Our Mission

To reduce our individual and collective environmental footprints on our home, the Earth by actively, energetically and positively promoting values of sustainability and conservation of resources.  FULL CIRCLES will offer education, opportunity, and venues for individuals and communities to learn, to interact, to collaborate and to take action.

Ecological footprint analysis measures the human demand on nature and compares human consumption of natural resources with the earth's ecological capacity to regenerate them.  It is an estimate of the amount of land area a human population, given prevailing technology, would need if the current resource consumption and pollution by the population is matched by the sustainable (renewable) resource production and waste assimilation by such a land area.

Don't use it? ReUseIt!

www.ReUseItNetwork.org

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Microsoft Security Essentials free

IMicrosoft Security Essentials provides free, real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

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The ONLY MS Support Notification Service You Need!
Subscribe to KbAlertz.com and get notified every time
Microsoft publishes new Knowledgebase or Support articles.

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RAM TEST ~ Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic free

The Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard.
Windows Memory Diagnostic is designed to be easy and fast. On most configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation, run the test and complete the first test pass in less than 30 minutes.

To run Windows Memory Diagnostic, you must reboot your computer with the disk or CD-ROM on which you installed Windows Memory Diagnostic in the drive. After the reboot, Windows Memory Diagnostic will load and its interface will appear. After loading, the first test pass will begin, using the default standard test suite, and continue until complete, unless Windows Memory Diagnostic is either paused or exited. Once the first test pass is complete, Windows Memory Diagnostic will begin a second test pass using the same settings as before. Windows Memory Diagnostic will continue to run test passes until you exit.
++ There is more on the web site.

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Turn off an add-on in IE ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Do you have some extra features enabled in Internet Explorer?
Here is how to turn off an add-on in Internet Explorer
 
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools menu, and then click Manage Add-ons.
3. Click the name of the add-on.
4. Click Disable.
5. Click OK

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9 Perfect Password Pointers


http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=577
Passwords are often the weakest part of a security infrastructure.
Here are nine ways to make them one of the strongest.
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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Have you ever considered what makes an anti-malware application effective? We at Malwarebytes have created an easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application. Whether you know it or not your computer is always at risk of becoming infected with viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware, and malware that are constantly evolving and becoming harder to detect and remove. Only the most sophisticated anti-malware techniques can detect and remove these malicious programs from your computer. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. In our product we have compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware monitors every process and stops malicious processes before they even start. The Realtime Protection Module uses our advanced heuristic scanning technology which monitors your system to keep it safe and secure. In addition, we have implemented a threats center which will allow you to keep up to date with the latest malware threats.

Download the Free version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

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'Christy's Computer Corner' ~ thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

EssentialPIM freeware

This is an absolutely free and versatile Personal Information
Manager. It can store, manage and encrypt data:
day/week/month/year schedules, notes (pictures, tables, any formatted text) and contacts.

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Windows 7 Released

Mike's Windows 7 links


From Microsoft:
The Compatibility Advisor will tell you what programs may have problems.


http://tinyurl.com/win7ugdavs
Use the Upgrade Advisor tool to find out if your PC can run Windows 7.
If there are any compatibility issues, you’l get a report that includes
suggestions for next steps.
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Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration from Microsoft

http://tinyurl.com/win7upgdavs
Select one of the following scenarios to upgrade or migrate files and settings to Windows 7:


Migrate files and settings to a new computer.

http://tinyurl.com/win7migrate
This scenario provides steps to migrate files and settings from a computer running
Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 to a new computer running Windows 7.


Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7.

http://tinyurl.com/win7V2W7
This scenario provides steps to upgrade a computer that is currently
running Windows Vista to Windows 7.
You can also use these steps to upgrade to a more recent build of Windows 7.

Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7.

http://tinyurl.com/win7ugdXP
This scenario provides steps to upgrade a computer that is running Windows
XP to Windows 7 by migrating files and settings to the new operating system.


Which one is right for you?

A comparison of the features in Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit
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Mike the mod @   Vista_ & Win7
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/vista_/
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Win7/

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Things You Need to do Before Disaster Strikes

a. WinXP Bootup disks from MS

b. Password Reset disk - in case you forget your password.

c. A copy of your NTDETECT.COM, boot.ini, and ntldr files in a floppy. Make sure that you do not format it as a DOS or boot disk. Make sure the floppy is COMPLETELY EMPTY. You will need that when you can't boot to Windows due to one of them being corrupted. Boot up to that floppy and you will see what I mean. Your computer will boot up to it, then reads the 3 files, and then transfer control over to your system partition. All the 3 files are in the C:\ . Again, make sure all hidden files are made visible. Otherwise you can't find them.

d. Emergency disk created by your antivirus

e. Install Recovery Console if you are using XP. Not too sure if other Windows have this. And hopefully, you installed the Recovery Console before you installed SP2 of XP. :)

f. Back up your MBR. In my MCH Forums ( http://mycomputerheadaches.tz4.com), sorry shameless plug, there is a How To and Tutorial Forum and in it is a Backup Primer that I wrote. Follow my instructions there if you are brave enough :). Oh, the link is:
How to back up the MBR (Master Boot Record)
http://s11.invisionfree.com/SpunkyMcSpank/index.php?showtopic=35

g. Back up your BIOS either manually by copying them with pen and paper or by special-purpose utilities. I did mine using both methods :)

h. This is optional:
Clone your pristine partitions, without the spyware, any virus, defragged and scandisked, with all temp files deleted too. Use Acronis True Image. Install all your favorite programs and utilities then clone your whole drive on CDs, DVDs or another drive. To some people, this is a must.

Thanks to: Sean at MCH Forums http://mycomputerheadaches.tz4.com

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How to Get to Safe Mode ~ Mike's Friday Tip

If you are like me you have probably experienced some difficulty in getting to Safe Mode during the boot process.

The simplest and easiest way to get into "Safe Mode" without constantly tapping the F8 key is to start the PC with a non boot floppy in the drive.

When the machine stops and asks you to remove the non boot disk and hit any key to continue, select the F8 key and click it once.
You should be at the Safe Mode prompt.

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Games Kids Play

Rules for kids games for all children.
Kids games such as Tag, playground games, outdoor and indoor types, hopscotch, jump rope and skipping rope rhymes, hide and seek, and much more.
Games from Canada, France, and England, among other international games.
Submit your own kids games as well.

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Latest Email Hoaxes - Current Internet Scams - Hoax-Slayer Newsletter

A free weekly newsletter brought to you by Brett Christensen. Information on email hoaxes,
Internet scams, spam control, computer security and a lot more delivered direct to your in-box.

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Here you will find a compendium of High Quality Resources and Tech Support from OWTA-Certified Tech Clubs, Bulletin Boards, and resource sites. Every club, group, BB, and informational site which is OWTA-certified has met our stringent standards of providing accurate information and professional service. We have thoroughly checked and monitored all groups and services, and continue to so. In this way we can guarantee that you'll treated in a knowledgeable, forthright, and decent manner.

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Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it interesting. I also welcome any submissions, about new products, web pages, or articles of interest.

All submissions posted in the newsletter will be given proper credit. Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
***MfM*** indicates that I am adding my own information to a particular article.

Mike
It's a good day if I learned something new