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What’s a good, inexpensive web-based software/system for managing speaking tours? This community based organization is developing a speakers’ bureau and needs a Web-based solution to handle CRM/contact management, task management, and if possible, sample contracts.

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Your help is needed in a flash! This TechSoup user created a Website in Flash, and put all six pages in a flash folder on the server, but only the home page is loading up and running properly.

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Anyone know a way to get the Mac OS X to auto-install software updates? This TechSoup user would appreciate any pointers.

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Can anyone recommend ‘cyber cafe’ software to help this TechSoup user whose organization is implementing a program to provide community Internet and PC access? The organization needs a way to manage and monitor PC use for the six computers it will start with, and provide a base level of protection for the shared PCs/equipment.

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Recently this TechSoup user purchased Symantec 10.1 and installed it on a Windows Server 2003 R2. When the user clicks on live update, there’s a message indicating the user can only receive one free update. Is this an erroneous message? If the user continues with the update, will the new definitions be included?

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Can you advise on how to make a back-up, hard copy (CD) of a on-line installation of Adobe Acrobat 8? This TechSoup user wants to have a backup copy, should it be necessary to reinstall the Adobe Acrobat software with different criteria (login, password, etc.) in the future.

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It takes this TechSoup user quite some time to wade through the over 3,500 contacts in his Treo. He’s looking for a third-party software package with an improved way to search contacts, in particular, having the ability to search in the ‘notes’ section.

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This TechSoup user has a problem that keeps popping up–literally. After re-installing Windows XP Pro on a laptop and running all of the updates, a System Preparation Tool box pops up. The user is unable to stop this box from popping up.

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It’s upgrade time for this TechSoup user who needs to know if the latest version of Norton 360 and SystemWorks can be used in conjunction with one another.

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Does anyone know of a way to connect a USB camera via a thin client running on a Windows 2003 terminal server? This is for an HP thin client 5135 running Linux.

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