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1• Call and see whom you're talking to

By Andy Walker. MSN's Messenger becomes a tool that we used to think of in the context of science-fiction.

2• How to repair your MBR

By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.

3• Stand up against hijackers

By Andy Walker. Finding that your home page has been hijacked is frustrating.

4• About Cyberwalker Media

By Staff. Cyberwalker media plays a big part in creating and distributing technology content on the web and in books.

5•  How to remove unwanted pop-up ads

By Andy Walker. Stop spying software from installing without permission.

6• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2002

By Andy Walker. Set Outlook 2002's auto-responder to make sure people who correspond with you know you're away, not ignoring their messages.

7• Linus Torvalds' double life

By Andy Walker. Andy Walker catches up with Linux Torvalds in 2000 and talks to him about the operating system that changed his life and the computing world.

8• How to remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Has your computer started running slowly or just plain acting strange? You may have spyware.

9• How to change Virtual Memory settings

By Jason Kerluck. Higher Virtual Memory can help your computer tackle complex tasks with ease and speed of lightning.

10• The future of chip technology

By Andy Walker. Moore's Law has about a decade before chipmakers start running out of ways to miniaturize silicon wafers, but new non-silicon chips may save the day.

11• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2000

By Andy Walker. Outlook 2000 has an automatic email "answering machine".

12• Learn to defeat spam

By Andy Walker. Spam is a modern day plague.

13• How to buy a laptop in 2004

By Andy Walker. Here are a few buying tips to think about before you spend your well-earned money on one.

14• Hijacked browser? Fix it!

By Andy Walker. One technique used by spyware is to hijack your internet browser.

15• Hard-drive shuffle tough to master

By Andy Walker. Want to know how to switch your hard drives and their corresponding drive letters? Here's how!.

16• Spammers and their dreadful ways

By Andy Walker. If your e-mail in-box is filled with spam, this guide will walk you through how to reduce your daily influx of junk e-mail.

17• Right-clicking and other rodent secrets

By Andy Walker. If you've wondered what you're supposed to do with that "other button" on your PC's mouse, get ready for a lot of new choices.

18• Uniblue's SpyEraser 2

By Jason Kerluck. There are many anti-spyware applications out there and it's wise to use more than one of them because there are many spyware writers out there.

19• CA Internet Security Suite 2007: go for it

By Ted Gallardo. Fighting viruses, spyware and spam behind one firewall is rather attractive but ability to concentrate its controls into one spot would be even more helpful.

20• Upgrade from Vista to XP?

By Jason Kerluck. Vista is a resource hog, and it's slow, and it's unstable, so why not replace it with good, old and reliable XP? Not so fast: this switch could pose a host of challenges, some of them almost impossible to overcome.

21• FAQ: How to stop spam

By Andy Walker. Spam is an email annoyance that plagues us all.

22•  How to buy a notebook computer

By Andy Walker. Laptops have come a long way since their inception.

23• What's behind the file extensions?

By Andy Walker. They come in all sorts.

24• RSS: it's really simple

By Chris Ricci. New technologies expand the horizons for new media.

25• How to buy a laptop in 2005

By Andy Walker. Laptops have come a long way since they orginally came out.

26• How to avoid unwanted e-mail

By Andy Walker. When SPAM is no longer is tasty snack, we show you how to take a bite out of SPAM e-mails.

27• Indexing files can keep your hard drive busy

By Andy Walker. Your screensaver is on but you can still hear your hard drive working on something.

28• Blog your world to the world

By Chris Ricci. No matter where you are and what you're doing, you can tell your story - and even talk to people who agree (or disagree) with you.

29• How to repair your master boot record if it's infected with a virus

By Andy Walker. Learn how to fix, recover and repair the master boot record if it is infected with a virus.

30• Real alarm? Hoax?

By Andy Walker. With so many viruses and hoaxes floating around the internet these days, it's more important than ever to learn about how to know what is coming into your email inbox.

31• Should the web be like a family reunion?

By Andy Walker. You don't have to share your personal information with a site just because it tries to get it from you.

32• CleanSweep cleans out web debris.

By Andy Walker. Adding CleanSweep to your computer is like getting a housekeeper for your PC - just give it the word, and it'll straighten things up for you.

33• How to choose a power strip

By Andy Walker. With all the power cables that go along with running a computer, a power strip is essential.

34• Office to go

By Chris Ricci. Travelling all over the world, we still enjoy having the comfort and homey look-and-feel of our own computer screen.

35• Get organized with a handheld computer

By Andy Walker. Need to get organized, and need some advice of which hand-held will help you reach your goals? This guide will help you decide which hand-held computer is best for you.

36• Screensavers have pluses and minuses

By Chris Ricci. They do help protect your monitor from screen burn-in, but beware many third-party screensavers: they carry loads of spyware and adware.

37• LabRats #097: Why one screen if you can have two?

By Cyberwalker staff. If you want (or need) to be more effective and efficient, and you want (or need) to keep more than one application active at the same time on your computer, multi-monitor set-ups work like magic.

38• Daughter puts Dad in desktop dilemma

By Andy Walker. Yes, kids know a lot about computers these days.

39• Unexplained sign-ons to the internet

By Andy Walker. If your computer goes online when you're not around, it may just be checking on a subscribed site.

40• How to deal with a PDF file

By Andy Walker. What is a PDF? Cyberwalker walks you through its definition and how it is used.

41• Netscape's got Explorer beat.

By Andy Walker. In the "Battle of Browsers", the score card leans in Netscape's favor.

42• Programming languages are like building crews.

By Andy Walker. Of all the programming languages, which one is most desirable in the work place? It depends on what kind of work you'd be doing.

43• Out with the old? Why?

By Chris Ricci. Get rid of most of the software bells and whistles to get a faster-running machine without spending a penny.

44• Windows shuts down fax upgrade

By Andy Walker. To get Windows 95 to work with your upgraded fax modem, you have to show the system what you've done.

45• Prevent slowdowns, clean up system tray

By Chris Ricci. Windows keeps rarely used files, filling up your memory beyond belief.

46• Windows 98: Not as scary as many fear.

By Andy Walker. With each new OS comes some apprehension, which is normal.

47• What is a hoax and what isn't

By Craig Worden. Why people do it, nobody knows, but many send out warnings about this or that deadly virus, flooding the Web with pseudo-danger announcements.

48• Which Windows version am I running?

By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker shows you a quick way to find out which version of Windows you are using.

49• Use your computer to help 9/11 victims

By Andy Walker. How can I help the victims of the World Trade Center disaster?.

50• Different builds of Windows

By Andy Walker. Windows build numbers tell you specifically what Windows version you have.