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HELPFUL HINTS
Check your hard drive space - Inside the Explorer window, double-click any folder on your hard drive, and you'll see the facts in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window. For pie graph, inside a My Computer or Explorer window, right click your hard drive and select Properties. The pink represents the amount of hard disk space you have left.
Make a Floppy Copy - Put the disk you want to copy in your floppy drive and open the My Computer or Explorer window. Right-click your floppy drive icon and select Copy Disk. In the resulting dialog box, click Start. Once Windows has read everything from the original disk, you will be asked to insert the Destination disk. Pop it in and click OK and wait while everything on the first disk is copied to the second. When finished, you will get a message telling you it was a success.
Shut Down by Keyboard - While on your desktop (click a blank area once to be sure), press Alt-F4. It is the same as selecting Start, Shut Down. If you are in an open window or application, Alt-F4 will close that window.
Send File or Folder to a Floppy - Right-click the file or folder, select Send To and in the resulting menu, select your floppy drive with a disk. Done.
Undo Last Action - Did you just move, copy, rename, or delete something you shouldn't have? Not a problem. Windows allows you to undo your most recent action. Right-click the desktop or window (wherever you made the mistake) and select the Undo command. Alternatively, press Ctrl-Z or from inside a window, select Edit, Undo.
Which Version of Windows do you have? - Click on My Computer> Control Panel> System. Click on the General tab and it will tell you what you want to know.
Desktop Shortcut to Control Panel - Double-click My Computer, then right-click and drag the Control Panel icon onto the desktop. Release the mouse button, select Create Shortcut Here, and you're done.
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A Bridge To Hawaii
A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up, rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, "OK, OK. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah.
This is the fourth time this month and I'm getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three. You only get one wish!" The man sat and thought about it for a while and said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over there to visit?"The genie laughed and said, "That's impossible. Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete...how much steel! No, think of another wish." The man said OK and tried to think of a really good wish. Finally, he said, "I've been married and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don't care and that I'm insensitive. So, I wish that I could understand women....know how they feel inside and know why they're crying, know what they really want when they say nothing ...know how to make them truly happy...."
The genie said, "You want that bridge two lanes or four?" From my friend Nancy Smith.
MAC USERS
Open Documents with the Correct Application
Ever double-click on a file to open it, only to get an error message that says the parent application cannot be found? Or do you want all your text files to open in Word instead of Simple Text? There's an easy fix. Go to the File Exchange Control Panel, choose the File Translation tab, and Add any desired translations by first selecting an example document, then the application you want to use to open it.
Your System Clock - While you have to turn this feature on manually, Apple will let you automatically set your clock from a network time server. It will sync whenever you are connected to the Internet. Just open the Date&Time Control Panel from the Apple menu and check the "Use a Network Time Server" box. |
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