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1. ------ "Joe Robson's Ramblings"

Hi there, I must say, you're looking good:-)

I've had really bad email server problems this week, but for the second time in a week the techies tell me it's fixed.

Yeah right - tell that to the Marines!

Why do techies seem to think it's OK to say 'It's fixed' when they really do NOT know for sure?

Why don't techies have loooong wooden noses?

Were politicians computer techies in a previous life?

Just wondering:-)

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Talking about technology (we were weren't we?). The remote door lock control for my brother's Nissan started to act up so he decided to buy a new one. At least he decided to buy a new one until he discovered the price ....

$250!

That's two hundred and fifty dollars!

And I was brought up to believe that technology was supposed to make our lives easier. So now my brother has to laboriously lock and unlock his car doors manually ...

Just like he did in the dark ages!

By son's car remote is even crazier. It isn't a key at all - it's an electronic plastic card that he waves in the general direction of his car to open the doors. Then he slots it into a hole in the dashboard to star his engine..

So when that goes wrong he won't be able to open his car or even start the engine.

Unless he pays around $300 for a replacement piece of plastic!

Has the world gone crazy or am I just a grumpy old so and so?

You want to know something? I sound just like my father did when he was my age:-)

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OK my friend, that's it. I'm outta here!

Keep smilin':-)

Joe.

P.S. Wow I nearly forgot ...

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2. Article  .....  "Browsing Around"

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Little buttons are found on every window in the right side of the Explorer Browser Title Bar. The minimize button is commonly referred to as the "minus sign" but that's a kind of symbolic reduction of the item's significance. The Close button is called the "X" button by some, and could be correlated with the X-File if you want to be imaginative. The buttons reside in order: Minimize, Maximize, and Close.

------- "Minimize Button"

Clicking the minimize button will fold up the window into a neat little package that resides in the taskbar in button format. Try it. Click the minimize button on this e-book right now, and watch it transform itself via the magic of animation.

------- "The Maximize Button"

This cutie is next to the minimize button, and its sole purpose is expand the window to full screen. No matter how small or to what size you've adjusted a window, clicking this button will dramatically increase your view.

After expansion, the button looks like a double set of maximize buttons, one layered on top of the other. Click again, and the window returns to its previously un maximized state.

Tip: Double click the Title Bar to maximize or return a window to its previous size.

-------- "The Close Button"

This will terminate your program or application. If you haven't saved work, you'll be prompted with a message, so don't worry about losing your valuables. If you see two sets of "X" buttons, such as are common to word processing programs, the lower set will close the document without exiting the word processing program.

-------- "The Resize Handle is Special"

What? What's a resize handle? It's that little area in the lower right corner of a window that lets you, well, resize the window! Vertical and horizontal dimensions can be changed simultaneously using this handle. Pass your mouse cursor over the resize handle, and it turns into a double-headed arrow. Left click and drag the window to the size you desire.

-------- "Check Your Status With The Status Bar"

This is an overlooked part of a window that displays statistical and other information. Things like the time, the size of a selected file, and any other detail oriented info the designers want to include can be found here.

Turn the Status Bar on if you want to see it. The bar makes up the bottom portion of an active window.

Windows comes out of the box with the status bar turned off. Seems someone thought you'd be overwhelmed with information, and decided to make Windows as plain as possible. There are a lot of nice features that are turned off by default. The Status Bar is one of them.

Check any window's View menu to see if an option for using the Status Bar exists. Also, try right clicking the status bar itself to see if any user configurable options exist.


Still confused? Don't worry it's not as difficult as it looks. Just take your time and go through these actions one step at a time. Pretty soon it will become second nature to you.

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----- "Stop The Brain Drain"

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3. Article .....  "Exploring Your Browser "

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---------- "How To Change Your Default Start Page"

Are you bored with the appearance of your Explorer page? You can have a different page if you wish - maybe even show your favorite Website each time you launch your browser - like The Newbie Club:-)

Or worse still, has someone (even Microsoft do it) highjacked your Browser by installing their Web page into your browser?

Click 'Tools' in top toolbar (in older browsers click 'View') Click 'Internet Options'. Click 'General' Under Address, type in the URL you wish to have as your new default start page.

OR If you're already on a Website you wish to use as your default, click on 'Use Current' button.

OR To show a completely blank page each time you open Explorer, click on 'Use Blank'.

Click 'Close'.

---------- "Are You Using Explorer In 'No Graphics Mode'?

