calendar, they sent their
apologies but don’t despair. We have a great presentation on
two great software programs: Microsoft Digital Image and
Windows Live OneCare presented by Karen Tangeman and
Rosemary Lloyd. These are two fantastic programs which you
can read about in this newsletter. The best part is that these
two programs will be given out as door prizes so don’t miss
out.
At the last Board meeting, we voted in Jim Applebury
and Bob Kopolow as Honorary Board Members for their dedication in doing the Question and Answer portion of our general meetings Sue Crane who has been a long time dedicated
Computer Club member was made a Lifetime Honorary Computer Club member! ……..Congratulations to one and all!!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!
Yomar Cleary, President
BBCC Calendar
BBCC Events Calendar -- May, 2007
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BBCC
General
Meeting
5:30pm
BBCC
Board Meeting
BBCC
Help Line
The following members have
Generously offered to help
you with your PC problems by
phone or by e-mail.
Windows Beginners.....................Carole Allen
866-7677 [email protected]
Windows 95,98,ME,XP..............Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
Outlook Express.......................Joan Kiehl
585-7894 [email protected]
MS Outlook....................... Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
MS Word........................Karen Tangeman
585-1734 [email protected]
MS Excel.............................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
MSPublisher........................Yomar Cleary
878-5622 [email protected]
Digital Photos....................Barbara Moore
585-7981 [email protected]
CD Burning.............................Larry Smith
584-1284 [email protected]
Quicken...........................Michael Homan
584-2277 [email protected]
Hardware..............................Bob Kopolow
584-7747 [email protected]
Join our Help Line
Volunteers!
You don’t have to be an expert;
just help others find the
answers.
Contact any BBCC Board Member
to join.
BBCC members are encouraged
to attend Board Meetings and
make suggestions about member
Benefits, events, services, etc. Please
Join us and share your opinions.
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Bearly Bytes
Bearly Bytes is the official publication of Big Bear Compute Club. Winner SWUGC & APCUG newsletter contests. Views
expressed in Bearly Bytes are those of the authors and do not
reflect the opinions of Big Bear Computer Club. Other computer
user groups are welcome to reprint our articles as long as they
acknowledge the author and the source as Bearly Bytes,
Big Bear Computer Club. Editorial Staff: Gordon West, Editor. Columists: Larry Smith, Barbara Moore, Carole Allen,,Karen
Tangeman, Yomar Cleary & Rosemary Lloyd. Submissions: All
BBCC members are encouraged to send letters, articles, questions and comments to Bearly Bytes for inclusion in future issues.
Submi plain text via e-mail and graphics or photos on disk in TIFF
or JPEG format. Bearly Bytes Editor, Gordon West editorbbcc@
charter.net Box 4548, Big Bear City, CA 92314 (909) 584-9776
Letter to the
Editor
I want to thank everyone who responded when I wrote
about my brother’s computer problems. (I never heard from
the computer group in Phoenix!) Unfortunately, after using the
program that Rosemary suggested, it was determined that his
computer had died of old age--it happens to all of us sooner or
later. He is now the owner of a new Dell and an on-site service
agreement and is struggling to get his Dragon Naturally Speaking to work with Vista.
I never cease to be amazed at the wonderful people in
the Big Bear area--they are so quick to help where there is a
need no matter where it might be. I have lived in lots of communities, but none like this one.
Thank you all.,
Patrice Vint
Now More Than Ever…Protecting Precious Content
Our daughter sat on the edge of her bed sobbing uncontrollably. Her friends stared at her notebook’s blue screen.
She had accidentally hit the wrong key while showing them the shots she had taken on our dive vacation in Kauai. The
entire folder was gone. Her brother volunteered his underwater shots but that was no consolation. She had some special
turtle, monk seal and nudibranch shots…his shots didn’t compare in her mind.
We reminded her that we had her photos on our system as well so everything was not lost. Nothing is better for a
father than a “thank you, thank you, thank you” hug from your daughter.
