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What You Need to Know about All Things PC
Publisher:           Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee
Editor in Chief:     Dan Butler
Contributing Editor: Al Gordon
This issue is for Thursday, May 3, 2001 - Vol. 4 No. 9
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Table of Contents

** 01. Letter from the Publisher
** 02. Office XP: New and Improved (by Al Gordon)
** 03. Broadband Follow-up (by Dan Butler)
** 04. TNPC Primer - Email Basics Part 3 (by T.J. Lee)
** 05. Norton Utilities 2001 (Speed Disk, Optimization Wizard):
       Part 4 (by Lee Hudspeth)
** 06. Featured Book - "Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind"
       edited by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick
       (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth)
** 07. Featured Product - RegVac from Super Win Software
       (reviewed by Al Gordon)
** 08. Featured Web Page - Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft
       Accessibility)
** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and
       interesting stuff
** 10. We Get Mail


** 01. Letter from the Publisher

Office XP is coming! Microsoft will kick off a series of world-
wide launch events for Office XP starting on May 31st. Al Gordon
beats them to the punch with his incisive commentary on what's
really of value under XP's hood.

Dan has some useful follow-up comments about broadband, cable,
DSL, and satellite Internet connectivity. T.J. concludes his
series on email basics with coverage of how and when to send a
"thank you" email, plus some tips on how to organize your
thoughts before pounding away on the keyboard and clicking Send.
Lee continues with his in-depth series on Norton Utilities 2001,
this time covering the NU tools that optimize performance. This
issue's Featured Book can help you do better thinking on the road
of life. RegVac, the Featured Product, can get the kinks out of
your Registry. Keyboard Shortcuts, the Featured Web page,
assembles all of Microsoft's product keyboard shortcuts in one
place (finally).

The TNPC Store has undergone a face lift and now utilizes spiffy
new shopping cart software. Check it out:
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Remember to make a note that credit card charges for merchandise
from The Naked PC Store or PocketFlashLights.com will show the
company name "PlanB Group." That is Dan's company name and he's
handling the merchant banking for our e-store's credit card
orders.

As always, reader support is what keeps TNPC free, so PLEASE help
us and pass a copy of TNPC on to co-workers and friends (no spam
please!) and remember to always say "I saw it in TNPC!"
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** 02. Office XP: New and Improved (by Al Gordon)

Much more will be written on Office XP in this space in the
months ahead, but for now a brief overview of the released-to-
manufacturing ("gold") code: I like it a lot. But I have trouble
recommending that you rush out and buy it. Here is the problem in
a nutshell.

Office XP has by far the best interface that Office has ever had.
There are touches such as "Smart Tags"--basically embedded sub-
menus that appear in the text at appropriate points--that ease
use. For example, if you paste text into a document from another
source, a smart tag lets you control the incoming text's
formatting. This fixes something that has annoyed me for years,
but especially since Office 2000 went to HTML as the default
insert format, thereby insuring that pastes from a Web page
result in totally messed up formats.

The editing and reviewing system--again, something I use all the
time--is much stronger, with multiple views for checking changes.
There are lots of similar touches.

However, the upgrade price Office XP Professional Upgrade is
$300:
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?al1

That is a lot of money for a nicer interface. Functionally, the
only major advances are the addition of speech and handwriting
recognition. If you don't want to dictate and don't have a tablet
PC, neither are going to be of much value.

The preliminary verdict: definitely insist that Office XP be on
any new PC you buy. If you are running Office 95, and maybe even
97, this upgrade will bring you into the modern Internet-based
document world. But if you have Office 2000... well, how is your
stock portfolio doing these days?

You can reach Al Gordon at:
mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com


** 03. Broadband Follow-up (by Dan Butler)

Last issue I told you about the terrible problem of trees when it
comes to installing digital broadband service from AT&T. Since
the issue went out I have received two more solicitations for the
service. I guess the technical and marketing departments at AT&T
need to communicate more!

[Chapter 17 of our e-book "The Book That Should Have Come With
Your Computer" has a good overview of Internet connection
options. -Ed.]

Many of you let me know what you are using for your Internet
connections. I appreciate that. As I said last issue my Internet
connection is ISDN and very reliable. It will serve me fine for
the near future. My interest in broadband was AT&T's offer of
free in-state long distance calls. That would save me some money.

All of the cable Internet users wanted to know what I had against
cable. My primary concern with cable is the inability to choose
my ISP (Internet Service Provider). Having an accessible,
responsive, and reliable ISP is crucial to me. I just don't have
time to spend on "downtime". One of my relatives has cable
Internet. At his house recently we couldn't access the net. Turns
out this happens periodically, sometimes for days. Looks like
cable is great when it is working. But the quality varies greatly
depending on your location.

