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WINDOWS EXPLORER IS GOOD!
The Links toolbar is one of the best features of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. This handy toolbar sits below the Address bar, and puts you one click away from your favorite sites. By default, it's filled with links to the Microsoft Web site--but it doesn't have to be. Here's how to make it your own.
QUICK LINKS:
If you don't see the Links toolbar, SELECT OR CLICK VIEW, THEN Toolbars, THEN Links. To DELETE a favorite from the Links toolbar, right-click it and choose Delete. To move a favorite to a new position on the Links bar, simply click and drag it to a new position.
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows By learning keyboard shortcuts, you can avoid using the mouse, which usually takes more time and can also be painful. You can use keyboard actions as you build macros in your speech application; to "capture" it in the macro, usually you can just say the action rather than physically hitting the keys. FYI, the Internet browser Opera (see http://opera.nta.no/product.htm) has long been keyboard-based; with it, you can say "tab," for instance, to move to the next link. No clicking necessary. Internet Explorer and Netscape (version 4, that is) are largely navigable by keystroke. You may also be interested in trying the Power Toys and David Aylott's Windows Utilities (shareware). These utility sets can save you lots of handwork. A shareware program called MouseTool does the clicking of the mouse for you; when the pointer is at a point for a certain period, a click is produced by the program. There is a freeware booklet available for download called Escape from the Mousetrap from Michael Maardt of KnowWare. Anyone who finds the Windows experience confusing or just plain frustrating would benefit from this booklet, which explores the Explorer and how to navigate by keystroke rather than mouse. These keyboard actions apply to Windows 95, 98 and NT (with some variations in NT). Windows 98 does not handle keyboard switching among the Start button, the Taskbar and the Desktop in a consistent manner, however. Sick of clicking the little "x"? ALT+ SPACEBAR � opens control menu (like clicking on the symbol in the top left corner of a window, from which you select (perhaps using mouse, perhaps using arrow keys and enter) among restore, minimize, maximize, close, etc) ALT+HYPHEN � opens the document or window control menu. ALT+F4 � shuts down the selected program, window or dialogue box. CTRL+F4 � shuts down the selected document/file. Some biggies ENTER � will activate a selected item. Hitting Enter with a program icon selected will open the program. with a button highlighted, will activate the "button." It appears highlighted from the heavier line around it, or it might look like a depressed button. Hitting a letter key will take you to the first item in an open or save dialogue box that begins with that letter. I.E., in open file dialogue box, hit w one or more times to go to the "Windows" folder in the list of stuff that appears on the C drive. This can save a whole lot of hand action. ESC � to cancel, or get rid of something like box or window that popped up when you didn't want it (or if you change your mind) etc. ANY ARROW KEY � removes highlighting; that is, undoes a selection. SHIFT+F10 � like right click of mouse, brings up context menu. TAB � takes you from one field to another, one "button" to another, one icon to another etc. SHIFT+TAB � tabs you backward ALT+DOWN ARROW � opens a "Drop down list." It's like clicking those little arrows of fields in which you make a choice, for instance in the "Look in" field of an "Open" dialogue box. Alt magic ALT + the underlined letter in a menu item carries out the action. ALT or F10 � hitting this all by itself takes you to the menu bar, which can be navigated by arrow keys or by typing the underlined letter. The versatile spacebar SPACEBAR � hitting this will finalize a selection of an item in a list or an icon on the screen that's only half-selected, i.e., there's a box around the name but full highlighting is not there. Also puts a checkmark or big dot in a little box or circle for you to check one of several options. The three-finger salute CTRL+ALT+DEL � Shows you what�s really running on your computer. Use this if things stall. Reboots the computer � eventually. First, it'll tell you what's hung up. CTRL+ESC � same as clicking on the "start button" in the taskbar area of the screen BACKSPACE � takes you back one level in the Windows hierarchy. With a folder open, it will take you to the parent folder, for instance. ALT+TAB � holding down the ALT while hitting TAB cycles you through open applications. ALT+ESC cycles between the last two open programs. ALT+ENTER � opens the item's Properties. It's a control thing CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE � undo. Undoes the previous editing action, if the application allows. CTRL+Y � redo. In some applications (Excel, for example), this combination repeats the last action. CTRL+A � select all. CTRL+X � cut. Removes your selected block from your document (or selected icon) and puts it on the Windows Clipboard. CTRL+C � copy. Puts a copy of the block on the Clipboard. CTRL+V � paste. CTRL+P � Use this to print. CTRL+S � save. CTRL+N � new document. CTRL+O � open. Brings forth the open file dialogue box. CTRL+B � toggle bold off and on with this; this will apply (or remove) bolding to either selected items or to the text that's input next. CTRL+I � toggle italic with this. CTRL+U toggles underlining. HOME � to beginning of line or far left of field or screen. END � to end of line, or far right of field or screen. CTRL+HOME � to the top CTRL+END � to the bottom PAGE UP � moves you up in your document or dialogue box by one page PAGE DOWN � moves you down in your document or dialogue list by one page Shift for selection; Ctrl for amplifying movement Hitting the ARROW KEYS will move you about the screen or dialogue box, or menu, not just a document. Modifier keys like CTRL and SHIFT when pressed at same time as arrow keys or page up and page down will perform selection and larger movements. You can undo a selection by hitting any arrow key. If you select