But it made us think that we had better plan for a disaster we couldn’t recover from and find a backup solution for all of
the systems in the house. So we did a little research.
Turns out according to Contingency Planning Research most computer problems are user error (50%) while 20%
of the losses are caused by hardware/software error. Everything else was a distant problem – natural disaster, fire, even
theft. Our kids are like most teen-agers and in fact most PC users. They have a lot of video content on their systems.
While the RIAA (record industry) and MPAA (Hollywood) might look at them and see rampart pirates, the kids could really
care less about their stuff…it is all about them. Most of the content they store on their PCs is personal stuff.
You know video games of all types – including their connections to WoW (World of Warcraft); music video, sports and
YouTube/MySpace downloads; and lots of personal photos/videos they seem to take constantly with their digital cameras
and video-enabled cellphones.
Most of the material could never be replaced. We then surveyed the adults’ hard drives. Totally different picture.
Most of the content was family, household documents along with all of our emails/contact information and the various
versions of office work we had done at home. Most of this content could be redone – with a lot of effort – if we lost the
hard drive. Not something we wanted to imagine. We were also surprised at how many family moment photos we had in
folders that had yet to be sorted…now these could never be replaced!
In our research for a fast, easy, almost fool-proof backup and protection solution we were took some consolation
in the fact that we weren’t alone in not backing up important family – and business files. According to a study we found
at the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) web site, backup isn’t high on most people’s list. That gave us some
consolation that at least we weren’t completely negligent or just plain lazy! But still we wanted a solution that would be
inexpensive for all of the systems in the house and would allow the systems to be backed up to an external drive locally
as well as on the home network.
The solution we selected was the NTI Shadow v3.0 (www.ntius.com). It was the same solution that HP had
bundled with their Media Vault as well as Toshiba, NEC and Freecom for their portable external drives. The whole idea
behind the software is to put an end to losing valuable data, photo, video, and music files that have been modified in
between scheduled backups. The software maintains real-time, continuous backup of all changed files. An advanced
scheduler is included that lets you set backup start times by minute, hour, day, week, or month. The software installs
quickly and easily. When you first launch it, you can choose the folders you want to back up and the location where the
backup should be placed.
Everyone in the family set up their systems to meet their needs and the primary backup target was our home network storage solution. Because we also use our notebooks away from the house we also set up backup options so that
we could do interim backups to USB flash drives…just in case.
Next you select backup frequency which for peace of mind we chose as every time a file was changed as well as
a specify frequency of time. What we liked about the software is that you can specify how many versions of a document
you want to keep. This is important when you’re doing office work at home because you can modify/update and have
multiple version backups…just in case.
You can also choose to have the backup file deleted when you delete the original file. This significantly reduces
that huge backlog of ancient files on the hard drive that you just never quite get around to deleting.
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Les Goldberg from D-Link will be our guest speaker
at the September 11th Meeting
D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today unveiled a family of
3G mobile broadband wireless routers designed to make it even easier for on-the-go consumers, field technicians and
mobile professionals to access and share an Internet connection virtually anywhere by blending Wi-Fi(tm) networking
technology and a wireless broadband network.
The D-Link 3G Mobile Wireless Routers allow users to create a 802.11g/b-compatible wireless hotspot anywhere
within range of a cellular network. By plugging a compatible 3G notebook adapter into the D-Link 3G Mobile Router’s
built-in card bus slot or a USB-enabled mobile phone, users can get immediate access to EV-DO, UMTS or HSDPA
networks. The D-Link router can then share this signal via 802.11g/b Wi-Fi technology to notebooks, PCs or other
Wi-Fi-enabled devices. The D-Link routers are available in two versions: the DIR-450 (EV-DO) and DIR-451 (UMTS/HSDPA).
