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OK, sorry for vanity. I have been posting on a few threads about help with linux and have gotten great advice. Here is where I am, on my older laptop which was XP, I have run Ubuntu off of the CD. Looks cool, OK, I am ready to go forth and intall it on the hard drive. Of course, no matter how hard linux people claim to be consumer friendly, they all have crap web pages, etc. because they feel the need to prove how smart/superior they are. So, I could use some advice: I want to do the whole...

I just bought my wife a new laptop and have gone wireless with it. My question is this: Is there a way she can access the email account on this computer from her computer? Both computers are running Microsoft Outlook. I will be unable to answer any questions on FR because of the filter at work.

Just checking this out... I have tried to log into MSN mail all day... and have been told my account was closed or the server is too busy. Has anyone here had the same issue?

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Has anyone here ever been banned from FR and you are a sincere conservative, not just some troll? If so, why were you banned? Just a question..

Anyone else having difficulty getting on to the "Blogs for Bush" site? Is it up? Hacked?

I stupidly clicked on a link to Debka a few hours ago. Never really got there. My computer rebooted automatically and seemed a bit hosed when it came back up, so I restarted again. Zone Alarm was back at stage one. Every program was a first time internet access. I had to re-grant permission for IE to go online. I´m wondering if my setup is secure or if Debka dumped something sinister on me. Everything seems to be OK now, but I wonder. Please advise if you have some experience with them. Don´t ever, ever go to Debka !