too far, you can undo part of the selection by holding the SHIFT key down as you go in the opposite direction. In a document, that means, for example, that CTRL+RIGHT ARROW � jumps your cursor to the next word. SHIFT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW � selects from cursor position to the start of the next word. SHIFT+DOWN ARROW - selects from cursor position down one line. CTRL+DOWN ARROW � jumps your cursor to the next paragraph. SHIFT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW � selects from cursor position to the next paragraph. Using SHIFT and CTRL with PAGE DOWN, HOME, END, PAGE UP will also be useful. For instance: SHIFT+CTRL+END � selects from cursor position through the end of the document. With the HOME key, you select to the top of the document. SHIFT+PAGE DOWN � selects from cursor position down a page. With the PAGE Up key, you select up a page. SHIFT+END � selects from cursor position to the end of the line SHIFT+HOME � selects from cursor position to the start of the line Noncontiguous selection in a list CTRL+SPACEBAR � hitting these keys allow for noncontiguous selection. CTRL+ARROW KEYS allow movement to the items you want to select noncontiguously. Did you know ... ? Have you ever wondered whether you could maneuver in a Help contents page without clicking? What about those parts of Windows that have + signs and - signs? What about dialogue boxes, like "open" or "save," with icons and arrow-marked fields? ALT+DOWN ARROW � is one of the Biggies, as noted earlier. It opens up a "Drop down list" - those little arrows that sit next to fields in which you must make a choice, for instance in the "Look in" field of an "Open" dialogue box. BACKSPACE or ALT+1 � in a dialogue box (Save As, for instance), this will move you up one level in the Windows hierarchy. ALT+2 � will activate the Favorites folder in a dialogue box. ALT+3 will open the save-to-favorites folder button, and ALT+4 gives you the list view, ALT+5 the details view. NUMBERPAD* � in places like Explorer, the Registry or Help file pages with little book icons, this expands everything under the selected item, through all "child" layers. NUM+ � Expands a selection (just one layer). NUM- � Collapses a selection (just one layer). RIGHT ARROW � Expands current selection if it's collapsed (same as NUM+); otherwise goes to the first "child." LEFT ARROW � Collapses current selection if it's expanded (same as NUM-); otherwise goes to the "parent" item. F6 � Takes you to the opposite pane, as in the Explorer, the Registry or in some applications (in the design view of an MS Access macro, for example). ALT+F6 � Switches you between parts of the same application. For instance, if the Find dialogue box is open, hitting ALT+F6 will keep the box open but will return the focus to the document. About those F keys F1 � Help. F2 � Rename, or edit. Hit F2, with an icon selected, will let you rename the icon. In Excel or Access, F2 takes you from having the entire field or cell selected to an editing position within the field. Do this and you don't have to click. F3 � Find. Outside an application, will open "Find files or folders." Within an application, performs a Find Next function. F4 � Opens a drop-down list. F5 � Refresh, or reload. F6 � move to opposite pane. F10 � Toggles you from the text area to the menu area. From there, arrow keys will move you among menus. Other F keys are used for specific purposes within applications. Some examples of using the keyboard 1. You want to select the next line of text, but not the last two words. What do you do? Down Arrow ... Home ... Shift+End ... Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow twice 2. Your cursor is in the middle of a paragraph. You decide you want to move that paragraph up by one paragraph. What do you do? Ctrl+Up Arrow ...Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow ... Ctrl+x ... Ctrl+Up Arrow ... Ctrl+V (This assumes there�s no line space between paragraphs. If there is, you�ll treat the line space as another paragraph. 3. You want to sign off Windows 95 and your mouse seems to have come unplugged. What do you do? Alt+F4, Enter. Or, Ctrl+Esc, Up, Enter, Enter. (These assume your first option is selected in the shutdown menu.) 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TITLE: Quick Eject a CD-ROM
To eject a CD-ROM from the drive, select the CD-ROM drive in My Computer and right-click. Select eject from the menu.
TITLE: Start Menu short cut
Press CRTL-ESC to select the Start Menu, then use the underlined letters or arrow keys to get to your required option.
TITLE: Quick Restart
If you need to restart Windows to let settings changes take effect, you don't have to reboot the machine. Instead select Shut Down from the Start menu and the hold down the SHIFT key and click on the Restart Computer option. Then, whilst still holding down the shift key, select OK. When you get a message saying "Windows is now restarting" you can let go of the SHIFT key.
TITLE: Making the most of floppies
Drivespace can be used on floppies as well as hard drives, giving you more space on them. However, remember to use Drivespace to format them.
TITLE: Taskbar change
You change the size and/or position of the taskbar just as you would any other window. To move it, click, hold and drag it - for instance to the side of your desktop. To change the size, click on a border and drag it out to the required size.
TITLE: By-pass the association
If you want to by-pass the default association for a file when opening it, hold the SHIFT key whilst Right-clicking it. You will get a menu option to "Open With" allowing you to choose the application.
TITLE: No Auto-play
If you want to stop the Auto-play feature when inserting a CD, hold the SHIFT key when you insert the CD.
TITLE: Powertoys
The powertoys are probably the best bits of Windows 95 (see references in this Notice Board). These are the really useful utilities you always wanted. The Win95 development team came up with these too late for inclusion in the final cut. You can download the Power toys from the Microsoft web site (www.microsoft.com) or they can be found ON several magazine cover disks.
NOTE: Microsoft doesn't support these tools, but they are worth their weight in gold!

