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Diablo Blue January, 2003 The Monthly Newsletter of the Diablo Valley PC Users Group January 9, 2003 Meeting Announcement Computer Security with Steve Israel Our January meeting will be on the second Thursday this month. Thats because the first Thursday falls on January 2nd, and some DVPC members (and officers) will be traveling that week. So, mark
your calendar and join us on January 9.
We will have Steve Israel, DVPCs president emeritus, who will discuss computer security. Computer
security isnt just having an anti-virus program installed on your PC. Its a lot more. And Steve will tell us about all of the components of computer security, including why its essential that you keep
your anti-virus definitions up to date, how to prevent hackers from invading or trashing the files on
your system, what a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is and how your PC might be taken
over by a hacker to be a part of the attack, and much more.
DVPC meetings are held in the lobby conference room in Building B at the Bank of America Technology Center office complex in Concord, located near the northeast corner of Clayton Road at
Galindo (see the Map to Monthly Meetings on page 15). Please use the entrance thats on the east
side near the southeast corner of the building. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at
7:00 p.m. The New Users SIG holds its meetings at 6:30 p.m. prior to the regular DVPC monthly meeting on the
first Thursday of each month at Bank of America building B. We discuss whatever is confusing or
puzzling new PC users. If you are a new user of PCs who would like to meet with other new users
and some experienced users who can answer your questions as well then join us at the New Users
SIG meetings at 6:30 p.m. prior to each DVPC monthly meeting. We'll also have the Networking Table from 6:30 to 7:00; if you have something to sell or trade, need
technical help, or just want to exchange views, visit the Networking Table. We will have one of our
pre-meeting games, with a great prize for the winner! Also, as usual, we'll have library disks and
those great DVPC mugs (version 2) for sale, SIG news, and some of our usual great door prizes. Whats Inside DVPC Calendar Page 2 Email Notification Page 2 Information About DVPC Page 3 Membership Application Page 4 Directions and Map to DVPC Meetings Page 4 SIG News Nick Chase Page 5 California Copy Source Ad Page 6 OmniPage Pro 11 Software Review Karl Rehak Page 7 Special Raffle Promotion Page 9 DVPC Web Site has Virus Notifications Ron Ogg Page 10 SBC/Pacific Bell Opt-Out Versus Opt-In Walt Parsons Page 10 Computer Chronicles Sings Its Auld Lang Sine Nick Chase Page 10 SpamAssassin Pro Software Review Ron Ogg Page 10 SATA George Griffin Page 12 Computer Crossword Craig Peterson Page 13 DVPC Board Meeting Minutes Tom Krauss Page 14 Time to Consider a Notebook Computer? Ira Wilsker Page 14 Buying a DVD Recorder Drive Bob Elgines Page 15 Presidents Message by Alan Mildwurm, DVPC Hard to believe another year is almost gone! As I write this,
Xmas is about 2 weeks away and of course I am shy a few
gifts OK, more than a few!
Here are a few ideas for that after holiday loot you have lying
around:
At our last meeting I showed the MouseCaster FM mouse
( www.smarthings.com ). I have now installed the mouse and it works very well and has a nice feel. Reception is fine using the
included antenna. There are 28 available station presets and it
is very simple to install and use. Just plug the cables into the
mouse port and inline jack of your soundcard and load the soft-
ware, which resides in your systray. I like the fact that I can
easily record whatever I am listening to in MP3 format. This
would make a great gift!
MSRP $25.00
I am also really enjoying a set of Altec Lansing XA3051 surround
sound speakers. The speakers (including a subwoofer, center
channel, left and right front and rear speakers) have a very
cool and modernistic form factor in black with silver grills. There is a hard-wired remote that allows you to control bass, (Continued on page 6) Page 2 Diablo Blue January, 2003 Advanced Users SIG .NET SIG Education and Entertainment SIG PC 101 SIG Genealogy eSIG Windows SIG Internet SIG Advanced Developers SIG New Users SIG Email Notification We provide an email notification service for the current months Diablo Blue password, the DVPC monthly meeting, and informa-
tion about SIG meetings as well. You have to be a current, paid-up member to receive this service. To read the current months
issue of Diablo Blue on-line you need to receive these monthly email messages, so print this page, fill out the form, and mail it to
DVPC, PO Box 3244, San Ramon, CA 94583, or bring it to the sign-in desk at the monthly meeting. Or, if you prefer, you can send
an email message to nopaper@dvpc.org with your name and email address and your favorite SIGs.
