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On 8/27/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Blind-Computing mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blind-Computing digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. question about what to leave and what to un check in > msconfig (Mich) > 2. Signatures in Thunderbird (Maria Campbell) > 3. Re: question about what to leave and what to un checkin > msconfig (heather kd5cbl) > 4. Re: question about what to leave and what to un checkin > msconfig (Ishe Chinyoka) > 5. Re: question about what to leave and what to un checkin > msconfig (rich) > 6. need a program to recover files that works with jaws. (Jim > Rawls) > 7. Re: daily tip (Kathy Pingstock) > 8. Re: daily tip (David Ferrin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:56:59 -0400 > From: "Mich" <[email protected]> > To: "blind-computing @jaws-users.com" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what to un > check in msconfig > Message-ID: <b18e011088f345238fae2e842c3b4...@mich78e350b7ec> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all. I have a hole bunch of programs in my msconfig aka start up. I would > like not all of them to start up when my pc starts since that would make > windows > load a lot slower. My questions are I have yahoo messenger and windows > messenger set to load up as well as jaws and avg. all the others i have are > set > to start up as well but I am not shure out of all of the names of the files > witch ones are for jaws and avg. I would like just 4 things to start up > when > i start windows but I don't want to un check anything that might cose > windows to get mest up. many thanks for any help you can give me. from Mich. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:03:54 -0400 > From: Maria Campbell <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Signatures in Thunderbird > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > After trying the trying MS Outlook program with my new Window7 PC, > I've decided to give Thunderbird a spin. It looks promising, but I > can't find anyway to add signatures to messages. > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Sunny Day > Maria Campbell > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:20:28 -0500 > From: "heather kd5cbl" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what > to un checkin msconfig > Message-ID: <22fdcd3bf51d41ae807355b747463...@mygateway> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Judging from what I knew about my computer, this is what I did! But I am not > an expert! > Well, if the file says win 32 in the file extension, I would not touch it. > If it said like i tunes program or yahoo messager, I would uncheck the > program from starting up. That is what I did. So if the file has anything > to do with your operating system, don't uncheck it. Heather > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:21:54 +0200 > From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what > to un checkin msconfig > Message-ID: <da003cf34e02410fa6416d3d2a4b7...@chinyoka847a4b> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi, > > It might be difficult to pinpoint the actual programmes you are to stop > since most of these show their executables only. > To control start up programs, why not try a program like WinPatrol which > gives you the easy interface for managing startups and services? Winpatrol > can be found on this mailing list Programs page and the latest version is > version 18. Its homepage is http://www.winpatrol.com. It is shareware, but > its trial is fully functional except that you will only miss out a few > tweaking functionalities. I think it's worth its billing considering its > usefulness. > > In the mean time, you can start by cleaning up your start up folder which > you can get to by typing from the run box: > "%USERPROFILE%\Start menu\Programs\Startup" > (Please make sure to type this string in quotes or simply copy as it is. I > placed it in quotes because one of the folders has got a space in it). > This will take you to your Startup folder in your Home directory which > contains programs triggered at startup. > Select those programs you don't often use and delete them. > > Besides this folder, there are other places like the registry > (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersions\Run and > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run), but I think you should > not go to these places unless you understand the registry. This is where > utilities like Winpatrol and that MSConfig come into play. So just leave > this out -- the registry is the soft spot of your system. > > Finally, you would see that some start up programs may apparently be > useless, but consider finding out more about these especially services. > These often do some background checking of your operations, so while you may > not actually love their queer names (for instance fchose.exe), these would > cause some instabilities if they are stopped like any other programs. > > Cheers, I trust this helps a bit. If not, someone else might hit the right > nail. > > Ishe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mich" <[email protected]> > To: "blind-computing @jaws-users.com" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:56 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what to un > checkin msconfig > > >> Hi all. I have a hole bunch of programs in my msconfig aka start up. I >> would like not all of them to start up when my pc starts since that would >> make windows >> load a lot slower. My questions are I have yahoo messenger and windows >> messenger set to load up as well as jaws and avg. all the others i have >> are set >> to start up as well but I am not shure out of all of the names of the >> files witch ones are for jaws and avg. I would like just 4 things to >> start up when >> i start windows but I don't want to un check anything that might cose >> windows to get mest up. many thanks for any help you can give me. from >> Mich. >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:33:40 -0400 > From: "rich" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what > to un checkin msconfig > Message-ID: <4a1dda2715394566906cbcff2ff44...