Don’t Lose the Program Serial Number Again
Maybe you’re reformatting your hard drive or you just bought a new computer and need to reinstall a program from the CD, but can’t find the little card with the serial number on it. I hate that!
Before you reformat or erase the drive on your old system. Just go to Help/About… in each program and the serial number should be there. If… Continue reading
Q:
What are those three little buttons on the upper right-hand corner of an open window for?
A:
Those are the Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons.
The “X” closes the window.
The “Box” maximizes the program, making it full screen. If it’s already maximized, it looks like a box on top of another box. If you click it in that state, it will make your window smaller.
Finally… Continue reading
We often tell you ways to configure Internet Explorer or Outlook Express for maximum efficiency or how to stop annoying default features. Many times you end up in the “Options” menu where you are faced with a long list of features. What does each one do?
Guess what, there is a very easy way to find out what different features do
Q:
I lose my dial up connection each time I send an email using Outlook Express. How do I fix this?
A:
OE can be set to hang up after it sends or receives email. This is a great feature if you have limited monthly hours online, but can be really annoying if you decide to check your mail while your surfin’ the web. Fortunately this feature can… Continue reading
Unblocking and Blocking Senders
For those who don’t know, you can block senders with most e-mail software. When you “block” someone, all of the e-mail they send to you gets deleted as it comes in. In Outlook Express, just hit the Messages menu and select Block Sender to block the currently selected e-mail. Don’t try this now though or you’ll accidentally block me!
OK, so how do you unblock someone… Continue reading
Let’s say you would like to have some sub-folders (a sub-folder is a folder within a folder) in your “My Documents” folder. You could set one up for each member of your family so everyone’s stuff stays separate, or for specific jobs.
Here’s how:
Right-click the Start button, select Explore from the little menu that pops up. Windows Explorer
Q:
I got an email and the sender name was “Steve” so I eagerly opened it up to find it was s spam. I’ve been a subscriber long enough to know that you would never send me anything other than the newsletters I subscribed to, so, is someone forging your name?
A:
First off, we never, ever, ever give (or sell) the addresses of our readers to anyone—so… Continue reading
Zip XP Folders
Now that you know Windows XP lets you unzip folders with a simple drag & drop, did you know that you can also create a zipped folder?
That’s pretty easy too! Here’s how:
First, you need to create a compressed folder. Right click an empty area of your desktop and choose “New” then “Compressed (zipped) folder”.
You just created a new zip folder! See the cute… Continue reading
Q:
What are “zipped” files?
A:
A zip file is basically a “package” of one or more compressed files. If you download a lot of software, you’ll run across these all the time.
They are not difficult to work with. You’ll need an “unzipping” program in order to access them, something like Winzip or Winrar are both good choices.… Continue reading
Say you’re looking for something on a long web page with Internet Explorer or Firefox. You think it’s there, but you’re faced with seemingly insurmountable number of paragraphs, sentences, and words to hunt though.
Well, next time this happens to you, hit the Edit menu, Find (or CTRL-F for you shortcut lovers). You’ll get a handy little “find” box that lets you type in a… Continue reading
