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Rob from Canada, who is blind, is having trouble with listening to Flash audio players.  To make it easier to navigate a website with a screen reader you can go to http://www.w3accessibility.com , enter or copy and paste the URL you want to turn into pure text into the submit text box, press submit and walla!  You have the page in pure text.

 The new AVG, version 8, free edition is not available on the downloads page, It now has a spyware filter built in, so you don't need any other active spyware program.  Like antivirus', you don't want more than one active spyware program running.

NOTICE: AVG Version 7 will no longer update after May 31st.  So, download and install the new version soon. 

Also, I have experienced some issues with the update feature on Windows 2000.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now a part of Windows XP Automatic Update.  Go ahead and let it happen.  Depending on the configuration of your system, you might need to disable your firewall (Zone Alarm, Kerio, Norton), your antivirus, and maybe any other software that might be running in the background.  You should also take a look at "Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3 ".  This step by step from Microsoft can help you make sure the update goes well.

We were talking about Steve's connection problems at home.  After two other listeners emailed with the same problem, Larry, one of my forum moderators, suggested that the DNS (Domain Name Server) at ATT was not working. I still believe this is the case.  I use a DNS service called OpenDNS. Because their ONLY business is DNS, they do a better job than ATT or Comcast or whoever your ISP is.  It is a free membership that offers lots of other services, like site filtering.