“These routers are ideal in situations where a wired broadband connection, such as T1, cable or DSL, is not available,” said Brian Larsen, associate vice president of product development for D-Link Systems, Inc. “For instance, once
users insert a notebook adapter into their D-Link 3G Wireless Mobile Router and create a wireless ‘hotspot’, they can
then check their email, browse the Web, access their company network and share information with colleagues in ‘virtual
meetings’. This solution is significant to the market by enabling communications at temporary work sites such as
construction or disaster areas, concerts and others.”
For security, both versions support wireless security features to prevent unauthorized access, including WEP,
WPA and WPA2 that ensure a secure Wi-Fi network regardless of the connected devices. They also employ dual
active firewalls (SPI and NAT) to prevent potential Internet attacks. Both routers can be installed as a wireless network
in minutes, and it can easily configure the user’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) settings to quickly establish high-speed
Internet connectivity. The built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 switch allows seamless connection of Ethernet-based DIR450 include ACS Wireless, Alltel, Cellular South, Embarq, Sprint and Verizon Wireless. For the DIR-451, UMTS carriers include Orangenet, Vodafone, Exelcom and Maxis, and Cingular, T-Mobile, Exelcom, Maxis, Vodafone, Celcom and
Globe for HSDPA formats.
Small-to-medium-sized businesses can maximize their investment in a mobile Internet access subscription by using the D-Link 3G Mobile Wireless Router in place of a fixed broadband Internet solution that requires paying additional
fees for cable or DSL. The 3G routers not only give additional communications freedom to the mobile user, they also offer
the carriers increased value-added revenue opportunities.
The DIR-450 (EV-DO) is compatible with the Kyocera KPC 650, Novatel V620 and Sprint PC-5740 notebook
adapters, and the Audiovox 8940, Kyocera KX18 and Samsung A890 cell phones. Compatible notebook adapters for
the DIR-451 are the Novatel Wireless Merlin U530 and U730, Option Wireless GT 3G Quad Sierra Wireless AirCard 860
and Sony Ericsson GC89.
Without a mobile broadband connection data card, the DIR-450 and DIR-451 work as standard 802.11g wireless
routers, such as the popular D-Link RangeBooster G models. Price and Availability The DIR-450 is available now for
the suggested retail price of $299.99 through D-Link’s network of online retailers and at the D-Link online store, www.
dlinkshop.com. The DIR-451 is targeted to begin shipping later this quarter.
Manager Les Goldberg
D-Link Systems, Inc. D-Link Systems. Inc.
(800) 326-1688 Ext. 6095 (800) 326-1688 Ext. 6243
[email protected] [email protected]
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Review Products
FirmTools announces new Panorama Composer 3
Panorama Composer 3 is the highly anticipated tool to generate a 360 degree panoramic photo out of several snapshots
and save it as a jpeg, html or exe file. The application simplifies photo pan creation for amateurs and provides professionals with extended customization options to ensure the best quality of the processed pan. Panorama Composer 3 features
an exceptionally well-designed program interface that will easily guide you through all three steps of pan generating from
adding and arranging jpeg images to stitching them into a solid photo pan. The application runs under Windows 95/98/
Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista and costs $29.95 (USD). All registered customers are entitled to free minor updates and technical support. The fully functional evaluation version of the program can be downloaded for free at:
http://panorama.firmtools.com/download/
A-PDF Size Splitter 1.2, is the newest version of a useful and handy tool for splitting any Acrobat PDF file or group of
files into smaller-sized PDF files. The new version is compatible with Windows Vista. A-PDF Size Splitter 1.2 doesn’t
require Adobe Acrobat and works independently, producing PDF documents compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader 5
and above. A-PDF Size Splitter 1.2 is a flexible utility, letting the user set any size of split files and allows choosing how
the output files will be named. A-PDF Size Splitter 1.2 works even with password protected PDF files. A-PDF Size Splitter
1.2 is a convenient utility for all staff of your office: it is very easy in use and doesn’t require any special knowledge, so
even an inexperienced PC user can easily handle it. A-PDF Size Splitter 1.2 Pricing and Availability A-PDF Size Splitter
1.2 runs under Microsoft Windows 98/NT4/Me/2000/XP/Vista and costs $49 (USD). A 15-day evaluation version is available as a free download at:
http://www.a-pdf.com/size_splitter/a-pdf-ss.exe.
