Tips

revised 7-16-2008

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  1. 198 Vista Tips & Tricks
  2. Make an XP SP3 Recovery Disk - very cool!
  3. Upgrading from Vista to XP - really!
  4. Top XP tips / tricks: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2308037,00.asp
  5. Secure Erase Hard Drives - open source program Boot n Nuke
  6. Killing "pop up" ads with Google's Toolbar
  7. AntiVir - Free anti-virus software that will run in SAFE mode under Windows XP
  8. Free technical support http://protonic.com/ 
  9. Creating grid sheets (graph paper) with Word
  10. Using Ad Aware to remove advertisements cookies and other "spy ware" from your PC (frequently speeds up a slow PC)
  11. How to print a list of files in a directory (something you can't easily do in Windows!)
  12. A utility to print file lists to a file (which you can print from Word, etc)
  13. Using Excel to organize information from and solve word problems in math
  14. Using text boxes and paragraph text in Excel
  15. Converting numbers to Roman numerals and to written out (text) format in Word
  16. Finding images on the Internet
  17. Capturing and editing screen images
  18. Editing and compressing images (IrfanView)
  19. GPS Lesson - PowerPoint - worksheet
  20. 15 PowerPoint tips / tricks
  21. Removing the requirement to re-logon when returning from Standby
  22. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/tips/personalize/keyboardsc.asp keyboard shortcuts
  23. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,64601,00.asp Office keyboard shortcuts
  24. http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,29,00.asp  PowerPoint background change
  25. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1367932,00.asp text to words
  26. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1434400,00.asp - highlighting formulas in Excel
  27. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1434338,00.asp turn off caps lock after using shift
  28. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1434441,00.asp parse name, address, zip in Excel
  29. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1476473,00.asp use images in charts in Excel
  30. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1523509,00.asp change forced text numbers to numbers in Excel - has a great tip on paste special / multiply
  31. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1229633,00.asp 15 great Excel tips - very nice!
  32. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1204832,00.asp Inserting signature into Word document
  33. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1537604,00.asp Start Windows XP Without Waiting for Welcome
  34. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1047729,00.asp  Windows XP and Office XP shortcuts (click here for one page/ printer ready version)
  35. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1566562,00.asp  Adding a "work" menu to toolbar for fast access to files
  36.  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1569026,00.asp Adding a "work on last document" icon to desktop
  37. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1569377,00.asp  Edit two parts of a Word document at once
  38. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1565284,00.asp Using Smart Tags in Word
  39. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1586098,00.asp Removing hidden codes from Office documents
  40. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1568569,00.asp Adding a calculator to Word's toolbar
  41. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1566820,00.asp Setting an alternate network configuration
  42. Google Deskbar - very nice! http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/index.html
  43. Google Graphics Sorter - Picasa - also very nice!
  44. http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlrestoration.html - recover (some) deleted files even after Recycle Bin is cleared.
  45. http://smilianov.dir.bg/download.htm Tweak FX for XP
  46. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/07/19FEtoptools_1.html InfoWorld "Top 10 Tools of the Trade"
  47. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/28/22enterwin_1.html Services to disable in XP (good tips here!)
  48. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1633790,00.asp using Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
  49. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1631997,00.asp using the Start command in XP
  50. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1632090,00.asp inverted printing in Word
  51. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1626132,00.asp disinfecting your PC
  52. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1625094,00.asp degunking your PC
  53. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1629130,00.asp merge to email
  54. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1566806,00.asp use "run as" to gain privileges in XP
  55. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,992581,00.asp 20 nice Windows XP tips, especially some DOS commands
  56. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1730903,00.asp advanced ranking in Excel
  57. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1730835,00.asp Managing multiple operating systems (XP, Linux, etc)
  58. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1758198,00.asp  Help Windows XP Run Old DOS Programs
  59. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1768298,00.asp Speeding up Windows XP Boot
  60. 20 Great Google Tips from PC Magazine
  61. http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm online virus / spyware scan - must use IE
  62. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1765802,00.asp PC Magazine's guide to upgrading your PC - Very Good!
  63. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1869915,00.asp Great tips on Google Desktop
  64. Linux program to discover / change XP passwords - unzip / run "install.bat" to create Linux boot floppy
  65. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/bertleff1.mspx Change the Default Opening Folder in Windows Explorer
  66. http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html Customizing Right-Click Menu Options in Windows
  67. PALM - moving WAV files to MP3 - use http://www.eusing.com/CDRipper/CDRipper.htm - program: cdtomp3freeware.exe -
  68. PALM & PC- moving Google Video to LifeDrive - download GVP, open in notepad, go to URL (long one!) - AVI will be downloaded - use Video Converter ( spvc3001.exe  from http://www.download3k.com/Install-Video-Converter.html ) to convert from AVI to AVI (????) - use LifeDrive Manager to upload - AVI gives almost full screen, mpg gives larger image
  69. Palm & PC - DVD conversion - open DVD in iriverter (http://iriverter.sourceforge.net/)
Presentation 10/20/2004
 
 

Revised d. bodnar 11/05/2008