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Feel free to copy or use any of these writeups. They'll be changed at irregular intervals (as in when the mood strikes me) so check back from time to time. If you'd like more information about any of them please email me. If you have a good tip and would like to post it please send it to me. Thanks in advance.
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Subjects that are in this reading room are listed below. If these hold
little interest for you then use a link to go
to other reading rooms and check out their content. Click on an item in the Room Menu and take a shortcut to that subject. Each subject will have a link to return you to this point. Some larger bodies of text may have a link to download them. RIGHT click on the link and from the pop up menu and select Save Link As. Use the default file name but specify the folder on your disk you want to save it in. Alternately, you may LEFT click on the download link and view the text to see if you want to download it. Use your browser BACK button to return to the reading room. For other information use your mouse to select the text and use EDIT/Copy on your menu or Control+C on your keyboard to put them on the clipboard. Then paste them where ever you like via the EDIT/Paste menu or Control+V on your keyboard.
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Taking Images/Text From the Internet
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Have you needed to capture text or an image from the inter-net? Or wanted to get a copy of the site's wallpaper? Maybe you've want to display an image or an image link in a home page or a chat room. Here is a brief description to get you started. You can LEFT click on the link below to see the text and use the BACK button to return here. Or you can RIGHT click on the link below and select Save Link As to download the text. You will be asked to specify a folder on your computer.
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COMMON ACRONYMS USED ON THE INTERNET
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This is a list of some common acronyms you might run into on the internet. Be advised that internet vernacular is a viable, ever expanding thing and some of these may be archaic already. If you have some you'd like included please send them to me. You can LEFT click on the link below to see the text and use the BACK button to return here. Or you can RIGHT click on link and select Save Link AS to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your computer to save it in.
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SAVING YOUR REGISTERY
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If you regularly save your SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT registers you may prevent a problem from becoming a catastrophe. The registers cue Windows into configuring itself. This procedure is from HomePC magazine. LEFT click on the link below to see the text and decide if you want it then use the BACK button to return here. You can RIGHT click on the link and select Save Link AS to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your computer to save it in.
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INTERNET UTILITIES
(From http://winfiles.com/tips/)
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While you are connected to the internet via dialup or in a networked environment, open a DOS window and at the DOS prompt type ping and the internet address you wish to check (ie. ping www.zianet.com). Windows will then tell you how fast the connection is to the address you gave.
Windows has an Internet utility called IP Configuration that lets you check out all the vital stats of your Internet setup. Go to the START button, then RUN, and type WINIPCFG, then click on the MORE INFO button.
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PRINTER TIPS
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DRAG & DROP TIPS
Pressing the ESCAPE key in the middle of a drag & drop
(that is, prior to the drop) will abort it.
When you LEFT drag & drop the icon of an executable
program, the default action is to make a shortcut. If you LEFT
drag and drop a data file, the default action is to move it.
If you drag an object, and hold it over the tray button for
the desired window for a moment, that window will be
moved to the top,
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LEFT dragging objects from one folder to another folder on a
different drive results in a copy but dragging from one folder to
another on the same drive with CTRL and LEFT drag forces a copy.
When dragging & dropping, use the RIGHT button. On release you'll
get a dropdown menu that allows you to cancel, or choose an
alternate operation other than the Windows defaults of copy, move,
Hold SHIFT key down when you drag & drop something with the
LEFT mouse button. You'll get the same context menu as if you had
dragged and dropped with just the RIGHT mouse button.
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WINDOWS EXPLORER TIPS
If you want to replace a shortcut's icon, you'll find more icons at
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PIFMGR.DLL and at C:\WINDOWS\MORICONS.DLL
Ever move a file and wished you hadn't? Just click the UNDO
button from Explorer's Edit menu, and the move's reversed.
This will also work when you're in notepad and have deleted something
by mistake. Click on Edit and choose UNDO.
Display samples of all fonts installed on your system by
going to the WINDOWS\FONTS folder and double click on a font.
You can also print examples of each font.
If you don't like the Win95 windows explorer and prefer the old
windows file manage click on start, run and type in winfile.
