Authors: Andy Walker.
Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Que
Publication Date: 2008-08-07
Edition: 2nd

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 Today, if you own a Windows computer you need to understand the risks and the potential damage security threats pose. The mere act of turning on an Internet-connected computer can put you, your family, and even your personal finances at risk!

This book defines all the threats an average household might face and provides strategies to turn novice and basic users into adept home security experts, making you safer and more secure from cyber criminals.

 

We start off with plain English definitions for security mumbo jumbo, and then we dig in with step-by-step instructions to help you cut your exposure in less than 10 minutes! Finally, we provide steps for more involved security measures that you can do in a weekend.

 

We also take an in-depth look at the security measures Microsoft put in Windows Vista. We also look at how Vista responds to the key threats. It teaches you how to tweak the system and make Microsoft’s new security features–like the User Access Control–less annoying and helps you adjust the system to be usable. It shows you how to set up Vista to protect your system from your kids–the biggest security hazard to your computer.

 

     •    More than 5 million spam emails flood the Internet daily–many with your name on them–we show you how to make yourself invisible to detestable spammers!

     •    Did you know that hackers are snooping around your IP address right now, while you read this? They might already have breached what security you have and could be running amok with your personal data. Stop them dead in their tracks with a few simple steps!

     •    Identity theft is the most popular form of consumer fraud today, and last year thieves stole more than $100 million from people just like you. Put a stop to the madness with the steps provided in this book!

     •    Spyware–nasty little programs that you might not even know you have installed on your PC–could be causing your PC to crash.  We show you how to root it out of your system and prevent further infection.

 

Andy Walker is one of North America’s top technology journalists and is the author of Que’s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware & Viruses and Microsoft Windows Vista Help Desk. Since 1995, he has written about personal computer technology for dozens of newspapers, magazines, and websites. Today, his columns (and hundreds more technology how-to articles) are published at Cyberwalker.com where more than 5 million unique

visitors read the advice annually. Andy co-hosted the internationally syndicated TV show Call for Help with Leo Laporte. Alongside his ongoing TV guest appearances, he also hosts the popular tech video podcast Lab Rats at LabRats.tv.

 

Category Microsoft Operating System

Covers    Windows Vista and XP Security

User Level    Beginner–Intermediate

 

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Authors: Chris Hofmann. Marcia Knous. John Hedtke.
Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication Date: 2005-04-18


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    Firefox is a fast, free Internet browser from Mozilla that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux Computers. According to spreadfirefox.com, to-date there have been ~ 23 million downloads since the release of Firefox 1.0 in September 2004, and MS IE usage has been dropping at the same time. Thunderbird has seen more than 2 million downloads. It is an email, RSS, and newsgroup client that is designed to make email safer, faster, and easier. Firefox and Thunderbird Garage is a book dedicated to helping readers get the most out of these new programs from download to installation to configuration. This book includes extensive information on how to take advantage of all of the additional features of the browser and email client to meet individual needs and interests. It also covers migrating from existing programs to ease the transition process....

Authors: Tay Kratzer.
Paperback, 936 pages
Publisher: Novell Press
Publication Date: 2005-11-10


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Novell GroupWise 7 Administrator Solutions Guide is the authoritative guide for successfully administrating and maintaining the newest release of Novell's communication and collaboration solution. Author Tay Kratzer, a Novell Premium Service-Primary Support Engineer, will provide you with insider tips on administration solutions, proven information on how to work with GroupWise 7, and techniques for troubleshooting this latest release of GroupWise not available in the standard GroupWise 7 documentation. Amongst many other things, this guide will cover:

• GroupWise Architecture
• Using GroupWise System Operations
• Installing and Configuring the GroupWise Internet Agent
• Moving Resources, Distribution Lists and Libraries
• Troubleshooting Message Flow
• Securing your GroupWise System via SSL
• Creating a Backup Solution for GroupWise
• Creating a Solution to Administer a GroupWise System from a Linux Workstation

Master the management and administration of GroupWise 7 with Novell GroupWise 7 Administrator's Guide.

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Authors: Bill Dyszel.
Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: For Dummies
Publication Date: 2001-01-15
Edition: 1

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    Microsoft Outlook was designed to make organizing your daily information easy – almost automatic. Outlook pulls together everything you need to know about your daily tasks, appointments, e-mail messages, and other details. It can act as your assistant in dealing with the flurry of small but important details that stand between you and the work you do.

Outlook 2002 For Dummies shows you how useful Outlook is, but also demonstrates new ways to make it more useful for the things you do most. If you fit any of the following categories, then this book is for you:

• Your company just adopted Outlook as its e-mail program and you need to figure out how to use it in a hurry.
• You're planning to purchase or have just purchased Outlook and want to know what you can do with it and how to use it.
• You want an easier, more efficient tool for managing tasks, schedules, e-mail, and other details in your working life.

