Neil J. Rubenking

In Microsoft Word 2002, when I select Properties from the File menu and click on the Summary tab, I see information I dont always want to share with others. For example, how do I clear the company and author lines? What if I want my e-mail to be anonymous? Is there any way to accomplish […]

For the past month, I have been receiving e-mail with addresses similar to but not exactly mine in the To: field. Supposing my address were My_name1, Ive received mail for My_name143, My_ name1guy, and other variations. These messages are all spam. I suspect that I may not be receiving mail properly addressed to me, but […]

You can force Windows 2000 and XP to display the blue screen of death. Hopefully, the only reason to do this is that youll never see it otherwise! In the Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystem CurrentControlSetServicesi8042prtParameters, find or create a DWORD value named CrashOnCtrlScroll. Double-click on the value and set its data to 1. Restart your computer. […]

Is there a way to make the Outlook Express in-box private, using a password? Arturo Meneses You can password-protect your in-box using OEs Identities feature. From the menu select File | Identities | Add New Identity. Define a secondary identity, which you will not actually use; do nothing but give it a name. Do not […]

My office LAN has a large number of nodes, and even though I dont connect to most of them, they have populated My Network Places in Windows. Is there any way to trim the list? G.L. Moore The nodes that appear directly under My Network Places in Windows 2000 and XP are folder shortcuts, created […]

Can you tell me what the gibberish at the end of a spam message means? Is this code or just random filler to fool a filter? J. Kiernan We have found that random text added to the subject line (for example, “Get Rich Quick!!!! xuyrr”) is more common. There are two possible purposes for this […]

We were mildly surprised when SiteOfTheWeek@ziffdavis.com received an e-mail asking for confirmation of its password, credit card number, and other PayPal account details (Figure 1) . PayPal is the online transaction and bill-paying service favored by millions of eBay auction users (eBay now owns the service). But our SiteOfTheWeek isnt a person and to the […]

Recently, I began to receive spam messages that simply pop up on my computer screen. After a little research, I discovered that this spamming technique uses Windows built-in Messenger service, which sends messages in a broadcast across a network. The way to block these annoying messages is to disable the Messenger service. In Windows XP, […]