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TAKE OUT THE CACHE
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 helps you browse more quickly by storing recent versions of Web pages you've already opened. The problem is, the cache eats up valuable hard drive space. If you don't mind a slight delay when you're browsing and want to recover more space, tell MSIE 5 to empty the cache each time you close the browser. Select Tools, Internet Options, and click the Advanced tab. Under Security, check Empty Temporary Internet Files Folder When Browser Is Closed. Click the OK button to save your changes.

INSERTING AND MOVING GRAPHICS FILES
You probably already know how to insert clip art into a document in Word 2000 (select Insert, Picture, Clip Art), but you may not have experimented with inserting other kinds of image files. But you can, you can. From GIFs to JPEGs to most image formats you can name, Word 2000 can accommodate them all. To insert an image, select Insert, Picture, From File. Browse through your files until you find the image you're looking for, and click OK. You will notice that your image is inserted along the left edge of your document, anchored to the previous paragraph. You'll probably want to move this image somewhere else. To do so, you have to change the image from being an inline graphic. Right-click on it and select Format Picture. Click the Layout tab, select either In Front Of Text or Behind Text (depending on whether you want to be able to read text through the image or not), and click OK. You can now grab the image and drag it where you wish.

We often publish tips requiring that you make changes to the Internet Options dialog box. Here's a quick way to open the dialog box without touching your mouse. Select Alt-T, then press the O key.

