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Have a look at the following link: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/outlook-2010/multiple-accounts-and-the-default-account/
It explains that the email account used to send messages depends on the .pst file used and gives a registry modification which forces all new messages to use the default email account, regardless of which pst file you are viewing. (Be sure to back up your registry before modifying it!)

Depending on the way blastcln.exe was originally installed, a backup copy can be found in either
C:WINDOWSServicePackFilesi386 or in
C:WINDOWSSystem32dllcache
Both of the above are hidden systems folders so you will have to set Windows Explorer options to display those files.
Once you find YOUR backup copy, delete the backup first – then delete the version in C:WindowsSystem32.
Since now there is no longer a backup, your system will not be able to re-create the pesky thing from backup.

Elderly relatives of mine also received a call from “Windows” (Not “Microsoft”). They spotted the problem immediately and blew off the caller. If a 90year old can spot the hoax, it probably isn’t all that sophisticated. I received a similar call – also from “Windows”. I told them, the only one in the house who knew anything about computers was my grandson and he was running BeOS. That ended the conversation right there.
I have a suggestion for anyone in the UK: I tested a device called trueCall (http://www.truecall.co.uk/) which is designed to stop nuisance calls (Sales calls, marketing surveys, election pollsters etc.) That gizmo works like a charm and discourages pretty much all automated calls. (Pitty it’s not available in North America)

My default browser is Firefox (but I do have IE installed)
In the past, on a few occasions I have found that PSI had problems with my install of Java.
Either it was the wrong version of Java or PSI did not know where to find it.
Installing the newest versions of both, Java and PSI usually fixed the problem.

Another private search engine can be found at https://www.ixquick.com/.

I do not receive ANY spam – with two exceptions: (I am using most of the measures outlined by Dr. Who plus a few additional tactics such as temporary emails, multiple emails for different purposes [private, business, subscriptions, etc] and forwarding emails from multiple addresses to “aggregator addresses” )
1. The computer of an associate who was on my white-list got compromised and was used to send out spam.
2. Some spammer in Eastern Europe sent out his spam and forged an email address at one of MY domains as the return address. As a result, I received lots of angry emails complaining about spam that I had not sent out and knew nothing about.
I do not believe automated measures would have helped in either case.
In case number two, I ended up “suspending” my account by setting up an automatic “out-of-office reply” that explained the circumstances to the irate complainers and re-directed them to my website for additional information.
I am reasonably sure that those irate complainers did not feel very proud about their vitriolic complaints once they found out I had not sent the offending messages.

You may wish to check out Raymond Chen’s blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/12/09/9934348.aspx
According to this blog, the padlock “…..means that you have a private item in a non-private directory…” He goes on to explain:
“A private item is an item where the only user account with access is you.¹ You create one of these, for example, by going to the sharing wizard and saying Share with: Nobody. To avoid clutter, the overlay is shown only when there is a transition from non-private to private. (Otherwise you’d have a lock overlay on everything in your Documents folder, for example.) ”
(Raymond does work for Microsoft although I don’t know if he speaks for MS)

Have you considered Blu-ray as your backup media? It’s still somewhat pricey ($100 for a drive, $50 for a 50GB disk) but I find it is worth it: I make copies of my data files about twice a year and keep them in my safety deposit box at the bank. That way I only need two physical disks for 100GB rather than bundles of CDs or DVDs. Also note that I keep COPIES rather than images created by backup software. It has happened to me in the past that I tried to recover files from a backup but was unable to do so, as newer versions of the backup software could not read the old images or else the backup software maker had gone out of business and no current versions were available. (I do use imaging software for my systems drive)
Update: Prices for 50GB BD-RE rewritable dual layer blu-ray discs have apparently dropped to about $25 since I last bought some. This technology has now been around for about 5 years and, as it gets more widely adopted, prices are expected to drop even further.

I agree with wiring every room with Cat 6. You might also want to think about HDMI where applicable.
I have decided to run conduits in my next home – just in case. In my present home I ran Coax (“just in case”) but when it came time to connect my computer to the TV, they had already changed the standards for Coax and the cable I had, was no longer acceptable for component video. While I was trying to figure out what to do about it, HDMI was introduced and I am willing to bet that, as soon as I install HDMI, someone will come up with something else that will require me to rip up the walls again.

I have had similar problems with Acronis and other bootable CDs. In one case I even formatted the wrong drive (with Partition Magic) because of this annoyance. I found that often the bootable disks may not load the appropriate drivers and thus do not even recognize certain disks. For example, if your bootable disk does not load a USB driver, your external USB drive won’t show up and other drives may have different physical drive numbers. Adding the appropriate drivers to the bootable disk will at least make those drives show up. Loading them in the correct order order is a bit more complicated. I have learned (the hard way) to carefully check the description of the drive and/or partition to ensure I am dealing with the correct one.