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June-July
2002 - Volume 1, Issue 4
Tips To Succeed In Common Tasks
Windows 98
Here's a tweaker's tip to help you goad your Windows 98 PC into running
a little faster: trick it into thinking it's a network server. On
the Desktop, right-click My Computer and select Properties. Click
the Performance tab, then File System. If the entry blank next to
Typical Role Of This Computer reads Desktop Computer or Mobile Or
Docking System, click the Down arrow and choose Network Server. While
you're there, click the slider bar next to Read-Ahead Optimization
and drag it all the way to the right (Full). Finally, click Apply,
OK, Close, and Yes to restart your PC.
Microsoft
Office
What if we told you that your Win98 system probably has a little
TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident program) running in the background
that slows down your system just so you could enjoy a slightly faster
launch of any Microsoft Office applications you happen to open?
If you find yourself indignant at the very thought, take your rage
out upon the sneaky little TSR called Office Startup. Click the
Start button and Programs, then Startup. If Office Startup appears
among the TSRs in the Startup folder, right-click it and select
Cut. Now right-click Disabled Startup Items (or Accessories), click
Paste, and reboot your PC.
Eye Strain
Feel like you're getting cross-eyed after a long computing session?
Even if you have your monitor set to a fast refresh rate (the number
of times the computer redraws the screen per second, measured in
hertz) of 75Hz or faster, you should know that your eyes aren't
out of the woods yet. It's best to take a short break every so often.
Look around the room. Take your time and focus your eyes on distant
objects, then closer ones. This will help keep your eyes from fatiguing
too quickly. Better still, try to avoid massive computing sessions.
Line up the icons
Here's a simple tip that can clean up your Desktop and keep all
of your icons in neat little rows. Right-click any blank section
of the Desktop and select Arrange Icons By. On the submenu that
pops up, check the option marked Align To Grid. This will line up
your icons in a grid pattern no matter how much you move them around.
WinZip 8.0
Use WinZip to create and span a zipped file across two or more diskettes.
In the program's Wizard interface, select the Create A New Zip File
option and click Next. Type the path and name of the Zip file that
you want to create-for example, A:Newzip.zip-and click Next. Now,
simply drag and drop the files you want to zip into the Wizard's
Select Files window or click the Add Files or Add Folders buttons
to locate.
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