Minutes of the Meeting held 16 October 2001
Here are the items as posted to me by Friday midnight:
Herewith the list of topics discussed at the meeting:
1) Identity of modem - JennyL
Jenny said she had found the PCUG Modem Troubleshooting page and links
very useful. The meeting agreed that it is fine to install a modem
under what may be an incorrect identity, so long as the modem is
performing as advertised. If downloading a driver involved using a
zip program, it was better to search Google to find a free program,
than accept at face value, Winzip's request for $29 to use their
program long-term.
Postcript from Trevor: PowerArchiver does the same job as WinZip and
is freeware.
2) DLL files corrupted - Margaret
The understanding to my question seems to be to leave well enough
alone as no one else seemed to have had this sort of problem.
Regarding computer crashes and any other problem to keep a record of
them. and get back to the group next time around for any type of
solution.
Many thanks, Margarete
3) ADSL experience, Outlook Express - Tony
4) 2CD .OR. ! 2CD - JohnA.
After explaining the above hieroglyphic he mentioned that he has a
collection of BBC comedy shows. Anyone interested could contact John
via john.armstrong@anu.edu.au
5) Removing drivers for hardware, Win98 - AlK
6) Watermarking images (follow-up) - TedM
Ted thanked all those including Emil, Jim, JS, and Don N,
for their help to find a suitable watermarking method. Emil was most
helpful with legal comments about copyright and practical help with
the"digimarc" free watermarking service used by the graphics program"
Thumbs up". 'Digimarc' requires an approved camera (resolution is
important) or scanner and places a "Seal mark" on the item.. I have
not investigated it further than to read the information at their web
site. The 'Thumbs Up' program is available in the current Oct issue
of the PC Authority magazine.
Emil also mentioned the "Invisible secrets" program which at it's web
site is a free software program for 30 days ($34 US thereafter). It is
a polished program from Romania and it encrypts text, pictures, sound
files etc with a choice of 7 encryption algorithms with one having a
128 bit level of encryption. The 'Invisible Secrets' program also
completely removes(shreds) any file from your hard disk not
just the name of the file as happens normally when you delete a file..
The web site for the "Invisible Secrets" program is at the web site
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Utilities/SecurityApplications/invis-secretsp
ro.html
Paint shop pro has a watermarking method but it costs $ US 149 per
1-99 pictures for one year.
However Ted used the method of JS and Don N of hiding text in an image
using 'Paint Shop Pro'. He asked the group to find the ' hidden' text.
Three of about 30 people {one without glasses) at the meeting found
all three watermarks so Ted has gone back to the drawing board and is
getting new glasses.
PS from OwenC: After Ted's foray into Bin Laden's secret message
transmission scheme at today's CnC, you might want to opt to do it
yourself, especially if you have a decent image manipulating program.
For step by step instructions see
http://www.pcug.org.au/pcug/candc/tutorials/watermark.html
7) USB Connectors
8) Post dial terminal screen, IE5 - BobS
The problem was that I couldn't remove the Post dial terminal screen
when logging on to IE 5. Owen Cook provided the following fix;
My Computer>Dial Up Networking>Right click on TIP
icon>Properties>Configure>Options>Untick "Bring up Terminal Window
after Dialling">OK. Problem Solved!
PS from OwenC: The Post Dial Terminal Window is accessed from your
Dial Up Networking.
Right click on your Tip Icon and bring up its properties.
On the general tab, press the Configure button, then the Options tab.
Neither of these should be ticked UNLESS you are doing a manual login.
9) 256Mb RAM, $56 - MikeD.
Mike brought in a hardware price list from LouCra Computers of Dunlop
ACT, tel 6259 9804, e-mail cr2d2@hotkey.net.au among which was 256Mb
PC133 SDRAM for $56.40.
10) IE oddities - AllanM
Allan mentioned some IE oddities in version 6 among which was a java
script one.
I have IE6 installed and have tried to uninstall it without going
through my normal process of formatting C: and reinstalling Win98 SE
and applications. I tried using Windows uninstaller because IE6 wasn't
listed among apps to uninstall in Control Panel | Add/Remove
Applications. The uninstall worked OK but then I couldn't install
IE5.5 because I was told that a newer version was there. I therefore
had to reinstall v.6.
Regards, Trevor
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