Links for Sunday March 17, 2002

If anyone would like to download a US Flag for their email or web site here are a few I found.
To download any Flag just right click on it and click on Save Picture as:
Keep your flag outside all of the time.
Remember the flag must be lit up at night. So leave it out all night, just put a light on it.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Happy St Patrick's day! Here are the links from the show on March 17, 2002 Announcing the eNews newsletter from OnComputers.info (www.OnComputers.info/newsletter)
						Worm turns Japanese:
						http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24434.html
						CERT® Incident Note IN-2002-02:
						http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2002-02.html
						Ricochet Wireless Internet Service Resurrected: Thanks, Tony
						http://www.infinisource.com/features/ricochet2.html
						Ricochet Homepage:
						http://www.ricochet.com/availability.html
						Wireless Providers In 'Sirius' Trouble:
						http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article/0,,10692_992321,00.html
						ICANN Finally Attracts Congressional Ire:
						http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article/0,,10_992681,00.html
						iMacs trickle onto e-tailer sites:
						http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-861557.html
						Apple polishes remote Mac OS X access:
						http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-861399.html
						AOL switches from IE to Netscape in beta test:
						http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24441.html
						Can e-mail seal a sales deal?
						http://realestate.boston.com/news/2002/03/can_email_seal_sales_deal.html
						‘DNA computer’ cracks code:
						http://physicsweb.org/article/news/6/3/11
						Harsh Reality Intrudes at IT Trade Jamboree:
						http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020315/tc_nm/tech_fair_dc_5
						World's most interesting computer in jeopardy:
						http://www.theregus.com/content/3/24300.html
						Where Music Will Be Coming From:
						http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/magazine/17ONLINE.html ?todaysheadlines=&pagewanted=print&position=top

Chairman/CEO
Bob Wing
Company founder Bob Wing brings to Distinctive Technologies more than 20 years of experience in the electronics industry. Wing also founded PC Peripherals, Inc. (1993), an international mass storage sales and repair company. He has held senior management positions at other leading mass storage companies such as MiniScribe (Maxtor) and Xebec. Wing is a recognized authority in the areas of disk drive process development and equipment design and has designed and authored papers on automated hard drive testing.

Executive Vice President/COO
John W. Fisher, Jr.
John Fisher has more than 18 years experience in the hardware and software technology space. Prior to Distinctive Technologies, Mr. Fisher held positions of Vice President Product Development for Tactical Marketing Ventures and Visiand Software, Executive Vice President and COO of RMI.NET Solutions (Applications Methods - Seattle) and a Vice President of RMI.NET, a national e-commerce and web solutions company. Within these organizations his responsibilities included day-to-day operations and management of development, product management and marketing, quality assurance, and implementation resources for enterprise level software applications and services. He was also responsible for the design and architecture of marketing automation applications, and creation of e-commerce infrastructure platforms, which supported integration to accounting and ERP systems. Mr. Fisher has also held a number of senior management and consulting roles with ERP, accounting, and business systems integration companies.
PC Pinpoint works by listing an inventory of a system's components and then systematically providing testing and diagnosis of each component. Based on these results, PC Pinpoint uses the information from its extensive database to initiate automated repair actions, display self-help tutorials and provide suggested maintenance to optimize the performance of the computer. The diagnosis is performed by an end user prior to contacting technical support, thus allowing IT departments and call centers to spend their resources addressing more complex computer issues. PC Pinpoint is safe and simple to use, collecting only computer data - not personal data - to run its diagnostics.

Jeff Orr, product marketing manager for home and small office networking, brought over 10 years of award-winning, consumer product experience to Proxim. He began his PC career in 1989 at Diamond Multimedia Systems as a product line manager for graphics accelerators, high-speed modems, and user interface applications.

Proxim, Inc. (Nasdaq: PROX), the leader in wireless broadband networking, delivers a complete range of flexible, multi-standard wireless networking solutions for enterprises, service providers, small businesses and homes. With more than 15 years at the forefront of wireless networking innovation and product development, Proxim has solutions that meet the unique needs of every market. Proxim's products wirelessly connect people to the information and resources they need - at work, at school, in public hot spots and at home.

Our own Deepak will be talking about Ricochet and
the new wide area 802.11b 6 Mbit service being rolled out in San Antonio

It is very helpful to have frequent and useful backups of
your files. Many times the challenge is not necessarily the number of files, but which files! Suppose, for example, in a typical day you touch 50 different files. Can you remember all 50 file names if you want to back them up at the end of the day?

To solve this problem, Windows has a built-in 'Find' or 'Search' tool that can be used to find files. One specific point of interest is the option to find files that have recently been updated. Click Start, then 'Find' or 'Search,' depending on if you have the 95, 98, or Me version. Within the 'Find' or 'Search' utility, enter nothing for the file name, and search only by date. You will either choose the date tab, in 95/98, or drop down the date parameter in the left pane within the search screen in Me. Choose the number of days back you want to track changed files, and begin the search. Now, select from the list those files you need to back up, and copy them to your backup location.

When you delete a file from a DOS window (aka Command prompt), these files will NOT be placed into the recycle bin. So be very careful when deleting from DOS!
- Michael Vincent
http://www.emazing.com/windows.jsp

When preparing to upgrade Windows from an older version to a newer version, you should back up everything! The best way to upgrade is a clean install. This means you format the hard drive and install the new version on a virgin drive. Microsoft (if you have an upgrade) requires the previous version of Windows to verify the upgrade, so you will need the Windows CD to do this.

If you cannot perform a clean installation, follow these
steps:
Back up everything you cannot reinstall. Remove/uninstall as much software as you can.
Uninstall your virus software. Contact the manufacturer if uninstall is not available. Reboot to DOS, not the Windows command line. Run setup for your upgrade from DOS.

This is not a guarantee of success. Despite the hoopla, upgrading an operating system is hard! It's often riddled with difficulty and problems. Even the best Windows programmers struggle with upgrades!