Terry's Computer Tips - Newsletter
October 15, 2006

Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter
http://www.terryscomputertips.com
A computer tips newsletter for users of PC's.

Volume 2, Number 18 — Sunday, October 15, 2006

Part 1  | Part 2  | Part 3 | Part 4

IN THIS WEEK'S ON-LINE ISSUE:
   1.   Blogging, Blogging and more Blogging...
   2.   Updates Last Week
   3.   Creating a WordPress Blog
   4.   Blogging to Share and Exchange Information
   5.   COMMAND vs CMD
   6.   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
   7.   Reader Feedback
   8.   Recommend my Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter to Your Friends

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1.  Blogging, Blogging and more Blogging...

I've got a new site — XP Repair Site . This one uses the WordPress blog software, and is hosted in my Powweb web hosting account.

That's right — this is also in the same package that hosts Terry's Computer Tips, my Terry's Computer Tips blog, my general topics and photo blog The Next Window, my PC Repair Site .info blog, and my web design blogs Drawing on the Web and webDrawing.

Oh, no! It's another new blog...

It looks like every time someone asks me a blog question, I end up creating a new blog.

While PC Repair Site .info focuses mainly on PC security problems, my new XP Repair Site blog is focused on Windows XP-based computing — "Solving PC Problems with Windows Systems." Take a look at XP Repair Site and please give me some feedback — what you like, what you don't.

Meanwhile, I was busy posting photos to my The Next Window general topics and photo blog.

Be sure to visit my The Next Window blog to see the fantastic light and sky photos that I took one evening last year. It looked like we were in for a bear of a storm, but we only got some great sights...

No camera filters, nothing but my standard digital camera in automatic mode. No post processing to make the pictures more dramatic — it wasn't needed. The only thing I did was to resize the photos for posting to the web.

Enjoy!

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2.  Updates Last Week

Microsoft (operating systems, email, web browser, office suites):
A bunch! Microsoft releases almost all updates once per month, on the second Tuesday. These are the ones that showed up on my PC's:

Windows XP

Security Update for Windows XP (KB924191)
A security issue has been identified in the way Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - October 2006 (KB890830)
After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time you start your computer. A new version of the tool will be offered every month. If you want to manually run the tool on your computer, you can download a copy from the Microsoft Download Center or run an online version from microsoft.com. This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an anti-virus product.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB922819)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service conditions on Windows-based systems. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0 (KB922770)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system running the Microsoft .NET Framework and gain access to restricted data. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB923414)
A security issue has been identified in the Server service that could allow a remote user to cause an affected Windows-based system to stop responding. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB924496)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB923191)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Microsoft Office 2003

Security Update for PowerPoint 2003 (KB923091)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Office 2003 (KB924424)
A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2003 that could allow information disclosure. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB923088)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Office 2003 (KB923272)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Word 2003 (KB923094)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Word 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Update for Office 2003 (KB923097)
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2003. This update provides the framework for SharePoint Team Services to open and save files by using the Open XML file format that is new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB923095)
This update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail. This update was released in October 2006.

Microsoft Office 2002/XP

Security Update for Excel 2002 (KB923089)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 2002 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Word 2002 (KB920817)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word 2002 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Security Update for Office XP (KB923273)
A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office XP that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability.

Firefox (web browser, http://www.mozilla.com, free):
No update last week. Firefox v1.5.0.7 was released on September 15th.

Opera (web browser, http://www.opera.com, free):
No update last week. Current version 9.02 was released during late September.

Netscape (web browser, http://browser.netscape.com, free):
No update this week. Version 8.1.2 was released during the week ending September 30.

SeaMonkey (web browser, email, HTML editor, newsreader; http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey; free): No update this week. Current version 1.0.5 was released on September 14th.

Eudora (email, http://www.eudora.com, options: paid, sponsored or free/lite):
NEW RELEASE! Version 7.1.0.9 was released October 11, 2006. (previous version 7.0.1.0, released 12/21/05)

Mozilla Thunderbird (email, http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird, free):
No update last week. Thunderbird version 1.5.0.7 was released September 14th.

OpenOffice (office suite — spreadsheet, word processor, presentations, graphics, web design; http://www.openoffice.org; free):
NEW VERSION Version 2.04 was released on Friday October 13, which was also the 6th anniversary of OpenOffice.org. What's new?

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Volume 2, Number 18 — Sunday, October 15, 2006

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