(1) To learn any subject, you must first learn the language of the subject. A good definition of most computer terms is at:  http://www.currents.net/resources/dict/dictionary.html  This is a good place to learn the language of computers. Thanks to Ray Smith
(2) You can delete files and bypass the recycling bin by holding the Shift key down while deleting a file or files. Just make sure you don't want that file - as it is now permanently gone. Thanks to Eddie Santos
(3) You need to know what your registration number is for Win95. Right click on My Computer, click once on Properties, click on General tab and there is your registration number - write it down. A good place to keep it is with your start up disc. Thanks to Margaret Kaldenberg

1/12/98
(4) To copy a file from your hard disc to a floppy in Win95, click with right mouse on file name in Windows Explorer or My Computer and select "Send to" from commands and then select floppy drive A or whatever is appropriate for your computer. Thanks to ??
(5) In Windows 95, holding down Ctrl, Alt and Del, you will see a list of active tasks and can end any of them. The second Ctrl+Alt+Del without doing anything after first one will restart your machine. In Windows 3.1, Ctrl+Alt+Del will restart machine.
(6) In Win95 if you have the windows key symbol on your keyboard, hole it down and press another key to do the following: Thanks to Eddie Santos
Windows key + E opens Windows explorer
Windows key + F opens Find file
Windows key + M minimizes all active windows
Windows key + R opens the run dialog box
Windows key + tab scrolls through each of the icons on your task bar. Please enter when you reach the desired icon.
(7) Ctrl+Esc in Win95 will open the Start menu.
(8) Site for Computer 101 training course:  http://www.newsday.com/plugin/c101main.htm

2/9/98 Thanks to Eddie Santos

(9) If you want to cruise the Internet but don't want to wait for all the graphics to load, tell your browser to skip the graphics. In Netscape click options, and take the check mark out of autoload images. In Internet Explorer, click View menu and then Options, and under general tab take the check mark off box next to show pictures.

3/9/98 Thanks to Eddie Santos for the following:

(10) The Command Run in the Start menu remembers the last few commands you ran there. Click Start, run, and then the list open button (the button with the triangle pointing down). The last few commands are listed there so click the one you want and then click OK.

(11) If you don't feel like clicking through large number of folders to find the one you want in Windows explorer, Win95. Go to tools, click Go to, type in the name of the folder, or path of folder if you have partitioned disc, you want, and it will appear in the right hand window of Windows Explorer..

(12) If you dragged a window off the screen and it disappeared. press Alt+spacebar+M for move. Keep holding alt+spacebar and use the up arrow key to bring it back until you get it high enough to use your mouse to drag it in place. Press enter key when you get it positioned.

(13) Taskbars can be in the way when you are doing graphics; you can make the taskbar invisible. Click start, settings, taskbar. In taskbar properties click autohide and in the taskbar options page click OK. The taskbar will drop down below the bottom of the screen. To access the taskbar move your mouse to the edge of the screen and the taskbar will reappear. When you move it away the taskbar will disappear.

(14) If you have trouble when you hit caps lock instead of shift and you keep typing capitol letters .Go to control panel, double-click on Accessibility Options and click keyboard, Toggle Key box and OK. Now when you press caps, scroll or num locks you will hear a tone.

(15) If you are going to make copy of files to a diskette, Make a short cut of your diskette drive on your desktop and you can drag files to it for easy copying.

(16) A good page for tips that will be sent to you automatically through your e-mail - no charge.  http://www.zdtips.com

4/11/98
(17)  Another good page for tips that will be sent to you automatically through your e-mail - no charge.
 http://www.tipworld.com    Thanks to Bob Levey.

(18)  If you would like your browser to dialup automatically - try the following.  From the Start Menu, choose Programs, Accessories, Dial-up Networking.  Select Connections Menu and then Settings Command and clear the box labeled "Prompt for information before dialing".  As long as you have directed your browser's default dialup connection to save and reuse your password automatically, you will be able to initiate a connection  just by launching your browser.  Thanks to Eddie Santos.  Note from DMC - Sometimes no matter what you do you can not have automatic dial-up.

(19)  Another web page for tips that will be sent to you automatically through your e-mail - no charge.
 http://www.dummiesdaily.com/   DMC

(20)  In Win95, if you right click with your mouse on an image in a web site, you can choose a command to "Save Image As" and then use the image in any document that will accept that format.  DMC.

