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Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well Luvmyjrt if you mean the messenger that opens with outlook express...

1. Click on start then click run
2. When the window pops up for run type in msconfig and hit enter.
3. A new window will pop up that says
"System configuration utility."
4. There should be about 6 tabs at the top. General, system ini, winini, bootini, services and startup.

5. click the services tab.

6. Now just scroll down till you see messenger. There will be a little box next to it with a checkmark in it.

7. Uncheck that box. ONLY THAT BOX... it's important not to mess with anything else in here.

8. Click apply at the bottom and it will ask you to restart the computer.

boom done :o)


Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wanna speedup dialup connection?

For Windows 98


Go to Dial up Networking in My Computer.
1.Right-click on My Connection (or whatever you named the shortcut).
2.Go to Properties.
3.Click on the Server Types tab.
Be sure the "Logon to Network" box is unchecked.
Under Allowed Network Protocols, be sure that only the TCP/IP box is checked.


For Windows Me



1.Right-click your dialup connection.
2.Click Properties.
3.Click the Networking tab.
4.Make sure only TCP/IP is checked for Allowed Network Protocols.
5.Click the Security tab and uncheck Logon to Network

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
keys for those mouse haters :o)

1. SHIFT+F10: Equivalent of right-click

2. SHIFT+DEL: Deletes immediately without removing to the Recycle Bin

3. SHIFT+TAB: Moves to previous control in the dialog box (TAB alone goes forward, SHIFT+TAB backward)

4. Press Shift when inserting a CD-ROM and you can skip auto-run

5.Pressing Shift while holding down CTRL and dragging to the desktop or to a folder creates an instant shortcut.


6. Alt + Tab: This moves to the next open application window.


7. Alt + Spacebar: This opens a dialog box to maximize, move, and resize windows.


8. Ctrl + Home: This brings you to the top of a page.


9. Ctrl + End: This brings you to the bottom of a page

10. Control + Esc: Displays the Start menu.

11. Control + Z: Undoes last command.

12. Control + B: Bolds highlighted text.

13. Control + U: Underlines highlighted text.

14. Control + I: Italicizes(sp?) highlighted text.

15. Control + A: Selects all items in current window.

16. Control + Tab: Moves through Property tabs.
17. Control + F: Opens the Find window.

18. Control + F4: Closes current window in document programs like MS Word and Excel

NAP TIME... er maybe :o)

Jed.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did anyone see the clown Nimtu posted in my folder? EGAD MAN!! er ok umm a tip I guess. :o)

I did a few things for those of us that hate using the mouse. Now one for those of us who are looking for creative ways to use the mouse. Or for those of us that wanna speed things up a bit.

go here and download speedworker. Seems kinda like a weird concept, but, my younger brother loves this. It lets you set up your mouse so that certian movements open programs you select.

Lets say your like me.... cute... er I mean silly and ya wanna be able to play certian midi's or Mp3's at the drop of a hat. Well it'd take too long to navigate to your mp3 folder and find the right one.

But, if you have speed worker you can make it pop up by the stroke of the mouse.

Ok lets say your more practacle then I am. And your working away then suddenly need to open something up. Just a wave of the mouse and MSword pops up ready to do your bidding. Or your favorite game.

it's like magic I tell ya. :o)

Jed.

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No Jed, its called Messenger Service and happens when I'm online.....I thought I read it could be disabled?

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmyjrt: What OS are you using? Windows XP?
Do you use AOL to get on-line?

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Windows XP and no, I hate AOL. Internet Explorer from a cable modem (Charter Communications)

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Luvmyjrt: Go to the Control Panel and double click Administrative Tools.
Now double click Services and if you select Detail under the View menu, you should see a screen similar to this:

Services

Scroll down and locate the Messenger service.
Yours should have a Status of Started and a Startup Type of Automatic.

Double click on Messenger and you should get:

Messenger

Click Stop under Service Status: to stop the Messenger service for this login.
Change the Startup Type to Disabled to prevent the Messenger service from starting on future boots.