Even if you don't f all into one of these groups, this book gives you simple, clear explanations of how Outlook can work for you.

In Outlook 2002 For Dummies, you'll uncover how to

• Use Outlook, and what most people do with Outlook on a typical day.
• Create, view, move, copy, and organize your items and files.
• Make e-mail easier to compose and manage
• Coordinate your schedules and tasks with other Outlook users
• Jot down notes and use Outlook's automatic journal to keep track of your important stuff.

Outlook is easier to use than you might think. It also does a lot more than you might realize. Outlook does ordinary things extraordinarily well. If you want to do the same, take a look at Outlook 2002 For Dummies....

Authors: Spammer-X. Jeffrey Posluns (Editor). Stu Sjouwerman (Foreword).
Paperback, 450 pages
Publisher: Syngress
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    From the Author: "You may hate spam and think all spammers are evil, but listen to my story and see why I do this and more importantly, HOW." For most people, the term "SPAM" conjures up the image of hundreds of annoying, and at times offensive, e-mails flooding your inbox every week. But for a few, SPAM is a way of life that delivers an adrenaline rush fueled by cash, danger, retribution, porn and the avoidance of local, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. "Inside the SPAM Cartel" offer you a never-before view inside this dark sub-economy. You'll meet the characters that control the flow of money as well as the hackers and programmers committed to keeping the enterprise up and running. You may disagree with their objectives, but you can't help but to marvel at their ingenuity and resourcefullness in defeating spam filters, avoiding being identified, and staying one step ahead of the law....

Authors: Paul Robichaux. Missy Koslosky. Devin Ganger.
Paperback, 460 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Publication Date: 2005-06-14


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    Ask network administrators what their most critical computer application is, and most will say "email" without a moment's hesitation. If you run a network powered by Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange occupies much of your time. According to Microsoft, 110 million Exchange seats have been deployed, but 60% of you are still running Exchange 5.5. That's a problem, because the difference between version 5.5 and the more efficient Exchange 2000 and Exchange Server 2003 is profound. Don't fret. Exchange Server Cookbook offers you a comprehensive how-to guide to these newer versions of Exchange. You'll find quick solutions for the most common tasks you need to perform--everything from installation and maintenance to configuration and optimization, with proven recipes for the most useful tools and utilities. The book also has solutions to some uncommon tasks (that you may not know are possible) and advanced procedures that aren't part of day-to-day operations. These include tasks for critical situations, such as using a recovery storage group. Our reliable desktop reference even shows you how to write scripts for Exchange management and deployment tasks. That's right. While not every Exchange job can be scripted, many can, and we provide lots of working VBScript examples for accomplishing particular goals. Whatever your particular need, you'll find it quickly, because chapters in this Cookbook are laid out by recipe, with cross references to other pertinent solutions in the book. With this guide, you'll learn:

• The relationship between Exchange and Active Directory
• When to use the GUI, the command line, or scripting
• How to prepare forests, domains, and servers
• How to use Group Policy to control Exchange
• Diagnostic logging, measure performance, and administrative privileges
• Recipient management: user accounts, mailboxes, mail-enabled groups
• Mailbox and public folder database management
• Message routing and transport functions
• Security, backup, restore, and recovery operations

For every question you have about Exchange 2000 or Exchange Server 2003, our Cookbook has the answer--one that you can find and implement without a moment's hesitation....

Authors: Beezix Inc.
Pamphlet, 2 pages
Publisher: Beezix Inc
Publication Date: 2007-01-31


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    Laminated quick reference guide showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for how to use mail features of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. Topics include: Displaying the Inbox and Other Mail Folders, Hiding/Displaying the Navigation Pane, Hiding/Displaying the To-Do Bar, Creating and Sending a Message, Sending a Message with High or Low Importance, Restricting Forwarding, Printing or Copying, Requesting a Read or Delivery Receipt, Delaying the Delivery of a Message, Drafting a Message, Reading Messages, Using Desktop Alerts, Deleting Messages, Emptying the Deleted Items Folder, Saving an Attachment, Removing an Attachment, Replying, Forwarding, Printing a Message, Sorting, Grouping, Autosignatures, Manually Inserting Signatures, Creating a Distribution List, Using Task Flags, Creating Folders, Adding/Removing Favorite Folders, Moving or Copying Messages between Folders, Finding Mail Messages, Using the Rules Wizard, Using the Out of Office Assistant, Creating a Contact from a Message, and Handling Junk Mail. Also includes a list of Keyboard and Selection Shortcuts. This guide is suitable as a training handout, or simply an easy to use reference guide, for any type of user....

