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Network Chico news archive
for 2004
Past Network Chico computer
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December 2004
27 December 2004 A downloads
page has been added to the Network Chico
web site. Visitors can download
Windows freeware directly
from this page.
26 December 2004 Enough
is Enough! has been added to the Windows
freeware section of the web site. Have you just about had
it with sneaky spyware installations, pesky third-party cookies
from pushy advertisers and marketers, and the unending blizzard
of popups and popunders from web sites? Haven't you really had
just about enough of these obnoxious, invasive practices that
trash your computer and violate your privacy? Then it's time
you said, "Enough is
Enough!"
25 December 2004 KillDisk
has been added to the Windows
freeware section of the web site. KillDisk
- Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact DOS software
that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives
completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted
files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility.
22 December 2004 The Linux
FAQ has been added to Network Chico.
21 December 2004 The Start-up
Applications list has been updated. Currently the searchable
list contains 6722 items.
20 December 2004 Windows
CleanUp! has been added to the Windows
freeware area of the web site. Windows
CleanUp! is a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes
temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle
Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and much more.
CleanUp! frees disk
space and reduces the "clutter" on your computer helping
it to run more efficiently. It also can be used as a way to protect
your privacy on the Internet. You can even instruct CleanUp!
to securely delete files making it impossible to retrieve their
contents using lower-level disk tools.
16 December 2004 Microsoft has released at least 4
patches for Windows XP. There is one critical update (KB886185)
and three security updates (KB873339, KB885835 and KB885836)
available from WindowsUpdate. If you do not have your computer
set to automatically download these updates then please visit
windowsupdate.microsoft.com
to obtain and install these patches. Network
Chico recommends the installation of these security
updates to your Windows XP operating system.
10 December 2004 The Start-up
Applications list has been updated. Currently the searchable
list contains 6645 items.
05 December 2004 LeechFTP
has been added to the free
stuff area of the web site for download. LeechFTP
is a small and efficient FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) program for Windows.
03 December 2004 We're number 12. As of today a google search for 'Network Chico' returns
about 476,000 results and the Network
Chico web site appears in the 12th position.
02 December 2004 Announcing the addition of the Start-up application list (startup info) mirrored from sysinfo.org.
The page presents a searchable, comprehensive list of the programs
you may find that run when you switch on your Windows PC as typically
identified by MSCONFIG or the registry "Run" keys and
whether you need them or not.. This excellent resource contains
more than 6500 entries. Please be advised this page can take
some time to load since it is more than 2MB in size.
01 December 2004 Network
Chico is pleased to announce the addition of a separate
search engine for
the computer terms glossary.
Web site visitors can use this search
engine to look up terms
in the glossary.
01 December 2004 The November
2004 final statistics have been posted to their own page.
November 2004 saw more than
1400 unique visits with nearly 63,000 hits or nearly 30% more
hits than October 2004. Network Chico thanks all who have
visited the web site.
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November 2004
30 November 2004 FreeZip
has been added to the Free
stuff area of the web site for download. FreeZip
is a small, fast and efficient Zip utility for compression and
decompression of files and directories in Windows 9x/2k, which
can also be used from the command-line or in batch files.
29 November 2004 16 new definitions
have been added to the Network Chico
computer terms glossary.
These new terms all begin with numbers and reside on their own
new page, 0-9.html.
This brings the total number of definitions
to 281 at present. Over the
coming weeks many more new terms will be added to the glossary.
Thanks to all who have made suggestions for new inclusions. Feedback is always appreciated.
20 November 2004 The newest version of SafeXP
(1.4.11.20) has been uploaded to the web site and is available
for immediate download
from the freeware area
of the client support section.
Network Chico recommends
all users upgrade to this new version.
17 November 2004 Network
Chico is pleased to announce the addition of a computer terms glossary
to the client support area
of the web site. The glossary
features easy to understand definitions
of many common computer
terms. Please contact
Network Chico if you would
like to see a term added to the glossary
or have a correction to an existing definition.
