Keeping It Secure
http://askleo.com/what_security_software_do_you_recommend/
Use link above to read full article. Excerpts are below. By Leo Notenboom
The short-short version Most home and small business users who don’t want to think about it too much should simply:
Even with a good, solid foundation like MSE, you may also find yourself needing additional tools at times. The unfortunate but very practical reality is that no single tool or combination of tools can find all malware all the time. As a result, you may sometimes need to bring in alternatives to help out.
Malwarebytes I throw Malwarebytes Anti-malware into a classification by itself. It’s not really an anti-virus tool per se. In their forums, you’ll often see the support staff recommending anti-virus tools to install alongside Malwarebytes. But I can’t really call it an anti-spyware tool either.
What’s important is that it continues to have a very good track record of removing troublesome malware that other packages sometimes miss.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware comes in two versions: free and pay. The free version is a fully functional, stand-alone manual scanner. I often recommend it as an additional tool when removing malware or when malware is suspect. The paid version adds real-time scanning and scheduled scanning and updates.
Anti-virus AVG Free and Avira Free are two free solutions that I’ve come to recommend. I’ve run both at various times and on various computers in recent years.
I have two concerns with both:
- Get a router even if you have only one computer; it will be your firewall.
- Install the free Microsoft Security Essentials as your anti-virus, anti-spyware and malware scanner. (If you’re running Windows 8 you already have it, though it’s called Windows Defender. You’ll find it in Control Panel.)
- Turn on Windows Automatic Update.
- Turn on the Windows Firewall when you travel.
Even with a good, solid foundation like MSE, you may also find yourself needing additional tools at times. The unfortunate but very practical reality is that no single tool or combination of tools can find all malware all the time. As a result, you may sometimes need to bring in alternatives to help out.
Malwarebytes I throw Malwarebytes Anti-malware into a classification by itself. It’s not really an anti-virus tool per se. In their forums, you’ll often see the support staff recommending anti-virus tools to install alongside Malwarebytes. But I can’t really call it an anti-spyware tool either.
What’s important is that it continues to have a very good track record of removing troublesome malware that other packages sometimes miss.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware comes in two versions: free and pay. The free version is a fully functional, stand-alone manual scanner. I often recommend it as an additional tool when removing malware or when malware is suspect. The paid version adds real-time scanning and scheduled scanning and updates.
Anti-virus AVG Free and Avira Free are two free solutions that I’ve come to recommend. I’ve run both at various times and on various computers in recent years.
I have two concerns with both:
- They both try really, really hard to up-sell you to the paid versions. Be persistent, be careful, and make sure you get the free version – it’s only the free version that I’m recommending here.
- They often include additional features, like link scanners, toolbars, search engine overrides, and more that are either unrelated to their function, or in my opinion simply not needed. Be careful to select only the features and functionality that you need.
NOTE TO SELF: Malwarebytes turned MSE off. Can't run two auto scheduled devices at the same time. Could turn MSE auto off and run manually periodically. However, I can't get into the system to do that on Windows 8.1. It doesn't give me that option.
How to Extend Your Wi-Fi Network With an Old Router
This is from http://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-wi-fi-network-with-an-old-router-915783308
When you upgrade to a faster, better router, don’t toss your old one. Whether through stock or custom firmware, you can likely turn it into a repeater that can carry your Wi-Fi’s signal to the dark corners of your home.
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We used to have a smaller selection of Wi-Fi routers and technologies. Most of us used 802.11g routers for a tolerable 54mbps connection. Then 802.11n came along and gave us wireless networks a much-needed speed boost, but with some limitations. This year an even faster standard proliferated--802.11ac—bringing wireless speeds a heck of a lot closer to what we can expect from a standard wired connection. By now, you probably have an old router lying around that you can use to boost your signal. Unfortunately, if you just upgraded, that router probably offers slower speeds than your new one. While you can’t make it magically provide faster transfer rates, it can give you a signal where you couldn’t get one before. That said, if you need speed you might need to consider an alternative signal-boosting route. We’ll take a look at the DIY methods in this post, but also suggest a few other options at the end for those of you who need something better than old hardware.
What You’ll Need Expand
When creating a range-boosting Wi-Fi repeater, what you need will vary. Some routers have repeater functionality built in. Others need custom firmware to get the job done. Take a look at this list before you get started, but pay careful attention to what you’ve got because you may not need everything on it.
Turn Your Router into a Repeater with Stock Firmware Expand
A number of modern routers offer repeater functionality out of the box. While we can’t provide instructions for every single router on the market, we can give you a basic guide to enabling this feature and setting it up. Before we get started, here’s a list of brands we know of that offer repeater functionality on some routers:
Related What Is 802.11ac and Will It Make My Wi-Fi Faster? Dear Lifehacker, My wireless router is slow as dirt, and I've been looking for a new one. I've heard about this new thing called 802.11ac.… Read…
We used to have a smaller selection of Wi-Fi routers and technologies. Most of us used 802.11g routers for a tolerable 54mbps connection. Then 802.11n came along and gave us wireless networks a much-needed speed boost, but with some limitations. This year an even faster standard proliferated--802.11ac—bringing wireless speeds a heck of a lot closer to what we can expect from a standard wired connection. By now, you probably have an old router lying around that you can use to boost your signal. Unfortunately, if you just upgraded, that router probably offers slower speeds than your new one. While you can’t make it magically provide faster transfer rates, it can give you a signal where you couldn’t get one before. That said, if you need speed you might need to consider an alternative signal-boosting route. We’ll take a look at the DIY methods in this post, but also suggest a few other options at the end for those of you who need something better than old hardware.
