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How do i get rid of the log on window? the one where it says user and i have to type in a pass word or click ok. I've had this computer for 4 years now and never had to do that till 2 weeks ago. thanks so much. love your newsletter.
Our Answer
Make sure you're logged in and that you've got administrator privileges. Since yours is the only account you should automatically have these privileges.
Now - click Start/Control Panel and then click "User Accounts". Click on your user account. In the next dialog, click "Remove My Password". Windows will ask you to verify your identity by typing in your password again. If your password was typed correctly you will not see the login screen again and you will not have enter a password to login to Windows.
If you ever want to password protect your account again, go back to Control Panel/User Accounts and click your user account. Click "Create a password". Type in a password (and remember it or write it down and store it in some other location than your computer area) - type it in again, and create a "password hint" to help you remember your password if you forget it.
In OE I wanted to remove everyone one in my "blocked sender's list." I was highlighting each name and clicking 'remove' and 'yes', and it was taking forever, since I had a lot of addresses in my list. Well, I found out that by continuing to click the "enter" key, the process went much faster and I was able to delete all in my blocked senders list with ease.
Sometimes You Feel Like A Mouse - And Sometimes You Don't
Windows XP All Versions
To turn on Mouse Keys, hold down the ALT, left "SHIFT" and NUM LOCK Keys. Select Settings select "Use Mouse Keys" and choose the options you want. Click, "Apply", "OK" then "OK" again to close the dialog boxes. Or, if you chose to show the Mouse Keys Icon , you can double-click on it (in your system tray) to open the Mouse Key Dialog and remove the checkmark next to "Use Mouse Keys". Using Mouse Keys does not disable your mouse, so don't worry :)
Your numeric keypad is now your mouse. Use the number 5 as a "left click". Pressing CTRL speeds up mouse. 8 moves up, 2 moves down, 4 moves left, 6 moves right, 7 returns you to the top of a page, etc. Play around with it. To turn off Mouse Keys hold down the ALT, left "SHIFT" and "NUM LOCK" keys.
Holy Smokes! We searched for a long time to dig up this one. We wanted something little (kilobyte-wise) but mighty useful. We found it. It's called "QuickSend". And what it does is simply allow you to highlight text from any Web page and mail it with just a right-click. Oh, yes, we know you don't need any special program to mail the entire page, and yes we know you can copy and paste it in an email, but this is different. Simpler and better.
You can mail the snippet to yourself for safekeeping or to a friend to share it. And here's the best part! It not only copies the text snippet but the Web page URL (link) it came from. So you can easily go back and find the page it came from as can those you send it to by simply clicking the URL included automatically with the snippet. So useful - so simple - and such a tiny program too.
Here's a little sample image from the developer's Web site:
The developer who does not share our gift of gab (or, verbosity, as some would say) he sort of sums it up in two sentences:
"Hello, this is the home page for QuickSend. QuickSend allows Windows Internet Explorer users to email text selections using the selection's right-click context menu. The email will be pre-filled-in with the page's URL, title, and the selected text. "
So, with that little snippet from the author of QuickSend, we send you off now to get it for yourself. It's free, it's really free, and it's very useful. Our freeware pick of the week this week is "QuickSend" - and if it sounds like something you could us - it is! Visit this page to learn more about and/or download QuickSend
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf9oo_jerome-murat
What is the difference between a "taskbar" and a "toolbar". Aren't all toolbars spyw*are?
In Windows operating systems the taskbar is the bar that appears (normally) at the bottom of the screen and contains the Start button on the left side and the Systray on the right. The task bar also includes the system clock on the far right side and can hold shortcuts to programs directly to the right of the Start button (the Quick Launch Toolbar). The taskbar also shows "open tasks" (programs) between the Quick Launch Toolbar and the Systray (the area to the right that contains the clock and icons to programs running in the background).
A toolbar is a set of icons, buttons, or clickable text links that are part of a software program's interface or an open program window. When it is part of a program's interface, the toolbar typically sits directly beneath the menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc.) For example, Corel PaintShop Pro includes a toolbar that allows you to adjust settings for each selected tool. If the airbrush is selected, the toolbar will provide options to change the size, opacity, shape of the spray head, etc. Microsoft Word has a toolbar with icons that allow you to open, save, and print documents, as well as change the font, text size, and style of the text. Most programs allow you to customize the toolbar to suit your particular needs. These kinds of "Program Toolbars" are not spyware.
Toolbars also can be programs that are added on to a browser. These are known as "BHOs" or Brower Helper Objects. Many spyw*are/adware applications entice users into downloading a "useful" browser toolbar. But not all BHO's are spyw*are. Google's search toolbar is not spyw*are for example. However you should always check out any BHO-type toolbars before installing them. A good rule-of-thumb: Always do a search for the name of the toolbar (BHO) you're considering installing in your browser. We'd suggest using a good search engine like Google and typing "name of the program + spyware" in the search query form. You'll be able to decide in a few minutes what the BHO's reputation is - and if it's suspected spyw*are you'll see a lot of people talking about it when you do your search.
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