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Hmm. I guess that's it for me today. Enjoy the newsletter :-)

Computers 101

Q:
I'm having a hard time with my sound. Even though I have my speaker volume
turned up all the way, it's still not loud enough. Any ideas?

A:
See that little speaker sitting in your system tray (it's a gray speaker for XP, everyone else has a yellow one)? Double-click it. It should open up a screen that lets you adjust your volume. Make sure the Master is slid all the way up. You may want to do the same with the other sliders if the sound still isn't loud enough.

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Tip of the Day

Outlook Deletes

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

Do you use Outlook or Outlook Express? If so, here's a cool delete trick.

Next time you go to delete an item, hold down the Shift key. You can use either the keyboard combination of Shift + Delete or, for even more excitement, hold down Shift while you click the Delete button on the toolbar.

Either way, Outlook / Outlook Express will bypass your Deleted Items folder and remove the item permanently.

What if you have more than one e-mail to delete? Just hold down your CTRL key as you click the items you want to delete. Then follow the procedure above.

Remember, this gets rid of the items forever, so be careful with it!

Want a little more? OK, I can do that.

You can also set Outlook / Outlook Express to empty your deleted items folder on exit. I personally don't like this. There have been way too many times I've deleted something that I didn't think I needed anymore but then it turns I out did. With the "empty on exit" feature enabled, I'd be in trouble.

However, you may be more careful with what you delete than I am (I go wild with that delete key sometimes). If that's the case, you may find it handy to have the trash taken out automatically for you on exit. Here's how ya do it with Outlook Express (Outlook is very similar):

1. Click the Tools menu, Options.

2. Click the Maintenance tab and check the "Empty items from the Deleted Items folder on exit" checkbox. Hit OK.

That's it. Outlook Express will have a digital teenager take out the trash for you each time you exit.

Thanks goes to David for this idea.

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

CyberSoup

Are you looking for a certain recipe? Do you need to convert a recipe to make it larger or smaller? Would you like to add new and creative recipes to your cooking repertoire? How about learning to cook foreign dishes? Well you can find all of those things here and more. Give it a looksee.

http://www.netcooks.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.