http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx Think about it.... How often do you change your password? Do you have them saved automatically? Do you use the same one for everything...? Bank, Cards, Accounts, on-line shopping etc... Try your password out HERE........ This comes from Microsoft (being helpful for a change) and iwmpop.... To see the full report, and the tips - click on the link or on the title: *************** Password checker Your online accounts, computer files, and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them. Test the strength of your passwords: Enter a password in the text box to have Password Checker help determine its strength as you type. Password: Strength: Not rated Note: Password Checker can help you to gauge the strength of your password. It is for personal reference only. Password Checker does not guarantee the security of the password itself.

Image by l_RaDaR_l via Flickr Sending an email is easy - isn't it...? Yet - ooooops! Somebody who shouldn't have got hold of it...! "World Start" has a good tip to avoid such problems- go to this link, if you're a gmail user (if you're not then hard luck - you don't know what's good for you): http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/encrypt-your-gmail WELL..... Your concerns are real. Did you know that whenever you send an email it travels from your computer through multiple servers? If you’re in a public place using a WiFi connection it’s even riskier; you may be sharing private info with the guy sitting at the next table. Enter encryption . The American Heritage Dictionary defines encryption as “using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.” In other words, encrypting your email allows you to send it securely without lurkers being able to read it. Here’s how it works. You compose an email and the...

http://sites.google.com/site/ianwmitchellswebsite/general-links-page Just a link - this is what the page looks like, but it is full of links to lots of things, useful for you, your PC and me.....! Have a look in - you're sure to find something.....! ***************** GENERAL LINKS PAGE - all links have been tested and are working as at 19 May 2009, but links can get broken, so if you notice one which doesn't work, I would appreciate the information...Good and Safe Surfing..! This particular page is there to give you the ease of choosing..! From the various Web Sites created and maintained by iwmpop(mr le marquis du Galipot) there are Photo Sites, Slideshows, Videos (pretty bad, but I'm improving..!), Article Sites, Forum Sites, modest advice sites, news Sites, Humourous - Serious - sarcastic (mildly) - Life actualities - in brief a bit of everything! Not all the sites are daily, in fact none of them are daily, but they are added to on a fairly regular basis, some m...

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/index.php (This link can give you lots of good tips - not ALL work, but in general it's good! You can also order stuff, very cheaply, for your PC, and if you're in the US of A - postage is even free! For us in Europe, I suppose we'll use the drop in value for the $$$ to pay the US Mail....!) Thanks to many sites : we all know now, but thanks a lot anyway....! I'm not too sure - I think maybe there may be quite a lot of good offers going between now and then for PC's with the "old" systems XP Pro and Vista! All I've got to do now is find them - and the money to buy them.......! ********************************* Microsoft... We have Liftoff News around the fire has been limited to speculation about when the new version of Windows, simply called “ Windows 7 ”, will be available for public consumption. We've all been hearing a “sometime this fall”, generalization, but yesterday Microsoft finally came clean. ...

The number of toolbars available on the web is enormous, but apart from Google I hadn't really found one which was enormously different and useful as well - until this one...! TV, Radio, Games, software, you name it - it's probably got it - somewhere! With Google Toolbar and this one from NCH - I'm served... and it was all because of an accident/mistake! (You can click on the title to see the FULL page) NCH Community Toolbar - Stay connected and get so much more. Tags: nch, sound, telephony, software, voip, software, programs, shareware, freeware, download ...

The famous internet magazine is available (in a limited form) in ENGLISH! The above doesn't look like a lot, but click on the title of this article to be taken to the full page. Send e-cards, cooking recipes, info general, check your internet connection speed, crossword puzzles, games - all for free....! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course, the FULL range of magazines from L'Internaute (in French) is available at the following address: http://www.linternaute.com/ (highlight, copy and paste to your address bar)

Ever thought - "I'd like a picture of that"? Then you try the "print screen" button - and nothing happens...! Well - here's how to do it - quickly and easily (free as well)! The above is what is called a "SCREENSHOT", useful to transpose what you're actually looking at on your PC screen into a photo you can keep wherever, or send to anyone. I use them quite often, particularly to illustrate articles, to give directions (together with a link to the page concerned) and importantly - to have proof of certain things that happen in life! I keep my important documents - Passports, Certificates and so on - not only as individual photos (you can always use the photo if you lose the actual item, to get the serial number of a Passport, for example) but also as a Screensaver, because, that way, I'ver got them all - on just 1 photo! There are a multitude of uses, and also a multitude of FREE programmes to do it with! This particular SCREENSHOT is ac...