Summer 2006
Top Story of the Month
Vol. 1, Issue 5 Your laptop has a battery, why not your
desktop?!
The Strive for Five Contest Question
Lets see if you are computer savvy
Spiritual Word of the Month
Do we really need God around?
FREE Software of the Month
WWW.COMPUTERCROWN.COM Spyware Doctor 4.0
WWW.UNICORDE.COM Customer of the Month
Katie Waxer, RSG Worldwide Recruiting
Tips of the Month
Windows and Outlook Express tips
There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our
steady and enduring qualities. To "walk and not faint" is the highest
stretch possible as a measure of strength. The word walk is used in
the Bible to express the character of a person— ". . . John . . . looking
at Jesus as He walked. . . said, ’Behold the Lamb of God!’ " ( John
1:35-36 ). There is nothing abstract or obscure in the Bible; everything
is vivid and real. God does not say, "Be spiritual," but He says, "Walk
before Me. . ." ( Genesis 17:1 ).
Configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM drive. For more
information about how to do this, please refer to your computer's
documentation or contact your computer manufacturer.
Insert your Windows XP compact disc (CD) into your CD-ROM drive or
DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.
(You can also boot with a Windows 98/Me Startup disk with CD support
and run WINNT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD)
When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed on
your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP
CD.
The best way to prevent a program from running at Startup, is to check the program's own options for a way to prevent
this. Most good quality programs will provide an option for this.
If you can't find the option there, click Start, Run and enter MSCONFIG. Go to the Startup tab, and uncheck the item
there. This method is not always 100% successful. An example is a program that you do use, but you don't want
running automatically. Some programs will check to see if the program's own options say it should run at Startup. If
the program thinks its supposed to load at startup, it will re-create the auto run entry.
A small utility that can help you determine where things are loading from is Startup Programs Tracker, which can be
downloaded here.
Manual Backup:
Your safest bet is to move the OE Mail Store to a new folder, on a different partition, if available and export a few
Registry keys to back up all your settings.
1) In Outlook Express, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance. Select the Store Folder button. Change the location of the
OE Mail and News store folder to a drive/partition/folder that will not be affected by the uninstall or re-install. This is
especially true if you plan to reformat the system drive. You will be prompted to log off/back on, or reboot, do so. For a
small utility that will locate, and optionally open your mail store folder, click here (Find and Open the OE Mail Store)
2) Do a Find on *.wab and copy all WAB files to a folder on the same drive/partition you used in Step 1. This can even
be the same folder that you moved the Mail Store to (recommended).
NOTE: If you only have one available partition, complete steps 1 through 3. Then backup the contents of the folder(s)
that you moved the Mail Store and WAB files to. This can be to floppy media, CR-R/RW or whatever you prefer.
4) Now export the following 4 Registry keys to a location that will be available after your reinstall, or whatever (a floppy
will work for the REG files). If you're going back to a Windows 9X OS, you need to ensure you select Win9x/NT4 in the
Save as type pull down.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name
NOTE: DO NOT open Outlook Express until you completed this procedure