(21)  In Win95 if the task bar gets in your way, you can move or hide it.  You can move it to the top or sides of your screen by dragging it (be sure mouse is pointing to empty spot on taskbar) and dropping it on the appropriate edge.  To make the taskbar disappear, right click on it, choose Properties and check the Auto Hide option.  To make it reappear, move the mouse pointer to the screen edge where it hides.  To hide it permanently, turn off Auto Hide and drag the taskbar off the screen; its edge will stay visible so you can drag it back again. Thanks to Margaret Kaldenberg

(22)  The SeekHelp Web site ( http://www.seekhelp.com ) explains how each major search engine operates, so you can tailor your request to get the best results. Thanks to Margaret Kaldenberg

6/8/98
(23)  In Netscape, to find out if a message has been received, include a return receipt on your E-mail.  You open the composition window and create the message.  CLICK the message sending options in the addressing area toolbar (there are three icons in vertical array) - left click the bottom one and then check box for return receipt. Thanks to Bob Levey
(24)  How to get rid of the Windows 95 logo when first booting up the computer.  As soon as you see the "Starting Windows 95" message at the top of the screen, hit the ESC key.  That tells your computer to bypass the logo.  Thanks to Bob Levey
(25)  In IE 4.0 when you are on the web and want to go back five web pages, don't click back five times and wait while it brings up each page, go to the Standard button toolbar, the tiny down button between the back and forward buttons, click the down arrow and select the site from the drop down list.  (This also works on Netscape, but you will lose all the web sites previous to the one you're going to.  DMC) Thanks to Eddie Santos
(26)  In IE4.0, if you forgot the page you visited the day before, click the history button and a frame will appear in the left corner of the page.  Click the day on the top of the list and it will show you the sites you visited on that day.  (In Netscape Choose Communicator History)  Thanks to Eddie Santos

7/13/98
(27)  You can get a discount of 10% from AOL for your monthly service charge if you are a member of AARP.  Click Keyword and Type in AARP.  Thanks to Dorothy Reynolds
(28)   In Windows Explorer, Win95, have you ever clicked file and have the menu open next to edit and when you go to click open the menu disappears? Just put your pointer on an empty spot on top and drag the window down an inch or so, then when you click file open will be an inch above the menu where you can get at it with ease. Thanks to Eddie Santos
(29)   There isn't any desktop security, as anyone can click ESC and bypass your login screen and get access to Win95. Solution is to go to: ftp://ftp.creativelement.com/pub/users/creativelement/win95ann/shutdown.zip When a random user tries to press ESC or create another users name they are taken back to the login screen.  Thanks to Eddie Santos

8/19/98
(30)  In Outlook Express, Win95, if you click on Tools, spelling check, then click the "Always check spelling before sending" Box, it will automatically check spelling before you send.  Thanks to Eddie Santos

10/12/98
(31)  This program makes finding the latest updates for your software programs very easy.  The program is free.  The address is: http://www.manageable.com/execute.html
Quote from writeup:  "Catch*UP is an award winning service that simultaneously searches for the newest versions of many popular Windows software applications and hardware drivers.  With the simple click of a button, Catch*UP generates a customized list of updates of your software, including corresponding download sites.  People are calling Catch*UP one of their "must have" Internet applications.  Simply download the Catch*UP software to find the latest patches, fixes, updates and upgrades to your favorite shareware, freeware and commercial software applications." Thanks to Carl Schmidt

11/9/98
(32)  If you want to get back to Microsoft's home page from another web page just click the spinning world in ie4 and the N spinning in Netscape. Thanks to Eddie Santos
(33)  If you have too many favorites on the page (ie4.0) right click the one you don't want and click delete.  (Not true in Bookmarks - Netscape - (DMC) - Thanks to Eddie Santos
(34)  Click on the mouse tab and slide the menu speed slider all the way to the left ot make menus appear instantaneously. (Windows 98)  - Thanks to Eddie Santos
(35)  Windows 98 - You can delete an icon from your link bar just right click on it and click delete.  You can also move them around just click and drag it to where you want it to be on the link bar.  You can also drag any linkable icon there to make it an easy access.  - Thanks to Eddie Santos
(36)  When you are typing in word processing, e-mail or anywhere, and you accidentally press the enter key while your cursor is in the middle of a sentence, it will bring it down to the next line or lines depending when you stop.  To correct, move the cursor to beginning of line and press the backSpace key until the sentence is back where it belongs. - Thanks to Eddie Santos

1/11/99
(37)  Don't try to compress your disk using fat32. You have to choose either compress or fat32 in Win 95/98, you can't have both. Chances are you'll gain more space with fat16 and compression, but will have more stability with fat32. -Thanks to Eddie Santos

2/8/99
(38) Have you ever enlarged a window and have it take up all the screen so you could not see the task bar or the scroll bar?  How do you get out without shutting down?  If you have Win98, just click F11.  It will also enlarge your screen.  Thanks to Eddie Santos
(39)  You can turn down the volume on your modem:  Open control panel, and then double click on modem icon.  When in Modem window, general tab, click on properties.  This window allows you to adjust volume.  Some modems will let you turn it off if you want. Thanks to Eddie Santos
(40)  To shut down Windows 95 with one, instead of three, mouse clicks:  Right click any blank area of the desktop,  Choose New + Shortcut from the drop down menu.  In the Command Line box type
"c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"  (without the quotes - Note there is a space after rundll.exe)
Click Next.  Name the new shortcut Shut Down Fast!, Click Finish.  A new "Shut Down Fast" icon appears on your desktop.  Double-click it, and Windows shuts down instantly, without your having to click another thing.  Thanks to Jackie Roach
 