Fire Heart 1.00 is a nice desktop animation utility for those with the flair for the romantic. Fire Heart 1.00 from Laconic
Software will thrill and amaze the loved ones. Laconic Software has taken the classic theme of love and offered it in a very
creative way - they produced Fire Heart, a nice desktop utility that puts an animated beating flaming heart on the Windows desktop. The fire effect is incredibly smooth and looks very lifelike. The heart can be customized to look your way.
For example, you can adjust its size, animation and reflection. Fire Heart 1.00 is great as a gift. Pricing and Availability:
Fire Heart 1.00 runs under Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and costs $14,95 (US). Registered customers are
entitled to free lifetime technical support and updates. Additional information on the product, a set of screenshots, as well
as a free evaluation copy is available from the company’s website at:
www.laconicsoftware.com/.
MyPhotosoft.com
A new digital photo software review site MyPhotosoft.com has been launched. MyPhotosoft.com provides exclusive series of full-length comparison reviews on digital photo software programs and plug-ins. Registered members have access
to interactive features: discussing articles and tutorials in the Forum, uploading images to the gallery, adding articles and
tutorials of their own, and making personal comments and evaluations.
The newly launched MyPhotosoft.com site will provide answers to many such questions with its detailed reviews on
various digital photo software programs. The site has free registration and all registered members have an opportunity
to upload images, write comments, submit new material, and discuss articles and tutorials at the Forum. They can bring
their opinions, question, and ideas. Everybody is welcome. Come, read, comment, write, and share. The website is located at:
http://MyPhotosoft.com
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Another option is the ability to select file types to save or not. The program saves all file types by default but with the
Shadow Wizard you can specify file types to either backup or ignore.
Once you have set up the configuration, which takes just a few minutes, and before it is accepted the Backup Job
summary page is displayed. This allows you to review the choices and change any you want. One of the outstanding
features of the NTI Shadow solution is that it saves backup copies in regular, native-format which is directly replaceable
into the source file without the use of the program. If you’ve accidentally deleted or lost a file you simply drag and drop
the file from the Shadow archive back to any desired location.
If you have hidden files and folders the software will automatically back them up as you’ve requested. If you copy
files or move them the software automatically detects the action and saves it. As we noted when we’re away from the
house with our notebooks at school or the office we can also do a backup to a 2GB Store ‘n Go USB drive.
There have been times for example when we haven’t wanted to take all of our emails and contact information with
us but would still like to have access while we are on the road…just in case. Then no matter which computer we’re using
to access the email or address, we can keep the computer up to date and have the information instantly available in our
pocket. That’s a lot easier than lugging a notebook computer everywhere we go.
We use Shadow to automate the process without having to drill down into folders to find messages, copy them,
access the Store ‘n Go and paste them in. All of these tasks are handled by NTI Shadow automatically and in the background. The backup process works transparently in the background without disturbing any of your work or using any
valuable PC resources that can slow system performance.
One of the other features we liked about NTI Shadow is that you can do your backup to virtually any storage device
– USB flash, mobile storage device 9micro drive), internal/external HD, NAS (network attached storage) device, CD and
DVD… including the new blue laser discs (HD DVD and BD).
While it is true there are a growing number of online storage services such as those offered by Google, Yahoo,
Apple and others; we always have concern about:
- are they really safe from outside access
- will the files always be there when we need them
- what happens if the service goes out of business
- what happens if the government or law enforcement suddenly decide they want to review all of the files stored by the
company<BR Beside there is something reassuring about being able to see your backup device and media.
