Terry's Computer Tips - Newsletter
December 25, 2005
Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter
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A computer tips newsletter for users of PC's.
Volume 1, Number 28 — Sunday, December 25, 2005
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Resizing Windows — and Keeping Them There
2. Updates Last Week
3. Another Windows XP Speed-up Tip
4. Backing Up Your Firefox Bookmarks
5. Comments From Readers
6. Freeware Picks of the Week
7. My Recommended Web Design Resources
8. Web Hosting Companies
9. Recommend my Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter to Your Friends
10. My Recommendations for Computer Security Software
11. Send me some email!
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1. Resizing Windows — and Keeping Them There
This week, reader Ed Pilarczyk wrote with a comment and a question:
Great newsletter...many tips hit home!
Question:
From time to time my IE window does not open maximized, but rather part screen.Than one day it is back to maximized. It is currently part screen again. My OS is XP sp2, and IE6 Is there a way to force it back to maximize, and stay that way? I right clicked on the IE icon in the task bar, and under properties it is set to maximize.
Thanks,
Ed Pilarczyk
Ed,
IE will remember the size and location of the window the last time you had it open.
When you shrink a window and then exit IE, it remembers that shrunken size and position for the next time it is opened.
To set your size, open IE. Adjust the window size to the size you want, then close IE. Now it will remember that size.
Now, open Firefox and do your web surfing with it. Firefox similarly remembers window size and placement, but it is much safer for your surfing.
Terry
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2. Updates Last Week
Microsoft (operating systems, email, web browser, office suites): None. Next scheduled update, Tueday, January 10, 2006.
Firefox (web browser, www.mozilla.org, free): Current version 1.5.
Opera (web browser, www.opera.com, free): Current version 8.51.
Eudora (email, www.eudora.com, options: paid, sponsored or free/lite): Current version 7.0.0.16.
OpenOffice (office suite, www.openoffice.org, free): Current version 2.01.
Eight weeks after 2.0, our first update remedies minor bugs and brings new features. For example, it is now possible to disable and hide particular application settings, which comes in handy for central administration in networks. Plus, a new keyboard shortcut permits the user to return to a saved cursor position. The bullets and numbering feature has been expanded, and a new mail merge feature is available.
3. Another Windows XP Speed-up Tip
Several people wrote about the tips on speeding up Windows in my email newsletter (Subscribe here) and in other articles in my online newsletter.
I fixed another one on my computer so long ago that I had almost forgotten it - and how frustrating this new "enhancement" to Windows XP actually is. But, yesterday, my wife asked for some help on her computer and tried to use the scroll bar...
What am talking about? Have you ever wanted to scroll up about 10 lines or so? You can click and hold the mouse button on the up arrow on the scroll bar. Just about the time Windows XP slowly gets there, the scroll speed triples and you go way past that point. The fix is easy.
First, right-click on a blank spot on the desktop. In the context menu that pops up, pick "Properties." Then, click on the Appearance tab and click on the Effects button.
Then, on the Effects window, Uncheck "Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips." Voilá! Now the scroll bars work smoothly!
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Continued in Part 2
Volume 1, Number 28 — Sunday, December 25, 2005
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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