3/8/99
41) In Win98/95 if you want to maximize the window just put your pointer on an empty place to the left and parallel to the minimize button and click twice; it will also bring it back to normal.  Be aware it will take up the whole screen but still let you use all the buttons.  - Thanks to Eddie Santos

4/12/99
The following are all Thanks to Eddie Santos  #42 - 50:
(42)  Some times you have to reboot to make a setting change.  Here is a faster way.  Click Start menu, shutdown, then press and hold down the Shift key, click restart the computer, then OK, keeping the Shift key depressed.  When the screen prompt says "Windows is now restarting" release the Shift key.  This will bypass the boot sequence.
(43)  Don't forget that the four most recently launched Run commands are still available by clicking on the down arrow in the Run dialog box or by using the down-arrow key.
(44)  You can drag documents and folders into the Run dialog box and Windows types the path for you.  Then modify and launch with your changes.
(45)  By typing the URL of your favorite Web site into the Rim dialog box (Start/Run) and pressing the Enter key, you'll enable Windows to launch the Internet Explorer -- if that's your browser (Netscape might or might not) -- and go straight to the site.  For example, if you type www.winmag.com and press Enter, you'll go directly to the WinMag Web Site.
(46)  Before you do this one, make sure this is what you want as it might be difficult to go back.  If you prefer the dual-pane Explorer view in My Computer, make it the default.  In Windows , click on My Computer and select Options from the View menu.  Click on the File Types tab, then scroll down and find the Folder item in the Registered File Types box.  Click on the Folder item, then the Edit button.  Click on the Set default button so Explore comes before Open on the list.  Click on Close, then on Close once again.
(47)  Windows comes with a few options designed to make it more accessible to handicapped or injured users.  One of these options is MouseKeys, which lets you move your mouse pointer with the numeric keypad on your keyboard.  This is useful if you're recovering from a repetitive strain injury caused by overly vigorous use of your mouse, or you have a notebook on which you don't want to install a mouse.  Turn on MouseKeys by double-clicking on the Accessibility Options icon in the Control Panel; then click on the Mouse tab and select UseMouseKeys.

(48)  Bring up the Properties dialog box fast by holding down the Alt key on keyboard and double-clicking on the object of your choice.
(49)  Here's a tip that lets you put Start menu items in the order you want and also launch them with keystrokes.  In Win95, Right-click on the Start button, then select Open.  Rename each item by placing a number in front of it if you want to change order.  Now you can open the Start menu by pressing Ctrl+Esc.  Launch the program of your choice by simply pressing the associated number.  For Win98, simply drag and drop items to place them in the order you want.  Launch items by pressing Ctrl+Esc, then the letter of the item you want to launch, followed by the Enter key. (Note:  You can open the start menu in Win95/98 at any time by pressing Ctrl+Esc and then press the underlined letter to launch it to next level - then use arrow keys to highlight item to open and press Enter..  However order in the Start Menu is the same.  DMC)
(50)  In Yahoo mail instead of going to compose then addresses then back to compose, go to address, choose your client, then compose saving one step.  In Outlook Express click address, choose your client then click send mail and that will take you to composing mail.

January 2000
(51)  In Win98 click Start Run and type in sfc.exe and click OK.  This will automatically check out your registry for any problems. Thanks to Eddi Santos and Don Droegemeyer

September 2000
(52)  In most web browsers, you do not need to type http://www. in the address area.   Just start with the rest of the URL and the browser will put what is necessary for the complete address. Also, can get to the address area in the browser by keystroke <Alt+D> Thanks for Eddi Santos
(53)   If your system freezes or crashes in Win98/98SE pressing keystroke <Ctrl+Alt+Del> will sometimes bring up the close task dialog box and you will be able to recover from the freeze.  If it does, click on the program/component  not responding and click the button End Task.  Thanks for Eddi Santos

April 2001
(54)  To print only a section of a document or web page, highlight that section, Choose File Print, and select the radio button next to "Selection".  Click OK.  Thanks to Bob Levey
(55)  There is an Internet Explorer site has tips, Favorites section and will have a Programs section shortly:.   http://www.ieinfosite.co.uk Thanks to Steve Cerruti
(56)  Windows 98 Second Edition Tips:   http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/reame/win98SE/W98setipstxt.asp
Windows ME tips:   http://www.microsoft.com/windowsME/using/tips/ Thanks to Steve Cerruti
(57)  Help sections for Windows 2000, WinME, Win 95/98, IE and MS Office.   http://www.springfieldtech.com
Thanks to Steve Cerruti

May 2001
(57)  Mouse options - If you go to Start, Settings, Control Panel and double click on Mouse Program,  and then click once on pointers tab, you will see 'Scheme'.  Scroll down through this and you will see many options you can set for your mouse. Click Apply and then OK if it suits you. Thanks to Bob Mollenhauer
(58)  For the world's leading supplier of Software Bug Fixes and Information, see  http://www.bugnet.comThanks to Steve Cerruti

June, 2001
(58)  For the list of Tips that were discussed at the Windsor Senior Computer User's Group (WSCUGR) on June 11, 2001, please click on the following web site:   Tips from WSCUGR 6/11/01   Thanks to Ray Smith