Dawn - Thanks for the tip. Using your instructions I was able to add favorites to my Google menu. The star is OK but I personally like seeing favorites and being able to click it. I know what you mean by changes you don't care for. It may just be a case of doing it one way then having to change, not because one wants to, but because someone else what's me to. With me I think it is just a senior thing. John in California <snip> > I found the same thing when I updated to IE7 yesterday. Click on the star > on the left side of the screen for Favorites. There are a few changes which > I don't care for. > Dawn

Here's how to solve this problem: 1) Open IE 7 2) Right click in the space between the tabs and the new icon bar 3) Click on "Menu Bar". The menu bar should now appear Hope this helps. Kim

John, I found the same thing when I updated to IE7 yesterday. Click on the star on the left side of the screen for Favorites. There are a few changes which I don't care for. Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Contratto" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:09 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Favorites >I don't know if it is just a coincidence but after I updated to IE7 my > Google search engine no longer has my favorites with a button. I can find > favorites under tools - Toolbox. Anyone know how I can get it back as a > button? > > John Contratto > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I don't know if it is just a coincidence but after I updated to IE7 my Google search engine no longer has my favorites with a button. I can find favorites under tools - Toolbox. Anyone know how I can get it back as a button? John Contratto

Open the offending programs go to options or similar, look for start with windows it will be ticked. Untick and this should solve the problem. You can still start the programs from Start = all programs On 29/11/06, Jane Gillespie <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to remove some icons on the right/lower part of my screen (next to > the clock). I can never remember the name of this bar :) > > How do I do that without removing the program?? All I see is the options on > some to stop the programs each icon represents. Thanks for any help!!!! > > Jane McCombs Gillespie > [email protected] > > McComb/McCombs > Gillespie/Glaspy > Hopewell Presbyterian CH McCormick Co SC > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Laurence E Stephenson http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/lauries/web/index.html I am Researching:- Butcher..............Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.................>1856 Fortune..............Berwickshire, Scotland................................>1858 Garlick...............Liverpool, Lancashire, England.....................>1863 Mee...................Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine)................>1884 Payne................Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England........>1863 Ritchie...............Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.................>1860 Stephenson........Pickering, Yorkshire, England .....................>1856 Wittick...... .......(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England........>1822 Heartnet = Heart support = http://heartnet.cci.ecu.edu.au/

I have two PC's each running one of the below programs. - In Win98SE I've never dragged anything to the recycle bin. Once deleted, it's deleted unless I use a recovery program. It sounds like a fluke to me. - In WinXP, the same thing. Once deleted, it's gone unless I use a recovery program. Hope this helps. Donna -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janet Buck Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] O/E DELETED ITEMS In Win98SE after emptying the deleted items folder, I can search for "deleted items" and then drag them to the recycle bin and empty. In WinXP (my son's PC) we can't seem to do this. When we search for "deleted items" it cannot be found. Does this mean that when we empty the deleted items box in Outlook Express in XP that they are completely erased from the computer? Seems strange to us!!! I'm sure someone will be able to answer this puzzling question for us. Many thanks, Jan.

Yup, you can do this - but if you've got alot of those icons displaying, then you've got alot of programs running, probably most of which you do not need running. Hiding them is not strictly the answer. They slow down your computer function, especially when running some genealogical programs that use a fair amount of genealogical resources. They can also contribute to any tendency your computer has to overheat, which over time will cause components to fail before their time. Alot of problems autostart, and some have a way of failing to turn off when you thought you exited out of them. Look out particularly for Real Player and Quick time, and the assorted instant messengers; but alot of audio and video programs, camera programs, automatic update programs, your scanner, and that sort of thing, just kind of assume when you install them that you want them to automatically start when you start the computer. Usually that's the last thing you want. I had one program that Some of them have to be changed in the programs themselves, and some of them have to be disabled in teh startup menu using msconfig. Utilities that clean up problems that slow down your computer may fix one or two of them for you, atleast temporarily. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "n.east" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Removing Icons > There are a couple of things you can do with these icons. > > The easiest way to avoid them displaying all the time, is right-click the > Taskbar (that's its name, by the way :-)) in a blank spot. Select > Properties. On the window that opens, down the bottom, you will see > "Notification Area". First tick "Hide Inactive Icons" then click > "Customize". That window will show a long list of the "Current Items" and > further down, an equally long list of "Past Items". by clicking on any one > of the named items you can choose its setting - "Hide When Inactive"; > "Always Hide" and "Always Show". Choose the option you need for each one. > Click OK on that screen when finished your alterations, and Apply or OK on > the first screen. What will happen now is that the Taskbar will display a > very short batch of icons near the clock, with a little chevron (<) in > front. Click on the < and the display of icons will expand to the full > selection across the Taskbar. To reduce it back, click on the chevron > which this time points like this >. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