What You’ll Need Expand
When creating a range-boosting Wi-Fi repeater, what you need will vary. Some routers have repeater functionality built in. Others need custom firmware to get the job done. Take a look at this list before you get started, but pay careful attention to what you’ve got because you may not need everything on it.
- An old router: “Old” means a router not in use anymore, not one that’s eligible for retirement benefits. In fact, the newer your “old” router is, the better it will work because it will come closer (or match) the network speeds provided by your new one. Basically, you need a router that you can repurpose into a repeater and that means one you don’t need to run your network anymore.
- Custom firmware: You may or may not actually need custom firmware to create a range-boosting Wi-Fi repeater out of your “old” router. Check your router’s admin page to find out if you can turn it into a repeater already. If not, you’ll want to look at DD-WRT to check if it supports your router. Some prefer OpenWRT and Tomato because DD-WRT’s development died down quite a bit over the past couple of years, but it nevertheless offers the most straightforward option for creating a wireless repeater. Nevertheless, we'll discuss Tomato and OpenWRT in brief later on.
- A paperclip or pen: If all goes well, you won’t need either of these things. If not, you may need to reset your router. Mistakes can happen when messing around with router settings and, in this case, you can accidentally make your old router’s admin section inaccessible. In case that happens, have a pen or paperclip handy to hit the reset button so you can quickly recover from any issues.
Turn Your Router into a Repeater with Stock Firmware Expand
A number of modern routers offer repeater functionality out of the box. While we can’t provide instructions for every single router on the market, we can give you a basic guide to enabling this feature and setting it up. Before we get started, here’s a list of brands we know of that offer repeater functionality on some routers:
- Linksys (official documentation)
- Belkin (official documentation for bridging)
- Apple (official documentation)
- Make note of both your new and old router’s MAC addresses. You can often find it on the bottom of your router or in your router’s status section. (It looks like 00:00:00:00:00:00.) You’ll need both addresses to create a bridge.
- Plug in and turn on your old router, then connect to its admin page. You can find the URL to this page in your router’s manual. (Most have a URL like http://192.168.1.1.)
- Enter the admin username and password if requested. You’ll find the defaults in the router’s manual, too.
- Locate the repeater settings on your router’s admin page. Some routers distinguish between repeating a wireless signal—simply extending the one your primary router provides—and wirelessly bridging a network gap—not extending the signal but allowing you to connect computers and other devices via ethernet to the secondary router to gain a connection. While a little confusing on its own, some manufacturers make things even worse by misappropriating the term “Wireless Bridge Mode” as a method for actually repeating the signal (Apple sort of does this, for starters). If you have a Linksys router, its admin software will differentiate. Other companies may not, so look into their documentation to see if you can bridge the two together and still have the secondary (old) router broadcast an extended Wi-Fi signal. Once you’ve figured this all out, head over to the appropriate page to change the settings.
- You’ll either have a drop-down menu to select your router’s mode or a Wireless Repeater checkbox. Your router should default to AP (access point) mode, so change it to Wireless Repeater or just tick the Wireless Repeater box. (As previously noted, in some cases you’ll need to create a bridge.)
- Upon enabling Wireless Repeater mode, you’ll need to enter the MAC address of your new router that you noted earlier. Do this and click Apply, Save, or whatever your router’s manufacturer named the button that applies your new settings.
- If creating a bridge, you may need to repeat these steps on your new router.
I checked and I am running 32-bit Power Point already. I did reinstall just to see if that would help, but the insert video from website option still did not appear.
However, I did find a fix, at least for Office 2010:
However, I did find a fix, at least for Office 2010:
- Go to Start Menu
- Open Programs
Look Under Program Features: - Open View Installed Updates
Locate: Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB533145) - HIghlight and right click to uninstall
When I did this the "Video from website" option reappeared under INSERT tab and when selected the box for inputting the embed code appears.
I hope this is helpful. ☺
Have you heard about eBeam?
It's like an IWB on speed!
Retrieved 11-26-13 from http://av.loyola.com/products/presentation/ebeam-edge.html
It turns any flat surface into an interactive IWB. With eBeam you can interact via the Internet with other eBeamers and draw on each other's board or share and interact with objects/drawings on the board, etc. Just think of the possibilities for online teaching. I could be in the USA and the student half way around the world and what I write appears on their eBeam surface and what they write appears on my eBeam surface simultaneously. Watch this video for an overview, but there is so much more possible than this brief introduction shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rcx_cNuGn0
It's like an IWB on speed!
Retrieved 11-26-13 from http://av.loyola.com/products/presentation/ebeam-edge.html
It turns any flat surface into an interactive IWB. With eBeam you can interact via the Internet with other eBeamers and draw on each other's board or share and interact with objects/drawings on the board, etc. Just think of the possibilities for online teaching. I could be in the USA and the student half way around the world and what I write appears on their eBeam surface and what they write appears on my eBeam surface simultaneously. Watch this video for an overview, but there is so much more possible than this brief introduction shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rcx_cNuGn0
This is a demonstration of eBeam technology. Although it is 14 minutes long, it is worth watching all the way to the end as more and more applications for use are demonstrated. This is definitely the wave of the future for both business conferencing and for distance education. It's hard to believe the technology behind it is so simple. The cost is currently around $750-1000, but because of it's simplicity that price will undoubtedly drop as the product reaches a wider market. I expect that technology like eBeam will eventually become a common household item like dial-up telephones use to be. There is a portable model available as well that is small enough to drop in your purse or brief case. The flexibility of carrying your eBeam with you would be the equivalent of ditching your tethered phone line for a wireless cell phone. I can hardly wait to get hold of one of these. Welcome to the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwbE97bHNUk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwbE97bHNUk