Currently there are 265 computer terms in the
glossary.
15 November 2004 Microsoft has launched the beta version
of its new search engine called MSN Search (beta) and Network
Chico appears in the number one position out of 519,283
results for the words Network+Chico. Please note that these results
will only be accurate today as search engines update their indexes
daily.
14 November 2004 Your IP (Internet protocol)
address will now be displayed when you visit the security
section of the web site.
13 November 2004 Announcements
have been moved to their own page.
12 November 2004 Network
Chico is pleased to announce its affiliation
with the makers of AVG anti-virus software which provides comprehensive
anti-virus protection
for personal computers and servers running both Windows
and Linux operating systems.
11 November 2004 The Google web page index appears
to have doubled in size today. The Google index changes every
day without the counter on the home page changing, but today
the number went from slightly over 4 billion to more than 8 billion
pages indexed.
09 November 2004 Mozilla.org has released version 1.0 of its new secure web browser Firefox for Windows. Network
Chico recommends the use of this browser as a replacement
for Internet Explorer for more secure web browsing. Please be
advised that the Mozilla
web site may be busy or unresponsive today due to high demand
for this software. And as always Network
Chico will be glad to install this software and configure
it on your computer(s).
08 November 2004 Minor updates have been made to the
graphical site map which should aid
in the navigation of the page as well as of the web site in general.
07 November 2004 Numerous internal
links have been added to the Network
Chico web site which should make site navigation smoother
and easier as well possibly improving search engine page ranking.
As always user feedback
is greatly appreciated.
06 November 2004 Several adjustments and updates have
been made to the pages in the security
section of the web site.
03 November 2004 Network
Chico is proud to announce the deployment of a new
sister site. OurChico free online community
is a web site for all residents of Chico,
CA. and the surrounding areas as well as anyone who would
like to participate in discussions, polls, a quiz and more. Check
out the OurChico free online community at www.OurChico.com.
02 November 2004 Network
Chico requests the attention of all citizens of The United
States of
America: Vote today.
01 November 2004 The October
2004 final statistics have been posted to their own page.
October 2004 saw 1470 visits
and 47,240 hits both of which were slightly higher figures than
September 2004. Network
Chico gives thanks to all who have visited the site.
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October 2004
31 October 2004 Happy Halloween to everyone who has visited
Network Chico.
30 October 2004 OurChico
free online
community web site goes online. Designed and maintained by
Network Chico this free community web site offers discussion
forums, quizzes, polls, a guestbook, mailing list and more. Check
out OurChico today at www.ourchico.com.
22 October 2004 SafeXP
is now available for download directly from Network
Chico. Available in the free
software section of the client
support area Network Chico
will attempt to maintain the current version of SafeXP
at all times. Please read the SafeXP
web page before downloading and using the program.
20 October 2004 A new version of SafeXP has been released. Network
Chico recommends the use of this free tool for easy
setting of Windows XP security
settings. Please review the readme.txt file included with the
software before use.
17 October 2004 Network Chico
has added a live feed from Trend Micro to the security
section of the web site which displays the current virus status
of countries all over the world in the form of a map which is
adjustable as well as the top viruses and the top virus advisories.
There is also a link to their free online virus scan. You can
view the new page at the following link: [Trend Micro:current4.html]. This page
requires that Java be installed on your computer.
15 October 2004 Some minor changes have been made
to the Network Chico home page as well as some other pages
and areas of the web site. There are still a few pages under
construction but that will likely always be the case as no web
site is every really done unless it only serves a single purpose.
02 October 2004 The September
2004 final statistics have been posted to their own page.
September 2004 was the best
month so far for www.netchico.com
in terms of hits with over 43,000 and visits with nearly 1400.
Thank you to all who have visited the site.
