IN THIS ISSUE

UPDATE

- Webtop Sites
- To Fix a  Y2K Casualty--LIE!

Beginner's Notes &  Tips

- Computer  Maintenance, Part 3 - Scandisk keeps your computer clean
- The 10 Minute Miracle
- Terminology And The Times

Operating System Notes & Tips

-   Computing On the Bleeding Edge - Exploring Linux
-   Restoring The Windows Registry

Communications Notes & Tips

- The Trouble With Search Engines
- How Computer Experts Search The Web
- Link You Computers and Share Online Access
- LapLink Can Be Family's Best Remote Access Link
- Free Long Distance Calls!

Hardware Notes & Tips

- Enabling Hard Drive Ultra DMA
- Soup Up Your Hard Drive With DMA
- Laptop Battery Life Gauge Gives False Readings
- Stereo System Speakers Yield Odd Results

  Library News 
  These disks were  offered at the January meeting:

  Sonique v.1.30 - Windows audio  player capable of handling MP3 files, Windows media files, audio CDs, MP2, MOD  and wav files. Same as Winamp - more colorful and simpler interface.

  Compupic 5.0 - Image file manager, manipulate, crop, adjust color,  convert files formats and more. Thumbnail viewing of all image files in a  directory. Comprehensive image manager

  WebFerret v.3.0 - Major  update to file offered previously. Queries large Search Engines to find quickly  and efficiently whatever it is you are looking for on the Web. Queries all  configured search engines simultaneously and discards any duplicates. By default  queries Alta Vista, AOL, Net Find, CNET, EuroSeek, Excite(USA), GOTO, LookSmart,  Snap and Yahoo!(USA). You can add other search engines.

  Disks  Still Available
If you missed the meeting, copies of these disk library  items are still available from librarians Tom & Dave Stepanek.