Folks - If you have not already done so, it is imperative that you check and patch for the MS Blaster worm -- especially if you are running Windows 2000 or...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Sep 14, 2003 2:36 am
Folks - Here are couple of important items... well, at least one of them is... The MS Blaster worm has gotten a lot of press lately, and Microsoft released a...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Oct 15, 2003 3:42 am
*Folks -* Mail sent to the *OPCC Group* goes to all; that's why you are seeing it. That's one of the bonuses and one of the drawbacks to a Group site, ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Dec 19, 2003 4:14 am
As posted to both my personal website and the "open" OPCC website: Warning: there is a critical new Internet Explorer exploit in the wild, known as "ID...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Feb 11, 2004 5:45 am
Folks, here we go again. There are two critical flaws in Windows NT series operating systems, including Windows NT, 2000, and XP. THESE MUST BE FIXED...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Mar 8, 2004 12:30 am
I have now put up all my articles on one web site for your perusal and (hopefully) edification. The direct link is ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Mar 12, 2004 1:48 am
Folks - I have substantially revised and expanded the article which will be the basis for my presentation tomorrow. You can read it over to prepare, or print...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Mar 22, 2004 5:33 am
A new version of the "Bagle" worm has been released. The twist: you don't have to open an attachment to get infected! Just the act of clicking on the email,...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Jul 3, 2004 12:59 am
Gee, this sounds a lot like what I've been saying for the last two years: "U.S. Steers Consumers Away From Internet Explorer" ...
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Michael Rudas
oak_park_cc
Nov 10, 2004 5:25 pm
Due to an editing error on my part, the Firefox link in the previous message was mangled. The correct link is http://www.getfirefox.com -- sorry about that! ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Jun 29, 2005 2:57 pm
This message is partly to announce my new blog, "Rumblings": http://sixtyhertz.blogspot.com -- where this message will be posted shortly. One of the biggest...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Jul 14, 2005 9:15 pm
Some of the recipients of this message will get duplicates, but this ensures maximum coverage... LATE NEWS FLASHES -- The Oak Park Computer Club :...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Nov 3, 2005 6:04 am
This is a reminder about Friday's OPCC meeting (11/4)--but it's also a heads-up on the subject of my presentation if you cannot attend. The "Microsoft Office"...
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Michael Rudas (tech s...
oakpark_tech
Sep 8, 2006 6:29 pm
Folks - This website has a wide variety of portable apps, OOo and Firefox are only two examples. They are designed to work from USB flash drives or external ...
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leomadejczyk
Nov 2, 2006 2:42 am
back a few years ago I wanted to get into underdstanding vector graphics and how to use them. I puchased corel draw 5 and have been using programs like it ever...
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Don Guitar
dec101648
Nov 2, 2006 10:06 pm
Vector graphics can be awfully intimidating to learn but PSP does a fair job of them and if you aren't afraid of learning curves, Inkscape and Eve, both of...
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leomadejczyk
Mar 10, 2007 4:55 am
I recently went through a bad time with my wifes computer. she had purchased a new computer recently and she had a lot of garbage on her computer that served...
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leomadejczyk
Mar 12, 2007 2:17 am
I have aways had a problem with windows and the energy savings settings. I thought that it was a server motherboard, and being a server it should never sleep,...
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leomadejczyk
Apr 19, 2007 2:30 pm
Hi All I think I finally got all the changes done. So for all of you who have feverishly been trying to reach me see my new gmail address above. (feverishly,...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
May 15, 2007 6:36 pm
As a follow-up to my own last post about free software in schools, I offer... "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
May 15, 2007 6:41 pm
This is one school superintendent that gets it, and I LIKE it! "District set to use free productivity software" ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Aug 9, 2007 4:33 pm
Folks -- There's a relatively-new spam-scam making the rounds; you may have seen it. The "ecard greeting" spam e-mails carry a Trojan payload-- namely, the ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Sep 19, 2007 2:51 am
In honor of 9/19-- "Talk Like a Pirate Day"-- I present THE ultimate and appropriate computer peripheral: ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Oct 4, 2007 10:31 pm
October 4th 2007 marks Sputnik 1's 50th birthday. <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jj1EL1p0CjbFMmLfcH2r3uBkNNPgD8S2D0A81> ...
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Steven J Gold
gold7181
Oct 5, 2007 1:12 am
... ...and the communications protocol used in the Internet (TCP/IP) was originally developed for battlefield communications if we went to war with the Soviets...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Oct 8, 2007 3:11 am
Some of us may find this information useful-- it's a free PDF download of a relatively recent print book: "The Wireless Networking Starter Kit" ...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Nov 8, 2007 8:29 am
Secunia -- http://www.Secunia.com -- is a computer-security company that provides useful bulletins and warnings on a regular basis, as well as maintaining a...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Dec 8, 2007 7:13 pm
At Friday's OPCC meeting, I mentioned how much a resource hog and how buggy much of the current anti-virus software is -- and that Norton and McAfee are two...
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Elaine Graybar
elainescomputer
Dec 8, 2007 9:46 pm
thanks for the updates, very important. i'm not always able to come to meetings, but i always try. i'm not sure i'll be able to come until spring due to the...
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Michael Rudas
m_p_rudas
Dec 26, 2007 4:37 pm
This guy sings backwards while doing things that are non-reversible. At the midpoint of the video, he reverses time and everything is undone while the song ...
