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Recent IE Update - IE browser with our LWS webmail interface. (Upon Login shows some of the entries but not clickable, these were spam messages but the overall effect Very confusing.)
Top tips include: (in IE Tools Internet options)
1. Turning off something new called Phishing blocker.
2. Adjust Privacy settings to low.
3. Adjust Security to medium.
Try these one at a time starting with 1. to see if they clear the problem.
IE software likes their little security drills. There's always Firefox or Safari web browsers."
Sony batteries in Dell, Mac and now Sony Vaio notebooks, are being recalled. See Visit this page for more information.
Northeast Utilities/Connecticut Light and Power announce 21.5% increase in 2006. 17.5% on Jan 1 and 5% in April. A huge increase for power yet what they say they need to maintain reliable service. We're pretty disgusted with these folks. Where we hear a lot about their promotionals, offers and interest in gaining public opinion, hear nothing concerning securing Connecticut's energy grid against widespread outages such as happened in 2004.
Northeast Utilities/Connecticut Light and Power to sell assets along Housatonic and Shepaug Rivers. Yes the lakes are for sale along with the equipment to generate electicity. NU will focus on distribution (it's core business).
We get a new banner from our new up-market Flash introduction www.connecticutwebsite.com
Hotmail/MSN are having problems with their new security. They are now selling whitelist access. 11 out of 16 of Hotmails MX servers seem OK when we tested, 5 established no connection.
Check out the list of unsupported software under XP SP2 at Microsoft's website. (A lot of anti-virus programs) Microsoft KB article
For useful tips and information to secure your Windows XP system. From defining a hosts file to securing Internet, Intranet and Restricted sites there is much medicine here to help you secure and keep clear of unwanted viruses.
What's this we're hearing about Charter Internet being down in 6 local communities for the last day? A big outage. Could not find any info or listing on Charter website.
It's confirmed! Something is wrong with both McCaffee & Norton Virus and Firewall programs. A lot of people will soon be on SP2 for their XP based Workstations. Virus Programs will become part of Windows XP.
SBC, at least in the Northeast has imposed SMTP Port 25 restriction to their default SMTP relay. Fill-out the form at SBC site and wait (up to 12 hours) for a reply. Use web-email or admin access in the meantime.
Other service providers will also follow suit. You'll be able to receive email but but not send when this happens.
Thank the spam industry for all these precautionary measures and accept delays while service providers adjust settings. Visit your ISP's website and see if you can subscribe to your ISP's appropriate security topic email or general purpose subscriber list so you can be informed of these changes?
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