Quick and Helpful Tips
For Easier Computing

To address an email to several different people enter each email address in the "to" area and separate them with a ; (semicolon) then space.
 
When you want to select everything on the page for copy and pasting purposes: Go to the Edit menu and click on Select All.

If you want to type over an entire paragraph or sentence, just highlight the text that you want to delete, then begin typing.
 
Does your mouse not work as good as it used to? You can take apart the area that has the ball and clean the rollers inside to make it work like new! Follow your manufacturers directions - it is very easy to do.
 
Alcohol is one of the best things to use to clean a monitor screen. But do not use it on a laptop display - use just plain water.

When you search for a phrase and you want results that contain that phrase; add plus signs in between the words. ie. passenger+side+air+bags
 
Want to print a Web page? Just hit CTRL and P! It will open the print dialog window!

When selecting files (also called highlighting) you can select more than one at a time. After selecting one file, hold down the ctrl key to select more.

To find out what version of a program you have, just go to the "Help" section on the top text links of any program, then select "About". It will reveal the author and what version the program is.


Tips For Preventing Spam

What Exactly Is Spam?

We've all received them—unwanted emails containing unsolicited advertisements, chain letters, offers too good to be true, or worse. Collectively these messages are known as spam mail, and they clutter your inbox, wasting your time and your computer's memory. Many people find they receive more spam than legitimate mail. And most of us have at one time or another deleted some important email while manually removing spam messages. Increasingly, dealing with this problem has become more than a mere annoyance—it's become a productivity issue. And recent surveys indicate it's rapidly getting worse with spam comprising an ever larger percentage of overall mail received.

How Do I Prevent Spam?

Use rules and filters to screen unwanted mail - Your N2 The Net email account allows you to do this. Please call our tech support team for simple instructions on how to get setup.

Avoid the “unsubscribe” feature included in spam messages. Most spam includes instructions on how to "remove yourself from the list.” More often than not, these removal instructions do not work. Instead, when you click on the link to unsubscribe you are verifying that you have a valid e-mail address and spammers will then permanently add you to their list or sell your address to others.

Do not reply to the spam message. This also lets spammers know they have found a valid e-mail address

Consider where you share your personal information online. Spammers harvest e-mail addresses from Web pages and news groups. Any address posted to a Web page or used in online forums will almost certainly be used by spammers.

Be wary of filling in address, phone number or e-mail information on non-secure sites. Some users create “junk” e-mail accounts with a free service to use on Web forms so their real e-mail address doesn’t receive large amounts of spam.

Don’t forward unknown email. Sometimes spam will have a fake "To" or "From" field. Since it appears that the e-mail was erroneously sent to you, the spammer hopes you’ll read it and helpfully forward it along. Don't.

Don’t give out your e-mail address unless you know how it will be used.

Never buy anything advertised in spam. Even if you happen to be looking for a lower mortgage rate, don’t look for it in junk e-mail. Chances are the services advertised are bogus anyway. Respected loan companies don’t randomly flood inboxes.

Sign up for N2 The Net's Pristine Mail service. For a one-time fee of $7.50, you can get one of the best spam and virus prevention programs available. Please call our Tech Support team at 1-888-605-9322 for more details about this service. 

Product Showcase For The Month Of January

N2 the Net is pleased to announce that we now offer nationwide dial-up internet access for over 3,400 locations in the United States and Canada. We realize that a large number of our customers like to vacation in other states at different times of the year and in some cases we have customers that are permanently relocating. In the past, these valued customers would have to cancel their internet service until they've returned to Tennessee. Well, those days are over! Now our customers can have the same dependable service that they are accustomed to, with the same 24-hour technical support, even when they are away from home. There are no additional charges for service away from home. Prices are the same as our local service. There are still 2 plans to choose from. Our 40 hours of internet access per month plan costs $10.45 per month and our unlimited hours per month plan is $20.95 per month. If you are planning on vacationing or moving, please contact our billing office at 931-372-9179 if you are interested in keeping your service with N2 The Net.
 

Tips For Preventing And Cleaning Spyware

What Exactly Is Spyware?

Spyware is a general term for a program that secretly monitors your actions. While they are sometimes sinister, like a remote control program used by a hacker, software companies have been known to use spyware to gather data about customers.  This is also known as "adware". It is a hidden software program that transmits user information via the Internet to advertisers in exchange for free downloaded software. Usually coming in the form of ‘cookies' - these enable the cookie writer to build-up information about what you do and where you go on the Web. As such, spyware is cause for public concern about privacy on the Internet.

Signs That Your Computer May Have Spyware:

Your phone bill includes expensive calls to 900 numbers that you never made—probably at an outrageous per-minute rate.

You enter a search term in Internet Explorer's address bar and press Enter to start the search. Instead of your usual search site, an unfamiliar site handles the search.

A new item appears in your Favorites list without your putting it there. No matter how many times you delete it, the item always reappears later.

Your system runs noticeably slower than it did before. If you're a Windows 2000/XP user, launching the Task Manager and clicking the Processes tab reveals that an unfamiliar process is using nearly 100 percent of available CPU cycles.

A search toolbar or other browser toolbar appears even though you didn't request or install it. Your attempts to remove it fail, or it comes back after removal.

You get pop-up advertisements when your browser is not running or when your system is not even connected to the Internet, or you get pop-up ads that address you by name.

When you start your browser, the home page has changed to something undesirable. You change it back manually, but before long you find that it has changed back again.

How To Prevent Spyware

Do not open Spam Email - Web sites advertised in unsolicited e-mail can try to plant dialers or other types of pests on your computer.

Be careful what you download Read all dialogue boxes carefully and close anything that looks suspicious. When closing dialogue boxes or pop-up advertisements, be sure to use the proper "X" to close the window. The Web is full of ads that feature mock "Xs" or "Close" or "OK" buttons within the ad.

Block Pop-Up Ads - install software that will block pop-up ads and prevent them from appearing in the first place.

Be sure to download and install all of your Windows Critical Updates.

How To Remove Spyware

Removing spyware from your computer can range from an easy task to a very dificult process depending on which type of spyware your computer becomes infected with. A few simple and free programs you can use to remove spyware are "Ad-Aware" and "Spybot". If you suspect your computer is infected, please contact our technical support team and we will be happy to provide you with these programs along with full, easy to follow instructions on how to use them. If after running these programs, your computer is still infected, we have several more options for you. Just let us know and we can help.