The DSL users all seem reasonably happy with their service. I
like DSL and it does allow some choice of ISP. Unfortunately DSL
providers are going through some turmoil presently.

Satellite-based service is being used by some. I like the concept
and it doesn't use my phone lines. But the ISP choice is an issue
here as well. Like cable you can get packages that combine the
service with television service to save some money. Since I
choose not to have a television that leaves me out of some of the
money-saving deals.

Are you confused by all the terminology? Trying to find a
friendly, reliable ISP? I'm currently producing a cassette tape
on choosing an ISP. It will tell you exactly what to do and
include interviews with technical experts on the pros and cons of
the available high-speed Internet options. If you want to be
notified when it is ready send an email to:
mailto:danbutler@thenakedpc.com?subject=ISP_Tape

You can reach Dan Butler at:
mailto:danbutler@TheNakedPC.com


** 04. TNPC Primer - Email Basics Part 3 (by T.J. Lee)

In this concluding piece on email basics I'd like to touch on
something that I think is critical to using email successfully,
and I'm not talking about the mechanics of using your email
client program.

TNPCer Deb O. wrote me with a very good question about email. She
wonders when it's appropriate to email someone a polite "thank
you" when that person previously responded quickly to a business
query.

Now, I'm a big believer in politeness but you have to take the
business "conversation" context into account. If you get an email
from a technical support center or address where it's not certain
that the individual that responded to you initially will receive
your response (say like info@primeconsulting.com) I would forgo a
thank-you as it will just add to the email clutter on the
Internet. But if you are confident that the person who helped you
would indeed receive your message I would certainly send them a
message thanking them for their help and the speedy response.

More to the point is to make sure that your message, be it only a
simple "thank-you", has some actual content. Email is quick and
this is both a great quality and a decided drawback. We tend to
hit a few keys and click the Send button, ready or not! Consider
the following two responses to someone who has helped you with a
problem in a timely manner:

"Thanks!"

"Thanks for your prompt help. Customer service will make or break
a company and I am very thankful for your efforts to rectify my
problem."

The former is quickly deleted, the latter is forwarded on to the
boss and will get the recipient some favorable notice.

My point is that not every message you receive has to be
responded to. There's a frightful amount of email clutter choking
inboxes across the Internet and we should, each of us, try
diligently not to consciously contribute to the problem. And not
everyone is desperate to get that forwarded joke of the day,
chain letter, funny graphic, or top ten list. Naturally, if
someone has done a truly exemplary job, then let your heart be
your guide, write a detailed note, and request that your note be
forward to the right person up the line.

Second, if you are going to type an email, be it even a simple
thank-you, endeavor to put some content into the message so that
the recipient will be pleased to receive it. I get a lot of
messages in my inbox that have no salutation, no punctuation, are
all lower case, and consist of run-on, stream-of-consciousness
sentences that take a great deal of effort and study to discern
the point. Often there's just no time to ferret out the meaning
and these messages hit the bit bucket.

Take the time to collect your thoughts and put them in order
before hitting the Send key. Use spell-check (most all the
popular email clients have one), complete sentences, and type
your name at the end by way of a closing. These little things go
a long way toward putting your message in a good light on the
recipient's screen.

As TNPCer Jay B. aptly put it, "I am constantly dismayed and
amazed at the misspellings, garbled words, poorly constructed
sentences, and all of the other possible goofs that could so
easily be caught by just taking a moment to reread what has
been written. Such a policy not only makes the writer look
better, but it also shows consideration for the reader."

Taking a moment to reread your message may keep you out of
other problems as well. Email can be a very impersonal medium
and the speed at which it lets you react to something can
result in a message that may be taken as a "flame". Reread
your message before you hit Send and make sure the recipient
won't take your comments in an unfavorable manner (unless
that is, indeed, your explicit intent).

Speaking of "thank-yous" I'd like to thank all the TNPCers who
emailed me with their comments regarding this topic. There were
far too many for me to respond to individually but I appreciate
the feedback just the same.

You can reach T.J. Lee at:
mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com


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** 05. Norton Utilities 2001 (Speed Disk, Optimization Wizard):
       Part 4 (by Lee Hudspeth)

Norton Utilities ("NU") includes three tools in its "optimize
performance" bucket: Speed Disk, Optimization Wizard, and Speed
Start. I can cover Speed Start in one sentence: it's great for
Windows 95 users but similar technology for optimized application
start-up has been built into the operating system since Windows
98 was released.