Messenger pop-ups should no longer occur and nothing else will likely be affected. If a program appears to no longer work, check to see if it requires the messenger service. If it does, then you would have to change the startup type back to automatic or at least start it manually to use that program.


Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you! You guys rock!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jed, when I do Ctrl-F4 it brings down the history in my address bar. Alt-F4 closes the current window.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep Juju alt F4 should close current window.... uhhh sorry I was kinda sleepy :o)

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great threat Jed. Thanks for all the fabu tips. I'm reading! :-)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just keepin' you on your toes, Jed. You know I think you are adorable.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Wendo. And I know Juju someone's gotta keep my mind on track or else I'll run amuck... what does that mean anyway? I'm not even muck certified I don't think? :o)

I'll post some more tips later today. :o)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok tips now. hehe :o) Well one anyway.

I heard a friend of mine talking about a bloody font.. eh? Anyway he was saying that he liked it, but, it could look better.

So if your into fonts, but, the one you found isn't exactly how you want it to be. then this is how ya search for fonts that look like it.

1. Click Start button then Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Fonts folder.

3. Now at the top of the folder where it says file edit view favorites tools help... Click the view option in the window that pops up click "List Fonts By Similarity."

4. Choose the name of a font that as my friend put it "could be better" from the "List fonts by similarity" drop-down menu. You'll get a list of fonts in order of similarity.

5. Double-click the name of each font to see how it looks.



Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well I thought why not put a file on here too. :o) I thought I'd talk about a way to speed up your dial up connection time... But, I think most people know that one already so...

How about a file that helps ya speed up your net connection Broadband or dial up. So why not give it a look the download is Here

And incase ya wanna read the webpage and see what else they have to offer that is Right here :o) And yes I meant to make my little smiley face clickable. :o)

Jed.

Wapland
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Keep them coming Jed Thanks! Wappy

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok I know alot of people have asked for help with popups, Associate files with programs, Delete without the Recycle Bin,(which I covered before), and zip file extraction time, OH and uhh.... I'll throw in a defrag tip for good measure. :o)


1. Kill those popups....

Ok here is a site that has a good free popup stopper. Click me please :o) and yes again my face is clickable. :o)

The great thing about that program is you can opt-in to popups. Sounds kinda funky eh? Well the ones you OPT-IN to will be the ones you let popup. The ones you DON"T OPT-IN to won't pop up. :o)

Mozilla is a good little browsing program... you will kinda need to manually set up the popup stopper for each new site. It's not that hard to do though... just

1 Click Tools and choose Popup Manager.
2 Select Suppress Popups from this Site.

You can also set up a list of sites to block.


1 Click Tools and choose Popup Manager.
2 Select Manage Popup Permissions.
3 Type the Web addresses you want to add to the list.

Then there is ofcourse the Google Toolbar:o) <clickable face again heheh.

Then something a little different then free surfer mkII is POW It automatically detects pop ups and asks you what you want to do with them.

Uhh I'm getting sleepy now so I think I'll do the other tips later today... or in the am tues. :o)

Jed. :o)


Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
^^^^^ heh it wouldn't let me post the link correctly so I posted the whole url. :o)

Ok one more tip.. :o)

Associate files with programs..

Like MP3's for example most of the time you have more then one player and they all wanna serve up your music to ya... nice eh? :o)

Well if you like winamp better then real one, but, real one is being a bully this is how ya fix that...


1. click a file to select it.
2. right-click the file and Click Open With.
3. Select a program.
4. Check "Always use this program to open this type of file." If you don't, this will only open it with the program of choice once. then it will be back to the default player.

5. Click OK.

What the big bad bully real one is still latching on to your mp3s? That ain't right so Here's what to do now.

For windows media player

1. Go to the Tools menu and choose Options.
2. Go to the File Types tab.
3. Select the file formats you want to play back in Windows Media Player.
4. Save your selections.

