User Tips

• Helping Users Tip 1: Right Click and open the start button. Right drag the Programs folder to desktop and choose the option to Create Short Cut (This will give them a Program Manager they are familiar with)
• Helping Users Tip 2: create a shortcut to c:\windows\winfile.exe (the old file manager) but remember deleting files from here will NOT send them to the recycle bin AND move a file with this and it will lose it's long file name.
• Never delete the following fonts Marlett, Courier, Times New Roman, Arial (all versions), Times New Roman, System, or Symbol - various programs (Including Windows itself) use these for display. Tahoma if you use Office 97
• To Shut down / Close all the windows (down to the Parent Window where you started) - Hold the Shift key while you click the close button.
• Create a short cut to the floppy drive (and any frequently accessed drives / directories) on the desktop
• You can move and copy short cuts quickly from Exployer (the *.lnk files) – consider the "c:\windows\desktop" and the "c:\windows\send to" folders (directories) as a good place to start looking. Remember: Holding down the Ctrl key still forces something to copy and holding down the Shift key still forces something to be moved.
• Typist tip: from the Accessability applet in control panel choose the Use Toggle Key option to have the computer beep when you hit caps lock, num lock, scroll lock.
• Too many open windows – right click an open space on the task bar and choose the minimize all options, Remember: you can resize the task bar to show more of the icon buttons by streching its width like a window. (You can also move the task bar to any edge of the screen by clicking on an open area and dragging it.
• You can quickly start Explorer by right clicking the upper left icon of an open folder and choosing Explore
• If you have access to the Microsoft TweakUI program - INSTALL IT. This program allows you to adjust everything from how fast your menus pop up, to displaying a DOS start up menu when you turn the computer on. The program is free (If you have access to the internet, you can download if from www.microsoft.com.) Look for links to their downloads, support, and upgrades. *** note:  that this is not a supported add-on, and Microsoft does NOT SUPPORT it, they only offer it "as is".