Precisely, and that is why my second suggestion was aimed at reducing the need for all the icons. Despite "how many" are in the Taskbar, "hiding" them keeps the Taskbar much neater, and allows more space for open applications to be displayed in the Taskbar. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:52:35 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Removing Icons > > Yup, you can do this - but if you've got alot of those icons displaying, > then you've got alot of programs running, probably most of which you do > not > need running. Hiding them is not strictly the answer. They slow down > your computer function, especially when running some genealogical > programs > that use a fair amount of genealogical resources. They can also > contribute > to any tendency your computer has to overheat, which over time will cause > components to fail before their time. > > Alot of problems autostart, and some have a way of failing to turn off > when > you thought you exited out of them. Look out particularly for Real > Player > and Quick time, and the assorted instant messengers; but alot of audio > and > video programs, camera programs, automatic update programs, your scanner, > and that sort of thing, just kind of assume when you install them that > you > want them to automatically start when you start the computer. Usually > that's the last thing you want. I had one program that Some of them > have > to be changed in the programs themselves, and some of them have to be > disabled in teh startup menu using msconfig. Utilities that clean up > problems that slow down your computer may fix one or two of them for you, > atleast temporarily. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "n.east" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Removing Icons > > >> There are a couple of things you can do with these icons. >> >> The easiest way to avoid them displaying all the time, is right-click >> the >> Taskbar (that's its name, by the way :-)) in a blank spot. Select >> Properties. On the window that opens, down the bottom, you will see >> "Notification Area". First tick "Hide Inactive Icons" then click >> "Customize". That window will show a long list of the "Current Items" >> and >> further down, an equally long list of "Past Items". by clicking on any >> one >> of the named items you can choose its setting - "Hide When Inactive"; >> "Always Hide" and "Always Show". Choose the option you need for each >> one. >> Click OK on that screen when finished your alterations, and Apply or OK >> on >> the first screen. What will happen now is that the Taskbar will display >> a >> very short batch of icons near the clock, with a little chevron (<) in >> front. Click on the < and the display of icons will expand to the full >> selection across the Taskbar. To reduce it back, click on the chevron >> which this time points like this >. > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Usually just right click and close or exit from whatever program they are. Icons in that location show programs that are running in the system tray. You just want to turn them off. Unless you want them running, and some of them are probably things you want running. If that fails to work, try using close alt delete, find them under the processes tab, and close them. Soem of them may need you to alter your startup folder or the program settings so that they don't load when your computer starts. In Windows XP you edit your startup processes by Start --> Run --> msconfig. You might possibly have to tell it the path name where msconfig is, but I just run that word. Then select the startup tab. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Gillespie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Removing Icons >I want to remove some icons on the right/lower part of my screen (next to > the clock). I can never remember the name of this bar :) > > How do I do that without removing the program?? All I see is the options > on > some to stop the programs each icon represents. Thanks for any help!!!! > > Jane McCombs Gillespie > [email protected] > > McComb/McCombs > Gillespie/Glaspy > Hopewell Presbyterian CH McCormick Co SC > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