WEBMASTERS TIP - Accesskey
NOTE: In code examples I add a period after every left arrow bracket to prevent the code from activating. Remember to remove the period(s) or it won't work. On to the tip...
Did you know you can code your pages so links are accessible by keystroke rather than clucking a lunk...I mean, clicking a link? This is mostly used for disability accessibility, but can be fun to play around with too. Just drop this into your page and try it:
<.A accesskey="L" href="http://www.geocities.com/humble3d/links.html">Links<./A>
If the above code were inserted into a page and you had a page named links.html, you could cluck the lunk as usual to access the Links page, or you could hit the Alt key and letter L on your keyboard to go there.
You can include a full URL and use it to link to a page off your site too. Change the "L" to whatever letter you want to associate with the link. If you use it, don't forget to tell your guests how it works. You could even tell them it's magic and have it as a hidden link.
It might be most useful to have it coded on all your pages as a link back to your main index page and tell users to press Alt+H on any page to return to the home page.

EXPLORER 5
CHANGE LINK COLORS
You can change the color of links you point to, making them stand out a bit from the standard blue. Select Tools, Internet Options. From the General tab, select the Colors button. Select the Use Hover Color check box. Now select the box next to the word Hover, choose a color, and click OK three times to close all open dialog boxes and save your changes.

WIN 95CLEAN A USER'S DOCUMENTS LIST
Are there items on your Start menu's Documents list that you'd like to delete? The procedure varies a bit depending on whether you have user profiles enabled (and whether you've installed IE 4.x).
If you don't have user profiles enabled, navigate your way to C:\Windows\Recent and delete any of the items inside. If you do have them enabled, then the address of the Recent folder is C:\Windows\Profiles\\Recent. Again, delete any items inside. Either way, the Recent folder is a hidden folder, so you'll need to make sure you have hidden files displayed.
(Note: If you have IE 4.x installed on your system--or had it and then upgraded to a later version--you can delete an item from the Documents list by right-clicking it on the Start menu and selecting Delete.)

REGAIN 7 MB OF HARD DISK SPACE
Looking for ways to free up hard disk space? You can free 7 megabytes' worth by deleting the video clips in the Windows 95 Help folder. (They're for novice users only.)
Select Start, Find, Files Or Folders. Click the Browse button, navigate your way to the C:\Windows\Help folder, and click OK. On the Named line, type
*.avi
then click the Find Now button. Select the first *.avi file, then hold down the Shift key and click the last file. Now press the Delete key on your keyboard (and if necessary, click Yes to confirm).

HOLD THAT SOUND
As you surf, you may come across some pages that launch unexpected background sounds. This can be an annoyance, especially if you're browsing late at night and don't want to wake up the whole house. Here's how to turn off sounds, at least temporarily. Select Tools, Internet Options, and click the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Multimedia sections and deselect the check box labeled Play Sounds. Click the OK button to save changes.
You'll find more information about turning off multimedia at the following Web address:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q153/7/75.asp

MICROSOFT WINDOWS COMPUTER BROWSER RESET
The Microsoft Windows implementation of the Browser Protocol contains an undocumented feature that provides for the remote shutdown of the Computer Browser Service on a single computer or multiple computers. The undocumented feature is known as ResetBrowser. While the entire CIFS Browser Protocol is unauthenticated, allowing many avenues of attack, the ResetBrowser frame presents a unique opportunity. It has the potential to either shut down the Computer Browser Service on a Windows host or reset its state. This can provide an opportunity for a DoS (Denial of Service) attack or allow an attacker to shut down a specific browser or a number of browsers selectively as part of a larger attack. Microsoft has released a patch for this vulnerability for various versions of Windows, and is offering the patches at
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Server, and Server, Enterprise Edition http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=21397
Windows 2000 http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=21298 For more information, read the Microsoft Security Bulletin at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-036.asp
Anthony Osborne at the COVERT Labs of PGP Security conducted the discovery and documentation of this vulnerability.

EXPLORER 5.5
CTRL SHORTCUTS
Every month we point out a few handy keyboard shortcuts that save time by leaving the mouse in the stationary position. In honor of the release of Microsoft Explorer 5.5, with its new print preview features, we present some handy shortcuts for printing, along with the usual browsing shortcut fare.

• Ctrl-Tab to jump between frames on a page.
  
• Ctrl-E to open the Search Bar.
  

• Ctrl-click in the History or Favorites bars to open multiple folders simultaneously.
  
