TOP FIFTY TIPS FOR WINDOWS 98/Me/XP
by Joe Isaac
1. BEGINNERS SHOULD READ: (Tips for New Users.)
2. FIREWALL. (A Firewall protects you from Hackers.)
3. BLIND CARBON COPY: (Stop publishing your friends' email addresses.)
4. COMPUTER: Should you leave your computer on 24 HOURS A DAY?
5. CONTROL PANEL: (Install Hardware, Software, adjust Mouse, set Power Options, etc.)
7. DESKTOP: (Contains Icons, Taskbar, Onscreen Work Area.)
8. DESKTOP CLUTTER: TOO MANY ICONS ON YOUR DESKTOP? ?
9. DESKTOP: SAVE "TIPS" and "JOKES" to your DESKTOP.
10. DEVICE MANAGER: (Shows all your hardware and if its working properly.)
11. DOWNLOAD: Finding a download ? ? ?
12. ECLEAN: (Send clean legible emails to your friends.)
13. EMAIL ADDRESSES AND BOOKMARKS: (How to save them.)
14. EMAIL ARROWS > > > >: Remove those annoying Arrows from your email.
15. EMAIL ATTACHMENT: How to Save or Send.
16. EMAIL COPY AND PASTE: Also documents and web pages.
17. MAKE AN EMERGENCY STARTUP DISK:
18. FULL SCREEN: Open your Programs in a Window or Full Screen.
19. HOAXES: Don't send HOAXES to your friends.
20. HOT DOCS. (If you work with the same 5 or 10 documents, this is GOLD.)
21. KEYBOARD shortcut commands.
24. OUTLOOK EXPRESS. (Do your email friends a favor.)
25. PORTAL. (Have your own newspaper, tv guide, and stock report.)
26. PRINT SCREEN. (If you can't copy what is on the screen, THIS WILL).
27. RAM & HARD DRIVE. (How much do you have?)
28. RECYCLE BIN: How to empty and resize.
30. RIGHT CLICKING. (Saves Time and Money and Your hair.)
31. SAVE YOUR COLORS, SIZES AND FORMATS SELECTIONS.
32. BACKUP BASICS: x SAVE YOUR DOCUMENTS.
34. SCREEN SAVER and Power OPTIONS.
35. SHORTCUT: Put a shortcut on your Desktop, Start Menu.
36. SHUTDOWN your computer with a SINGLE CLICK.
37. SINGLE CLICK. (Why double click !!!!)
38. START BUTTON. (Shutdown, Run, Help, Settings, Documents, Programs.)
40. SYSTEM TOOLS. (Disk Cleanup, Defrag, Security Center, System Restore, etc.)
41. TASKBAR. (Contains Start Button, Quick Launch, System Tray, etc)
42. TECH SUPPORT: Before you call tech support, follow these 9 steps.
43. THREE FINGER SALUTE. If your computer freezes up.
44. TRAY: Remove unwanted icons from your Taskbar tray.
45. TWEAK (Allows you to make changes without going to the registry)
46. V I R U S E S: ! ! ! (Woe is you who gets one.)
48. WINDOWS EXPLORER: (Copy, delete, move, save files, make a folder)
49. SOME GOOD STUFF:
50. ZIP FILES: Why Do People Use Zip files?
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