For winamp
On install, winamp will ask you if you would like it to play all the supported media types. If you said yes and want to change those file associations, do this.

1. Right-click anywhere on the Winamp player but not on a button.
2. Click Options and choose Preferences.
3. Under Setup , choose File Types.
If you would like Winamp to be the default player for an extension, toggle it on, or simply select the All button or the None button.
Click Close.

Done. :o)


Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Alright where were we? :o)

I think I covered everything I talked about yesterday except for zip files, and defrag. I've seen some people say that it's a little irritating and takes to long to unzip files.

Well this might be a faster way to do it. Ok first off lets check to see if your winzip/winace/winrar added shell extensions to your right click.

Right click on something zip file or not... Now in the window that pops up you should have a few new options. They should show your winrar or zip or ace icon and say something like add to... compress to.

Or if it's a zip file it should say extract to.

Now if you don't have that then you need to reinstall and where it says shell extensions let it add them.

Ok now we should be ready to go.
1. download ya a zip file.
2. right click on it and select extract to... Now in the new window extract to specified folder.
3. Click ok that will extract the zip file to the specified folder.

And if you have multiple files in the zip file you can highlight them all and extract them all to the same folder. :o)




Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We all know defrag is no fun. So I'll skim on this one a bit if someone needs it to be more detailed.. Then I'll zap a post right up here with mroe details. :o)

For now just some tips on how to make sure it finishes.

Before you defrag make sure you turn off anything running in the background. This won't speed up defrag, but, if you don't do this then defrag might not finish.

Turn off your screen saver. Ok for windows anything other then xp...
1. Click the start button on the lower left hand of your screen.

2. Now click program files/then accessories/ then click system tools/ finally click disk defragmenter.

3. In the window that popsup select the drive you want to defrag, Then click the settings button.

4. In disk defragmenter dettings, check mark "Rearrange program files so my programs start faster" and "Check drive for errors"

5. Click OK this will bring you back to the defragment window... click ok there to start the defrag.


Now for windows XP...

1. Just right click my computer... and pick manage in the window that popsup.

2. Click defragment. :o)





Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok here's a spam tip ... just cause I'm hungry :o)

There are tons of ways and tons of programs that work and that don't work. You can get your own domain that way your not tied to the ISP (internet service provider). And spam isn't such a problem.

So uhhh which one do I post?

Ok I'LL PICK!! :o) heh

This one is free and seems to be fairly easy to use so here it is.... SPAMPAL :o)

here's what you do with it

1. download and install the program.
2. configure it for your email... They have a manual to help you configure it for a few different email accounts here... CLICK ME! :o)
3. Set up your spam filters to send the spam to a different folder.
4. download your mail. :o)

Now there will be some spam that makes it past the filters. So you can configure your spampal to better stop the spam with the lil icon it puts on your toolbar.

The website has instructions on that too... and here they are:o)

Jed. :o)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FREE STUFF... tons of it... :o)

Ok I'm full of info today cause I just opened up my pack O lil floppy disks and found some info ya might like.

1. Free office software.
just click here

2. security. :o)
antivirus

3. music/video players.
WINAMP, Music match jukebox

4. opereating systems. redhat anyone? Or maybe you would rather have Linux's Mandrake?

5. Games.

Puzzel Pirates Or ... A page of free games :o)

Ok so maybe this post wasn't as useful as I thought it might be. But, oh well it's free stuff right? :o)

Jed.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Morning Jed, I woke up this morning with the song "Her Name Was Lola" running through my head. Any chance that you were humming that song this morning? I have no other explanation for this..................

(sorry to be off topic in your thread)

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey Jed. I'll second your recommendation for the AVG anti-virus from Grisoft.

It is free for home use and has all the features of the bigger name virus programs. You can set it up to download new virus definitions every night (or how ever often you want) and schedule automated full scans.

I usually install this on friends computers after they let their virus scan trial (that came with the computer) expire. It even screened the Mydoom virus when other anti-virus programs were not yet identifying it.

Also, Linux good. :-)