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Rules for safe (good) passwords
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Make it
something you will remember. You must remember your
user name and password. No one can provide it you. In most cases the
administer can reset it to something that you must again modify.
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8 or more characters long
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use a combination of letters, upper and lower case and
numbers and special characters (the top row of the keyboard
! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )  < > ? : { } [ ]
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don't make it something associated with you like your
kids name or your birthday. or address
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don't make it a word that is in the dictionary
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a good idea is to take a 8 letter word you will remember
as substitute numbers and special symbols that look like the letters.
For example the word keyboard could be K3bo@rd.
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have two (or more passwords). One for school and who
really cares if it is discovered and one for money matters.
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it would be best to have a unique password for
each site, but that would make remembering almost impossible.
There are password databases, but they can be cumbersome and
slow. So, make a good 6 or 7 character password like S(ch00L
(capital S, ( for c, s lower case h, 2 zeros for 0's and a
capital L). The add 1, 2, or 3 letters to the end that
signify the site. Like "gm" for Google mail or BA for Bank
America.
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Learn about the
importance of, consequences of
not (identity theft) and how to make safe (good) passwords by
reading (at least scan) these excellent sites about creating good passwords
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Copying a screen when there is no Copy command also known as
a "Screen Capture
or Scrape"
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Click in the window you wish to
copy |
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Hold the Alt key and hit the
PrtScr (to copy the window to the clipboard). |
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Open MS Word and paste (
or ctrl + V
or right click & Paste or
Edit menu & Paste). |
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Select the screen image (make
sure handles are showing) |
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Crop (
on Picture Toolbar) unnecessary stuff (remember to hit the
crop icon when through to turn it off) |
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Enlarge the good stuff till it
almost fills the page |
If you have a typical screen and
the whole page does not fit on one screen, then you'll have
to do that twice.
If you're a poor typist like me and
watch your fingers then many times you find you've typed a chunk
of stuff all in caps! Ok, if you're in MS Word, simply
highlight the mistyped text and hit F3, function key F3. Hit it
again, it cycles between upper case, lower case and sentence
case. You can also get Title case by selecting Case Change
for the format menu.
Now to avoid this problem in the future, you
can get a beep when you hit caps lock and also set it so the
screen flashes. Follow the directions at
WorldStart where you'll find lots of useful tricks and time
savers.
| Right Click on the gray area to the right of the tool bar
on the top of the window and make sure
 | Make sure your "Lock the Toolbars" is NOT checked
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| Links is checked |
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| Position the cursor over the word "Links", and press the left mouse
button, you'll see a 4
pointed arrow |
| Drag the word Links to where you have room on the toolbar (half the width of the
screen is good) |
| Whenever there is a site to which you want return over and over,
drag the icon (usually the blue  )
from the Address bar onto the Links bar. |
| You'll see a black I beam
 where it can be dropped. |
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 Parts
of the Internet Explorer Screen
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Rules for good
passwords
Customizing the Links Bar
Customize your IE browse toolbars
Screen Capture/Scrape
Solving Caps Locks Issues |
Lecture Concepts such as computer speed,
memory size, trends in computers and important jargon
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, print preview
, copy
and any other you want -
you can always remove 'em. , 
