------------------------------------------------------------ Infopackets Gazette: October 01, 2003
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Or, scroll through this email to quickly browse the contents. ------------------------------------------------------------ > In this Issue ------------------------------------------------------------ --> Feature Article: 3Planesoft Screensavers Review --> Visitor Feedback: Microsoft Flight Simulator + WinTasks? --> On this Day in History --> Bob's free Software Picks of the Day --> Advertise with us! --> Subscription management: subscribe, remove, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ > Is there an easy way to backup your files? ------------------------------------------------------------ Absolutely! ZipBackup's Wizard makes backing up a snap for beginners, while offering advanced options such as filtering and disk spanning. Best of all: ZipBackup uses powerful Zip technology to quickly and efficiently compress your data! Find out how! http://www.infopackets.com/articles/zipbackup.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ > Feature Article ------------------------------------------------------------ Title: 3Planesoft Screensavers Review Category: Windows by Jake Ludington, columnist http://www.jakeludington.com Screensavers remain a popular way to personalize Windows, despite the advent of energy saving technology eliminating the need for the screen to remain turned while the computer is idle. Back in the early days of screensavers, the "flying toasters" screensaver was considered a creative innovation. Today, 3D environments, rivaling graphics from some of the best computer games available, are making an impact while the computer screen sits idle. 3Planesoft, a new screensaver company, now uses 3D graphics card technologies and takes screensavers to a whole new level. 3Planesoft makes six 3D screensaver products -- all with outstanding detail. Multiple angles, creative lighting, realistic sounds, smooth motion, and interesting transitions will keep you staring at the screen to see what comes next. My all-time personal favorites are Galleon 3D Screensaver and Watermill 3D Screensaver (pictures below, online web site). ... Click to read the rest of this article online: http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/20031001.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ > Hate filling out online forms? Can't remember passwords? ------------------------------------------------------------ Let RoboForm remember your form data, so you don't have to! RoboForm is free (up to 30 passcards), contains no Spyware, and is completely safe to use! " RoboForm has completely changed my life for the better. Many thanks to you [for another great software recommendation]! " ~ Infopackets Gazette Reader Nigel R. | Nottingham, England. Click here to download the latest version of RoboForm now: http://www.infopackets.com/articles/roboform.htm Or, Click to read all about RoboForm's features: http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/20030424.htm#feature ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visitor Feedback ------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Microsoft Flight Simulator + WinTasks? Category: Windows by Dennis Faas, infopackets editor http://www.infopackets.com Infopackets Gazette Reader Anthony Y. writes: " Dear Dennis, I'm a newbie and am particularly interested in flight simulation. I have an old hand-me-down gateway 2000 Pentium II 350mhz with Windows 98 Second Edition freshly installed. >From what I understand, I cannot run Microsoft Flight Simulation (MFS) 2004 or even 2002 on this machine. I just finished reading yesterday's article on WinTasks 4 Professional ... and was wondering if Li Utilities Wintasks 4 Pro + Winbackup + SpeedUpMyPC can enhance this old machine and make it fast enough to play at least MFS 2000? Cordially, Anthony Y. " My Response: In order to correctly answer your question, I would need to know the hardware prerequisites for each version of Microsoft Flight Simulation. I did some digging on Google and found that MS Flight Sim 2000 requires at least a Pentium 166 MHz processor, 32 meg RAM for Windows 9x machines, and an optional 3D graphics accelerator card. For MS Flight Sim 2002, the minimum requirements are a 300 MHz processor, 64 meg RAM, and an 8 meg 3D graphics card. ... Click to read the rest of this article online: http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/20031001.htm#visitorfeedback ------------------------------------------------------------ > What kind of person would be interested in the Windows Registry? ------------------------------------------------------------ Is it for techies? Or is it for the curious? The Windows Registry is a database where all the information about your computer is stored: everything from colors, installed applications, or changes you make in Control Panel, are included in the registry database. If you want to extend the customization of Windows, you'll need to understand the Registry, and how it works. Find out now -- no techy skills required! http://www.infopackets.com/articles/systemregistry.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ > On this Day in History ------------------------------------------------------------ On this Day in History -- October 01 Famous people born on this day: --> 1881, William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company. --> 1920, Walter Matuschanskavasky - aka Walter Matthau, actor. --> 1924, Jimmy Carter, (Mr. Peanut) 39th President from (1976 - 1980). --> 1928, George Peppard, actor (I love it when a plan comes together). --> 1928, Lawrence Harvey --> 1935, Julie Andrews, actress. Events on this day in history: --> 1851, First Hawaiian stamps issued. --> 1869, First postcards are issued in Vienna. --> 1896, Yosemite becomes a National Park. --> 1898, Henry Huntington buys the Los Angeles Railway. --> 1903, First World Series starts between the National & American Leagues. --> 1908, Henry Ford introduces the Model T car. --> 1960, Nigeria gains its independence. --> 1962, Johnny Carson hosts his first Tonight Show. --> 1964, San Francisco's Cable Cars declared a National Landmark. --> 1971, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens. And don't forget... --> NASA discloses, that each astronaut suit costs 3.4 Million, (Yeah, and I bet they bought the hammer for $900 too!) --> Independence Day, celebrated in Nigeria. ------------------------------------------------------------ > Bob's Free Software picks of the Day ------------------------------------------------------------ Category: Windows Software by Bob Helmer http://www.shellcity.net XP SysPad XP SysPad is a launcher which makes access to Windows system utilities its specialty. All of the prime Windows system info and utilites such as the individual control panel applets, can be launched with the click of one button, which makes it easier than hunting around the explorer pane or waiting for menus to fold out. For convenience, it also can minimize itself to the system tray. It launches over 100 functions in all! The program is very small with a minute memory footprint, and makes no changes to your system registry whatsoever and comes with uninstaller. ... 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