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AD-AWARE. Cookies are generally benign and useful little bits of
data on our hard drive But they begin to concern us if they monitor and
report our surfing activities to third-party advertisers and our email box
begins to fill with spam. Lavasoft's Ad-aware at
http://www.lavasoftusa.com is a free
utility that does a very good job in scanning memory, drives, and Registry
for spyware modules. You can then easily remove them or leave them there if
you believe they serve a useful purpose. If in doubt, the program provides
backup of removed files that can be restored later if you wish. |
You
can open a menu by holding the Alt key and typing the first letter
of the menu title.
For example, pressing Alt + E opens the Edit menu. You can also press
either Alt or F10 to activate the menu bar,
then use the right and left arrow keys to highlight a menu name, and press
Enter to open the highlighted menu. |
| Shift
while inserting CD - bypasses auto-run |
Check
your C:\Windows\Temp folder periodically for the remnants
of any crashed windows programs.
Close all open applications before deleting any ~xyz.tmp files. |
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select more than one file or folder, hold down CTRL while
you click each item. |
Selecting
Multiple Files: Selecting multiple files in large icon view works
differently from list view.
To extend a selection, click the first icon, and then hold down the Shift
key while you click the last icon to be selected. To change an icon from
selected to unselected, hold down the Ctrl key while you
select the icon. |
Copying
and Moving Files:
Click with right mouse button on the file and choose Copy
or Cut. Move to the destination location and click
right mouse button on selected folder and choose Paste. |
Print
Screen Function when the Print Screen key is press in Windows,
the information is copied to your clipboard.
To print the information you must open Paint (or a similar program), paste
the clipboard information and print the image. |
| If in doubt Right-Click. |
| If
you drag a file and drop it onto the Start button, Win98 adds a shortcut
to the top of the Start menu. But if you drag the file over
the Start button and *don't* drop it, the Start menu will open and
you can position the new shortcut exactly where you want it. |
| QUICK ROUTE TO ROOT DIRECTORY. A fast way to display the root
directory is: click on Start, Run, and type "\" without quotes in the Run line. Click OK. |
| WinFiles.com
Tips and Tricks |
Windows
Magazine Tips |
CLEAN
UP THE STARTUP
To keep programs to a minimum in your startup group:
Start > Run, typing "msconfig" (without the quotes) and
clicking on the Startup tab. Then, uncheck everything you can spare except
for Explorer and Systray, click Apply|OK and reboot. This should free up
some valuable resources. |
SYSTEM
SETTINGS PRINT
Holding the ALT key, double clicking on the My Computer icon. Click the
Device Manager tab in the Systems Properties box, then the print button
and select either a report on the system summary or a longer report on all
devices and the system summary, then OK to print. |
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SHORTCUT TO SHORTCUT. If you
have several Windows open and can't quickly locate a shortcut on your
desktop, click on START in the lower left corner of your screen, then
RUN, and simply type a period in the space and click OK. A display
of all your desktop icons is displayed.
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A QUICK CHANGE. Without so much
as moving your hand from the mouse, you can change the size of an open
application with a double click anywhere on the title bar. A
second double-click in the same location toggles the screen back to its
original size.
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PASSWORD PREDICAMENT. If you
assigned a password to access Windows and then you suffer a memory
lapse, not to worry. Bypass Windows with F8 during startup and
choose the Command Prompt Only option. At the prompt, go to the
Windows directory with "cd\windows" (without the quotes))
Delete .pwl files with "del *.pwl" (again, without the quotes)
and no password will be required on the next boot. A new password
can be set if you wish at the Start|Settings|Control Panel|Passwords and
click on Change Windows Password.
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MOUSE LOCATOR. Windows XP makes it easy
to locate your cursor by touching the CTRL key. To enable the feature, go
to Start|Control Panel and click the Mouse icon. Select the Mouse
Properties and Pointer Options tabs and check "Show location of pointer
when I press the CTRL key". |
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KEYBOARD NAVIGATION.
Try holding the ALT key down and pressing the left arrow key to go back,
or the right arrow key to go forward. |
Select Start-Run, type msinfo32,
and press <Enter>.
SLIM DOWN YOUR FONTS
The trick is to move-not remove the fonts, so you can easily get them
back.
First, create a folder on your hard drive called Excess Fonts, and
open that folder in Windows Explorer. Select Start-Run, and type fonts,
and press <Enter> to bring up your Fonts folder in another Explorer
window. Select fonts to remove (double-click a font to see how it looks),
but keep Arial, Courier, Courier New, Modern, MS Sans Serif, and MS Serif
(these two may appear as “MS Reference”), Symbol, Tahoma, Times New Roman,
and Wingdings.
When you move a font, bring along its bold and italic variations. Drag
unwanted fonts to Excess Fonts folder. If you ever need one of them, open
both folders again and drag the font back to Fonts. |
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QUICKER SHUTDOWN. If your Windows XP
doesn't shut down as fast as you'd like, one alternative might help.
Right click a blank area on your desktop, click New|Shortcut and in the
Create Shortcut Wizard's Type the Location of the Item box, type the
following exactly without quotes: "shutdown -s -t 0". Make sure
there is a space before each hyphen and that is a numeric character at the
end. Click Next and in the Type a Name for This Shortcut box, enter
"shutdown" or some descriptive title and click Finish. You may now use
that shortcut on your desktop for a fast shut down, made even faster of
course if you don't have any programs running when you click on it. |
| Tips
for your success |
| Technology |
- Get fast Internet connection
(cable or ADSL) and use Internet as a resource library.
- Stay on top with new technology:
subscribe to PC Magazine, Yahoo and on-line newsletters. Read
free Computer Paper.
- Keep upgrading your computer
hardware and software.
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- Take a speed reading course:
What Speed Reading teaches you to do is to keep going through a text
without re-reading words, sentences and sections over and over. It
is really a form of self-discipline. You can read fast and still
understand and retain information.
- Never go anywhere without a book.
Time spent waiting in line or in the car or whatever can be study
time.
- Keep a tape recorder in the car
to record ideas that flow when you can't write things down.
- Find a quiet place to study and
be a little selfish with your time. Learn to say no.
- Use post-it notes as bookmarks.
Simply put a word or two at the top
to create your own reference index.
- Kill your TV ! Don't
waste time!
- Be an active reader. Take
notes. In your own books write in the
margins. Highlight the most important parts Don't reread
irrelevant stuff.
- Find time to rest. getting
totally exhausted hampers your learning efforts.
Get adequate amount of sleep!
- Exercise a bit. It stimulates
blood flow to the brain and relieves tension.
- Read all your work aloud to someone
else. It'll save valuable time
proof reading, and improve your writing. If it sounds crummy, it is.
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Learn to recognize
and manage your emotions - Feelings and behavior are just as
important as facts and knowledge. It involves
- self-awareness and self-control
- motivation and persistence
- empathy, and the ability to form
mutually satisfying relationships - the ability to recognize
personal feelings and emotions and those of others
- the ability to use that information to
resolve conflicts, solve problems, and improve interactions with
others.
Strategies include approaching people
positively instead of avoiding them, listening without judging, and
giving feedback skillfully. |
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COMPUTER
FUNDAMENTALS