(Note: Speed Disk is Windows 2000 compatible, Optimization Wizard
is not.)

Speed Disk does what you might imagine: it reorganizes data on
your hard disk to improve its performance. You can customize a
wide variety of settings. You can perform a full optimization
(default), unfragment files only, or unfragment free space only;
optimize your swap file (default); verify writes (default is OFF;
if turned on this takes a very long time, but can be helpful with
an old or suspect drive where you really want to be sure about
the integrity of the writes); and even wipe free space with all
zeros. You can customize the way Speed Disk arranges material on
your drive: files to place first, files to place last, files to
place at the end of the disk, optimize files by access and
modification dates, place folders first, sort folder entries,
files that should not be moved. In a recent test a full
optimization with all Speed Disk defaults set took 33 minutes
(performed on a PIII/450's 2.95 GB Win98 SE partition).

Hot tip: looking for Speed Disk's indicator of how far along it
is in its duties? It's not easy to find. It's tucked away as a
percentage that updates in the dialog's caption (title bar). I
would have put it in the bottom area of the dialog where the
elapsed time and progress meter are.

Optimization Wizard performs two chores (you choose which, if
any, you want done). The Swap File Optimization option sets what
it thinks is an efficient swap file minimum size and moves the
swap file to the fastest drive on your PC. (Norton will first ask
you if you want it to benchmark the drives on your system to see
which is actually fastest.) Personally, I'm not a big "swap file
optimization" fan and so don't use this feature. If you look at
my systems you'll find that they are set to the Windows default:
right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the
Performance tab, click the Virtual Memory button, and the "Let
Windows manage my virtual memory settings" option is checked. If
you've got some cool swap file tips that have worked wonders for
you, I'd like to hear about them.

The Wizard's Registry Files Optimization option efficiently
reorganizes your Registry data, thereby increasing how quickly
Windows and applications can interact with your Registry.

I have some additional information about NU for which there isn't
room here. For example, a table showing each individual tool's
name (19 in all), its category (find/fix problems, system
maintenance, etc.), direct links to the TNPC article that
reviewed each tool, and a Yes/No column for Windows 2000
compatibility.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?lee1

Amazon.com offers Norton Utilities 2001 5.0 for $27.99 (after
manufacturer's mail-in rebate of $15.00, but the rebate applies
only to previous owners of stand-alone versions).
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You can reach Lee Hudspeth at:
mailto:leehudspeth@TheNakedPC.com


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** 06. Featured Book - "Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind"
       edited by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick
       (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth)

As many of you may have realized by reading my book reviews, I am
on a personal quest to better understand what happens when people
of any age think and learn (and, yes, learn to think). While it's
true that my curiosity has been spurred by the intellectual and
emotional development of my two young sons, these aspects of our
humanness that I'm exploring can have tremendous impact on us in
our daily adult lives. The ideas I've encountered in these
various books have really had an impact in my life: improved
clarity of thought, focus, productivity, awareness (of self and
surroundings), creativity, and follow-through with my ideas.

In this book, the editors and contributors explore what David
Perkins refers to as "thinking on the road of life." The essence
of the book is about a set of habits of mind that can help
anyone--again, of any age--successfully deal with problems,
mysteries, and dilemmas whenever and wherever they occur.

Perkins tells a story about following a young man in a red
convertible. He writes, "This young man surprised me. When we
reached a railroad crossing, he was painfully careful. He slowed
down as he approached the tracks. The closer he got to the
tracks, the more he slowed. As his car passed over the tracks, it
hardly was moving at all... with great care [he] looked to the
left, and then he looked to the right. No train was coming.
Satisfied with his safety, he gunned the engine and sped off. The
young man was careful--and yet he wasn't! Surely, the middle of
the tracks isn't the best position from which to scan for
oncoming trains!" The convertible-driving man's habit of mind
(being careful) contained a bug. His habit did have a thoughtful
phase (when he scanned the tracks) but he was decidedly not
thoughtful about his choice of a safe vantage point for the
scanning.

A habit of mind should be both reliable and "smoothly triggered"
so you expend minimal mental energy on getting the habit to
activate. Perhaps the best endorsement of this book's wealth is
for me to list the book's 16 habits of mind. The contributors
believe these habits imbue us with not just information but an
understanding of how to act on that information.

* Persisting
* Managing impulsivity
* Listening with understanding and empathy
* Thinking flexibly
* Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
* Striving for accuracy
* Questioning and posting problems
* Applying past knowledge to new situations
* Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
* Gathering data through all senses
* Creating, imagining, innovating
* Responding with wonderment and awe
* Taking responsible risks
* Finding humor
* Thinking interdependently
* Remaining open to continuous learning

http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?fbook

You can reach Lee Hudspeth at:
mailto:leehudspeth@TheNakedPC.com


>> What TNPCers Are Reading
TNPC readers' recent favorite Featured Books based on Amazon
sales (in decending order of popularity)...

