Show Notes Sunday, July 2, 2006

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• Show Line Up
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - Hello to Chief Gerry Mattern, Neoga, IL
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
• Two More Heros Killed - Rich
• Judge Decks Cop at Party - Mac
• Unlucky Thief - Rich
• Don't Drink and Drive with 1500 lbs. of Pot - Mack
• Theives Use Laptops to Crack Auto Lock Codes - Rich
• Fired Man Shot by Trooper While on Wild Rampage - Mack

• Training Opportunities
• No new annoucements this week.
• We welcome training announcements from any criminal justice training academy or training organization. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your training course.

• Tech Issues
• Open Office Free or Microsoft Big Bucks - Mack
• Dell Will Offer Free Recycling - Rich
• Jobs Talks Leopard - Mack
• FBI Busts Movie Pirates - Rich
  
• PC User's Tip
  

I frequently right click on files and use the SendTo function to quickly move files to convenient folders. By default, Microsoft includes certain folder in the SendTo list but it is easy to add your favaorite folders to the SendTo.

To do this, click Start>>Run. In the text box, enter "SendTo" (without the quotes).

Click OK. The SendTo folder will open.

In the SendTo folder, click File>>New>>Shortcut. Click the Browse button and find the folder in which you are interested. Click it and click OK.

Click Next and type a name for the shortcut. Click finish. Repeat for each folder you want to add.

The Send To option is used to move files around. If you want to put a file in another folder, right-click the file and select Send To. Then click the folder where you want to place the file. That will put a copy of the file in the second folder, while leaving the original in its place.

You can also use Send To if you want to e-mail the file. Again, right-click the file and click Mail Recipient. This will open your e-mail software with the file already attached. Or you can create a shortcut on the desktop. Click Desktop (create shortcut).

For some added functionality, check out Send To Toys, a free program. It streamlines the process of adding folders or drives, and adds more places to the Send To list.


• Mac User's Tip
  
  Since we are starting to see so many switchers moving over to the Mac, I thought I would mention a little troubleshooting tip. If your Mac starts doing weird things, it's time to spring into action and give it a little first aid, Disk First Aid that is. In Mac OSX, Disk First Aid is a free utility program that comes with the operating system.
  
  However, Disk First Aid can't run on the the startup disk so you will have to boot from your Mac OSX install disk. Just insert the disk, restart the computer and hold down the "C" key during the boot process.
  
  Once you have restarted, click on the Installer menu, then choose Disk Utility. Once the Disk Utility opens, click on the First Aid button, then click on the drive you want to repair, click the Repair Disk button and let it fix your problems. It's not a bad idea to run First Aid periodically, especially before and after installing new software or doing an update.

• Closing
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• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!