Save your work often!

Save your work often!

This little tip can save you a lot of headaches, grey hair and tears. Save your work often!
There is nothing more frustrating than working on a document for hours and losing the lot because the computer shuts down.
There are a multitude of things that can cause you to lose all your hard work. Power interruptions, computer lockups, ISP glitches, thunderstorms and the list goes on. If you make it a rule to save your work at least every five minutes you will save yourself a lot of heartache when the lights go out.
Most people don't save their work until they are finished. Don't be caught and lose hours of hard work and time. Save your work often!

Reed more

Change Size of Mouse Pointer to Larger Size

Change Size of Mouse Pointer to Larger Size

Some people find it hard to find the default Windows mouse pointer on the desktop. This may be the result of poor eyesight or other physical problems but can be overcome quite easily.
Windows XP gives you a choice to make the pointer larger so it can be seen more easily. You can even change the pointer color to black so that the pointer stands out on white backgrounds. Here's how to change the size of pointer.
Open the Control Panel by clicking Start, Settings, Control Panel.
Click the "Mouse Icon."
In the Mouse Properties window that appears, click the Pointers tab.
In the area under where it says "Scheme," click to activate the drop down and choose Windows Standard "large or extra large" from the drop-down list.
The display area (top right of window) will show what the pointer size will be.
Click Apply if this is suitable
Click OK to make the change effective

Reed More

Change Windows XP Control Panel back to Classic View

Change Windows XP Control Panel back to Classic View

If you are used to past versions of Windows, you may not like the way the Control Panel in Windows XP is now organized. That's because, by default, the Control Panel is now organized into several categories. The old Control Panel in the Classic view seemed quicker and easier for most of us to use.

Here's how to switch it back to the good old "Classic Style".
Open the Control Panel from the Start Menu
In the upper left-hand corner, you should see a link called "Switch to classic view."
Simply click on that, and you should see the Control Panel organized the way it used to be.
If you change your mind, and want the "new" arrangement back, simply click on the link in the upper left corner that now says "Switch to Category view."
If this simple tip helped you, consider sharing this with others!

Reed More

What is a domain name?

What is a domain name?

A domain name is a unique address to a particular website, just like your home street address. Internet users type in the address (addy) and this takes them straight to the required website. Our domain name for this website is www.itexpressions.com
Years ago websites used numeric numbers, or IP addresses, to guide users to their websites. Nowadays, instead of long numeric IP addresses, domain names are used to identify and link to web sites.
The governing body which allocates domain names is ICANN. A domain name is allocated a numeric IP number and both the IP address or the www domain name can be used to view the website.

Reed More

How to help prevent spam email

How to help prevent spam email

Spam is one of the most annoying problems with the internet and can clog your mail box just as in the real world. Fight back against this menace by applying a few simple steps in the fight against spam.
Here is one way to prevent spam (those annoying emails sent in bulk) from reaching you automatically.
If you leave your email address in a forum or newsgroup, simply add an extra line to your email address. For example, if your email address is john@doe.com, tell a newsgroup that your address is john@DELETEME.doe.com. Tell the group to remove the "delete me" line before emailing.
A person may see that your email address is wrong, but an automatic email address harvester will never know. Hopefully, this one little action will help in the fight against spam.
Most email clients have anti spam filters that you can turn on. Login to your account and check that the filters are set to the highest anti spam measures.
If you have a website, consider having a form that has to be physically filled out instead of a text link to your email address. This stops automatic harvesting.
Get a hotmail or yahoo email account so that when you join newsgroups or any other program that requires you to sign up and give your email address you give them this account. You can then delete it when it is getting heaps of spam, simply joining again under a new name.

Reed More

Easy Spell Checking

Easy Spell Checking

Spell checking any text document can make your letters and e-mail look so much more professional. Yet most of us fail to use the inbuilt spell checker due to time constraints or the annoyance of sorting through a dropdown list to open the spell check program.
This handy keyboard shortcut using the F7 key can help your documents have that professional touch
Whenever you are working on a text document in any type of text program such as Microsoft Word and most e-mail clients such as Outlook, Incredimail etc, just hit your F7 key to bring up the spell checker.
You will soon find that the F7 key is your best friend.

Reed More

How To make browser text larger or smaller

How to make browser text larger or smaller.

If your viewing a website and the text is too small to read,
or too large and annoying. Here's how to set your font to the size that is most suitable to you.

On the toolbar near the top of the screen, click view
Scroll down and select text size
Choose your desired font size from largest to smallest

Reed More