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We're getting tons of positive feedback on the new WorldStart site. Thanks to the thousands of you who checked it out yesterday. If you didn't get to take a look yet, head to:

http://www.worldstart.com

At the time of publication yesterday, we didn't have the site's search engine completely up to date. So, if you looked for something and couldn't find it, you may want to give it another shot.

Oh, take a look at the Useful Links area on the left. We've added a link to the archives plus a "Tell a Friend" link. If you want to tell someone about this or any of our newsletters, just head to that page! Oh, and thanks in advance - Your referrals help keep this newsletter going and growing :-)

ALSO -

Rose has been busy adding new stuff to our online store. Check out all the new stuff at:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/newtitles.htm

Oh, remember we are still running our 15% off coupon special for newsletter subscribers. Here's your code:

27256

It's good between now and Sunday (March 17th 2002). We had TONS of people take advantage of this yesterday! Thanks to all who ordered!

Just enter it in the "Customer Code" area (and hit the Submit button) when you go to checkout and you'll be given 15% off of your order!!

Head to the store and take a look around:

http://www.worldstart.com/store

Thanks!

Computers 101

Q:
I like to view my folders as a web page with items as a list. I set them this way, but after closing the folder and returning to it, my computer just puts the icons in as usual. How do I get them to stay the way I want? Is there a way to save these changes until I wish to change them?

A:
Doesn't that drive you nuts? Well, you'll be glad to learn it's easy to change (fix). Here's how to set it up so all your folders act the way YOU want - every time:

First, set up a folder the way you want it to be. Here's how to do that:

1. Open the My Computer icon on your desktop (or in Windows XP, from your Start menu). At this point, you can open your C: drive and pick a favorite folder to play with, but you really don't need to. You can set this right from My Computer.

2. Using the View menu, set the folder to the way you want all your folders to be. For example, if you're like me, you want to see all file info. So, I selected the View menu, Details.

Next, set your icon arrangement. Using the View menu, click the Arrange Icons item and select your favorite sort order. I personally prefer "By Type", but do what you want.

3. OK, now let's make all your little folders act the same way. Click the View menu (or Tools menu, depending on your version of Windows) and select Folder Options.

Click the View tab and click the "Like Current Folder" or "Apply to all folders" button. It will ask you for confirmation, press "Yes". Finally, press the OK button and you're all set.

To give it a test run, open any folder on your C: drive, it should look exactly the way you want it to.

Tip of the Day

Explorer Takeovers

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

Has your Internet Explorer been taken over? No, not by aliens, by something far worse - a big company. Maybe they've stuck a message in your title bar or perhaps they've even replaced your beloved spinning "e" with (gasp) their own logo. (That spinning logo is actually called a "throbber" - no kidding!)

If your Internet Explorer is a corporate abductee, don't worry - I've been there too. Until I discovered this little trick, one of our computers would display the page title and follow it up with "Provided by Compaq". How nice of them to provide me with every page on the internet.

Well, do you want to reclaim your browser? Are you ready to take back what's yours?

To make Explorer look like its default self again, do the following:

1. Make sure you don't have a browser window open.

2. Hit the Start button, Run

3. Type in this line (or better yet, copy & paste):

rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear

Click OK

You'll discover that absolutely nothing seems to happen. However, before you decide I'm telling you to type in gibberish just to see if you'll actually do it, open Explorer and check it out.

You should find it looks very default now. No company logos, no extra corporate comments in your title bar.

PS - If anyone knows how to change the little throbber (spinning logo), let me know. I've never run across a way to do that.

steve@worldstart.com

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

The MegaPenny Project

Have you ever wondered what a million or even a trillion pennies looks like? Well this site puts things into perspective starting with the lowly single cent and climbing to enormous heights…literally topping out at One Quintillion pennies. You can also catch the MegaFauna feature, and the MegaMoo special bonus edition of the series. I thought all in all this was rather nifty, and is definitely worth a few clicks. Check it out!

http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/

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.