NTI Shadow runs on Windows Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Macintosh OSX v10.2.8, or higher as well as U3 environments. If you want real peace of mind regarding the documents, photos, videos, music and data you have on your system
as well as your home network we’d suggest you visit www.ntius.com. Cost is just $29.99.
A hug from your daughter? Priceless!!!!
By: G.A. “Andy” Marken
[email protected]
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PHOTOGRAPHY
WORKSHOP
BIG BEAR COMPUTER CLUB
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
April 2007
The Big Bear Computer Club is offering a Photography Workshop on Monday, May 14, 2007 from
9:00 am until 1:00 pm. The Workshop will be held at
the Parks and Recreation Computer Lab, 41220 Park
Ave, Big Bear Lake, CA. The instructor, Rick Edwards
is an associate of The Royal Photographic Society who
perfected his photography while living in Nairobi Kenya
watching wildlife in the many parks in Kenya. During his
last two years of his stay in Kenya he became the official photographer for the Kenya Wildlife Service. Ricks
work can be seen in numerous brochures, magazines
and books on wildlife and his beloved Kenya.
Cash in Bank CASH RECEIVED
Membership Dues
$150.00
Fundraising Equipment $105.00
Donation 50/.50
$24.00
Donations
$67.00
Advertising
$150.00
Bank Discount Earned $0.00
Other Income
$0.00
Total Income
$496.00
CASH DISPERSED
Petty Cash
$0.00
Dues & Fees
$132.15
Fundraising
$0.00
Newsletter
$0.00
Equipment
$0.00
Promotion
$50.00
Programs
$0.00
Advertising
$0.00
Supplies
$0.00
Other
$0.00
Total Expenses
$182.15
The Workshop will cover many aspects of photography including the basic skills in photographic composition in order to elevate an ordinary shot to an extraordinary one. Rick Edwards, instructor, is dedicated
to developing the essentials that will help you add an
extra dimension to your photographs.
The Workshop will cover a range of photographic
topics like learning all the essential photographic techniques and cover all the vital elements in photography.
Included in the composition are: format, subject placement, lines, patterns, etc. The tools of composition are:
lens focal length, depth of field, and so on. Another aspect covered will be light and time which includes form,
texture, times of day, shutter speed, modifying light and
much more. . Basic Photoshop use will be also be included in the Workshop. A donation of $10.00 for the
workshop will reserve a space.
If interested in attending this workshop, please call Rick
Edwards at 909 547-0109 by no later than May 10th.
$2,009.29
$2,505.29
$2,323.14
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Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3
Adobe’s new Creative Suite 3 line-up unites the best of Adobe and Macromedia product innovation to provide designers and developers with a broad spectrum of creative options for all facets of print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and
video production. A customer-inspired release, Adobe Creative Suite 3 offers unprecedented choice among editions and
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Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign CS3, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3,
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and After Effects CS3. The majority of Adobe Creative Suite 3 editions will be available as
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BBCC GENERAL MEETING
March 2007
Club President Yomar Cleary welcomed all of the members. She mentioned that the Club is planning to offer business workshops to companies for their employees to learn software. There will be a photography workshop on May 14,
2007, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Rec & Parks. A $10 donation is asked. Rick, the tutor, brought some of his photos.
The club members voted on their favorite to be sent to the User Group Conference in July. We picked the photo of cheetahs. Karen talked about available review software, including games and other software from Microsoft. Kent welcomed
guests. Yomar introduced two special raffle prizes. A Microsoft Windows Vista Launch Kit was up for a special raffle.
Karen then introduced John Pi from the FBI. He is a counter-terrorism and cyber-crime specialist. His talk was
about cyber-intrusion and Internet Security. He gave us a profile of cyber-intruders. Hackers used to be people who
knew how to tweak systems and make the more efficient. Today hackers are considered bad. The best hacker is someone who can control a specific computer and manipulate it, rather than someone who uses tools to randomly own many
machines. Also, the good ones don’t brag. Amateurs do. To own 5000 machines, a person needs to know vulnerability,
only. Adding Unicode commands to web addresses is one. Scanner tools are plentiful and easy to use. With them, a
person can obtain information about many computers. One can do a lot if you identify the IP addresses of computers.