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September 2004
29 September 2004 Users should now be able to send
SMS text messages to Network Chico
at the number 1-530-354-0515. Please note that this feature
is subject to available network capacity, cellular/pcs system
compatibility and may not work with every service provider. That's
a lot of caveats for sure, but text messaging still has some
bugs that need to be worked out.
26 September 2004 Over the past week several minor
adjustments to the navigation system have been made including
but not limited to the addition of a link to the home page being
added to the bottom of most pages. Numerous spelling and grammar
errors have also been corrected and a few pages have had their
formats adjusted. Hopefully this will make using the Network Chico web site easier and
more efficient and as always your feedback
is appreciated.
15 September 2004 Usage
statistics pages have been added to the advertising
area of the web site for viewing by potential advertisers
as well as the general public. Included are current usage statistics
as well as historical usage statistics.
11 September 2004 A help
page has been added to provide information on the structure,
design and navigation of the web site. Links to the help page
will be placed near the bottom of most of the pages on the site.
08 September 2004 The web site has undergone a number
of minor usability updates over the last few days. These changes
should make the web site easier for search engines to index.
Users may notice more internal links than before.
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August 2004
- 30 August 2004 Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for its Windows XP operating
system. The demand for this major security update has been so
great that at various times it may not be available for download
from Microsoft.
Network Chico can install
this update for you without the need for downloading. Contact
Network Chico today for this
essential update.
09 August 2004 You can now download Eraser
5.7 directly from Network Chico.
This Windows utility allows for secure file and folder deletion.
Please uninstall any previous versions of Eraser from your system
before installing this new version.
- 01 August 2004 The Network
Chico web site www.netchico.com
now appears in the indexes of many of the major search engines
including but not limited to Google, Lycos, Yahoo and Excite.
Currently the Internet contains more than 700,000 search engines
and directories with more than 400,000,000 searches performed
each day.
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July 2004
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June 2004
29 June 2004 Network Chico
has added a live feed from Sophos displaying the latest virus alerts,
the top 10 virus threats from last month and the top 10 virus
hoaxes. The information can be viewed at the following link:
[Sophos:current3.html].
25 June 2004 You can now post links to other web sites
in the Network Chico "free for all links" section.
Posted links will expire after 60 days. Please choose the appropriate
category when posting.
24 June 2004 Take the Network
Chico poll.
Every now and then a new poll
question will be posted for all to answer. One response per IP
address only. Results are available immediately after responding.
21 June 2004 Network Chico
now has live feeds from Symantec
and McAfee
regarding the latest virus threats and security alerts on the
Internet. Mostly these are threats to Windows users. The information
can be found and reviewed at the following links: [Symantec:current1.html] and [McAfee:current2.html].
19 June 2004 Have a web site? Now you can use the
Network Chico search
engine submission page to submit your web site to multiple
search engines at the same time. Please note that the rule of
thumb is to only submit your address once a month. Repeated submission
of the same address can result in being banned from search engine
inclusion. A manual submission
page is also available.
17 June 2004 Search has finally been added to www.netchico.com. You can search
from the home page or go to www.netchico.com/search/.
10 June 2004 A site map
has been added to the web site. The site
map should make navigation of the web site smoother, easier
and more efficient.
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May 2004
05 May 2004 A mailing
list has been added to the web site. Network
Chico will never sell, give away or distribute
your email address to anyone. The mailing list will only be used
for occasional announcements about the web site and possibly
critical security announcements should they become necessary.
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April 2004
20 April 2004 You can now read or post comments, questions
and information in the Network Chico
forums. This area
of www.netchico.com offers
users the ability to interact with each other as well as Network Chico. Register today and
post something interesting.
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March 2004
10 March 2004 Terms
of use have been established as well as a privacy
policy. These will be updated as necessary and without notice.
09 March 2004 Network Chico
goes online at http://www.netchico.com/.
Also available via the address http://www.networkchico.com/
the Network Chico web site
will feature contact information as well as news, articles, and
information for clients of Network Chico
and the general public.
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