Or in Windows XP you can just right click the Start button and select Windows Explorer! Cordially yours, Young Snodgrass, KC9OE Elkhart, Indiana young.snodgrass@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <PatCassdy@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] make shortcut for windows explorer > In Windows XP you have to go through My Computer to get to Explorer. At > one > time a helper set it to a shortcut (without asking me) and that is what I > have used since windows came out. > > After a hd format it is not a shortcut. I have tried the usual way to > make > a desktop shortcut but it doesn't work. Any ideas? > > Pat > > ______________________________

Thanks Barry - you always do provide all of us with very understandable explanations.

Hello PatCassdy, Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 2:39:32 PM, you wrote: Pac> In Windows XP you have to go through My Computer to get to Pac> Explorer. At one time a helper set it to a shortcut (without Pac> asking me) and that is what I have used since windows came out. Pac> After a hd format it is not a shortcut. I have tried the usual Pac> way to make a desktop shortcut but it doesn't work. Any ideas? So you had the Hard Drive erased and WinXP put back on again ? What happens when you try to make a shortcut to explorer.exe ?? You can always use the 'My Documents' link and then click on the icon to move up a level. WinXP was built so that desktop icons could be kept to a minimum - in fact it will ask you if you want to hide ones that are there that you've not used for a while ! Not everyone wants to work that way of course but Uncle Bill knows better you know <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

I have Windows 98. When I try to open Excel [part of Office 97], I get the message below. Dell technician suggested uninstalling and reinstalling but Excel won't uninstall. I tried installing from disc and I get something similar to below. Can anyone offer suggestions. Thanks so much. Virginia Green ========= EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:3003ee49. Registers: EAX=0062e1ac CS=0167 EIP=3003ee49 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=0062e13c EBP=0062e1a4 ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=7e5f EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=008a1f18 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 8b 31 ff 74 24 14 e8 15 f0 ff ff 50 ff 35 5c 65 Stack dump: 00000000 00000000 0062e1ac 00000000 3003ee71 00000011 0062e1ac 00000000 3003a575 00000011 0062e1ac 00500b76 000185f0 00500bb4 0062e1bc bff7b925

But whay do I need it....remember with '98, it was there, but have forgotten why? I can't believe I am so ignorant at my age!

----- Original Message ----- From: "David deLucas" <delucas2@sympatico.ca> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:24 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Error at census > Hello Lists, > > When I search the 1901 online census at the Canadian Archives at: > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html > within a minute or two I get an error message from IE stating a error has been encounterd and must shut down. I allows a button to send an error report which I have done several times. I have tried un-installing and re-installing Mr.Sid at Lizardtech which has not help. > Has anyone else experienced this problem? > Any suggestionw will be much appreciated. > Thank you > Dave > I can't help you with the specific computer problem, but until you do figure it out, why not use this site instead: http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html I think you'll like the 1901 census there much better as it is completely searchable by name. Regards, Sharyn

I cannot find the program on Windows XP...do I need it? Ruth in NJ

Hello Lists, When I search the 1901 online census at the Canadian Archives at: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html within a minute or two I get an error message from IE stating a error has been encounterd and must shut down. I allows a button to send an error report which I have done several times. I have tried un-installing and re-installing Mr.Sid at Lizardtech which has not help. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any suggestionw will be much appreciated. Thank you Dave

Another tip with using SpellCheck, as well using the ADD feature, is that it pays to edit this file from time to time. The reason I suggest this is that sometimes you inadvertently may click ADD when an incorrectly spelt word is highlighted. If you leave it in the SpellCheck dictionary, SpellCheck will accept it as correct the next time you type it that way and not highlight it. To edit the dictionary used by SpellCheck, do a search for "*.dic". Normally, you will find a few files with that extension. The one you need, however, is "custom.dic" which in XP will be residing (usually) in C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof. Right click this file and OPEN in NOTEPAD. You will be presented with a very long column of words, abbreviations, etc. Scroll down the list and look for things that aren't spelt correctly or look odd or you know you no longer need. You can just delete or edit any. You can even ADD words or abbreviations while you are carrying out this exercise. When you are happy with what you have done click FILE|SAVE (not SAVE AS) and close. Your custom dictionary should now be nice and tidy :-). Lance

In Windows XP you have to go through My Computer to get to Explorer. At one time a helper set it to a shortcut (without asking me) and that is what I have used since windows came out. After a hd format it is not a shortcut. I have tried the usual way to make a desktop shortcut but it doesn't work. Any ideas? Pat

If you can find the windows explorer icon in "My Computer", you should be able to right click it, then choose "send to" and "desktop as a shortcut". -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 7/16/2005

Sent to the list from: mamat@gvtel.com ----- Joan, Lance, Courtney, Well! That makes more sense than what I was about to do! I just never thought of it... and that's kinda funny, 'cause I do have some urls in my "favorites"!!! Can I plead Sr Moment? Thanks!! NancyT ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MAILING LIST INFO HELP.... question on folders In a message dated 7/17/2005 4:49:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I didn't really need to keep the whole note, just the addy... Would you please tell me how I do that??? Maybe others will have better suggestions more along the lines of what you are looking for--but if I were wanting to save a bunch of URLs I'd just save them in my favorites/bookmarks in my browser rather than in a folder. I know some people save links on their desktop but I've never found that to be any more helpful than saving them as my Favorites. Joan

Thanks for your help Barry.