• For MSIE 5.5, press:
  
• Alt-minus key (-) to zoom out.
  
• Alt-plus key (+) to zoom in.
  
• Alt-C to close Print Preview.

USE TWEAK UI TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM INSTALL/UNINSTALL LIST
We frequently receive email from readers asking how to remove stubborn names from the Install/Uninstall tab of the Add/Remove Programs Properties window (the one that appears when you open the Control Panel and double-click Add/Remove Programs). There are two ways to go about it.
The first and easiest is to use the Tweak UI PowerToy. (See note below for information on obtaining this utility.) Open the Control Panel, double-click Tweak UI, and select the Add/Remove tab. Select the item you'd like to remove from the Install/Uninstall list, click the Remove button, then click Yes to confirm. Repeat these steps for each item you want to remove, then click OK.
Note: If you don't have the Tweak UI PowerToy, point your Web browser at
http://www.pcworld.com/r/pr/1%2C2061%2Cpr-w95-82%2C00.html
and download W95powertoy.exe to your folder of choice, such as a PowerToys folder on the desktop. Double-click this file to extract its contents, then right-click tweakui.inf and select Install. You can now open Tweak UI by double-clicking its icon inside your Control Panel.
In our next tip, we'll show you how to clean out the Install/Uninstall list without using Tweak UI.

VERSION 5.5 FINALLY HERE
Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 5.5 in July. It's usually a good idea to wait a month or so after a new release to download it. After a wide public release, a few bugs appear, and an update will follow. In fact, Microsoft announced an update soon after the final version of the program debuted.
So what's new? The latest features in 5.5 include better Dynamic HTML (DHTML) support and print preview controls--not necessarily compelling to a large number of users, so stick tight if you're happy with your version of MSIE 5. That said, we've been using version 5.5 for several weeks without any problems. The latest version is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
Enjoy!

USE REGISTRY TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM INSTALL/UNINSTALL LIST
As we mentioned in our last tip, there are two ways to remove unwanted items from the Install/Uninstall tab of the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box (the one that appears when you open the Control Panel and double-click Add/Remove Programs). One is to use the Tweak UI PowerToy: Open the Control Panel, double-click Tweak UI, select the Add/Remove tab, select an item you'd like to remove, click the Remove button, then click Yes to confirm.
Even if you don't have Tweak UI and don't want to download it from
http://www.pcworld.com/r/pr/1%2C2061%2Cpr-w95-82%2C00.html
you can still clean out the Install/Uninstall list. You'll just need to do a little Registry editing. (Note: As always, back up your Registry files--System.dat and User.dat, hidden files on the root of your hard drive--before proceeding.)
Open the Registry Editor by selecting Start, Run, typing
regedit and clicking OK. Navigate your way to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall
In the left pane, with the Uninstall key expanded, right-click any item and select Delete. Click Yes to confirm, and that item is officially off the list. Repeat these steps for each item you'd like to remove, then close the Registry Editor.

AUTOHIDE IN FULL-SCREEN MODE
And now, we proudly present an Auto-Hide tip for those who run Internet Explorer 5 in full-screen mode, from helpful reader John Bradley, who isn't satisfied with the F11 key (try using it to toggle full-screen mode on and off).
"When using MSIE 5 in full-screen mode, you can hide the remaining toolbar at the top of the browser. Just right-click a blank part of the toolbar and select Auto-Hide."
Thanks, John. To see the bar again, just point to the top of the screen with the mouse.

A SUGGESTED SAFETY CHECKLIST
A reader writes: "I'm sure that if you were to create a list of rules, it would help a lot of people. The main thing with the list would be keeping it simple."
The simplest (perhaps oversimplified) list I can produce follows. It lists items in order of importance, according to my evaluation of the true risks to users' data:

• 1. Back up essential files, at least those you create.
  
• 2. Delete e-mail file attachments without opening them.
  
• 3. Obtain software only from trusted sources.
  
• 4. Use a safe Web browser and e-mail client.
  
• 5. Install antivirus software and keep it updated.
  
• 6. Scan all newly obtained disks, programs, and files.
  
• 7. Install a firewall program, especially if you're on cable or DSL.