There are a couple of things you can do with these icons. The easiest way to avoid them displaying all the time, is right-click the Taskbar (that's its name, by the way :-)) in a blank spot. Select Properties. On the window that opens, down the bottom, you will see "Notification Area". First tick "Hide Inactive Icons" then click "Customize". That window will show a long list of the "Current Items" and further down, an equally long list of "Past Items". by clicking on any one of the named items you can choose its setting - "Hide When Inactive"; "Always Hide" and "Always Show". Choose the option you need for each one. Click OK on that screen when finished your alterations, and Apply or OK on the first screen. What will happen now is that the Taskbar will display a very short batch of icons near the clock, with a little chevron (<) in front. Click on the < and the display of icons will expand to the full selection across the Taskbar. To reduce it back, click on the chevron which this time points like this >. The other way involves deciding which applications you need running at Startup. Some are essential so they need to be there all the time - firewall, antivirus, internet connection, etc. Others are often placed there by well-meaning programmers who think their program you have recently installed is your most important choice. Invariably it is not :-). Those can be removed. They can easily be started whenever you need them from a Desktop icon or from from Start>AllPrograms. To check which applications run at Startup click Start>Run and type msconfig in the "Run" box. That opens the System Configuration Utility. Select the Startup tab (at the right hand end). Here you will see displayed everything which runs at Startup. If you don't need an item, remove the selection tick. This doesn't uninstall the application or process. It just stops it running at Startup. A number of the items displayed in that Startup list will be totally confusing and incomprehensible to you as they are to just about everyone. An easy way to determine just what an item is, is to visit this page: http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/browse.php?l=1 It has an indexed list of just about every possible item that can possibly be displayed in Startup. You can of course, right click any of the icons in the Taskbar and select the options offered in the menu which pops up. However, this will only remove the icon for this session and it will display again next time you start your computer. And the worst scenario with that is that you may close down, rather than just remove the icon, for an essential program or service. It's best to go through the above two options - especially the first - to make sure everything is done to your satisfaction and your essential applications are intact. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:08:09 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Removing Icons > > I want to remove some icons on the right/lower part of my screen (next to > the clock). I can never remember the name of this bar :) > > How do I do that without removing the program?? All I see is the options > on > some to stop the programs each icon represents. Thanks for any help!!!! > > Jane McCombs Gillespie > [email protected] > > McComb/McCombs > Gillespie/Glaspy > Hopewell Presbyterian CH McCormick Co SC > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Perhaps you are confusing "hibernate" with "sleep-mode". As I explained in my message, hibernate is a process that can be applied when you shut down your computer - completely. Sleep-mode on the other hand, powers down your computer but it is still switched on and ready to go into action when needed. Sleep-mode is usually a good way for notebook users to save on battery power. In hibernation the computer is completely switched off, Internet disconnected and no power is flowing through. Therefore the hackers you are concerned about would have no way of knowing the computer even exists. So the computer is just as safe if it was closed down in the normal fashion. Hibernate does not reboot a computer. The user has to turn the computer back on as normal. But when that is done, the computer goes back to the state it was in before it was placed in hibernation with everything in place ready to go. What users need to know is that if hibernate is enabled on their computer, a hidden file - hiberfill.sys - is created in the root of the system drive (usually C:\), which is around the same size as the system's memory (RAM). This file can't be moved to another drive, it has to be in the root of the system drive. If hibernate is not used, this file can be removed by going to the Power Options in Control Panel, and on the Hibernate tab un-check Enable hibernation. Sleep mode, on the other hand, should save a ton of power world-wide, it is a very good idea, and essential, especially for portable devices. The problem is that Windows XP lets any program override the sleep function. So if, for example, you have an anti-virus program running in the background, it might not allow the computer to sleep. This flaw is the cause of countless failed laptop batteries, and causes the complete avoidance of the sleep function by the majority of desktop users. Sleep mode does mean your computer is "live", so there is the remote - ever so remote - possibility that it could be "visible" to hackers. Even so, if proper preventitive systems are in place, the computer will be no more vulnerable in sleep mode than it would be in normal use. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:13:30 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > > I didn't know that hibernate shut down and rebooted your computer, and > since > the contents of the screen reappear instantly, I doubt whether that is > true. > > I think the question really asked whether hibernating overnight is safe > from > the standpoint of security. Can others hack into your computer in > hibernate mode? Again, I do not believe that the comptuer is shut down > in > hibernate mode, though I think it is powered off. > > I think that for maximum security the computer should be booted up only > when > you are working on it. I for one keep my computer on much of the time. > And I think that is kinder to the hard drive. > > There are alternative ways to protect your computer - just unplug the > Internet cable or phone cord. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "n.east" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:17 AM > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > > >> Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP >> "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard >> drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. >> This >> "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of >> RAM >> you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. >> I >> feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using >> and save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This >> is >> just in case anything goes wrong when you reboot >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:33:43 +0800 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP >>> >>> I am in the habit of using the Hibernate function on my PC when >>> shutting >>> down, either for a short time, or overnight. >>> Someone has suggested that this may not be the best or safest thing to >>> do for computer security. >>> Any advice welcome. >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mal in WestOz > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am in the habit of using the Hibernate function on my PC when shutting down, either for a short time, or overnight. Someone has suggested that this may not be the best or safest thing to do for computer security. Any advice welcome. Thanks, Mal in WestOz

