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Thanks for approaching this topic.
The information given is a start, but is very incomplete and may make parents think they’ve got the bases covered. Which they don’t.
Windows Parental controls do allow a couple of restrictions (particularly with the logon times and which programs can be used), but do a woeful job at content filtering.

Using a filtering proxy (such as opendns.org ) allows you to:
– allows you to block anonymous proxies
– allows you to block (or allow) specific websites (for example, I block a video sharing, but allow youtube)
– if done at the router (which is no more difficult), works with any device on the network (all desktops, laptops, and even portable devices such as iTouch/Phone/Pad and mobile phone browsers using the wi-fi network.
– filters known phishing and other malware sites
– can log all attempts

PeterL

I strongly encourage the use of http://opendns.org for website protection / logging. If you want to know where this PC (or any PC on your home network, including wireless devices) have been going, opendns logs all website requests. You can block certain categories, or you can let the request go through and just have it logged for your later checking (you can also check remotely). It also protects against known phishing and other ‘baddy’ sites.

Did you include the OpenDNS Updater ?

I didn’t because I have a static IP address, so don’t need it. If you don’t know whether you have a static IP address, check with your ISP.

I tried using the Hosts File you stated on my Netbook and the ‘Boot’ time trebled.

I haven’t tried this.

Thanks PJ. I was hoping it would manage the call stack, but as you have clearly shown it doesn’t.
Yes, I’ll need to manage it locally.
Thanks for the clear explanation.
Peter

I’m guessing that you previously had no trouble opening the macros?
Sound like they may have been corrupted.
Can you get at editing them from Alt-F8 edit?

What’s the actual problem you’re getting?

Note that it’s possible to change the DPI of what Windows is displaying (On XP: Display properties, Settings, Advanced, General, Display)

You’ll get the best ‘sharpness’ at the monitor’s native resolution. Although they can display other resolutions, the sharpness with be ‘a bit’ to ‘significantly’ less sharp.
As a side note, for good old CRTs, sharpness is not based on ‘native’ resolution, and they are effectively always at ‘native’ resolution, and are therefore ‘better’ if you want to play with lots of different resolutions.
Peter

Good list, CLiNT.
To add my 2c worth, ENSURE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS SAFELY BACKED UP!
I use Acronis to take a disk image – it’s not free but has been very useful for me.
Peter

How does it go if you load the RTF into a different app, such as Word or OpenOffice?

I’ve also been using Acronis for a few years, and are quite happy with it.
Some backup rules:
1. Have backups in different places (“grandfather” off-site (updated less regularly – say monthly), “father” on-site, updated regularly (say daily),
2. Have different backup forms – I use Acronis for daily on-site, but have an off-site portable hard disk with a file-by-file copy, and a Blu-Ray (DVD would be fine also) file copy of just data.
3. Always always check your backups.

I find setting up my users’ routers to use opendns.orgsolves lots of these problems. The OpenDNS server automatically stops phishing and other attemps. As a bonus, some benchmarks mark it as a very fast DNS server; often faster than your ISP. Oh, and if you want to filter out other kinds of nastys, you can do that too.

I’ve uninstalled 64-bit, and installed 32-bit Office, but still have the same problem.
I’ve got 32-bit Office installed on my laptop, and it works OK with the documents as well.
So I know that the problem is this machine.
But:
1. It used to work
2. I’ve uninstalled and re-installed Office
But the problem remains.
I’m not convinced that uninstalling removes everything (when I reinstall, my modifications to the Quick-Launch bar and the MRU are all restored).
Perhaps if I could _really_ uninstall it all it might help.
I also remember that I did install the Microsoft Labs’ ‘Ribbon Hero’, but I did manually excise that from the Add-ins.
Any other ideas of what I could try?
Thanks for any suggestions

Somewhere along the line MS have heard (but not told us) – Word’s normal print preview now properly displays facing pages.
As at 11 Mar 11, although I suspect they fixed it via some patch some time ago.
It would be nice if they were honest and said “whoops, sorry, we missed that one, we’ll fix it right away”.
Just updating this thread in case anyone comes looking.

If all programs are closed, and nothing is actively using the Temp folder, you can delete everything in it including all of the subfolders. Nothing that should be permanent is stored in there.

I agree.:rolleyes: