Now that Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows 98 I hope
all you W98 and W98SE users have already upgraded to Windows
XP! If not, you need to do it quickly. One way
is to take your computer into a repair place like RIMO Bali
Computer Center or Ubud’s Mega Systems. They can
do it for you and do it safely!
For all you Windows 98 people that are new to Windows XP go
here: http://www.napier.ac.uk/depts/citservices/Documents/sta_xp/windows_xp.PDF
it has a very nice walk thru of the differences and helps
you get used to XP!
Now for all you old and new Windows XP users, here are some
hints, short-cuts, and time savers.
Let’s start with the ‘Windows’ key on your
keyboard. It’s usually at the bottom between the
Ctrl and the Alt keys. Here’s some short-cuts:
Windows key + E = Launches your Windows Explorer
Windows key + F = Launches Find/Search
Windows key + D = Minimizes all windows and shows the desktop,
do it again and it opens all windows!
Disable Error Reporting. Whenever an application suffers from
an error, and is closed down by the system or by you, the
Microsoft Error Reporting feature will pop up, asking you
if you want to send a report about the problem to Microsoft.
Windows allows you to customize the way Error Reporting works.
Start » Control Panel, then double click on System,
and select the Advanced tab. Near the bottom, click the Error
Reporting button. You can enable or disable Error Reporting,
or when you leave it enabled, you can specify which programs
you want to exclude from this feature.
Move the Temporary Internet Files Folder, to save space in
your Windows folder. Go to Start » Control Panel/Internet
Options and click the Settings button. Next click the Move
Folder button and type where you wish to move the folder to.
Anywhere other than the Windows folder will do. But on the
root is best i.e. C: Ok it. You will be asked to reboot to
finish.
Sending mail by clicking an icon on desktop without opening
Outlook. You can easily create an icon on your desktop that
allows you to compose and send an email by double clicking
on it without opening Outlook. 1- Find a free space on your
desktop and right click on it on New /Shortcut. 2- Enter in
the space ‘mailto:’ (w/out quotes). 3- Press ‘Next’
button. 4- Enter in the space a name for the icon (I use ‘mail’).
5- Click ‘finish’.
Sick of inserting WinXP CD when computer asks you to? Sometimes
you are installing something, and you are asked to insert
the Windows XP CD, and sometimes you are just too lazy to
get it, or you don’t have it at the moment. Well here’s
something that’ll definitely solve that problem... 1.
Insert your Windows XP CD. 2. Click on, Perform Additional
Tasks. 3. Now click on Browse this CD. 4. Look for the i386
folder, right click on the folder and copy. 5. Get into, My
Computer. 6. Right click on your C: drive and paste. Well
dudes, from now on you’ll never need that CD again,
I mean never ever...
Outlook folders whereabouts? All files can be found at C:\Windows\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook look for .pst files
Web Site of the Day: http://annoyances.org/ the most complete
collection of information assembled for and by actual users
of Microsoft Windows.