Some people do this so that graphics don't show in a Web page they're visiting. This helps to load the page faster, especially if you have slow Internet connection, but you sometimes miss out on the purpose of the Website - especially if it is using graphics as navigation links etc.

To view a single picture while working in a no-graphics mode. without having to turn on all graphics do this:

RIGHT click on the placeholder icon (that's the blue, red, and green shapes that show where a picture is normally shown).

Click 'Show Picture'

------- "How To Avoid Getting Lost While Browsing"

This is handy because sometimes when you click a link to another site you end up getting lost, and lose the original Website.

RIGHT click on the link.

Click 'Open in New Window' . Or, Simply hold 'Shift' on your keyboard while clicking the link. This will open a separate browser window with the original page directly beneath it.

When you're finished, just close the new window, and you end up back on the original page.

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 "So You Think Your PC Is Safe.
Boy Oh Boy How Wrong You Are!"

Is it safe from hackers and virus spreaders who take great pleasure in digging around and spying inside it, then stealing your personal and valuable information? Think they can't do that? Think because you've got Norton, you're automatically protected? Wondering why your PC is slowing down so much? Stop the Information Hackers and Virus Spreaders DEAD.

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4.  Geek-Speak Busters ....

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 ... "Internet Traffic"

You try to bring up a web page in your browser, and it just doesn't work. Why not? You try to download an e-book and the same thing happens. Must be the server is slow, right? Wrong.

The Internet can be just like the freeway in Pasadena. Clogged with "cars" (packets of information) during rush hour. When it gets busy, the Net slows down. Sometimes to a crawl. Doesn't matter how fast your connection is, if there's too much traffic, the only thing that's going to fix things is for some of the "cars" to leave the highway. That's why downloading during off peak times (like 4 a.m.) works better than trying to do it after work... when everyone else is using the web.

So if something doesn't load immediately, try again. Even in that couple of seconds, traffic may have eased enough to let you through.

.... "Properties"

What are your personal properties?

Your hair color, eye color, height, etc. They describe you. And various "objects" within your computer have properties, too. For example, what are the properties of your monitor, or "desktop"?

Right click a blank area of your screen, and select Properties. You'll see the properties of your Display (called Display Properties) listed.

Many objects have "Property Sheets" attached to them. To find out more about some item in your computer, try right clicking... and selecting 'Properties'. You're in for an eye-opener

.... "Cache"

A cache (pronounce it as CASH) is a place to store something temporarily. The files you automatically request by looking at a Web page are stored on your hard disk in a cache. When you return to a Web page you've recently looked at, the browser gets it from the cache rather than the original server, saving you time.

So whenever you return to a Webpage you've visited before, you should always click your 'Refresh' button in your top tools bar. This ensures you are looking at the most recent Web pages, and not something which was stored in your cache a while ago.

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..... "The Scandalous Truth About Newbies And Email."

 

Don't know about email accounts, clients, web based, headers,
virus killers, Subject lines, Pop 3's, aliases and all the other
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5.  Tutorial  ... "Is Your Browser Up To Date?"

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How would you know?

By taking a peek under its hood, of course. This peeking business applies to any program on your computer.

Open your Browser and click the Help menu item.

Then click on About. That bit of information will tell you all you need to know about the program you are curious about.

You should be using a browser in the 6.0 upward or 7.0 upward model range, or later, if you're using Internet Explorer or Netscape. Firefox edition should be 1.5 upward. There are many other browsers out there, but these are by far the most popular.

Why use a later model? They're more versatile. They'll display pages and the stuff on them easier and faster. And if you're into printing web pages, Internet Explorer has a great printing feature that lets you preview your printed page first.

Here's a few tips:

**To open a new browser, hold down the Ctrl key and press 'N'. A New window will open. You can have a bunch of browser windows open at the same time.

**To visit a site you've typed into the address bar in the past, click the drop down arrow to the right of the address line. There will be a list of your visited sites there.

**If you remember a site, but can't remember its address, you can check your history. IE has a nice history feature. Just click the History icon to start.

**To pop Internet Explorer open to full screen, press F11. Press again to put it back where it was.

There are lots of things you can do with your browser. The best thing you can do is explore its features by clicking the buttons and menu items. Just click and see what happens.

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6. Joe's Pause For Thought 

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"When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself."

.............. Isak Dinesen

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7. Time For A Laff .... Small Ads

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"Waiter, waiter, do you have frog's legs?"

'Certainly, Sir'!

"Well hop over here and bring me a sandwich!"

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