This includes learning the OS type and firewall. Use a Grinder (Unicode) to look for vulnerabilities in unpatched XP machines. So, 2 or 3 simple steps can allow people to own many computers.
To own a particular machine, one needs to learn specifically what its vulnerability is. Then identify the intrusion
tool that will work. Test the tool. Then, use it on the target. Next insert a backdoor program. This allows full control of
the computer. Once on a computer, one can escalate user privileges. One method is to try extremely long passwords.
It doesn’t always work. There are different intrusion types. Get in front of the computer and a person owns it. Social
engineering intrusions occur when someone obtains information from a person under false pretenses. Dumpster diving
is a big one. People leave a lot of information in the trash. Hacktivists deface web sites to get their message out. They
often target large companies. If the activity interferes with business, defacement can cross over to terrorism. Insiders
may be involved. Stalking can be done via the Internet. People can post false information in chat rooms, etc. and cause
potential harm to someone else. There are chat rooms that contain stolen credit card numbers ready for download. It
isn’t illegal to simply have that information.
Internet fraud is common in many different forms. This includes everything from using insider information to manipulating stock market prices. Spread rumors to make prices go up or down as needed. This depends on rapid dissemination of information to many people via the Internet. Pornography is rampant. Law enforcement enters chat rooms to
try and catch people contacting minors illegally. Some withdraw money illegally from banks. Be careful of e-mail viruses,
especially in attachments. DDOS – distributed denial of service sends useless commands or pings from many computers
to your server and crashes it. They are hard to trace coming from multiple directions. Check the firewall log for intrusion
attempts. Note if your log suddenly gets very long after your computer slow dramatically.
Always keep updates current. Set to automatic. Prevention is the key. FBI computers are not on the Internet.
Look for ‘https://’ in web addresses that you are going to give private or sensitive information to. That indicates a data
encrypted, safe site. Set the firewall to bi-directional. It will monitor outbound as well as inbound traffic. Always change
the default password on the firewall. Use a banner on the login screen for legal reasons. People will know that the computer is owned by the company, not the public. If an intrusion occurs, stop the flow of information to minimize damage.
Report it to law enforcement.
After John’s presentation, Jim Applebury and Bob Kopolow answered a few questions in the RAM session.
One question dealt with Yahoo mail. How do you send or reply with BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)? It is a good idea to
put your address in the ‘To’ line and ‘BCC’ everyone else. E-mails from AOL users, with pictures attached, may have
program code in the body of the e-mail. A user converted record albums to CD. The burned disk won’t play. Try it in
different player. Is the Vista firewall bi-directional? Yahoo mail sometimes adds ‘&amp’ to names in the address book.
Be careful when downloading from the Internet, especially if the program is free. Check the download sites on the Internet before using them. Also, don’t open e-mail attachments unless you are expecting them. What causes AOL to log off,
then right back on (using broadband)? Remember to lock down wireless routers. Always change the admin password.
Submitted by Rosemary Lloyd, Secretary
April 19, 2007
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WORD TIP
By Karen Tangeman
Word has a very powerful
search capability that allows you
to find not just text, but the formats
of text as well. Many Word users
already know how to search for
character formats, but you may not
know that you can also search for
characters that do not have a certain formatting property. To search
for characters lacking a certain format, follow these steps:
1.
Choose Find from the Edit
menu, or press Ctrl+F. (In Word
2007 you display the Home tab of
the ribbon and click on Find in the
Editing group, or you simply press
Ctrl+F.) Word displays the Find tab
of the Find and Replace dialog box.
(Click here to see a related figure.)
2.
Click on the More button if it
is available.
3.
Delete anything in the Find
What box and click on the No Formatting button if it is available.
4.
