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This Weeks Tips 10/25/2006
1. You Can Turn Off The Information Bar In Internet
Explorer 7.0 If You Wish!
2. Learn To Explore With Folders In Windows!
3. Reasons For Random, Fatal Crashes In Windows XP
And Windows 2000 In No Particular Order!
4. Launch Internet Explorer In Windows XP Without
Connecting To The Web!
5. Share Files Via IIS In Windows 2000 Professional!
6. Link A Picture To Your Microsoft Access Form!
7. Create A Table Of Contents From Keywords Or
Phrases In Your Word Document!
8. Use Excel's Autofill To Generate A Series Of
Dates!
You Can Turn Off The
Information Bar In Internet Explorer 7.0 If You Wish!
You can, but I don't recommend it. If you do want to turn it off, you
have to turn it off for each type of message.
To turn off Information bar messages about blocked pop-up windows
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools button, click Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up
Blocker Settings.
3. Clear the Show Information Bar when a pop-up is blocked check box,
and then click Close.
To stop the Information bar from blocking file and software downloads
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click Custom level.
4. Do one or both of the following:
-To turn off the Information bar for file downloads, scroll to the
Downloads section of the list, and then, under Automatic prompting for
file downloads, click Enable.
-To turn off the Information bar for ActiveX controls, scroll to the
ActiveX controls and plug-ins section of the list, and then, under
Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls, click Enable.
5. Click OK, click Yes to confirm that you want to make the change, and
then click OK again.
Gary Chambers
Learn To Explore With Folders
In Windows!
Here are some tips for controlling the way folders and files behave.
Although selecting Options from the View menu in My Computer lets you
choose whether to open each new folder as a new window or re-use the
same window, there is a way to pick-&-choose this behavior on the fly:
- Select Options from the View menu in My Computer, select Custom, and
then click Settings.
- From the Browse folders as follows section, choose the option that you
want.
- Even though you've chosen one option, you can hold Ctrl while
double-clicking folder icons to use the other option.
Other keys that work with either setting:
- Hold Alt while double-clicking on a file or folder to view the
Properties window for that object.
- Hold Shift while double-clicking on a folder to open Explorer at that
location (careful when using this as Shift is also used to select
multiple files).
- Press Backspace in an open folder to go to the parent folder.
- Hold Shift while clicking on the close button (X) to close all open
folders.
- A shortcut for choosing a new program to be used with a certain file
type is to hold the Shift key while right-clicking on a file, and
choosing Open With
Gary Chambers
Reasons For Random, Fatal
Crashes In Windows XP And Windows 2000 In No Particular Order!
Windows XP and Windows 2000 are both supposed to be (and typically are)
much more stable than Windows 9x/Me, but there are still things that can
bring down the entire system in a heartbeat, displaying the BSD (Blue
Screen of Death) or simply restarting. Go over this checklist and see if
any of these apply to you.
-Power Supply -
A bad (or insufficient) power supply is the most common cause for random
crashes, especially if you have a lot of cards, drives, or fans, or have
a dual-processor motherboard. A 350W or 400W power supply is recommended
if you're experiencing this problem.
-A mix of FAT32 and NTFS drives -
If you have more than one hard disk, and there are different file
systems on each one, try converting them all to NTFS.
-Audio Card Drivers -
Try removing your sound card, or at least uninstalling and then
reinstalling the drivers.
-USB Hub-
if you have a USB hub, try eliminating it and see if that solves the
problem (especially if you have a USB-based Palm cradle and your system
crashes every time you hotsync).
-Overheating -
A computer will crash if the processor overheats. Make sure the CPU
fan/fans are working, and that the processor temperature (read in the
BIOS screen) is within normal limits. Make sure your computer case has
adequate ventilation.
-Bad memory -
A bad memory module can cause this problem. Try removing one of the
modules (if applicable) to see if that solves the problem; rotate
through all modules until you've found the culprit. Note that some
computers require memory to be installed in pairs, so, for example, if
you have four modules, you'll have to remove two (no more, no fewer) for
this test.
Gary Chambers
Launch Internet Explorer In
Windows XP Without Connecting To The Web!
When you launch Internet Explorer from within Windows XP, the default
configuration is to automatically connect you to the Web site you've
configured as your home page. However, there may be times when you want
to launch Internet Explorer without connecting to your designated home
page.
For example, maybe you'd like to visit another site and don't want to
have to wait for the home page to load before you can access the other
site. Maybe you just want to open HTML documents stored on your hard
disk. Fortunately, you can easily configure Internet Explorer to launch
without connecting to any page on the Web by enabling the Use Blank
option. Here's how:
1. Right-click the Internet Explorer icon on the very top of the Start
menu and select Internet Properties.
