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Oct 2002 — Issue 243	*Sacra Blue* is available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Right-click on the Sacra Blue link (1.2MB, 10Min@56K) and select "Save Target\|Link As...". Print these pages and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

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September's Presentations
Erez Carmel of Winway Résumé Software and Tom Waters demonstrating Palm gizmos.

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

Feature Articles

My Computer Monster
Sometimes it takes off on its own - like a monster.

—Jack Gross

The Army Way to Get New Computer Stuff
The things I hated about the Army are now making sense.

—Bill Wood

Bonehead Burner 101
So, you bought and installed a CD recorder/rewriter (a burner) in your PC.

—Dale Swafford

Seven Habits of Highly Annoying Software
Does the software industry think users are stupid?

—K. Joyce McDonald

What This Country Needs Is Good, Cheap Dial-up Access
The traveling user who has cable/DSL at home still needs access on the road.

—K. Joyce McDonald

Making Forms in MS-Word
Complete a form in Word without messing up the formatting or erasing the form completely.

—Thomas F. Fischer

Jerry's Great Printer Adventure
Like so many great inventions, the laser printer started as an experiment in someone's kitchen.

—Jerry Maizell

Screen Refresh Rates and Migraine Headaches
Most of us work with computer screens. Here are simple things to reduce eyestrain.

—by Elizabeth Dial

How To Reveal Codes in Word
CrossEyes and some work-arounds.

—by James Alexander

The Ultimate Utility
Which Came First: Code or Coffee?

—by Dennis Stacey

VNC – Virtual Network Computing
Tech Support takes control of your computer to make right what once went wrong.

—by Brian Smither

Think Twice Before Bringing Work Home
There is a risk that your home computer could be subject to discovery.

—by Bill Wood

Transitions
Persons of note who have crossed over.

—SPCUG Staff

Columns

Prez.Com
President's Thoughts
Pop-Up Stoppers

—Milt Hull

The Volunteer Page
A New Group Function
Printer Cartridge Recycling Volunteer

—Stan Morris

Solutions

Tech Talk
Networking with Windows XP

—Milt Hull

A Question On...
Unauthorized Modification of Web Pages

—The SPCUG Answer Guys

Reviews

Product Review
Quicken Home and Business

SPCUG Benefits and Special Offers
From the DealsGuy, Bob Click

Chapter and SIG Reports
Davis Chapter

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

This page prepared by:

Brian Smither