Click on the Format button,
then choose Font. Word displays
the Find Font dialog box. (Click
here to see a related figure.) Notice
that all the character attributes (Superscript, Subscript, and so on) in
the Effects area are shaded. This
means these attributes do not matter; they are ignored by Word when
searching.
5.
Select the character attributes you don’t want the matched
text to have. Make sure the check
box beside the attribute is cleared.
6.
Click on OK.
7.
Click on Find Next.
This tip applies to Microsoft Word
versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 |
2007
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EXCEL TIP
WINDOW TIP
By Yomar Cleary
Nudging a Graphic
Applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002,
and 2003
You already know that you
can insert graphics in an Excel
worksheet, and that you can position those graphics using the
mouse. Sometimes using the
mouse doesn’t give the greatest
amount of control over the placement of an object. For this reason,
you may want to only use the mouse
to handle the “rough place¬ment”
of a graphic. You can then nudge
the graphic into its final location.
To nudge a graphic, simply
make sure it is selected, and then
use the arrow keys. Pressing an arrow key moves the graphic in the direction indicated. If you want even
finer control, hold down the CTRL
key as you press an arrow key. The
result is a nudge of a single pixel in
the placement of the object. (Thus,
if you want to nudge a graphic one
pixel to the right, simply hold down
the CTRL key as you press the
RIGHT ARROW key.)
By Larry Smith
Protection Settings
You can take steps to protect yourself from future attacks.
Set your Internet and local intranet
security zone settings to “high” so
your computer will prompt you before running ActiveX controls and
active scripting in these zones.
Setting your browser security to “high” applies the highest level
of protection from unsafe content
that comes across your network.
If this setting causes some of your
sites not to load properly, you can
add those sites individually to your
list of trusted sites.
However, you should only
do so if you are sure that the site
is safe to use and is hosted from a
company or entity you trust. As a
final note, there is a free program
that I highly recommend you download called the “Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer” (MBSA) tool that
verifies when a security update has
been applied to your system. It lets
you scan your system for missing
security updates as well as common security misconfigurations.
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OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE
Don’t Forget!
Historian……………………Now this is another simple position, it’s a matter of putting press releases in a three hole
binder or can be creative and do a scrapbook which ever
works. The publicity person would collect those releases
and pictures.
Bring your empty printer
cartridges to the meeting.
Advertising Director……….Send out four invoices every
three months to our advertiser and if very energetic ask
around to obtain a couple more advertisers. Club members
can also advertise for $10 a month. This program is all set
up for you. Pick it up and run with it……..you could do it!!
The printer cartridge program is
a BBCC fund-raiser
that helps us purchase
supplies and pay for Big
Bear Computer Club expenses.
Thank you for your
participation.
Membership Benefits
Monthly Meeting with:
Presentation and demonstration of
popular hardware and software.
RAM (Question & Answer)
Session
Tech news and Virus Alerts
Member Software Raffle
50/50 Drawing
Bearly Bytes -- BBCC’s award winning
newsletter is emailed to you unless you
don’t have an email address you can
pick one up at the meetingClub Website: www.bigbearcc.org
Free software review program
Members Help Line
Members E-mail Notifications
Members only Discounts
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
All this for only $25 per year!!
Mail your application and dues to:
BBCC Treasurer
PO Box 645
Big Bear City, CA 92314
or bring your application to a meeting
For information and directions phone
Yomar Cleary, President 878-5622
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Big Bear Computer Club Meetings are held at
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BIG BEAR COMPUTER CLUB, INC.
PO Box 645
Big Bear City, CA 92314
Where computer enthusiasts meet
to share knowledge and experiences
and have a lot of fun!
BBCC is a non-profit educational
community organization open to
everyone interested in computers
and how to make them more useful
and friendly.
To learn more about
BBCC:
Come to a meeting:
2nd Tuesday of the month, 530
pm, Everyone is welcome!
Visit our web site:
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Contact our President:
Yomar Cleary
878-5622
[email protected]
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Southern California Regional User Groups