Authors: Thomas Rizzo.
Paperback, 1120 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Publication Date: 2003-10-22
Edition: 3 Sub

Reviews :

    Create rich, collaborative messaging solutions for your business and extend them to corporate Web portals with code and instruction straight from the source. This classic reference now in its third edition shows how to exploit the enhanced collaborative capabilities in Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003, including knowledge management, information publishing, and search capabilities. Author Thomas Rizzo, a veteran of the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook teams, shares a wealth of practical, how-to examples for crafting collaborative business applications. To extend your learning, the companion Web site features 500 pages of bonus material on Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, as well as the book s entire cache of code downloadable for use in your own applications.Discover how to: Manipulate Outlook objects using the Outlook Object Model Write your own COM add-ins to extend Outlook functionality Create smart tags and smart documents to link actions to content, customize the UI, and track interactions Use Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) to develop Web-based messaging and collaboration applications Help protect your network applications with Outlook Security Update and Microsoft ASP. NET authentication Increase your control over Exchange Server with the CDO library and ADSI Better manage the Exchange infrastructure via CDO for Exchange Management (EMO) and Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Develop real-time collaboration solutions using the Exchange Conferencing Server and Instant Messaging...

    Programming Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange is a thorough guide for building collaborative applications such as threaded discussions and electronic business documents. Early on, the book describes four types of collaborative applications: messaging, tracking, workflow, and real-time applications. Author Thomas Rizzo shows the strengths of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server for collaboration, including the many built-in security and administration features.

Rizzo also covers Outlook 98 development, explaining how to customize folders, fields, and views (including rules and filtered replication of messages). He then shows how to create Outlook forms, with instruction on how to use components and add VBScript event handlers. An account tracking application demonstrates all the basics on this topic.

The second half of the book is strong on building Web-based collaborative applications and covers Web tools such as Outlook Today and the Outlook HTML Form Converter. Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) objects are fully explained, showing how they can be built with ASPs and viewed in a browser. Rizzo provides excellent samples for a help desk, a calendar of events, and an intranet news application, and carefully lists the exact versions of various Microsoft tools required to run each example successfully.

The book closes with material on the Event Scripting Agent and Exchange Server Routing Objects, which provide fault-tolerant message delivery. --Richard Dragan...

Authors: Kristen Crupi.
Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Publication Date: 2001-08-25


Reviews :

    Microsoft Outlook Version 2002 makes it easy to get connected, manage information, and communicate. This innovative version of the popular Outlook messaging and collaboration client helps users manage their time and information more effectively, while making it easier to collaborate with others. MICROSOFT OUTLOOK VERSION 2002 STEP BY STEP offers self-paced instruction to the beginning-to-advanced user who wants to get the most out of Outlook version 2002-and prepare for Microsoft Office User (MOUS) certification. This personal training system offers easy-to-follow lessons full of clear objectives, a wealth of task-oriented procedures, and dozens of real-world business scenarios. Each STEP BY STEP title consists of friendly, straightforward instruction with dozens of full-color screenshots and illustrations to help you learn exactly what you need to know at your own pace. A companion CD-ROM includes practice files that are tightly integrated with the lessons, plus movie-style demonstrations of key procedures. Other features include a "QuickLook Guide" for easy visual navigation, a "Finding the Best Starting Point for You" section to help you decide how to the most out of the book, and a special lay-flat binding to keep the book open during lessons....

Authors: Tom Archer. Brian Delahunty.
Paperback, 648 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication Date: 2005-09-09


Reviews :

    Discover many useful customizations you can do with Outlook to improve efficiency both at home and on the job. Get more out of Outlook! The Outlook Answer Book brings together hundreds of bite-size tips and tricks for saving time, using Outlook more efficiently, uncovering its hidden power, and overcoming its quirks and pitfalls. With this book's fast-paced Q&A format, you can find new ideas and better solutions fast. From Favorite Folders to the Journal, you'll learn how to take advantage of Outlook features you've never used--or even noticed! You'll master simple techniques for automating routine tasks...customizations that make Outlook far more powerful...easy backup and troubleshooting solutions...even new ways to protect your privacy and security. Bite-size, useful items include FAQ 1.5 How Can I Get Outlook to Start Automatically? FAQ 1.8 Can I Add Shortcuts to the Quick Launch Bar for Specific Outlook Tasks? FAQ 4.54 How Can I Open Blocked E-mail Attachments? FAQ 6.33 How Do I Share My Notes with Others? FAQ 7.1 What Is the Difference Between Journaling and Other Outlook Features Such As Notes and Tasks? FAQ 9.15 What Is the Research Service? FAQ 10.1 0 How Do I Customize a Default Outlook Form? FAQ 14.1 What Is Outlook Web Access (OWA)? FAQ 14.39 How Can I Get a Map Showing the Location of a Contact's Address? FAQ 16.26 How Do I Recover Items from a Backup? A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved....