Tips for Windows 95, 98 and Windows 2000 #6 - Computers - http://maxpages.com/nanotechnology/Tips

51. View web pages in Task bar:

The task bar can actually host web pages; a stock ticker, for instance. Right click on the task bar, select Toolbars, New toolbar, and type a local or remote web page address.

52. Win98 Keyboard shortcuts:

Windows 98 has built- in support for the Microsoft Natural Keyboard using the special keys as follows:

WIN + R = Display the Run dialog box
WIN + M= Minimize all windows currently open.
WIN + Shift + M= Undo Minimize all windows
WIN + F1= Start Help
WIN + E= Start Explorer
WIN + F= Start Find Files/Folders dialog box.
CNTL + WIN = F = Start Find computer dialog box.
WIN + TAB = Cycle through taskbar buttons.
WIN + BREAK = Display Systems Properties panel.

Credit to: www.worldowindows.com/w98-gen.html

53. Instant Screenshot!

You don’t need a fancy graphics program to get a screenshot of what’s on your computer. If you are in any windows based program just hit the print screen key on your keyboard and you have a full screenshot.

Paste it into whatever you like! This allows you to get information out of a DOS text box and onto a printer in a desperate situation if you are running in a windows DOS box…

54. Instant Screenshot Part 2

Hitting the printscreen key captures your whole desktop to the windows clipboard and you can then paste it to any graphics program.

An additional tip is to highlight one window on the desktop and hit printscreen while holding down the ALT key and it captures only that one window to the clipboard.

55. Open files with:

Here are three ways to open files with a specific program.

METHOD 1. Add to the file’s context menu.
Files in Windows Explorer have a context menu with “Open”, “Edit”, etc.
You can add things to this menu, or change existing ones.

1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. Click View-> Folder Options
3. Select the File Types tab
4. Select the file type you want to add to… “ Microsoft HTML Document
5. 0” for example
6. Click “Edit.”
7. In the Actions box, you can Edit existing actions.
8. To create a new action:
A. Click “New…”
B. For “Action”, type a description of the action… “Edit in & Notepad”, for example. (The ampersand will make the next letter appear underlined, so you can use a keyboard shortcut.)
C. For “Application used…”type the command line to start the program, such as “C:\Windows\Notepad.exe”.

METHOD 2. Add items to the SendTo folder.
You can put shortcuts to programs in the Send To menu.

1. Start Windows Explorer
2. Go to C:\Windows\SendTo
3. Create a new folder called “Programs” (or whatever you want to call it)
4. Drag shortcuts from the start menu into this folder (be sure to right-drag so you don’t remove it from the start menu), or create new shortcuts in it.

When you right-click on a file in Explorer, choose Send To from the context menu. Your newly created folder and icons will be here.

METHOD 3. Drag files to a shortcut.
You can drag a file from Explorer and drop it on a shortcut on the desktop. The application will start and the file will open.

Another way is to create a new toolbar with the programs you use often. Then drag file from Explorer to the program icons on your toolbar. It’s easier to do if you have your toolbar set to Large. (For some reason, if you try to drag to an IE icon you get the “no drop” mouse pointer. It works with Netscape…Uh-oh MS L

56. Short-cut to System Properties.

Right click on “My Computer” then click “Properties”.

This saves you going into Control Panel.

57. Deleting certain files from the documents menu

Ever wanted to delete documents from the Documents menu, simply right lick on the document of your choice and select the delete option.

58. Drop the video setting back a notch:

Ok, a lot of people have stability problems in Windows, here is a way that a lot of these problems can be solved:

1. Go to the Start Menu
2. Go into Control Panel
3. Double click the System icon
4. Go to the performance tab
5. Select Graphics
6. Move the performance tab back to none.
7. Reboot and run your apps, if you have no crashes, step the performace slider up 1 notch, reboot, and test. Keep doing this till you get the crashes again, then move it back 1 notch and keep it there.

59. Browse in new process:

Ok, after running Internet Explorer, you notice there’s some resource leaks and instability, well, here’s a quick solution to the problem…

1. Go to the Start Menu
2. Go to Setting
3. Open Control Panel
4. Double click the Internet Icon
5. Go to the Advanced Tab
6. Put a check mark in “ Browse in a new process”
7. That’s it you have successfully fixed the problem.

60. Benchmark your CD-ROM drive:

Put a CD in your CD-ROM drive then:

#1 Open:

Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/ System Inoformation
#2 Click on:

Hardware Resources/Components/ Multimedia/ CD-ROM

#3 You will get some benchmarks.

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