Windows operating system problems
Windows operating system problems
Help From Microsoft support - Select the product you need
once the web page has loaded:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/hublist
The following website contains a great many tips for using
various versions of windows:
http://www.annoyances.org/
One common problem is trouble starting Windows 98.
Microsoft provide some help on the following page:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q188867
Task manager – That thing that loads when you do
<Ctrl-Alt-Del> shows a great many processes. But what
are they?
Find some of the answers here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/[system%20process]/
http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM
Firewall and Internet connection
Are you worried about how good your firewall is? Test your
firewall at:
http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/selscan.asp
How fast is your Internet connection? Test it out at:
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
Do you need some help for Internet explorer? The following
page contains a lot of suggestions for common problems.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
Or perhaps you are so fed up with IE that you want to
replace it replace it with something else?
Netscape is quite quick:
http://www.netscape.co.uk/netscape/7/download/other.htm
Some people prefer Opera as a browser:
http://www.opera.com/
Microsoft Word Problems
Useful help for Microsoft Word:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;wd2002Faq&product=wd2002
Word and Virus warnings:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q164339/
A lot of format settings global macros and other stuff are stored in normal.dot - the global template. There is also a Startup folder, which holds add-ins and macros that start automatically when Word is launched. If Word is not starting properly or is crashing or freezing as soon as you start it, it is probably either the global template corrupt, or something is loading automatically in your Word Start-up folder.
A good trick is to go to the "Start" button and click on
"Run…" In the "Open" box, type <winword.exe
/a> (Leaving out the angle brackets – Note that
there is a space before the slash).
One way to get yourself a new and uncorrupted template is
to close Word and search your computer for normal.dot and
then rename or delete it. When you start Word again, it
will look for the normal.dot and when it can't find it, it
will create a brand new one. You will then have to check
through all of your default settings again.
Many viruses make this file the target of their attack. You may want to consider making the normal.dot template read-only once you are satisfied with your default settings.
Word fails to print or crashes, or formatting problems:
Document, paragraph formatting is stored in the paragraph
marker at the end of paragraphs. Paragraph formatting that
relates to the entire document is stored in the final
paragraph marker at the end of the document.
If you gradually work through these markers can often solve
your problem.
On a lighter note:
http://www.mysmilies.com/ & http://www.wackyb.co.nz/menu/Smileys_in_Email/
To liven up your email.
And some more handy website tools.
A 3D Banner for your website:
http://www.3dtextmaker.com/cgi-bin/3dtext.pl
Online Gif tools
http://angelfire.gifworks.com/index.html