Joan, Lance, Courtney, Well! That makes more sense than what I was about to do! I just never thought of it... and that's kinda funny, 'cause I do have some urls in my "favorites"!!! Can I plead Sr Moment? Thanks!! NancyT ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MAILING LIST INFO HELP.... question on folders In a message dated 7/17/2005 4:49:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I didn't really need to keep the whole note, just the addy... Would you please tell me how I do that??? Maybe others will have better suggestions more along the lines of what you are looking for--but if I were wanting to save a bunch of URLs I'd just save them in my favorites/bookmarks in my browser rather than in a folder. I know some people save links on their desktop but I've never found that to be any more helpful than saving them as my Favorites. Joan ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To view or submit a GEDCOM, go here: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Hi Nancy! At least you are off to a good start :-). There are numerous ways to create your own file of helpful links. Bookmarks/favorites are of course the best way to "save" valuable links. And the best way to use those, as I have mentioned before is to use PowerMarks: http://www.kaylon.com/power.html. The reason for that is that PowerMarks lets you quickly access long-stored (or forgotten!) helpful sites. It works in a similar fashion to a Google search. Just type in a word or phrase about what you are searching for and PowerMarks hunts down all entries referring to that word or phrase. There is no need to place URL's in "folders". They can all be "lumped" together - saves time :-). Now when you come across a helpful link in a message, you can either click on it so that it opens in your browser. Then you can save it in bookmarks/favorites (if you have PowerMarks it is automatically added there too). Or, you can "copy and paste" the URL by highlighting it then pressing CTRL-C. After that you can "paste" it into a Notepad file for safe keeping, or even into a message in OE which you can then save (for ever and a day) in DRAFTS for easy access. You mentioned saving phone numbers too. Well, you can't add those to bookmarks/favorites (at least to have them show), but you can easily create an address in Outlook Express (or any other mail program) for the particular name and phone number. Entries in OE's address book don't necessarily have to have an email address - any address is acceptable. You can even add additional notes about the reason for keeping this phone number by clicking the OTHER tab when creating a new entry. On that page there is a NOTES window. You can type anything in there relevant to the new address. Other mail programs would have something similar I should imagine (Outlook does). You could even add a URL into the OTHER|NOTES window also. I mentioned adding phone numbers in bookmarks and having them show. Well, you can "enter" a phone number (or anything else for that matter, in a bookmark, simply by selecting one in your list, right click it and select PROPERTIES. You will see an editable box titled DESCRIPTION. You can type a phone number or anything else in there. It won't "show" nor can you search for it, but at least you have it recorded in an appropriate spot as a reference. In PowerMarks, however, you can enter a phone number in "Keywords" in the Properties of an entry and it will locate the entry the phone number is linked to. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Tollefson [mailto:mamat@gvtel.com] Sent: Monday, 18 July 2005 6:33 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] MAILING LIST INFO HELP.... question on folders Um, Joan, I made a folder, and plan to put "Help" addresses, and Phone numbers for "help" in it..thought it would save on keeping a whole bunch of papers..(named it "help urls - phone nos") What gave me the idea, was the url you posted below... I didn't really need to keep the whole note, just the addy... Would you please tell me how I do that??? I suppose, I'd better put something Like "Help - outlook express" on it, so I know what it's for... I feel like a real dummy, but I'm still a bit foggy on the whole folders-and-files thing... I looked it up in my "Absolute Beginner's Guide to MS Windows XP", but didn't see anything that really applied here... (don't know if this is where this question goes, but the url is here, ....so..) Thanks, MUCH!!! PAX NancyT Here ya go... http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/OUTLOOK-EXPRESS.html Joan ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and the Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.336 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 2005-07-16

Joan: Thank you so much for sending me the URL for OE. I hope my filing system improves in the future. Boots

Hello bobzmail, Sunday, July 17, 2005, 10:52:42 PM, you wrote: bjc> I have downloaded updates for different things, microsoft, bjc> adaware,etc, and some of these were put in the Add/Remove bjc> Programs. My question is can I delete these from the Add/Remove bjc> Program with out deleting the update. You can remove them from the list in Add /Remove Programs by using software such as TweakUI and that will leave them on the system. It's useful sometimes to disguise a program that you don't want others to see but limited functionality otherwise. It's not as if you go into Add / Remove Programs on a regular basis and even if it does look a bit full it's not going to cause a problem - it's just a list :-) bjc> Why are some in the Add/Remove Programs and some are not? That's pretty much down to the programmer - most will like there to be an entry whilst some prefer to have their own removal program that does things a bit different to the standard Windows way of doing it. Of course when it comes to viruses and spyware they definitely don't want entries that would enable a user to just click on to remove themselves <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

In a message dated 7/17/2005 4:49:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I didn't really need to keep the whole note, just the addy... Would you please tell me how I do that??? Maybe others will have better suggestions more along the lines of what you are looking for--but if I were wanting to save a bunch of URLs I'd just save them in my favorites/bookmarks in my browser rather than in a folder. I know some people save links on their desktop but I've never found that to be any more helpful than saving them as my Favorites. Joan

I have downloaded updates for different things, microsoft, adaware,etc, and some of these were put in the Add/Remove Programs. My question is can I delete these from the Add/Remove Program with out deleting the update. Why are some in the Add/Remove Programs and some are not? Thanks for your help.

Sent to the list from: mamat@gvtel.com ----- Um, Joan, I made a folder, and plan to put "Help" addresses, and Phone numbers for "help" in it..thought it would save on keeping a whole bunch of papers..(named it "help urls - phone nos") What gave me the idea, was the url you posted below... I didn't really need to keep the whole note, just the addy... Would you please tell me how I do that??? I suppose, I'd better put something Like "Help - outlook express" on it, so I know what it's for... I feel like a real dummy, but I'm still a bit foggy on the whole folders-and-files thing... I looked it up in my "Absolute Beginner's Guide to MS Windows XP", but didn't see anything that really applied here... (don't know if this is where this question goes, but the url is here, ....so..) Thanks, MUCH!!! PAX NancyT Here ya go... http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/OUTLOOK-EXPRESS.html Joan