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Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want...   |
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June 2002
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Windows Tips: Six Windows Tweaks I Couldn't Live Without Make personal sticky notes, launch apps fast, create Search shortcuts, put folders on the Start menu... |
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Keeping a Clean Desktop I like having next to nothing on my desktop, usually just My Computer, My Network Places and Control Panel, though occasionally I'll add a folder for stuff I'm currently working on. |
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October 2001
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Windows Tips: A Better Start for Your Documents Menu Make the Documents menu display the file and folder shortcuts you want to see, use Windows' built-in glossary, optimize Windows' performance... |
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October 28, 2003
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Search Internet Explorer Favorites Internet Explorer does not provide a way for users to search the Favorites folder, something that becomes essential when you have a large number of favorite sites. Here's a work-around. |
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July 2001
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Windows Tips: Locate Files on a Multigigabyte Drive Find files on a big hard drive, organize your Start menu, open apps fast... |
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August 2001
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Windows Tips: Make Desktop Text Easy to Read Select a readable system font, create a Show Desktop icon, learn how to use your Windows key... |
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August 2001
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Who Knew Windows Could Do That? Our Windows guru shares 40 unexpected, supereasy tips for every version of the OS... |
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March 21, 2007
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Should I Report Program Problems to Microsoft? Tell Windows ahead of time when to send problem reports... Customize Office menus and Windows Explorer shortcuts. |
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April 29, 2002
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Customize Your Windows Desktop Want Windows your way? Follow our tips and whip your desktop into shape. |
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April 2004
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Seven Ways to Make Living With Windows Easier Get your operating system to look and work the way you prefer. |
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March 2006
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The Fastest Way to Open Items on Your Desktop Put your desktop on the menu... Access icons via the keyboard... Add info to your applications' title bars... |
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April 24, 2001
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What's on the Menu? You Decide Customize menus and accelerator keys... force Windows to exit or reboot... |
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April 2002
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Open Explorer to the Folders You Use Most Change the folder Explorer opens to, and create shortcuts that will open Explorer to all your favorite folders... |
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June 2005
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Six Quick Tips Help Tame Oversize Files and Folders How are you going to keep your multimegabyte files in line? Tame them with these slick file and folder tricks. |
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October 2004
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Toggle Your Screen Saver With a Single Click Create shortcuts to get your screen saver out of the way prior to defragging... Speed up Start menus... Take advantage of scrollbar tricks... |
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August 14, 2008
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Vista Folders Always Start at 800-by-600 What to do if Vista's stuck you with 800-by-600 windows. |
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May 2005
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Windows Tips: Window's Hidden Image Viewer Useful, little-known features of the seemingly disposable photo viewing utility. |
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July 2002
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Windows Tips: Show Windows' Control Panel Who's in Charge Add, remove, or alter Control Panel shortcuts, or get a new view with a freeware program. Plus, hide a shared drive... |
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May 30, 2007
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Curing an Outlook Free/Busy Mixup Solutions to a common Outlook problem. |
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January 2002
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Windows Tips: Take Charge of Windows Audio Controls Control Windows' audio commands, fix problem applications with fast access to the Task Manager... |
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February 1, 2006 |
Desktop.ini Files Open at Start-Up Prevent notepad files from appearing upon startup. |
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January 20, 2004
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Custom URL Shortcut Icons Lost I put shortcuts to some of my favorite Web pages in the Quick Launch area of the taskbar, but all icons have reverted to plain IE icons. How can this be avoided? |
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July 1, 2003
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Creating Linked Folders Do you know a way to "hyperlink" folders? |
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December 9, 2003 |
Shrink the Programs Menu How to solve the problems of too many programs to display in Windows XP's Start Menu |
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December 21, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Site-Specific Icons for Web Shortcuts Keep specific web shortcut icons from being replaced by standard icons. |
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January 2006
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Break Through Windows' Workspace Limitations Tips to gain usable space in Windows and in applications. |
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December 2003
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Windows Tips: Throwback -- Give XP That Old-Time Windows Look Plus: Reopen folders automatically; restore lost desktop icons; and print faster, conserve paper. |
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December 21, 2005
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Exploring Word Toolbars Customize your Word environment with these handy toolbar options. |
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January 10, 2007 |
Suppress the Reading Pane for All Outlook Folders Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 so it defaults to no reading pane must be made individually for each folder. |
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August 17, 2005
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Change a Hard Drive's Icon How to change the icon for a hard drive. |
PC World
November 2003
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Windows Tips: Fast Windows Navigation Is a Command Performance Improve your Windows efficiency by typing commands instead of clicking the mouse. |
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April 2002
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Super Windows Secrets Smart tips that unleash Windows' hidden powers -- whether you've upgraded to XP or not... |
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September 25, 2006
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Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
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October 1, 2003
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Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list? |
PC World
February 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Take Charge of Your Runaway Start Menu Slim down your Start menu by removing unused items... customize your Documents menu... set the size of file dialog boxes... |
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February 2003
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Windows Tips: Simplify Disk Maintenance With Custom Shortcuts Make ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter more automatic; tile or cascade windows quickly; print a font sampler. |
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March 2002
Scott Dunn |
Give XP's Search Tool a Good Going Over Get more out of Windows XP's Search tool... |
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September 5, 2008
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Open Objects in Windows Explorer Here's a way to create shortcuts the way you want them. |
PC World
September 25, 2007
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Keep Your Data Safe by Reorganizing Windows' Folders Moving the folders that hold your data files off your Windows drive makes backups and recoveries a breeze. |
PC World
April 2003
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Windows Tips: Take the Shortcut Route to Instant File Backups Easily back up your files after you finish working on them... restore the Change Passwords panel... hide specific file extensions. |
PC World
August 2005
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A Simple Fix for Windows' Misbehaving Folders Correct problems affecting the opening of folders and dialog boxes... XP's Image-Viewer Shortcut... Add a 'New Folder' Button to Windows Explorer... |
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January 31, 2007 |
Virtual Memory Low--What to Do? Some tips on how to fix the virtual memory when it is too low. |
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July 2002
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Create a Start-Up Floppy for Windows 2000 and XP Be prepared in case your Windows 2000 or XP machine won't boot. |
PC World
July 24, 2006
Andrew Brandt |
Step by Step: Get Any PC, New or Old, Ready for Everyday Use Customize your system settings, update drivers, get rid of built-in software you don't want, and more. |
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September 5, 2008
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Can't Create Groups in Windows Contacts It's dead simple to group specific contacts in the Windows Contacts folder in Vista. |
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May 9, 2008
Steve Bass |
Three Easy Fixes for Windows Annoyances Restore Windows' picture viewer, hibernate your PC instantly, and turn off indexing to crank up your system's performance. |
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November 2000
Lincoln Spector |
Identify Mystery Apps Running in the Shadows Identify background apps, customize Office's Place Bar, make your icons snappy... |
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July 2001
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Answer Line: Prep an Old PC for a New Home What to do to your computer before giving it to someone else... Executing programs at shut-down time... Make autostart CDs... Handling .zip with Windows Me... Office Shortcut Bar... Backing up dial-up network settings... |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
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Shortcut to Launch a Non-Default Browser Specify using Internet Explorer to open certain websites. |
