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You’ve set the firewall to block all personal information

Norton Personal Firewall can be blocking your access to secure sites

Some discussion groups require the use of the HTTP_REFERER tag in your browser.

It sounds like you’ve configured ZoneAlarm to block Internet ads

You’ve put your home network into the wrong ZoneAlarm security zone.

Has your PC started acting strangely?
No matter what you do, your Internet speed slows to a crawl.
Your PC dials out to the Internet by itself.
Your CD tray opens by itself?

Actually, Ad-Aware may not be hanging. In order to scan inside compressed archives

By default, the version of Internet Explorer that comes with SP2 blocks files

Download the free AirSnare for the PC, which will monitor your network for wireless intruders

There’s no need to connect your printer to a PC, you can connect it directly to your wireless network using a USB wireless print server

That’s the nice thing about standards – there are so many to choose from.

You’ve been victimized by marketing hype. Some manufacturers promise that you can get 125-Mbps throughput

The problem is related to how the router assigns IP addresses to all of the PCs on your network. The router uses the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to assign each PC a unique IP address. Without an IP address, a PC can’t connect to Internet.

Flaky is the right word for WiFi connections – they can be affected by a mind-boggling array of objects and phenomena, from cordless phones to filing cabinets. You should also keep in mind that wireless networks rarely deliver data at their rated bandwidth speeds. You’re lucky to get half the rated speed, even in the best of conditions.

Searching on eBay is kind of like visiting a foreign country, it’s a lot easier to find that quaint little hotel up in the Alps if you speak the local lingo. With eBay, that means getting hep to some of its search operators.

Here is how to print your favorites. You’ll first export your Favorites to an HTML file, then print that.

You can create a shortcut on your desktop that allows you to quickly shutdown Windows with a double-click, instead of having to go through the Start menu.

There’s no single solution for keeping spyware off your system, but the following tips will help you keep your computer clean.

Voting Record:
There is no simple link for finding a voting record. The only way to compile a voting record would be to dig through every single roll call of the House or Senate and then compile it manually.

So you have a larger mySQL database of more than 30 MB size, you want to move it to a new server, and you’re unable to import your database to the new server via phpMyAdmin, due to its time and size limitations.

Identity theft has become a huge problem, and the Internet makes it even easier for people to steal your identity and generally wreak financial havoc. The following tips will help you fend predators

You may have used the Thomas Search Site. but much of what you find may be incomprehensible. For example, what does “HJRes143″ means?

You may be sick of having to constantly reach for the mouse to perform even the simplest tasks. Here are two of my favorite mouseless timesavers

Believe it or not, 40-but WEP encryption and 64-bit WEP encryption are actually two terms for the same thing

The problem is that you’ve used the same WEP key for too long.

The job is easy if your PC is using XP with Service Pack 1 or 2 installed. Just open the Add or Remove Programs in control panel, Click the Add/Remove Windows Components button on the left

Windows allows you to use more than one monitor to expand your desktop area. For example, graphic artists often use multiple monitors to display an image on one monitor and their tools on another monitor.

Its true that a dedicated cracker can break through Wireless encryption, but it will keep casual snoopers from getting into your network.

One reason Internet Explorer opens in a small window is because it remembers the window size and position from the last time you closed it.

Chances are you have installed the Advanced Networking Pack, which uses the IPc6 protocol, at the behest of your network’s system administrator.