If you own an Iomega Zip drive, or are planning to get one, the infamous “Click of Death” could be on its way to you. The "Click of Death" happens when an Iomega Zip drive starts making a clicking noise when reading a Zip disk. One click is normal (that’s the read-heads snapping into place to acquire the media), but any more than one, and you have the “Click of Death.” If this happens to you, eject the disk immediately. If it’s not possible to eject the disk, unplug the Zip drive, or shut down your computer. The "Click of Death" makes an entire Zip disk completely unreadable. Although no fault of your own, all information on the Zip disk is wiped out in an instant.

Here's a quickie keyboard shortcut for those of you who like to put Windows XP into hibernation instead of the standard shutdown.

• Select Start | Turn Off Computer.

• While in the Shut Down box, hold down the Shift key and hit the H key.

• The computer will instantly hibernate.

• Remember that Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP session (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up.

Here's a fast and simple shortcut to address an email to multiple people:

• Click Contacts.

• Select the contacts you want to send a message to by clicking the first contact, holding down CTRL, and then clicking on additional contacts.

• Drag the selected contacts onto the Inbox on the Outlook Shortcuts bar (or in the Folder List).

• A new message appears with the names of the contacts you selected on the To: line.

You can also use this technique to send a message to only one contact.

As with most Microsoft applications, you can easily customize the Outlook toolbar so that it contains only the buttons you really use. With the toolbar visible on the screen, right-click an area free of buttons and choose Customize. In the window on the left, you'll see available unused buttons; on the right, you'll see those that are currently in use.

Select a button in either window and click Add or Remove. Choose Close to finish or Reset to restore your toolbar to its original settings. Continue until you've got the toolbar exactly how you want it.

Here are the top ten viruses found on CPSB computers in the past 7 days. The stats are based on 26 infected computers out of a total of 3159 OfficeScan clients.

The information shows the name of the virus, the number of infected files found, and the percentage of the virus from the total.  ALL school board employees need to ensure that their Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM or other PC classroom computers stay virus free. Go to the following link to download the district copy of OfficeScan: http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/officescan and your computer will automatically be updated daily to scan for the latest viruses. You must install the software using Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Netscape will not work!!!!!) Please answer "Yes" to all prompts as the software installs. If you have any questions, please contact the CPSB Help Desk at tech.help@cpsb.org.