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Internet Tips & Tricks

Internet Tips & Tricks. Vaibhav Kalia Dept. of Stat., Math, Physics College of Basic Sciences C S K H P K V, Palampur. INTERNET. A collection of Computers. Communication is based on Standard Protocols - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). HTTP Browsing. FTP.

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Internet Tips & Tricks

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  1. Internet Tips & Tricks Vaibhav Kalia Dept. of Stat., Math, Physics College of Basic Sciences C S K H P K V, Palampur

  2. INTERNET • A collection of Computers. • Communication is based on Standard Protocols - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

  3. HTTP Browsing FTP Internet E-Mail Remote Login Information Servers

  4. HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol • Hyper Text includes Text, Images & general multimedia content. • A Web-server is installed in a website that displays the starting page of a website automatically.

  5. FTP – File Transfer Protocol • A method of transferring files from one computer to another. • A username and a password is required to access a FTP site. • Publicly accessible FTP servers are called anonymous FTP servers.

  6. FTP in Windows • All Windows Versions (Win 9x, Me, 2000, XP) have FTP clients. • True Integration of FTP in Microsoft Internet Explorer. • Third party FTP client software like GetRight

  7. Web Browsing Tips (Internet Explorer ) • Instead of writing http://www.google.com you can get the same results by writing google CTRL + ENTER • Shift Click on a link opens the link in a new browser window. • Turning off pictures in web browser options reduces the amount of data transferred and increases speed. • While printing web pages, background pictures should not be printed to save Ink!

  8. I.E. Turning off pictures

  9. I.E. – Managing Favorites • Listing your favorite pages for quick viewing. When you find Web sites or pages that you like, you can keep track of them, so it's easy to open them in the future.

  10. I.E. – Managing Favorites • Its better to keep similar pages together. • Creating folders and moving favorite links to their respective folders is advisable.

  11. I.E. – Favorites Organized

  12. Finding Information Online • Search engines like GOOGLE are used. • Query should be brief & precise. • Avoid writing sentences like “I want to download media player” • Instead “Media Player” + Download will give better results. • I‘m Feeling Lucky option takes you automatically to first search result.

  13. I.E. – Keyboard Shortcuts

  14. Electronic Mail (e-mail) • There are different advantages of Internet but none can match the impact of e-mail • Defined as the exchange of messages and computer files between computers over a computer network. • The network can be as small as a local area network (LAN) or it can be as large as Internet that spans the world. • The cost of email is very less & is same for email destined to any place world.

  15. Mail Server Mail Server Sender Sends mail to mail server Store & forward Store & forward Collects mail from mail server How e-mail works Store and Forward principle Recipient

  16. Email • Web based Emails • Free Email sites like Hotmail, Yahoo provide free email access. • One has to bear with the advertisements for free services. • Mailbox size is limited. ( 2 MB to 10MB) • POP enabled • Works on Post Office Protocol. • An POP client software (Outlook Express) is required to access mails. • Emails can be downloaded into local computers. Primary Source of Virus Transmission over Internet

  17. Sending Emails • The subject should be written precise so that reader can get an idea of email. • The attachments should be of small size. • A Zip file attachment in much smaller than original file. • If sending single email to multiple recipients, its advisable to send a BCC. The To field is deleted at the recipient side • Spam/Chain mails should not be forwarded.

  18. Outlook Express Shortcuts

  19. Viewing Message Properties

  20. Viewing Properties – Message Source

  21. Prevent Virus Spread • Attachments from unknown persons should not be opened. • .DOC, .XLS, .SCR, .EXE, .PIF, .VBS, .COM, .REG are unsafe & can contain viruses. • Sending .TXT and .RTF files should be encouraged. • Antivirus software with latest updates should be present.

  22. Preventing Virus Spread • Email Viruses use address book to send its copies to all users. This can be dangerous because emails goes from your name. • To avoid this – In address book create an entry with name !000 and blank email address. • Email software will block the email if virus sends a mail to this address.

  23. Preventing Virus Spread

  24. What to do if a virus infects • Isolate your machine from network. Unplug the network cable of your machine immediately. • Perform a clean boot (boot from a clean floppy diskette) • Run the Virus Scanner • Keep regular backup of data onto CDROM. • Never share folders with WRITE access

  25. General Internet Usage Tips • Sharing software: Its better to copy Virus definitions, Yahoo Messenger etc from a colleague who has the latest version rather than everyone downloading from the Internet. • Sharing photographs: Instead of sending photographs to everyone through emails its better to upload them on yahoo photos & send the link to all persons.

  26. Thank You Any comments/queries can be addressed to Vaibhav Kalia Asst. Professor (Computer Science) Department of Stat., Math., Physics College of Basic Sciences CSK H P K V, Palampur vaibhavkalia@hotmail.com

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