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Today's Tips 08/04/2006
Keep Mice Clean!
To keep the mouse and mouse-ball clean, you need a can of compressed air
and some alcohol wipes.
Once a month, remove the mouse ball from the mouse and clean it with the
alcohol wipes. Then use the compressed air to remove any dirt and debris
that may have found its way into the mouse.
Cathy Chambers
To Install A Program From A Network In Windows
XP!
1. Log on to the computer as an administrator.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Add New Programs.
Note: If your computer is connected to a network, the programs that you
are authorized to add are displayed at the bottom of the screen. If your
network administrator has organized programs into categories, you may
need to click a different option in Category to locate the program that
you want to add.
4. Click the program that you want to add, and then click Add. When
Setup starts, you must follow the prompts.
5. When Setup is complete, click Close to close the Add or Remove
Programs window.
Note: When you start a program or try to perform a task in a program,
you may observe a dialog box that indicates that the program is being
installed or updated by Windows Installer. This behavior can occur if
your administrator has set up the program to be installed in this
manner, if program files have been deleted or corrupted, or if you are
attempting to use a program feature that had not been installed during
Setup. If the program had been installed from a CD-ROM, or if you are
not connected to the network, Windows Installer may prompt you to insert
the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. When Windows Installer finishes, the
program or feature that you are attempting to use starts.
Gary Chambers
Creating A Keyboard Shortcut In Windows XP!
1. Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties.
2. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
3. Press the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the
program. The shortcut combination must consist of one character (a
letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three
keys: CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT.
4. Click OK.
- The default combination is CTRL+ALT; if you press only a character
key, Windows XP automatically adds CTRL+ALT. To use other combinations
of the three required keys, press those keys before you press the
character key.
- A keyboard shortcut does not work if it conflicts with a keyboard
combination that is used in the program that is currently active.
Note: This feature works
only with program shortcuts on the desktop or the Start menu. This
feature does not work if the desktop shortcut is a shortcut to another
shortcut.
Gary Chambers
Modify The Date Format On A Windows Machine For
New Users!
New users inherit the date format values that were established for the
default user when Windows was installed on the machine. To modify the
date format (e.g., so that the date appears as day/month/year instead of
month/day/year), perform the following steps:
1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
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5. Close the registry editor.
Gary Chambers
Resolving Connection Issues With Netwatcher In
Windows 98!
Any Network Administrator has run into the dilemma of certain users
being denied a connection to a computer while other users can connect
trouble-free. Of course, it's difficult to identify the problem if you
are unable to determine which users can access the shared resource and
which users cannot. If the shared resource is on a Windows 98 computer,
you can start to pinpoint the problem by using the Netwatcher utility (Netwatch.exe).
Netwatcher is located under Start | Programs | Accessories | System
Tools. If it is not there, you can add Netwatcher from the Windows Setup
Tab in Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add\Remove Programs.
Netwatcher will tell you exactly which users are permitted to connect to
a given computer. By comparing this list to a directory of all users on
the network, you should be able to determine which users cannot access
the desktop(s) in question. This provides a good starting point to
establish the differences between these users. The discrepancy probably
lays in either the users' accounts or in the computers they frequently
work with.
For instance, if you know that User A can connect to a particular
resource but User B cannot connect to the same computer, you might want
to start by looking at the users' respective account permissions. If
User B can successfully connect from another computer, however, you
might want to start looking at the computer he was using when the
connection failed. There's a fair chance the failed machine is suffering
from protocol issues.
Gary Chambers
Being Prepared For The Worst Will Stand You In
Good Stead In Case Of A System Meltdown. Your preparation will save you
time and trouble during that nerve-wracking initial stage of disaster
recovery, considerably ease your tension and anxiety, and ensure a
smoother, more focused approach of the final stages.
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