Short cuts to an easier life...
Have you ever wondered why you've got to go to 'START' to shut your PC down? Why can't
Microsoft put an icon on your desk top that you can click to shut your PC down? (This DOES NOT work with Macs, sorry). Now, you can create your own 'shut down' button on your desk top! Simply
follow the instructions below:
1. Right click on the desktop
2. Choose NEW > SHORTCUT
3. Type in: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SHUTDOWN.EXE -S -T X
4. Click NEXT and type in which name you want or call it "shutdown"
5. Click on FINISH then right click on the SHORTCUT you've just made and choose
PROPERTIES > CHANGE ICON then select the icon you'd like from the list of icons.. and then click on OK and close the window.
Next time you want to shut your PC down, simply click on the icon.
Prevent unknown contacts from appearing in your address book
If you find your address book starting to fill up with people you don't know, don't worry - there's an easy fix! Start Outlook Express and select Options... from the Tools menu.
Next, choose the Send tab and uncheck the box that says Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book.
Quick Close
If Win95 crashes and Ctrl+Alt+Del fails to bring up the Close Program dialog, try hitting Ctrl+Esc. The Start menu may come up, letting you perform a safe reboot.
Quick Close II
You can close several open programs, folders and documents all at once in Win98 and IE 4.0: Hold down the Ctrl key, click on the taskbar icon of each program you want to close,
then right-click on any one of them and select Close from the Context menu.
Quick Launch
IE 4.0 and 5.0 come with a Quick Launch bar. You can put any icon from your Desktop there. Just drag and drop the wanted icon to the Quick Launch bar.
Then remove that icon from your Desktop. This allows you to view your Desktop as a Web Page and still open your favourite programs.
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