eBlue, Sacra Blue Online Magazine

Jul 2002 — Issue 240	*Sacra Blue* is available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Right-click on the Sacra Blue link (13MB, 45Min@56K) and select "Save Target\|Link As...". Print these pages and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

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SPCUG’s Web site

LOCAL MEDIA LINKS
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REGIONAL MEDIA LINKS
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The San Francisco news site

MAGAZINE SITES
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- PC Week
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- Windows Magazine
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June's Presentations
Microsoft Windows XP and Digital Photography
Due to technical difficulties, a report is not available.

SPCUG's Business
A review of the business portion of June's Main Meeting.

Feature Articles

Safe Mode and Bootlog.txt
Describes what Safe Mode and bootlog.txt are, and the advantages of using them.

—Jim Thornton

Killed By Microsoft Bob
There is some great funny stuff making the rounds on the Internet.

—Unknown

The CD Burner
Blank CD quality? Here's the scoop.

—Dale Swafford

Firewalls: Why You Need One!
What have you done to protect yourself from hackers?

—Ben Brady

Home Networking
A home network that uses the home telephone lines.

—Joe Betts

Columns

Prez.Com
President's Thoughts
Connection Questions

—Milt Hull

Virus of the Month Club
E-Mail Viruses Top List
The best protection is knowledge.

—Ken Hopkins

The Volunteer Page
We Need New Volunteers!
I'm stuck and I hope you will consider volunteering.

—Stan Morris

Solutions

Tech Talk
Connection Speeds

—Milt Hull

A Question On...
Access Reports

—The SPCUG Answer Guys

Reviews

Product Review
NetOp Remote Control 7.01
OmniPage Pro 11
Edited by Brian Smither

Chapter and SIG Reports
Davis Chapter
Orangevale/Folsom Chapter

Et Cetera
Steering Committee Notes
Mentor List (Password Req'd)
Consultants' Corner

This page prepared by:

Brian Smither