@richwv34g8968i> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Anything that has an anti virus name sounds like a good thing to keep > checked i.e.McAfee--- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mich" <[email protected]> > To: "blind-computing @jaws-users.com" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:56 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about what to leave and what to un > checkin msconfig > > >> Hi all. I have a hole bunch of programs in my msconfig aka start up. I >> would like not all of them to start up when my pc starts since that would >> make windows >> load a lot slower. My questions are I have yahoo messenger and windows >> messenger set to load up as well as jaws and avg. all the others i have >> are set >> to start up as well but I am not shure out of all of the names of the >> files witch ones are for jaws and avg. I would like just 4 things to >> start up when >> i start windows but I don't want to un check anything that might cose >> windows to get mest up. many thanks for any help you can give me. from >> Mich. >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:33:41 -0700 > From: "Jim Rawls" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] need a program to recover files that works > with jaws. > Message-ID: <0e2ca99bb06e45cbbb18951650d27...@jamesrjamesr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am using windows 7, jaws 11 on a 64 bit machine. Jim > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:32:16 -0400 > From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > Message-ID: <005e01cb45f4$a5bc29e0$f1347d...@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > David, > > Is it difficult to set one of hese up myself? Which one would you recommend? > > Kathy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > Find out from them if they could change you over to WPA or WPA2 for higher > security. If not maybe it would be better for you to purchase a router of > your own and set it up yourselves. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > > David, > > My internet wireless and hub is through my cable company. They are using > wep, is there something else that I should do to protect things more since > it is not protecting very well? > > Kathy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > Wireless Network Encryption > > Encryption is the an important feature to enable on a wireless network. When > you set up a wireless network in your operating system, be sure to turn on > the strongest encryption format that your router and wireless adapters all > support. > Currently, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) provides the best protection for > consumer wireless networking products. WPA is still useful, although it's > been proven vulnerable. And WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is no longer > considered safe, but it's better than nothing. > > Choose an encryption passphrase (password) of at least eight mixed letters > and numbers. If your router supports case sensitivity and special > characters, add some capital letters and punctuation marks. You'll need to > enter this passphrase on each PC the first time you add it to the newly > encrypted network. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:05:48 -0400 > From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > Message-ID: <4dac4620daec40d795b4c47e3f887...@owner> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I can only speak to the fact that all we have ever owned here were Linksys > routers. My understanding is that so long as the interface is in a web > format they are normally accessible. There might only be some differences in > naming conventions and the like. The router I am using right now really > offers some serious options for gaming and so forth which obviously I do not > care about. Also there are settings in there that to be honest I have no > idea at all what they are meant to do. I made sure I understood what ever it > was I was changing before doing it so as to avoid any unpleasant after > effects. It is my experience that the places most of us would ever need to > enter are fairly easy to figure out. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > > David, > > Is it difficult to set one of hese up myself? Which one would you recommend? > > Kathy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > Find out from them if they could change you over to WPA or WPA2 for higher > security. If not maybe it would be better for you to purchase a router of > your own and set it up yourselves. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > > David, > > My internet wireless and hub is through my cable company. They are using > wep, is there something else that I should do to protect things more since > it is not protecting very well? > > Kathy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] daily tip > > Wireless Network Encryption > > Encryption is the an important feature to enable on a wireless network. When > you set up a wireless network in your operating system, be sure to turn on > the strongest encryption format that your router and wireless adapters all > support. > Currently, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) provides the best protection for > consumer wireless networking products. WPA is still useful, although it's > been proven vulnerable. And WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is no longer > considered safe, but it's better than nothing. > > Choose an encryption passphrase (password) of at least eight mixed letters > and numbers. If your router supports case sensitivity and special > characters, add some capital letters and punctuation marks. You'll need to > enter this passphrase on each PC the first time you add it to the newly > encrypted network. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-Computing mailing list > [email protected] > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > > End of Blind-Computing Digest, Vol 100, Issue 14 > ************************************************ > -- "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." ~William Shakespeare For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
