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As we all know, internet has become our necessity and so as widely available. It is same for our children too. But with the blessing of world wide open connectivity, it brings some curse also. As it opens information super highway on anything for everyone without knowing the age of the user, sometimes it also make our children a victim of any nuisance somewhere down the line. Sometimes few demoralized people take the advantage of their innocence and make internet a foul space.

We can’t stop children use of internet, but we can check or monitor their use, so that they can take the advantage of the technology without harming themselves.

So here is some tips and link to help you out with your problem…

+ First and foremost be frank with your children about their use of internet, so that you can talk to them about what they see or read on internet.

+ Alert them, anyone they meet on internet is STRANGER, they maybe good or bad people. So they should not give their personal information on net. Like Name, Address, and Phone number or not even their photo.

If it be necessary to give any kind of information online, they must consult with you first.

Describe politely the danger of it, if they don’t inform you.

+ Tell them to avoid, log off or let you know if anyone uses nasty languages or anything like this.

+ Make a friendly relation with them, so that you can talk to them routinely about the uses of internet, people they meet online, exchange of information by mail or chat. Never let them feel embarrassed to talk to you about anything they go through or receive that made them feel uncomfortable. Try to make it comfortable for them to describe what ever it is. It will make them easy to confide and talk to you. Assure them again that you are always with them if they need any types of assistance.

+ Make it clear; never agree to meet anyone they talk on internet without your permission.

+ Best of all make some rule of internet use at home for your children and also make some for others so that they (children) don’t feel pressurized. Make them believe that these guidelines are for their good and to make internet-use more enjoyable.

+ Spend some time with them on internet surfing and teach them how to use it securely.

So enjoy the internet and its wide range of information with your children safely. If you need some more information and software to guide with internet child security go through those links below…

• www.pearlsw.com
• www.netnanny.com
• www.kidsnet.com
• www.filtergate.com
• www.webblock.net
• www.safeaccess.com
• www.securitysoft.com
• www.safefamilies.org
• www.safechat.org
• www.kazipster.com
• www.softforyou.com
• www.myweb.com
• www.internetfilter.com
• www.cybersitter.com
• www.icra.org
• www.intego.com

Most TWAIN issues with LIDE/CANOSCAN scanners can be solved by performing a clean installation.

1. Unplug the USB cable from the scanner and run the DELDRV.exe (uninstall utility) program from the CD, or download it from the Canon website.
2. Cut the power or turn off your DSL/CABLE internet modem.
3. Unhide your system folders by RIGHT click on the START button, then LEFT click EXPLORE. Click on TOOLS on top of window and select FOLDER OPTIONS. Click on the VIEW tap, then click on SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS. Hit OK and close out of everything.
4. Click on START and select RUN. In the RUN window, type MSCONFIG. System Configuration Utility will pop up. Click on SELECTIVE STARTUP, then take the check out of LOAD STARTUP ITEMS. Click APPLY and then CLOSE and restart computer.
5. Run the install from the CD as normal and Restart again. Once computer is back up, THEN PLUG USB CABLE BACK IN. Perform a scan.
6. Go back to MSCONFIG and click on NORMAL STARTUP, APPLY, CLOSE, and restart once more. You will then be able to reconnect to your internet modem.

WIN XP does not like having two USB scanners/software loaded at the same time. Microsoft has an article about it. You MUST remove/uninstall previously loaded scanner software. Also check the TWAIN_32 sub-directory in the WINDOWS/WINNT directory and make sure that only the CNQxxx folder and WIATWAIN.DS file are the only things in there. If you already have another imaging device installed (webcam, digital camera) you may have to uninstall those before the scanner software has been loaded in, then reinstall the other devices.

This solved my problem with CanoScan Lide25 which continuously gave this error before “Unable to open TWAIN source please check connection then re-start toolbox”

“Help Us To Help You”, and we mean it. As we are revamping our website (www.eyedealab.com) this year with a new look and feature, we want your valuable suggestion to make it worthy. You can suggest what ever you want us to add or deduct as feature or interface in our new site. What kind of stuff you want to see or read in future, when you surf our site www.eyedealab.com, which is a Multimedia Development firm.

Looking forward, Eyedea Lab Team.

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Leapling:

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