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Items of Note: Listener Shane wrote to me with a great tip. “Just thought I would pass this on to you this is something I found that’s awesome and works great for me. I currently only use the Email Security Cert and the Firewall and Antivirus but they all work great than other things such as Zone Alarm.”
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How To: How to back up and recover Outlook Express data
This article describes how to back up and restore your messages, Address Book, mail accounts, and news accounts in Outlook Express 5 and later.
To backup Outlook Express data:
• Copy mail files to a backup folder
• Export the Address Book to a file
• Export the mail account to a file
• Export the news account to a file
To restore or import Outlook Express data:
• Import messages from the backup folder
• Import the Address Book file
• Import the mail account file
• Import the news account file
Copy Mail Files to a Backup Folder
To make a backup copy of your Outlook Express e-mail message files:
1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. Select the folder location, and then press CTRL+C to copy the location.
4. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.
5. Click Start, and then click Run.
6. In the Open box, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.
7. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
8. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.
9. Right-click any empty space on your desktop, click New, and then click Folder.
10. Type mail backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
11. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
12. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
13. Close the Mail Backup window.
Importing Outlook Express data
Import Messages from the Backup Folder
To import your Outlook Express e-mail messages from the Backup folder:
1. On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
2. In the Select an e-mail program to import from box, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5 or Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then click Next.
3. Click Import mail from an OE5 store directory or Import mail from an OE6 store directory, and then click OK.
4. Click Browse, and then click on the Mail Backup folder on your desktop.
5. Click OK, and then click Next.
6. Click All folders, click Next, and then click Finish.
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Hack: Set airport express as a reapeater for a linksys wrt54G
These are lifted off of http://rgbdream.com/?p=44
In the AirPort Admin Utility, under the AirPort tab:
Set “Wireless Mode” to “Create a Wireless Network (Home Router)”
Set “Name” to match the WRT54G’s “Wireless Network Name” (under “Wireless” >
“Basic Wireless Settings” in the Linksys admin)
Click “Change Wireless Security”
Set “Wireless Security” to “WEP”
In the “Network Password” field, enter a dollar sign ($) followed by the
value for the WRT54G’s “Key 1″ (under “Wireless” > “Wireless Security” in
the Linksys admin). Do it again in the “Verify Password” field.
“Encryption Type” should set itself automatically to “128 bit WEP” based on
the password. If not, try re-entering the passwords. You should be putting
in something like “$AE5F74B05B23239C2861A48AFE”
Click “OK” to close the Wireless Security window. Click “Continue” to
dismiss the nagalog.
Set “Channel” to match the WRT54G’s “Wireless Channel” (under “Wireless” >
“Basic Wireless Settings” in the Linksys admin)
Set the rest of the options under the AirPort tab as appropriate for your
network.
Under the Internet tab:
Set “Connect Using” to “AirPort (WDS)”
Set “MAC Address” to the WRT54G’s wireless MAC address (under “Status” >
“Wireless” in the Linksys admin). It is very important to get the MAC
address for the “Wireless” interface on the router, not the “Router” or
“Local Network” addresses.
Check “Also allow wireless client computers”
Set “Configure” to “Using DHCP”
Under the Network tab, un-check “Distribute IP addresses”
Under the WDS tab, confirm the following:
“Enable this base station” is checked and set to “remote base station”
“Allow wireless clients on this base station” is checked
“Main AirPort ID is set to the wireless MAC address of the WRT54G
Under the Music tab, set the options as appropriate for your network.
When you’ve finished all of this, click “Update.” The configuration will be
applied to your AirPort Express and it will reboot. It should come back up
with a nice green light, at which point you can unplug it from the wall and
your router, and return it to its location in your living room. When it
powers up in there, it should get a green light again, and you’re done!
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