Specifications
Click the red record button and start the music. After the first song has played, stop Sound Recorder and pause
your cassette/record. In Sound Record, click File>>Save. Name the file, ensuring that "Save as type" is set to
"Sounds *.wav"
Repeat until all songs are recorded.
Since there are silent spots and probably some pops and hisses, you'll want to clean up and edit the wav files.
Again, there are programs made just for this task.
Audacity (
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
) is available for all Windows versions and if you have Windows 98/ME,
there is a free version of Pro Tools (http://www.digidesign.com).
Once you have cleaned up all of your files, they're ready to burn to CD. Use whatever software that came with your
CD burner.
These tips came from the Kim Komando web site. To find more of her tips go to:
http://www.komando.com/tip_catlist.asp
You can listen to "The Kim Komando Computer Show" every Sunday between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm on KGLW
Radio 1340-AM.
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The following are from Alan:
Californians can now pre-register for the nationwide Do Not Call list that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is
expected to launch this summer. California is joining in the national Do Not Call registry which is FREE to
consumers.
If you sign up today, you can stop unwanted telemarketing calls beginning in October under the nationwide
program. The pre-registered California telephone numbers will be delivered to the FTC as soon as the federal
agency is ready to receive them – most likely in July 2003.
http://www.nocall.ag.ca.gov/
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/index.html
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Windows Updates… Are They Safe?
After all the problems with Q811493 and other Microsoft updates people are asking, “Is it safe to start using
Microsoft Windows updates again?” The answer is yes with certain precautions. It looks like Microsoft has finally
fixed the Q811493 security patch. It only took them six weeks for a fix! Most newsgroups are reporting no problems
with that update or any of the newer updates from Microsoft.
First off I recommend setting the Windows update service to full manual. Go to your Control Panel >> System >>
Automatic Updates >>Uncheck “Keep my computer up to date.” That way you determine when and if a Microsoft
update is downloaded and installed. Choose your Windows updates wisely. It used to be that critical Windows
updates were considered safe. We now know that not to be true considering what happened with Q811493. If the
update doesn't apply to your type of computer use then by all means don’t install it.
Some of the precautions you need to take before using the Microsoft update utility are a PowerQuest Drive Image
backup or a Microsoft restore point, the latter being the best solution. With Drive Image you make a quick image of
your hard drive and then download and install the update. If you find that your computer is acting strangely or as in
the case of Q811493 down right SLOW then you remedy the situation by restoring the image you just made. I can’t
speak highly enough of Drive Image and how it has saved me and others many, many hours of work. We want to
USE our computer, NOT KEEP FIXING IT.
My favorite newsletter, that of the Houston Area League of PC Users (June 03) has another article "Are you
XPerienced?" by Ted Rosen. This month it's a Q?A column on problems of and with Windows XP (What else?) Go
to
http://www.hal-pc.org/journal/03june/Column/xp/xp.html
. If you want to read other issues go to http://www.hal-
pc.org/journal.html
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