Notes for 1/26/10 Class

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Free Antivirus from Microsoft for windows XP, Vista and windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/default.aspx

***Does not include firewall services like Norton or Mcafee might***

 

Companies are always working on new projects. Google has a few of them available for you to explore.

Visit http://www.googlelabs.com/   ****Keep an Open Mind****

 

Creating a folder in Yahoo to organize your emails

1.     Click "add" beside folder on the left of your window

2.     A new folder appears, type in the name you want

3.     Done

To move an email into the folder, from your inbox, put a check mark beside the email and then click move above and choose which folder to move it to.

To rename the folder, Right-Click on the folder and choose rename and enter in the new name.

How can I check to see if someone is listed incorrectly in my SPAM list? Yahoo

1.     Click "options" on the top right of your window

2.     Choose mail options

3.     Click spam on the left

4.     A window will appear will all the block addresses listed

5.     Click on the address to remove and click remove

6.     Click "save changes" above the window

Adding more functionality to your internet browser with add-ons in Internet Explorer and Firefox or extensions for Chrome

Firefox

1.     Click tools

2.     Then add ons

3.     And type in what kind of add-on your are searching for (like yahoo mail for a notifier, which is nice because you no longer need to enter your password)

4.     Click add to firefox and follow the instructions which will usually include restarting firefox

--usually you will have to walk through a brief setup of the new add-on when Firefox restarts

Internet Explorer

Visit http://www.ieaddons.com/en/

Chrome

Visit https://chrome.google.com/extensions

 

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