Purchase items through well-known retailers you can contact via phone if necessary. Check for a small lock icon at the bottom corner of your browser window when making a purchase. This indicates a secure transaction. Check bank and credit card statements frequently for suspicious transactions. Do not click on links to websites embedded in e-mails. These links can direct you to phony e-commerce sites.

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Talk FREE! - Check Out Our Fall Promotion

Truly Free stuff does not come along very often, so when it does it is hard to know if it is for real. Our "Talk Free!" promotion is a for real deal!

From October through November, you can get a $10 credit per month for 3 months applied toward your telephone bill, just by signing up for a product you likely need anyway. Subscribe to Cable TV or Broadband Internet to get the $10 per month credit. Add SecureIT Plus, Movie Multi-Plex or a Premium Channel, and you'll get a $2 per month credit for 3 months. Customer must use Partner Communications phone and long distance service in order to receive this discount.

To find out more, call our office, stop by or visit our website at www.pcctel.net.

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Ask The Help Desk - Why Are My Most Recent E-mail Messages Not Listed First?

Question: My Outlook Express normally lists the e-mail messages in my inbox in descending order from the most current to the oldest. Now, however, the e-mail messages in my inbox are listed in alphabetical order rather than by the date I received them. This is frustrating because now I have to scroll through my entire list of e-mail messages in order to find the most recent unread messages. What is going on?

Answer: Normally, Outlook Express as well as other e-mail software programs sort both incoming and sent e-mail messages by date. The most recently received e-mails are listed at the top of your "Inbox" message pane. The most recently sent e-mails are listed at the top of your "Sent Items" pane. It appears that you may have inadvertently clicked on the "Subject" column located along the top of your list of messages causing them to be sorted alphabetically by subject rather than by date. If you look to the right of the word "Subject," you will see a small arrow pointing either up or down indicating that the message list is sorted by subject. If this is the case, simply click your cursor arrow on the "Sent" column. Your e-mail messages will now be listed in chronological order with the newest shown at the top and the oldest at the bottom. The little arrow should now be next to the word "Sent" instead of "Subject." This works with messages in your "Sent Items" folder, too. Actually, you can sort messages in any folder simply by clicking on its column heading; you can reverse the order by clicking on the heading a second time. This can be a handy feature as long as it's something you intended to do.

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Great Sites To Check Out This Month

Funny Honey
http://www.beemovie.com -  Everybody's buzzing about Bee Movie, an animated comedy created by Jerry Seinfeld that flies into theaters this month. Seinfeld provides the voice for a bee that's recently graduated from college and ventures outside the hive for the first time, meeting Vanessa the florist (Renée Zellweger). Visit the site to watch the clever trailers and TV spots, and to download recipes from the National Honey Board. Rated PG.

Medicine Cabinet Makeover
http://www.webmd.com/video/medicine-cabinet-makeover -  Recent news reports about the risks of cold medicines for children under six serve as reminders to be mindful of what's in our medicine cabinet. WebMD includes a Medicine Cabinet Makeover video on their site, which walks you through the drug store shelves to help you stock the right over-the-counter remedies. You'll also find safety guidelines for kids and medicine — just in time for cold and flu season.

Organize Your Stuff
http://www.mythings.com -  Before you get new stuff this holiday season, get a better handle on the stuff you already own. MyThings is a global online registry to help you organize and manage your belongings. You create a list of items on your MyThings Portfolio, then the site will give you free valuation and market estimator services, help you find warranties and owners manuals, and even simplify the process of selling, recycling, or donating items you no longer want.

Talking Turkey
http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/thanks.html -  Whether it's your first year hosting Thanksgiving dinner or you're looking for fresh ideas, check out this site. It covers all things turkey including purchasing, thawing, preparing, seasoning, roasting, frying, smoking, grilling, stuffing, carving, and storing. And since man cannot live on turkey alone, recipes for appetizers, side dishes, and desserts are also on the menu.

America's Walking
http://www.pbs.org/americaswalking/index.html -  To get fit, sometimes you just need to put one foot in front of the other. America's Walking is a new fitness, travel, and lifestyle series premiering on PBS stations nationwide. It's hosted by Mark Fenton, a leading expert on walking and pedestrian issues, and spotlights different walking destinations each week. The site features quizzes to help you kick off a walking program, discover your fitness personality, and find out if your community is pedestrian-friendly. There are also links to walking clubs and events across the country.

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Short Tutorial - Printing Your Address Book For Holiday Card Reference

More and more people are using their e-mail program's electronic Address Book in place of the traditional paper version. After all, this software makes it so much easier to update the addresses of friends and relatives as they move. When it's time to do holiday cards, however, you may find it useful to have a hard copy of this information to refer to as you address envelopes. It's also a handy place to keep track of sent and received cards.

To print a copy of your e-mail program's Address Book, follow these steps:

Printing Your Address Book When Using Outlook Express 6 In Windows XP Home Edition

With Outlook Express open, click your cursor arrow on the "Addresses" icon on the Outlook Express toolbar. The "Address Book" for the current identity (probably the Main Identity) will appear. Sort your list the way you want it to print by clicking on the "View" menu, dropping down to "Sort By," and then choosing an option or options from the "Sort By" submenu. You can also select specific contacts for printing by either pressing the "Shift" or "Ctrl" keys and simultaneously clicking on the listed contacts. If you want to print all of the contacts, make no selection. Click on the "File" menu. Drop down to and select "Print" from the drop-down menu. The "Print" dialog window will appear. Look for the "Print Style" area and select either "Memo" which will print all data entered for the selected contacts, "Business Card" which will print the names, company names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of the selected contacts, or "Phone List" which will print the selected contacts' phone numbers. Enter the "Number of copies" in the "Copies" area. Click the "Print" button.