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We recommend that you adjust your Automatic Updates as follows:

1. Open Control Panel (Start --->Control Panel)
2. Click Automatic Updates
3. Uncheck Automatic Updates and tick "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them."

This will at least get your Windows updates for you and let you choose when to install them. You'll also be able to select any Office Updates and choose not to install them at that time and install them later. If they're not "critical" updates - you might want to defer downloading them, until you have the time to mess around with changing your email programs around :-). We recommend that you install all critical updates immediately.

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To change your default font:

Open Outlook Express
Click "Tools" then "Options"
Now click the "Compose" tab (at the top)
Under "Compose Font" click the "Font Setting" button next to "Mail"
Choose "Tahoma" or "Verdana" choose Font Size 12 pt.
Click "Apply" then "OK".

Now close Outlook Express and reopen it. Try composing an email. Let us know what happens. If the font size looks right to you, you can either leave it as is, or try going back to your Arial font by repeating the above steps and choosing "Arial". If you have problems going back to Arial font i.e. it appears too small try increasing the size to 12 pt instead of 10pt. If that still doesn't work, let us know

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How would I set up "Undisclosed Recipients" to use when sending an email so all the email addresses don't appear?

In Outlook Express there is nothing to set up. If you're only sending an email to a few people, you can enter their addresses manually or insert them from your address book into BCC field of your email. Make sure you leave the "TO:" field blank. If you don't see a "BCC" field in your compose window, click "View" then place a checkmark next to "All Headers".

If you plan on emailing a certain group of people often you can set up a "Group" in your address book. You can add as many people to your new "Group" as you want. And, adding a "Group" is simple to do.

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Here's how to add a "Group" to your address book:

Open your address book, click "File" then click "New Group". Give your "Group" a name and add contacts. If the contacts are already in your address book, just select them and click "add". If they're not or you need to add a contact to your group later, just select "New Contact" and type in the contact's name and email address. When you're ready to send an email to this "Group" click the BCC button (next to the BCC line) and select the Group you just created - it will be place in the BCC field. Now leave the TO: line blank. When you send the email to your Group, each person in that Group will see the mail as addressed to "Undisclosed Recipient". And if the person you're sending the mail to is an computer guru, don't worry. Even digging into the email headers none of the other addresses you sent the mail to will show. The person you sent the mail can only see their own address and yours - even if the dig down into the properties or the headers of the email. None of the other recipients will show.

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Create shortcuts on your desktops to Web pages

shortcuts to sites I want to revisit at a later time, but don't yet want to add to my Favorites menu. I have a folder on my desktop I call "sites to revisit". Once I create the desktop shortcut, I drag them into the folder. Then when I have time, I go back and explore these sites right click on the page you want to create a shortcut to (but don't right-click on a picture) and choose "Create Shortcut". Internet Explorer will automatically put a shortcut to the site on your desktop. You can leave it there or drag it to a folder.

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Word has an annoying little habit of capitalizing the first letter in each line so that I have to go back each time to alter it to lower case. I am sure that there must be a setting somewhere to eliminate this nuisance but I can't find it. Can you please help with this one?"

You can turn this "feature" off easily. The first letter of a sentence capitalization feature is part of MS Word's Auto Formatting "feature".

Here's how to access the configuration options and settings in Word:

1. Click Tools
2. Click "AutoCorrect Options"

In the first window you will see option to “Capitalize the first letter of sentences”. Uncheck the box next to this entry.

Hint! There are many other auto-formatting options here that you can personalize.

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Click F4 (not "Alt + F4" just plain, old F4) while your browser is open and the last 25 addresses you have typed out in your address bar will show! Place your cursor in the address bar and hit the F4 key. Now, use your up/down arrow key to scroll to the one you want to go to. Yes, clicking the little arrow to the right of the address bar does the same thing, but sometimes it is nice not to have to leave your keyboard and use your mouse.

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EasyRead

If you're one of those people that want to know why you can easily resize the text on some Web pages but not on others, here's the answer. Some Web sites use style sheets or remote style sheets to control the text size. So, on some Web pages using your mouse wheel or Internet Explorer's "Text Size" won't work because the size of the text is not easily reader-changeable. So, what are all us with elderly eyes supposed to do, grab a huge magnifying glass and peer at the tiny writing through it - and probably end up with throbbing headache? Not only would that make you look silly and make your head hurt too; it wouldn't be necessary - if you grab this week's Freeware Pick Of The Week - EasyRead. Well, here. We'll let the developer tell you about it.

If you're frustrated at Internet Explorer not allowing you to view Web pages at the size you want then you'll appreciate the EasyRead Toolbar Buttons. The EasyRead toolbar buttons allow you to magnify any HTML page as you browse the web. Version 1.5 is now available, with the following features:

· Easily Zoom in and out on any webpage at the touch of a button

· Great for those of you with poor sight when viewing small size text

· Works in all situations, when Internet Explorer's 'Text Size' fails

· Works with pages in frames

· Prints your HTML page magnified

· Totally 100% Free!

· No popup adverts or spyw@re, it really is free

· Works with Windows 2000, XP, Me, NT

· NEW: Right-click on a page to zoom in and out

· Simple to use

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