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 Make Copies Of Your DVDs!

We had a great response to DVD X Copy on Friday and over the weekend. Thanks to all who ordered.

If you missed out, DVD X Copy is a fantastic program that lets you make exact backup copies of your DVD movies. That way, you can use your backups if you want to take your movies on a trip, loan them to a friend, or if you let your kids anywhere near them.

You will need a DVD burner for this to work (good excuse to buy one if you ask me :-). The copied movie includes all the menus, special features, and hi-fi audio the original did. Works great!

It's incredibly easy to use and allows you to copy a movie in as little as a single click! You can even choose what you copy (if you want the extra features, trailer, menus, etc).

The price on this is only $79.99 (the cost of about 4 movies) and US shipping is FREE! This is as low as the manufacturer allows these to be sold. Check it out:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/dvd-x-copy.htm

PS - Considering how expensive DVDs are, isn't it worth the price? If this saves just 4 movies over the life of the product, it's paid for itself!

Computers 101

Q:
What's the difference between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer?

A:
Actually, nothing. It's a program with a split-personality. The Internet Explorer side of the program is for surfing the web. The Windows Explorer side is used for exploring the files, folders, drives, and directories on your computer.

What's cool about it is they work very much the same manner. For example, click the Back button on Internet Explorer and you go back to the previous web page. Click the Back button on Windows Explorer and you go back to the previous folder (or wherever you just were).

In fact, try this. Open Internet Explorer and type:

C:\My Documents

Since I have XP, I need to type in:

See? You can use the Internet Explorer side of Explorer to sort through files.

Oh, and yes, you guessed it. You can also type a web URL into the Windows Explorer address box and hit Enter to go there. You know, just in case you're busy looking at files and feel the need to get on the web really quick.

Yeah, it's a little confusing, but then it wouldn't be a Microsoft product if it wasn't...

~Steve

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Tip of the Day

Icon Hide & Seek

Do you have awesome wallpaper that's obscured by all those nasty little icons cluttering your desktop? Well, here's how to make them all disappear, at least temporarily:

Win 95 / 98 instructions:

First, you're going to need to have Active Desktop installed and active. If you have IE 4.0 or better, you're probably all set in this department. Here's the blow by blow:

1. First, open My Computer or Windows Explorer. From the View menu, go to Folder Options, then click the View tab.

2. Now, under the Visual Settings section, click the "Hide icons when the desktop is viewed as a web page" checkbox. Hit OK.

If you already had your desktop set to be viewed as a web page, you'll find all your icons have magically disappeared. To get them back, right-click the desktop and select Active Desktop, then click the "View as web page" menu item. That will shut off the "view as web page" property and all your icons will re-appear. Right-click and repeat the procedure to get rid of them again.

Win ME / 2000 Instructions:

1. Right-click your Desktop and select Active Desktop from the resulting menu. A sub menu will pop up. If the Active Desktop item doesn't have a check next to it, click it (Win 2000 users need to make sure the "show web content" item is checked instead).

2. From the same sub-menu mentioned above, click the "Show desktop icons" menu item to turn them on or off.

Win XP Instructions

This one is actually the easiest of the bunch- if you know where to look.

Just right-click your Desktop, Arrange Icons By, then click the "Show Desktop Icons" item.

Why the PhD's at Microsoft decided it was a good idea to stick the "Show Desktop Icons" item under the "Arrange Icons" menu is a head scratcher for sure, but that's where it is.

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Duct Tape Wallet

Not sure what to do with all the duct tape the government recommended you buy?

Make a new trendy wallet that protects your money!

Follow the easy step-by-step illustrated instructions to create the perfect accessory for those "code orange" days.

http://www.rpi.edu/~kirkd/dtwallet_making.html

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com