2. Click the Use Blank button in the Home Page panel. Now you'll see the
command about:blank appear in the Address text box.
3. To enable this option, click the OK button.
Note: This tip applies to both Windows XP Home and Professional.
Gary Chambers
Share Files Via IIS In
Windows 2000 Professional!
Windows 2000 Professional provides peer-to-peer networking to allow
users to share files with one another. While it isn't difficult to share
or access files across a network, some users have trouble browsing the
network to find resources. But these users typically have no problems
finding resources with a Web browser.
Internet Information Services (IIS) allows users to share their files
and make them accessible from a Web browser. This is also an alternative
to using FTP to host files.
The easiest way to share files through IIS is to create a virtual
directory for the folder you want to share and configure it for
browsing. Follow these steps:
1. Open the IIS console, right-click Default Web Site, and choose New |
Virtual Directory.
2. Using the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, enter an alias for the
virtual directory. Remote clients use the alias to access the folder.
For example, you might use an alias of files, as in
www.internetfixes.com/files.
3. Select the physical directory containing the files you want to share,
and click Next.
4. Select the Browse permission, click Next, and click Finish.
5. Point a Web browser to http://<server>/<alias>, where <server> is the
IP address or host name of the computer, and <alias> is the virtual
directory's alias. You should then see a file listing. Clicking a file
link should begin a download.
If you need to provide a consistent front end for users who need to
access these virtual directories, another option is to create the
virtual directories from your intranet Web server and point each virtual
directory to the shared folder on each user's computer. Then create a
link page on the server that lists each virtual directory, enabling
users to simply click the link.
Gary Chambers
Link A Picture To Your
Microsoft Access Form!
There may be times when you want to add an unbound picture (such as your
company logo or product image) to your Microsoft Access form. It's easy
to add pictures to forms with the Image control. However, an embedded
form object can take up a huge amount of space in your database.
To save space, try linking the image to the form, rather than embedding
it. Here's how to link a picture to your form:
1. Open the form in design mode.
2. Click the Image button in the toolbox.
3. Click and drag to insert the image on the form.
4. Navigate to the image file containing the picture you want to link
to, select it, and click the OK button.
5. Right-click the image and select Properties.
6. Click the Picture Type drop-down arrow and select Linked.
Note that the image file must be available in the Samples folder when
the form is running; otherwise, the image will not be displayed.
Gary Chambers
Create A Table Of Contents
From Keywords Or Phrases In Your Word Document!
Your document does not need to have formatted Headings in order for
Microsoft Word's Table of Contents feature to work. Word can build a
Table of Contents from any phrases or keywords in your document.
For example, you might place an italicized phrase before each paragraph
in your document and would like to use them to create a Table of
Contents. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Select the first phrase. Press [Alt][Shift][o].
2. Click the Mark button.
3. Scroll to and select the second phrase. Click the Mark button again.
Repeat these steps until all phrases are marked.
4. Click the Close button.
5. Click where you want to insert the Table of Contents in your
document.
6. Go to Insert | Reference | Index And Tables.
7. Select the Table Of Contents tab, click the Options button, and then
select the Table Entry Fields check box.
8. Click the OK button twice.
Word inserts the new Table of Contents based on your own marked phrases
at the insertion point.
Cathy Chambers
Use Excel's Autofill To
Generate A Series Of Dates!
Microsoft Excel 2002 and 2003's Smart Tag feature makes it easy to
insert a series of dates into a worksheet. For example, suppose you want
to keep track of the total daily donations that come into your
organization during the work week. You can generate a series of dates
that includes weekdays only by following these steps:
1. Enter the beginning date of 10/3/05 in Cell B3.
2. Drag B3's Fill handle while pressing the right mouse button to B50.
3. Click the Smart Tag and select Fill Weekdays.
You can also use Autofill to generate a series of dates for entering
total donations on a monthly basis—just choose Fill Months after
clicking the Smart Tag.
To track donations on a weekly basis, say every Friday, follow these
steps:
1. Enter the date of the first Friday of the month (e.g., 10/7/05) into
cell B3.
2. Enter the formula =B3+7 into B4.
3. Drag B4's Fill handle down to B50.
You'll be amazed by how much time (and work) Autofill will save you over
the course of a month.
Cathy Chambers
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1. Speed Up The Start Menu In XP!
2. Disabling Hibernation In XP!
3. Optimize System Performance In Windows XP!
4. Want To Enable Boot Defragment?
5. Balance System Performance and Visual Effects!
6. Customize the CPU Cycles Given to Programs and Processes!
7. Turn Off Multimedia and Graphics on Web Pages!
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