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- ELIMINATE POPUP WINDOWS
with
AnalogX POW. This program watches what windows the
browser opens and then closes them without mercy. Because you tell POW
what to close, you don't have to worry about closing a window that should
be left open. Keep in mind that nothing is 100 percent effective, but
with just a little bit of work, you can easily eliminate most of the
pop-ups and pop-unders you encounter. This makes your surfing experience
far more pleasurable. \ Mark Thompson is the mind behind AnalogX.
- Download the GOOGLE SEARCH
BAR . It will attach itself under the Address bar in your browser
window and eliminates the need to open a search engine page before performing
a keyword search. Check it out, I think you'll like it.
- SEARCH WITH GOOGLE from the address bar of Microsoft's Internet
Explorer with these quick steps: Open your search tool by clicking the
Search button on the toolbar.
Click Customize.
Click Autosearch settings.
Choose your preferred Autosearch provider. I chose Google Sites.
- DELETING TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES
from your browser every so often can keep Browser problems to a minimum.
CLICK > TOOLS on the MENU BAR - CLICK. > INTERNET OPTIONS - in
the dialog box about midway you should see three buttons. DELETE COOKIES
- DELETE FILES - SETTINGS. CLICK > DELETE FILES. (Deleting cookies
is a personal preference)
- The Links Bar in Explorer and the Personal Toolbar in Netscape provide
a convenient bookshelf for your favorite reference tools. Just drag
the links below onto the toolbar for instant access to Dictionary.com
and Thesaurus.com!
Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Inspired by the work of Steve Kangas at Bookmarklets.com.
- Downloading Files from the Internet
There is a wealth of "shareware" and "freeware"
on the Internet today. The only trick to downloading files and applications
from the Internet is remembering the name of the file and where you
saved it. (so you can find it).Remember too, that most applications
must be "installed" after downloading them to your hard drive.
When you find an application you would like to try, there is usually
a "download" button somewhere close. Go ahead and click it.
A small dialog box will pop up and give you the option of opening the
file or saving it to your disk (meaning your hard drive or C:\). Choose
"save to disc", after which another box will ask you where
on your computer you want to save it ( look at the top of the dialog
box and you should see "save in" followed by a field with
a down arrow. Click the down arrow if you wish to save the file to a
folder other than the default one listed in the field. Don't forget
to look at the file name at the bottom of the dialog box so you will
know what to look for after downloading the file.
- I came across a great trick that's as simple as it is effective, and
that anyone can use to battle many of the nasty worm viruses flying
around the Internet these days.
Of course, the best way to ensure the integrity
of your system is to install some good anti-virus software, but this
little technique can give you and anyone on your email address contact
list a bit of added protection.
When one of these destructive critters gets
into your computer, the first thing it does is go to your email address
book and send itself to all of the addresses listed there, thus infecting
all your friends and contacts. The trick we're talking about won't
keep the virus from getting into your computer - you should invest
in some good anti-virus software for that - but it will stop the invader
from using your address book to spread further, and will alert you
that you have a worm in your system.
Here's what to do. Open your email address
book and click on "New Contact" or "New Person",
just the same as you would to add a new friend to your list. In the
window where you would type your New Contact's FIRST name, type !000.
(That's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeroes.). Then, in the window
prompting you to enter the new email address, type the word WormAlert.
Then complete your entry by clicking "Add", "Enter",
"Save", etc.
Here is what you've done, and why it will work.
The "name" !000 will automatically be placed at the top
of your address book as Entry #1. This is entry where the worm virus
will start in its effort to work its way down your email contact list.
But when it tries to mail itself to !000, it will find itself undeliverable
because of the phony email address (i.e. WormAlert) you entered. Thus
the worm's first attempt to spread from your computer will fail, and
it goes no further.
So you've just saved your family, friends and
business contacts a possible tragedy - but what about your files and
creations?
Here's the second great benefit of this simple
procedure. When an email cannot be delivered from your computer, you
are notified in your Inbox almost immediately. Hence, if you ever
get an email telling you that an email addressed to WormAlert could
not be delivered, you will know right away that you have the worm
in your system. In a scenario where time is often of the essence,
you will be informed at the earliest moment, so that you can take
the proper measures to deal with the virus.
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a.) When you click on the Edit or Mail button
in Internet Explorer 5, your computer launches a word processor or
an email client, respectively. To modify which program Internet Explorer
automatically launches, click Tools and select Internet Options. In
the Internet Options window, click the Programs tab. Use the pull-down
menus after each category, to change which program will open when
you click the corresponding button.
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b.) When surfing the Internet, you pick up
a lot of temporary files that generally turn out to be more permanent
than temporary. Internet Explorer offers the option of deleting these
files as soon as you close the browser. To use this option, choose
Tools, then Internet Options. When the dialog box opens, click the
Advanced tab. Now, under the heading 'Security' select the check box
labeled 'Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed'.
Click OK to close the dialog box and apply your settings.
- Web Tips
a.) With one keystroke you can quickly move to the bottom of a web
page. Just press the END key while in Internet Explorer.
b.) Tired of reaching for the mouse? In Internet Explorer you can
close whatever window your currently viewing by pressing CTRL + W.
- As time goes by, much more will be added to this section. If you have
a tip or have found some cool stuff on the web, let me
know and I'll post it.
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