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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/
Word Start-up Problems.
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