The technique to select multiple files in the same folder will vary depending
on the View mode in operation
In DETAILS view (one column listing) click
the first file to be chosen then hold down the SHIFT key as you
you click on the last one to be chosen. All files in between will
also be selected.
In an ICON view the files selected in this way
will be a block with the first file one corner and the last file
the diagonally opposite corner.
To select non-contiguous files in a folder, hold down the CTRL
key while you select the files you want. Subsequent clicks with
CTRL on will toggle them between selected and not selected.
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DISK FILES & FOLDERS TRICKS
In the left Explorer window select the folder to be copied
to a floppy. On the EDIT menu click SELECT ALL. Again from
the Edit menu click COPY.
In the left Explorer window click on Drive A: (the target floppy) and from the Edit menu,
choose PASTE.
This copies all the files in the folder to a floppy disk and prompts for a new disk
when needed. No files will be split between disks but the user will
not have to deal with sorting the files out into disk size groups.
To view the properties of a file or folder, select the item, and
press ALT + ENTER. Or you can RIGHT click on the file or folder
and select Properties from the drop down menu.
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BOOT-UP PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS
If the time comes when it's necessary to use it you'll not likely have access to
Windows help. You should consider downloading, printing it
and saving it in a safe place.
LEFT click on the link below to see the text and decide if you want it
then use the BACK button to return here.
You can RIGHT click on the link and select Save Link AS
to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your
computer to save it in.
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BACKING UP YOUR SYSTEM
The question arises as to what a good time interval might
be. This is very subjective and depends on how often you
make hardware or software modifications to your system or
create irreplaceable documents. Select a schedule that best
suits your work habits. Chances of a failure are somewhat
remote so the effort of keeping backups should be weighed
against the importance of the data that might be lost.
LEFT click on the link below to see the text and decide if you want it
then use the BACK button to return here.
You can RIGHT click on the link and select Save Link AS
to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your
computer to save it in.
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ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY TO ICQ
LEFT click on the link below to see the text and decide if you want it
then use the BACK button to return here.
You can RIGHT click on the link and select Save Link AS
to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your
computer to save it in.
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ADDING SOUND TO EMAIL ARRIVAL
LEFT click on the link below to see the text and decide it you want it
then use the BACK button to return here.
You can RIGHT click on the link and select Save Link AS
to download the complete text. You'll be prompted for the folder on your
computer to save it in.
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(From http://winfiles.com/tips/)
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The Windows installation CD-ROM contains a printer troubleshooting
program that may help in the event of printer problems. Put your
CD-ROM in the drive, and browse to the d:\other\misc\epts folder
(where d: is your CD-ROM drive). Double left click on EPTS.EXE
and follow the instructions from that program.
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(From http://winfiles.com/tips/)
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Before you "drop" during a drag & drop operation, look at the
lower left corner of the icon you're moving. This will tell you
what the default action will be: a plus means copy, an arrow
means a shortcut will be made.
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(From http://winfiles.com/tips/)
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To print a screen from Explorer, press the Print Screen (PrtSc) button.
Then open Microsoft Paint, select Edit, Paste, and print your screen.
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To delete files without sending them to the recycle bin, select the
file or files to be deleted. RIGHT-click the selection and hold the
SHIFT key down while selecting Delete. This prevents your recyle
bin from getting full so fast but be aware that files deleted like this
cannot be recovered.
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This comes from Windows Help It's presented
here so you can familiarize yourself with it. It covers how to
bootup in SAFE and DOS modes to bypass problems that are
preventing you from booting up normally.
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All too often your system becomes corrupted.
There's a few steps you can take to make it less traumatic
and make the recovery easier for you (or that poor techie).
You'll need a bootable backup diskette and there are key
files that should be saved for backup at regular intervals.
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Downloaded versions of ICQ come with two default URL's for connecting
to Mirabilis. Other URL's may also be used and with additional sites available
you have an improved chance to connect. This file has instructions for
adding these URL's to ICQ and an alternate site to download
later versions of ICQ when Mirabilis is overloaded.
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In Netscape version 4.x you can assign an audible alert to notify
you when a new piece of email arrives. I use a bird call wav file
for affect. This audible alert will be heard even if the browser
is minimized and on the taskbar.
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