I'm left handed, and, even though everyone tells me that most left handed people use their right hand for the mouse, I'm having a lot of difficulty doing that. Can I change this to a left handed mouse?
You can use the mouse with your left hand and just switch fingers: click with your middle finger and use your index finger on the right button; or, you can change the clicking options. It is possible to change the clicking options of mice so that the click is driven from the left-hander's index finger.
To do this, click the Start button, click control panel and select the mouse icon (if you're using Windows XP, click on Appearance and Themes, then click Mouse on the left). Under the buttons tab is the option to alternate your mouse buttons. Since the option will vary, depending on your version of Windows and the mouse software, look for either Change Primary Buttons, or right-handed/left-handed. Make the switch and then you can click with the index finger.
If you use the Links bar in your browser, you may want to change the icons on the bar to something more helpful (or to something a little less boring than that blue e!).
To do this, right-click the link you want to change and choose Properties. When the dialog box opens, click Change Icon. Click Browse, scroll through the icons and click on the one that you want to use.
Note: You can change most icons this way, including the ones on your desktop.
Beware of warnings that claim a virus is undetectable. In general, if you keep your antivirus software up-to-date, your system will nab the latest viruses.
How do I remove Sign On Password? When my computer starts up, a box comes up saying to enter Network Password. I always click on ok and it goes away. I have no password and I don't seem to need one. Can I get this window to stop coming up?
On your desktop, right click on Network Neighborhood (Or click Start, then Control Panel, then My Network Places), and then click on Properties.
In the Network properties window, click on the Configuration tab and look halfway down the page to the Primary Network Logon section.
Using the drop down list, change the primary network logon to Windows Logon and click OK. You will be prompted to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
If you're finding that you are having to repeatedly double-click over and over to get Windows to perform an action, you may have your double-click timing too high.
Go to the Control Panel and double-click the mouse icon. In the resulting dialog box, select the Buttons tab and move the slider more toward the slower end. You can test the speed by double-clicking the Jack-In-The Box or Dolphin (depending on your Windows version) to get the right speed. Click Apply and try again. If it's still too fast, or now it's too slow, adjust it again.
Virtual memory is nothing more than storing what Windows cannot fit into the RAM (Random Access Memory) onto a temporary area of your hard disk.
Think of virtual memory as an alternate set of memory addresses (An address is a location of data, usually in main memory or on a disk. You can think of computer memory as a group of storage boxes, each of which is one byte in length. Each box has an address - a unique number - assigned to it.).
The purpose of virtual memory is to enlarge the address space, the set of addresses a program can utilize. For example, virtual memory might contain twice as many addresses as main memory.
Programs use these virtual addresses rather than real addresses to store instructions and data. When the program is actually used, or those particular instructions are needed, the virtual addresses are copied into real memory addresses.
The virtual memory settings in Windows Me and 98 can be found by going to the Control Panel and selecting the System Icon. Click the Performance Tab, and click the Virtual Memory button. In Windows XP, go to Control Panel, click on Performance and Maintenance, click on the System Icon. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
It's not a good idea to change these settings unless you know exactly what you're doing!
You may know that you can count the number of words in a document by clicking Tools on the menu and then Word Count. In fact, this feature counts words, pages, paragraphs, and lines.
There may be times, though, when you need to count the words or lines in a portion of a document. If so, just select the text you want to count and then click Tools and then Word Count.
You can use two orientations when you print your document, Portrait or Landscape.
To change the paper orientation, follow these steps: Choose the Page Setup option from the File menu. You will see the Page Setup dialog box. Select the Paper Size tab. (In Word XP you use the Margins tab.) Select the appropriate orientation for your document. Click on OK.
You have mistakenly deleted certain files from my Hard Drive, You can find them in the recycle bin but how do you get them back into the My Documents folder?
Open your recycle bin by double clicking on it. Then, while holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, click each file that you want to put back.
Once you have selected all the files you want, click File on the menu and then click Restore.
This will put the files back where they were before they were deleted.
Most computers do a poor job of keeping time, losing or gaining as much as a couple of seconds a day. That may not seem like a big deal, but let it go on for a few months and it's more than enough to put your PC's clock several minutes on the fast or slow side.
Its pretty easy to adjust the clock: double click on it and you'll see a dialog box where you can make the necessary changes.
Windows XP users can solve this problem easily. Simply right- click the clock in the corner of the taskbar, click Adjust Date/Time, select the Internet Time tab, and check the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server box. When your computer connects to the Internet, it will periodically check in with an atomic clock and make sure that you have the correct time.
When on the Internet, You seem to lose the connection frequently and then you have to sign back on again. Why does this happen?
If you have call waiting and a call comes in, this could interrupt your connection.
You can disable the call waiting option on your computer when using the modem. You will need to check with your phone company to find out what your code is, but usually it's something that starts with either * or # and then two numbers, usually #70.
To disable Call-Waiting, you'll have to access your sign-on settings. This varies from program to program, depending on what you use to access the Internet. This is done where you originally set up the phone numbers for the computer to dial. Have your Internet dialup begin with #70 then the phone number, for example #70555-1234.
If you are using America Online, you can set up your sign-on to automatically dial up to reconnect if the call is interrupted. Here's how:
1. On the Sign On screen, click Setup. On the Edit America Online Setup window, click Edit Numbers. 2. On the Edit Location window, click Edit. 3. On the Edit Number (Connection) window, click the check box next to Automatically reconnect me and ignore interruptions when using this connection. 4. Click OK. 5. Click Yes when prompted to change your reconnect settings for all numbers.
6. Click OK.
You will now be reconnected automatically whenever your dial-up connection is interrupted.
Make sure what you want a picture of is on the screen, and then press the Print Screen button (look over towards the right side of your keyboard, towards the top -- it might say Prnt Scrn).
No, that doesn't print the screen. What it does is copy the screen. Open your word processing program and then click Edit on the menu bar and then Paste. You'll now see the picture of the screen.
You can add any notes that you want, save the document, and print it.
Are the old eyes getting bad, Do you have to screw up your face and Squint at the Screen?
You can increase (or decrease) the size of text in Internet Explorer. Here's how:
Click on View on the menu bar.
Point to Text Size and you'll see these choices: Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest. One of them will have a check mark to the left of it indicating that that is the current setting.
Click on the next larger one to increase the text size on the screen. If it' s still not large enough for you, go through the steps again and click on the larger one.
