20010802 Lockergnome Windows Daily

08.02.2001 GnomeREPORT

Guess what? I found the perfect place tonight. Nice neighborhood, nice rooms, nice yard, nice landlords, relatively decent price... BUT NO BROADBAND! Fuggetaboutit. Ain't no way I'm steppin' foot in there. Without cable or DSL, I'd go nuts. Satellite connectivity isn't incredibly reliable yet -- and high-speed wireless access isn't available in Pacifica. I suppose I could drop a fractional T1 in there, but that'd just be too expensive... wouldn't it? Back to the classifieds. And speaking of...

Midwest NewsNet has been promoting Gnomedex like none other! In fact, quite a few registrants have come from their mentions. I just uploaded their logo to the site. In a few short weeks, we'll be partying together in Des Moines, Iowa; you've been invited, by the way. HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? I can't wait to meet y'all face to face! Bring your laptop so I can see it up close. I'll do my best to hold off purchasing my own until after September 15th. In the meantime, I'll bask in the warm glow of my 19" CRT. Which, by the way, is showcasing the lovely 'Charlie's Angels' pose that Lori, Gretchen, and Laura are striking in G's Webcam right now.

Everybody loves computer tricks -- and that's why I've put a handful of helpful TechTV links next to our daily tip. Learning new stuff will embiggen even the slowest soul, or so I'm told. The new (news-laden) newsletter will launch in another week or so; we haven't really decided on a specific inauguration day. I'd say that once we hit 15,000 subscribers for the Bits & Bytes, we'll be cleared for take-off. What's next? Well, I believe that Randy is considering relaunching the Lockergnome "Macintosh" missive. I have it on good authority that a "Webmaster" Gnome may become a reality soon, too. And you know we've wanted to do a Linux one for quite some time now, but... haven't really found the right writer. Or, ya know... found the proverbial sponsor. And yes, it's the same story with our dream for a "Palm" zine. Would you pay a small subscription fee to help get 'em off the ground?

What are your thoughts on the matter?

Chris Pirillo

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Point-N-Click v1.00 [1.5M] W9x/NT/2k FREE

http://www.polital.com/pnc/PNCzip.exe
http://www.polital.com/pnc/
http://screenshot.lockergnome.com/pointnclick.png

{Click without clicking} I'm always thrilled to feature utilities like this one -- something for those who may not be capable of completing certain tasks (for whatever reason). Most of us can move our mouse around and click its buttons, but if you have trouble pushing buttons, it's time to drive the point-n-click. Now, instead of clicking on the mouse buttons, you can hover the pointer over a graphical representation. This was created with "accessibility" in mind, but I suppose you could also use it if your index finger is in pain. "As long as they can move a mouse, trackball or other pointing device, they can send mouse clicks to virtually any Windows application or DOS application that can run within a window."

Quick File Rename PE v3.0 [243k] W9x/NT/2k FREE

http://members.tripod.com/minimice/qfr_per_inst.zip
http://hosted.barrysworld.net/minimice/Body/Programs/qfr_info.html
http://screenshot.lockergnome.com/quickfilerename.png

{Rename files quickly, duh} When you need to rename a series of files, this is the app you need to be using. Browse through folders, preview changes before they're actually made, rename files according to their extensions, and update time stamps. The interface is easy to interpret, too. If you can click, you can use this program. Drag & drop functionality (from the Windows Explorer) is also supported -- as if it wasn't easy or quick enough already. "Quick File Rename Personal edition is FREE, but for those who want more power, you'll want the PRO version."

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UpNet v1.0 [341k] W9x/NT/2k FREE

http://upnet.pdabusiness.com/upnet.zip
http://upnet.pdabusiness.com/

"UpNet differs from other sites that offer a similar service (for a charge usually) because it distributes the website checking across a network of PCs. When a user runs our client they enter a URL of a file on their website containing the word 'OK.' This URL is sent to our server ready to be picked up by another user running the same client. That client then checks your URL every few minutes and notifies us if it goes off-line, we then email the owner of the site and tell them. If any client goes off-line then we pass the URL onto an active client so that it can continue checking. Clients check other client's URLs every few minutes and each client will contact our server occasionally to receive a new URL to check."

GnomeTERM

ANDREW FLUEGLEMAN / It's my hope that many of you, over the years, have taken my advice and downloaded a few programs to make your PC run a little smoother -- and more to your liking. Ninety-nine percent of what I feature is freeware, which means the software is free for your personal use. The name "freeware" can be traced back to one Andrew Fluegleman (who trademarked the name). However, at that time "freeware" meant what "shareware" does today. Eventually, "freeware" became a term for free applications and "shareware" (which was originally called "freeware") was used to describe fee-for software. There. I hope that was confusing enough for you. Know, too, that Jim Knopf (Button) is considered the father of shareware. And ware would we be without them?

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Evite

http://www.evite.com/

{RSVP please ASAP} There's a party goin' on right here, a celebration to last throughout the year. Sure, but how are you going to tell everyone about it? Mailing invitations? Ha! This is an Internet-based newsletter, my friends. You need to send an Evite. Through this resource, you can create and customize cool e- mail invitations. Add graphics, color, sound, music, or anything else to personalize your digital notes (to help them stand out). Beyond this crucial step, they offer the organization of guest lists, the suggestion of what people could bring, and the blasting of reminders. They thought of everything! Now, I just need to make some friends.

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Install sound card
Mac vs. PC
Code Red FAQ
Dual window browsing
Use Mac mail
Compare your fonts
Fight Sircam worm
Learn to juggle

For those of you like Lockergnomie Patrick Gallagher, who is familiar with how Windows handles networking functions, you know that you can map a drive letter to a shared location on another Windows PC or server on your local network. But, did you know that you can do the same thing for computers connected to the Internet? Of course, you can't browse resources like this over the Internet with any sort of efficiency due to the lack of a NetBIOS structure, but you can use the IP address of the remote system when manually mapping a drive. Right-click Network Neighborhood and choose Map Network Drive from the context menu. Select the drive letter you want to use for the mapping, then enter the network location in the following format: "\\[IP Address]\[ShareName]" (sans quotes)

This capability depends on several factors, such as the Microsoft client being enabled for the Internet connection on the remote computer. There are also security implications. You must enter an appropriate username and password for secured shares, and there are more strict implications for Windows NT/2k servers, as you may have to authenticate to a domain as well. If you can get over the security hurdles, it serves as an excellent way to quickly attach to remote machines. Definitely be careful with this one, and be sure you understand the security of this because there do exist tools that sniff out these shares, which leaves any data on them wide open if you don't have things locked up tight. Note, too, that this only works when you're connecting to another Windows machine (though SAMBA may be used for *nix systems). It can be done quickly and easily, but I need to once again remind you that there are security risks involved.

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