In Win98SE after emptying the deleted items folder, I can search for "deleted items" and then drag them to the recycle bin and empty. In WinXP (my son's PC) we can't seem to do this. When we search for "deleted items" it cannot be found. Does this mean that when we empty the deleted items box in Outlook Express in XP that they are completely erased from the computer? Seems strange to us!!! I'm sure someone will be able to answer this puzzling question for us. Many thanks, Jan.

I want to remove some icons on the right/lower part of my screen (next to the clock). I can never remember the name of this bar :) How do I do that without removing the program?? All I see is the options on some to stop the programs each icon represents. Thanks for any help!!!! Jane McCombs Gillespie [email protected] McComb/McCombs Gillespie/Glaspy Hopewell Presbyterian CH McCormick Co SC

I am using Win XP Home. Two simple questions. I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive Files? Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders but sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find annoying & have to go back to reset them again. Any help appreciated. R -------------------------------------------------

I didn't know that hibernate shut down and rebooted your computer, and since the contents of the screen reappear instantly, I doubt whether that is true. I think the question really asked whether hibernating overnight is safe from the standpoint of security. Can others hack into your computer in hibernate mode? Again, I do not believe that the comptuer is shut down in hibernate mode, though I think it is powered off. I think that for maximum security the computer should be booted up only when you are working on it. I for one keep my computer on much of the time. And I think that is kinder to the hard drive. There are alternative ways to protect your computer - just unplug the Internet cable or phone cord. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "n.east" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:17 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP > "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard > drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. This > "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of RAM > you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. I > feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using > and save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This is > just in case anything goes wrong when you reboot > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:33:43 +0800 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP >> >> I am in the habit of using the Hibernate function on my PC when shutting >> down, either for a short time, or overnight. >> Someone has suggested that this may not be the best or safest thing to >> do for computer security. >> Any advice welcome. >> Thanks, >> >> Mal in WestOz -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

The last 2 PML-Digest emails I received cause my Outlook to lockup when I try to open them. Double-clicking the message causes an hour glass cursor and Outlook stops running. The only way to get it back is to CTRL-ALT-DEL and then end the application. Running: Outlook 2002 SP3 Windows XP Home SP2 Trend-Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 Moving the message to the desktop then opening with notepad reveals it is a list of names and addresses associated with an obituary list. The message header has some encoded info that I can't read in notepad. At the end of the message is also some encoded info that I can't read. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks, Frank

Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. This "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of RAM you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. I feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using and save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This is just in case anything goes wrong when you reboot > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:33:43 +0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > > I am in the habit of using the Hibernate function on my PC when shutting > down, either for a short time, or overnight. > Someone has suggested that this may not be the best or safest thing to > do for computer security. > Any advice welcome. > Thanks, > > Mal in WestOz > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard drive, so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. This "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of RAM you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. I feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using and save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This is just in case anything goes wrong when you reboot > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:33:43 +0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > > I am in the habit of using the Hibernate function on my PC when shutting > down, either for a short time, or overnight. > Someone has suggested that this may not be the best or safest thing to > do for computer security. > Any advice welcome. > Thanks, > > Mal in WestOz > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For more than three years, I have had Win XP home and I am still learning things that Microsoft should have made clear to begin with. Or, did I once know that and have forgotten it? Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm ======================================= n.east wrote: > To have Explorer open at Drive D on your computer do these steps: > Right-click the Explorer icon on your Desktop. > Select Properties. > In the Target box you should see something like: %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e, c:\ > Place your cursor in front of that last "C" and delete it. > Now type D. > Click Apply and Explorer will now open at Drive D when you next click on the icon. > > For your "detail format" query, have you clicked on the button to "Apply to All Folders" after you have made the change? > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:31:36 +1030 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows Explorer >> >> >> I am using Win XP Home. >> Two simple questions. >> I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. >> How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive >> Files? >> Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the >> Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders >> but >> sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find >> annoying & >> have to go back to reset them again. >> Any help appreciated. >> R >