Send me email notification of each monthly Diablo Blue password, the DVPC meeting, and the following SIGs:
Name _______________________________________________________________________________________ Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ DVPC January 2003 Calendar MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 See SIG News starting on
page 5 for more information
about SIG meeting dates,
times, topics, and locations 6 7 8 9 10 11 Windows SIG
7:00 p.m. DVPC Monthly Meeting Different night this month
only 7:00 p.m. New User's SIG 6:15 p.m. 13 14 15 16 17 18 Genealogy eSIG
See SIG News on page 5 DVPC Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Alan Mildwurm's house Internet SIG
7:00 p.m. PC 101 SIG New meeting day and
location 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
See SIG News on page 5 20 21 22 23 24 25 Education & Entertainment
SIG
See SIG News on page 5 Advanced Users SIG
7:30 p.m.
Advanced Developers SIG
7:00 p.m.
.NET SIG 7:30 p.m. Diablo Blue deadline: Email
articles and ads to the Editor:
rogg@value.net 27 28 29 30 31 January, 2003 Diablo Blue Page 3 Get Involved! Learn! Join a SIG today! Diablo Blue Article and Ad Information Diablo Blue needs articles from the members of DVPC. See your name in print! Achieve fame and fortune! (Well,
maybe just some limited fame in Contra Costa County...) We are particularly interested in product and book reviews
and stories about your PC experiences. Send your articles or member ad copy as email attachments to the Newsletter
Editor, rogg@value.net.
Commercial advertising is available in Diablo Blue. Prices are $75 for a full page, $40 for a half page, and $25 for a
quarter page for one insertion or get three consecutive insertions for the price of two. For more information, call
editor Ronald Ogg, at 415-281-0431 (days). Members of DVPC can submit personal classified ads that will be printed in
Diablo Blue for three insertions at no charge. The rules are simple: up to 9 lines (as we format it), material must be
suitable for publication (the editor is the sole judge of suitability), the member must be in good standing (current
dues paid), and ad space is available on a first-come first-served space available basis only. If you want fewer than
three insertions note that on your ad copy. If members want their business card reproduced, the rate is $10 for one
insertion, or $25 for three insertions. The card must be horizontal and must be scanable. Send your ad copy as email
attachments to the Newsletter Editor, rogg@value.net. See the deadline information in the Calendar on page 16 of
each issue of Diablo Blue. DVPC on the Internet DVPC has a Web site on the Internet thanks to our Web Team: Ron Ogg and Stan Umlauft. You can surf your way to
our own domain and home page by starting your favorite Web browser and typing the following URL; be sure to save it
in your browsers hotlist so you dont have to type it each time: www.dvpc.org. DVPC Officers and Directors Alan Mildwurm, President/Programs 510-770-5770 (work), awm@mildwurm.com
Nicholas Chase, SIG Coordinator 680-4211 (home), nachase@yahoo.com
Will Crites, Publicity 938-1291 (home), bugkiller@aol.com
Charlie Crothers, At Large 829-2237 (home), ccrothers@attbi.com
Dick Curry, At Large 376-5541 (home), racorinda@pacbell.net
Peggy Johnson, Membership Secretary 676-7522 (home), pegszone@aol.com
Tom Krauss, Secretary 689-9960 (home), tkrauss@astound.net
Jessica Mildwurm, Treasurer 829-5858 (home), jess@mildwurm.com
Ron Ogg, Newsletter Editor and Web Site 415-281-0431 (work), rogg@value.net
Craig Peterson, Librarian 671-7025 (home), compmail@pacbell.net
Stan Umlauft, Web Site 458-5560 (home), stanu@honeybee.com The Board of Directors usually meets the week following the general meeting. Check the DVPC Calendar on page 16 of
each issue of Diablo Blue, or the DVPC calendar page, for the meeting date, time, and location. You can reach any of
the officers and directors by talking to them at the DVPC monthly meeting, by email to bod@value.net, or by leaving
a message on the DVPC voice mail system. DVPC Voice Mail System DVPC has a computer-based voice mail system. The phone number for the DVPC VMS is 925-556-1449. Hear up-to-date
information about monthly and SIG meetings, information about DVPC for potential new members, and a message
center for Board of Directors members and SIG Leaders. Diablo Blue is the monthly Web-based newsletter of the Diablo Valley PC Users Group. Editor: Ronald Ogg, Membership: Peggy Johnson Please submit articles and columns to the Newsletter editor by email at rogg@value.net Entire contents

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