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This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this
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The bug could well lie in just about any aspect of the IT infrastructure. Sometimes it even can be traced back to an uneducated user who didn't know that downloading an innocent-looking piece of spy ware would slow down his computer because it keeps banging away at the firewall trying to find a route out. If you feel you have a problem with your computer or network visit our free Online Security Test or Contact Us for a Free Network Audit.
The spread of viruses using e-mail as their infection vector could be inhibited far more inexpensively and effectively, without the need to install additional antivirus software; if bugs in e-mail clients, which allow the unauthorized execution of code, were fixed.
User education can effectively supplement antivirus software. Simply training users in safe computing practices (such as not downloading and executing unknown programs from the Internet) would slow the spread of viruses and obviate the need of much antivirus software.
Computer users should not always run with administrator access to their own machine. If they would run in user mode, then some types of viruses could not spread outside of their own personal area of the system, leaving the operating system and files belonging to other users intact. Visit our free Online Security Test or Contact Us for a Free Network Audit.
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If you notice your PC running slower and slower and processes begin to become sluggish, it’s probably time to do some routine maintenance tasks. Some suggested tasks are as follows:
1) Clean out your Netscape and Internet Explorer cache directories:
For Netscape, open it and click under “Edit”,
scroll down to “Preferences”, and in the
“Category” box on the left side of the screen,
click on the little box with the plus sign next
to “Advanced” to expand the category, then click
on “Cache”. You’ll notice two cache areas you
can clear- “memory cache” and “disk cache”.
Click on both options to free some memory space up.
For Explorer, start it and click under “Tools”,
then scroll down and choose “Internet Options”.
There are two things you can do here- delete
your temporary internet files and clear the history.
Note: when any of these clearing tasks are
performed, you are wiping out your previous search history.
2) Basic hard-drive maintenance tools: Scandisk + Defrag
Sometimes Windows does not close properly when turning off your PC at night, or else the file system is reporting various errors, and so scandisk will run automatically upon rebooting the PC. You can also run it manually and do a quick check on the state of your hard drive by running Scandisk.
Scandisk
Click on “Start”,
Choose "Programs”,
Click on “Accessories”,
Choose “System Tools”,
Then “Scandisk”. Make sure the C:> drive is
selected.
Choose “Standard” and make sure “Automatically
Fix Errors” is your option showing.
Click on the “Start” button to begin. This
process shouldn’t take long, unless the
utility reports some type of file error.
Defrag
First it is a good idea to disable your screen saver.
To do this, you need to get into your Display settings, which you can do
easily by doing a right-click with the mouse anywhere in a free area on your desktop. In the box that comes up, scroll down and select "Properties”, click on the “Screen Saver” tab, and change the screen saver to “None”.
Second, click on "Start". Choose, in order, Programs/Accessories/System Tools, Select “Disk Defragmenter”. Make sure you have the C:> drive selected under “What drive do you want to defragment?”
Click on “OK” and let it run.
Depending on the state of fragmentation of your hard drive, this process can take quite awhile, sometimes over 10 minutes, so take a break here. You can check the progress visually by clicking on the “Show Details” button and watching the schematic diagram of the process (which will not show until you get to about 3% finished or higher).
How often should you run Defrag? Once a month is a good suggested routine, or at any time you notice sluggish PC behavior.
3) Cleaning out Temp folders:
Another area to check is your temporary folders on the C:> drive. You ay have a “Temp” folder on the root C:> drive (this is something created
manually, not a Windows default), or you may have to go into :\Windows and find a sub-folder “Temp” (this one is a Windows default).
To clean these out and free up some memory space, open the folder and select all the files (under “Edit” and “Select All”) so they are highlighted. Hit the delete key and they are sent to the recycle bin. You can also look in your “Temporary Internet Files” folder and select all files to delete (don’t delete the folder itself).
The 404 or Not Found error message is an HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server, but the server either could not find what was requested, or it was configured not to fulfill the request and not reveal the reason why. 404 errors should not be confused with "server not found" or similar errors, in which a connection to the destination server cannot be made at all.
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Fact - the biggest threat to an organization lies within its boundaries. In its 2006 survey, “Information Security Breaches,” the DTI and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 32% of Information Security attacks originated from internal employees while 28% came from ex-employees and partners. Most common misconceptions about security issues are listed below:
- It’s an isolated problem -Most spyware comes in as the direct result of user behavior, whether that user is naïve or ill-intentioned.
- Blocking at the gateway is good enough -Stuff comes in at the desktop all day long. Blocking at the gateway without securing the desktop PC doesn’t make security sense. It’s like locking the doors and windows of the house - with the burglar still in the basement - and not bothering to call the police. What’s more, gateway defenses cannot detect threats already on desktop PCs.
- Locking down the desktop is good enough - If “locking down” the desktop and restricting user installation were effective, there would be no need for antivirus software. Spyware is designed to get around acceptable use policies and exploits users’ inquisitive nature.
- Drive-by downloads are a primary source of penetration -“Drive-by downloads” should never occur in a corporate environment, because they come from sites that users should not visit at work.
- The problem comes from the outside in -Sure, spyware comes from outside - because someone opened the door and let it in. Not recognizing this results in a porous security infrastructure.
- No one wants spyware - True, no-one actually wants spyware, but it comes as part of that cool application that users do want. So spyware gets installed anyway.
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