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Mess Ups - Part 2

Geeze, I'm turning into the mess up king. Yesterday's Tip of the Day was missing the picture. Sorry about that. If you want to see the tip with the picutre, head to:

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/folderctrl.htm

Hopefully, that'll be it on the mess-ups for awhile :-)

CD-RW & Music

Last week we were talking about burning CDs and I mentioned that CD-RWs don't always work too well for regular CD players. I recommended you try using a regular CD-R type disk.

Anyhow, several of our readers mentioned that they've been successful using CD-RWs for music when they "finalize" them before sticking them in a standard CD player. Haven't had a chance to try it (too busy making mistakes in the newsletter :-), but still wanted to pass the info along.

Computers 101

Q:
I've always had a hard time double-clicking my mouse. Is there something wrong with it?

A:
Could be, but I doubt it. Your problem may lie in your double-click speed. It can be adjusted by clicking your Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then opening the Mouse icon. (XP users, hit the Start button, Control Panel, then open the Mouse icon).

From the little screen that pops up, you should be able to adjust your double-click sensitivity. Most of the time you'll see a checkbox that says something like "Make double-clicking easier".

I would give more detail, except that many of the newer mice have their own custom screens that pop up when you go to do your adjusting.

Tip of the Day

Windows Searches

Web link - http://www.worldstart.com/tips/windowsearch.htm

Do you have a particular folder you're always rummaging through? Maybe your "My Documents" folder? Well, do I have a trick for you!

As you probably know (or will know here in a second), if you right-click a folder and select Find or Search, you'll get a Find (or search) box that is automatically set to look in the folder you were just right-clicking.

So, if you try this with your My Documents folder, you'll get a search or find box with the "look in" area already set to My Documents.

Well, let's take that to the next level by putting shortcuts on your Desktop for folders you search through a lot. That way, you can do the trick above without hunting around through Explorer or My Computer. Just right-click the shortcut and you can select Search or Find from there.

How? It's easy:

We'll pretend you have a folder in My Documents called "Work". Here's how you would set up this trick:

1. Open Explorer or My Computer. Head to the folder you want to make a shortcut to. In this case, "My Documents\Work".

2. Right-click, hold and drag the folder to your Desktop. When you release the folder, you'll get a little menu with several options. Choose "Create Shortcuts Here".

That's it! You should have a shortcut on your Desktop for your "Work" folder. Just right-click it and select either Find or Search from the resulting menu.

Cool huh?

Of course, you can double-click this shortcut to jump directly into the folder.

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

How Stuff Works

Here's a site with information on how just about everything works. They cover all kind of topics - everything from toasters to missiles. If you're the curious type (like me) better plan an hour or two for this one.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Do you have a cool site that you want to share? Send it to Amanda! Here's her address:

amanda@worldstart.com

Oh, and we're looking for non-commercial sites. We generally don't run sites that are strictly for shopping.