Changing the Details
Have you ever needed specific information for one of your files or folders? Or, have you ever needed to change the details that are displayed in a folder? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this tip is for you! Today, I'm going to show you how to change the list views for your files and folders in Windows XP. Let’s go!
You can display files and folders in a variety of different ways, depending on what you want to see and do. When you view your files and folders in the Details mode, a default list of file and folder information appears, including the Name, Size, Type and Date Modified. But what if that default list doesn’t provide the information you need? Well, you can add (or remove) as much information as you wish. Here's how:
1.) First, go to Start, My Documents.
2.) Once you're there, single click on the file or folder you want to change.
3.) Next, click on the View menu.
4.) Scroll down and then click on Choose Details.
The Choose Details dialogue box will then appear.
5.) You can now select the checkboxes with the details you want to include or you can clear out the ones you don’t want.
6.) Click the Move Up or Move Down buttons to change the order of the selected items.
7.) Click the Show or Hide buttons to either show or hide the selected items.
8.) When you're all set, just click OK.
AVG 8
When it comes to free antivirus software that is also powerful, there's really only one option. It's called AVG Free Edition and it works great for basic antivirus protection on a home PC. I know there are several of you out there who use AVG, so I decided to give you a heads up on some big changes you should be aware of. For quite some time now, the newest version of AVG has been version 7.5. I know I have used it on my home PC for almost a year now and it has worked out great. Well, just the other day, I received a notice that said I need to upgrade to version 8. At first, I thought they were just trying to sell me the pay version, but that wasn't so!
It seems AVG has completely revamped their free and pay versions of the software. AVG 8 is now available, so if you're still using v7.5, you should upgrade immediately. After doing some further research, I found out that AVG 7.5 will no longer be supported after the end of this month. So, if you don't upgrade to version 8 soon, you will no longer be protected from viruses or any other bugs that may be lurking around.
Now, I know upgrading software can be a hassle, so I went and upgraded my AVG 7.5 to AVG 8.0 just so I could tell you all about it! It turned out to be a pretty painless and simple process. Here's how you do it:
First, go to AVG's Web site and download the newest version of AVG Free Edition. Here's the link to their Web site: http://free.grisoft.com.
Make sure you choose the Free Edition (if that's the one you currently use) and then just follow the steps to download it to your computer. In the final step, you will be asked if you want to save or run the file. Choose Save and just put it on your desktop so that you can easily find it later.
After the file finishes downloading, find your current AVG icon in your system tray down by your clock (it looks like a square with four different colors on it). Right click on that icon and choose "Quit AVG free control center.” That will prompt a warning, asking if you're sure. Choose Yes. After you do that, shut down any other programs running on your system.
Third, find the AVG installation file you downloaded earlier and double click on it. That will start the AVG free installation. The nice thing about this installation is it will remove the old version automatically. Just go through the steps by clicking on the Next button. After the installation is complete, it will tell you it wants to check for updates, but the update check will fail. Don't worry, we will get to that on the next step. After clicking Next through all of the screens, you will be asked to restart your computer. Click Yes to do that.
How can I make sure something I deleted from my computer is really gone for good? Please help!.
In all actuality, when you delete a file from your computer, your system recognizes that there is some open space, but the file still lurks around on your hard drive. You see, your computer will mark the space as "this space available," but until Windows decides to reuse that space, the file is still in action. Along with that, it's hard to tell when Windows covers up that space, so the information you wanted removed could linger around for quite some time.
So, I'm sure you're wondering what you can do to actually delete those files, right? Well, there are utility tools, called shredders, you can use to get the job done and there just so happens to be several available on the Internet today. There are various different kinds, depending on how much deleting you're going to be doing, but they are all handy in every situation. Some of the more popular shredders are ShredIt, Wipe and Delete and File Shredder 2000. Start shredding your files today and be rid of them forever!
Quick Paragraph Relocation in Word
Here's a mouseless, three key solution to the situation that works so much better!
The next time you need to move an entire paragraph, try this little trick:
- Put your cursor in the paragraph you want to move.
- Now, hold down the Alt + Shift keys.
(Here's the move. Don't blink or you'll miss it!)
- Press the up or down arrow in whichever direction you need to move your paragraph. That's it!
Each time you press an arrow key (while still holding Alt + Shift), your text is moved one paragraph up or down.
To move something a long way, simply hold down the arrow key and let it go!
For those of you who are already asking what makes this so different from the recent F2 trick I showed you, the answer lies within the highlighting and in the amount of text it moves. First, the F2 trick only moved the highlighted text. That tip never even instructed you to highlight! Word automatically grabs the whole paragraph and takes it along for the ride. On the other hand, if you have a couple of consecutive paragraphs to move together, you can highlight part of each one and use this trick, which will move both of them at the same time.
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