"The Unbelievable Bubble Book"
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"Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity"
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?fbook2

"How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk"
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?fbook3

"Microsoft Office 2000 Visual Basic for Applications
Fundamentals"
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?fbook4


** 07. Featured Product - RegVac from Super Win Software
       (reviewed by Al Gordon)

Your Windows Registry can become a total mess over time. Software
vendors love to leave behind all or part of their Registry
entries when you remove their applications. Apparently, they
can't bring themselves to accept that you really meant it when
you removed their software.

Since Windows must read and load the Registry to launch, you can
have a humongous Registry that slows boot-up while it sorts
through junk. RegVac looks through the Registry, finds orphaned
entries, and targets them for removal, with both automatic and
manual options. It will take on classes, history lists, recent
lists, tips, software, add/remove, and numerous other entries
that collect garbage. There also is an extensive undo capability
in case you get too carried away.

Personally I don't like to put this software on full automatic
mode. Manual takes longer but gives you full control over the
process letting you decide what goes and what stays. I also like
to make a backup of the Registry first... just in case. But the
end result with RegVac is a tidier Registry and better Windows
performance. You can try it free for 30 days after which it costs
$29.95 to register.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?fprod

You can reach Al Gordon at:
mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com


** 08. Featured Web Page - Keyboard Shortcuts (Microsoft
       Accessibility)

We're big believers in keyboard shortcuts. If your hands are on
the keyboard then keeping them there is one of the hottest
productivity tips of all time. As we've expounded upon in
previous issues, taking your hand off the keyboard and going to
the mouse (or vice versa) slows you down dramatically and makes
your computer work take longer. The trick is sometimes finding
our just what keyboard shortcuts are supported in a given
application. It used to be that you'd get a "keyboard template"
with your software package. Remember those? Little plastic
doohickeys that slipped over the function keys and told you what
would happen when you pressed F4, or Alt+Shift+F4, or some other
key combination. Well, Microsoft has gathered up the shortcuts
for all their applications and now lists them on the Keyboard
Shortcuts page. Just pick your application and up comes a list of
shortcuts in your browser. Very neat.
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** 09. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and
       interesting stuff

*-* There's talk that Windows XP may be delayed until late this
year or even until sometime in 2002. Could be because of the
compatibility issues that may prevent a number of applications
from working on the new operating system.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?news1

*-* Windows 2000 server software running version 5.0 of Internet
Information Server (IIS) has what is being called "a serious
vulnerability." Seems a bug has been discovered that affects
servers with Internet printing turned on, which is the software's
default setting. By sending a specially formatted string of
characters the printing module can be made to give the remote
user full access to the Web server. Microsoft has posted a patch
and is seriously encouraging systems administrators to fix their
servers, pronto.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?news2

*-* EarthLink is jumping onto the broadband wagon. They've
announced a new satellite service that costs $69.95 per month for
downstream speeds of up to 400Kbps and upstream speeds of up to
128Kbps. There is also a charge of $649 for the equipment and
$250 for professional installation.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?news3

*-* In what may be an unsettling trend AT&T is increasing the
price for its high-speed Internet services. With DSL competition
being squeezed and the remaining DSL providers starting to
increase their prices, AT&T will be raising rates for its
AT&T@Home and Road Runner access services.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?news4

*-* In the wake of the Napster debate and the movie industry's
concern over DVD encryption-breaking, companies like Havenco.com,
Zero-Knowledge Systems and FreeNet are thinking the anti-piracy
crowd is going too far. They're working on technologies that will
prevent ISPs from monitoring what you download.
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/409/tr.cgi?news5

Get more Newsworthy bits on the TNPC Web site:
http://www.thenakedpc.com/newsworthy/

Have you come across something newsworthy? Drop us a line:
mailto:hottips@TheNakedPC.com


** 10. We Get Mail

TNPCer Patrick T. points out that X-Drive, I-Drive, and FreeSpace
are switching from a "free" to "fee" model. X-Drive has dropped
all their freebie offerings and some, like FreeSpace, are phasing
in fee packages while keeping the low-end free deals. This is
another indicator of the Internet trend we've been following.
With "dot-COM" advertising a thing of the past, companies are
struggling to come up with profit models that will allow them to
survive.

Be sure to stop by the Letters to the Editor page for more:
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/letters/index.html


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