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WIN TIP OF THE DAY

These are the WinTips for the weeks of
July 26 through August 6, 1999!

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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     July 26, 1999 * *
For WIN9X-Send it to your Desktop

*You can also use the previous tip to hasten objects to your own Desktop. Follow the same steps below, but point the new shortcut to your local WINDOWS\DESKTOP directory. Then click on the Next button in the Create Shortcut Wizard dialog box, name the shortcut Desktop and click on Finish. (Note: By default, this Send To operation moves items; if you're using it from a different drive than the one your Desktop is stored on, Windows 9x copies the objects.) *
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     July 27, 1999 * *
For WIN9X - A Dialog for all drives

* Here's an easy way to view the properties for multiple hard drives all at once. Open My Computer and select all your hard drives by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on each drive. Next, right-click on any one of the drives and choose Properties from the Context menu that appears; Windows will create a single dialog with tabs for each drive. It also works for floppy, removable and mapped network drives. *
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     July 28, 1999 * *
For WIN9X- UT OH!!!

** WinTip for July 28 never arrived. I believe it is stuck in my mail box as I keep seeing this message flash by about a partial....something or other, BUT, since I can't capture the whole message, my lovely ISP can't find the problem and fix it. SO NO TIP FOR THIS DAY! Bummer! **
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     July 29, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X - Sound OFF

** Did the little yellow speaker that controls audio volume disappear from your taskbar's system tray? If so, open the Multimedia Control Panel. Under the Audio tab, check the "Show volume control on the taskbar" option in the Playback section (in Win98, the option is at the bottom of the dialog box). Click on OK, and the yellow speaker should return. If not, try reinstalling your audio driver and then repeat these steps.**
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     July 30, 1999 * *
For WIN9X - One-minute Life Saver

* * Prepare for possible PC catastrophes by regularly copying the following files to a second hard drive, removable hard disk or diskette-especially if you frequently install and uninstall applications. From your root directory (you may find only some of these), back up AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.DOS, CONFIG.SYS, CONFIG.DOS and MSDOS.SYS. From your Windows folder, back up CONTROL.INI, SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI, as well as the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT Registry files (SYSTEM.DAT probably won't fit on a floppy disk). * *
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     August 2, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X- Little known keyboard commands

* * To expand all the subfolders of a selected drive in Windows Explorer, press the asterisk (*) key on the numeric keypad (this could take a while if the directory has lots of folders in it). But watch out-there's no easy way to collapse them again. * *
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     August 3, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X- Little known keyboard commands II

* * To restore the default column widths in the Details view of any folder window and many program or applet windows, press Ctrl and the plus sign (+) key on the numeric keypad. * *
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     August 4, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X- Connecting SCSI Devices without Restarting

SCSI hardware such as scanners and tape backup devices often require you to reboot your system before using them. But sometimes you can force Win9x to recognize such devices right after you plug them in. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on the Device Manager tab, make sure the Computer entry is highlighted and click on the Refresh button. The device should appear under its appropriate heading in Device Manager.
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     August 5, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X- Direct Route to Documents

* Add a folder to the Start menu that holds all the documents you use frequently. Right-click on the Start button and choose Open. Then right-click on the folder background, choose New/Folder and give the new folder a name, like Hot Docs. For permanent documents in other folders, drag and drop shortcuts into the new folder. Or just copy or create new documents right in the Hot Docs folder. Either way, all you'll have to do is click on Start and open the Hot Docs folder to access your most important files.
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* * T I P   O F   T H E   D A Y     August 6, 1999 * *
For WIN 9X- Recycle Bin Prompts

* *If your Recycle Bin prompts you with the Are You Sure? message whenever you put something in it-even after you've unchecked the "Display delete confirmation dialog box" option in its Properties screen-here's a fix: Place a shortcut to the Recycle Bin in your C:\WINDOWS\SENDTO folder. To send something to the Recycle Bin without receiving the warning, just right-click on the file or folder and choose Send To/Recycle Bin. * *
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