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Below is a
listing of computer tips that have been listed on Computer Hope
this year. Previous monthly computer tips have been posted
on our computer tip page.
5/2008 -
Mozilla Firefox
Related Tips:
Firefox tips
Bookmark any web page form field and quickly access it from
the browser address bar. Below is an example of how you could
bookmark the Computer Hope search and quickly search for help
anytime .
1. Right-click on the search box in the top left portion of
this window.
2. Click "Add a keyword for this search".
3. In the Add bookmark window, type any name or leave it blank
and for the keyword make it something simple and easy to
remember. For example, "CH" for "Computer Hope" and click Ok.
Now in your address bar you can type: "CH " and then anything
you need help with. For example typing: "CH motherboard"
would open the search results for
motherboard.
Bonus all users tip
Computer Hope has released another free online utility called
"Is it up", which allows you to quickly check the status of any
website on the Internet and be able to identify if it's your
computer or the website that is causing you problem. This
utility can be
found
here.
4/2008 -
Mozilla Firefox
Related Tips:
Firefox tips
Oops did you mistakenly close a tab you
didn't want to close? Press CTRL + Shift + T to
undo a close tab. Pressing this more than once will undo
multiple closed tabs.
Bonus all users tip
Computer Hope recently introduced a new
web tool called:
Computer Hope System Information, visiting this page
you'll be able to quickly display all system information
detected, installed browser plugins and their versions
and much more information in any browser.
3/2008 - Microsoft Windows
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
Quickly navigate and manipulate the
Microsoft Windows command prompt by dragging and
dropping Windows components into the command line
window. For example, type: "cd " and drag and drop a
folder located anywhere on your computer into the
command line window to type the full path of that folder
and press enter to quickly move to that location.
2/2008 - Microsoft Windows
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
The Microsoft Windows command prompt is an
invaluable tool that can be used in conjunction with Windows.
Below are some helpful shortcuts and tips that can be used to
improve your abilities while in the command prompt. Users not
familiar with how to enter the command prompt can find
additional information about this in
document
CHDOS.
- Press the up
arrow key to scroll through all previously typed
commands at the prompt. This is helpful for when you
need to type long commands in more than once. Note.
If
- Pres the tab key
to auto-complete the names of directories or files.
For example, at C:\ type: "cd wi", press tab and the
command prompt should complete WINDOWS as the name
of the directory.
- Familiarize yourself with the
top MS-DOS commands and each of their available
switches.
1/2008 - Microsoft Windows
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
Improve overall system performance and
boot time and get rid of programs you don't want running
in the background by choosing to do a Selective Startup
in msconfig.
- Click Start, Run and type: msconfig and press
enter.
- In the System Configuration Utility click the
Startup tab.
- Uncheck programs you do not wish to load each
time your computer starts. Once done click ok and
restart the computer. After the computer boots back
into Windows you will receive a prompt about Windows
being in a selective startup. Check the box to not
receive the prompt and click ok.
12/2007 - Microsoft Windows
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
Save your frequent Windows XP and later version
searches for future use by following the below steps.
- Open the search and enter the search queries you
wish to save. For example, you could save a search
to find any remix mp3 files by entering: *remix*.mp3
in the all or part of name box.
- Once the values have been entered test the
search and allow you to save the search.
- In the Search Results window click File and then
Save Search.
- Finally, browse to the location you wish for
this file to be saved and name the file with a .fnd
extension.
After completing these steps you'll be
able to quickly perform a search by simply
double-clicking the file.
11/2007 - Internet
Related Tips: Internet
Create easy to read and type Internet addresses from long
convoluted addresses often found on popular sites such as Amazon,
eBay, MapQuest, etc. by using online services that shrink the
address. For example, the URL:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/cmos.htm would become:
http://tinyurl.com/ynkjhp.
Below are examples of sites that allow you to
copy and
paste any URL into them to make
them smaller.
10/2007 - Microsoft Windows
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
Quickly drag one or more files to the
Windows
Desktop with other open windows by dragging and
holding the files over an empty portion of the Windows
Taskbar. If done properly all open windows should
minimize and allow you to place the files or other
objects on the Desktop.
9/2007 - Windows XP mouse Snap To
Related Tips: Microsoft
Windows
Quickly get to the Microsoft Windows
Desktop by pressing the
Windows key and D at the same time on the keyboard.
8/2007 - Internet browsers,
operating systems, and many programs
Related Tips:
IE tips -
Firefox tips
Quickly bookmark any web page in all
major browsers by pressing
CTRL + D on your keyboard. Pressing these two keys
together will open the bookmarks or favorites for your
browser and allow you to quickly place a bookmark for
the page you're currently at. For example, pressing the
two keys now would bookmark this page.
7/2007 - Technical support phone
calls
Related Tips: Miscellaneous tips
When calling technical support or
customer service it's often frustrating having to go
through each of the voice prompts just to reach a human
who can assist you, which is why this months tip is a
link to gethuman.
This site is a database of 500 of the top companies,
their phone numbers and how to get directly to a human.
For example, when calling
Dell
Technical Support you would press 3; say "agent" at
each additional prompt, ignoring messages to get
directly to someone who can assist you with your
problem.
6/2007 - Internet browsers, operating systems, and many
programs
Related Tips:
IE tips -
Firefox tips - Microsoft
Windows
Quickly find an icon in a group of icons or a
specific item in an alphabetic list of items by
highlighting one of the icons or list items and pressing
the beginning letter of the item you're looking for.
Below are some examples of how this could be used.
Windows desktop icons - If you have
a lot of icons on your desktop or in another folder
highlight one of the icons and press the first letter.
For example if you were looking for an icon named "test"
highlight any icon and then press the "t" key. Note: you
can also press the "t" key multiple times to
individually highlight each icon that starts with "t".
Internet drop down list - Instead
of scrolling through a list of options in an Internet
drop down list press the first letter of the option
you're looking for. For example, if you were looking
through a list of states and you wanted "Utah" press U
to automatically scroll down to it.
5/2007 - Internet browser bookmarks
Related Tips:
IE tips -
Firefox tips
Sort your Internet browser favorites or bookmarks in alphabetical
name order by following the below steps.
Internet Explorer: Click Favorites and within
the favorites click your right mouse button and select Sort by Name.
Firefox: Click Bookmarks and within bookmarks
click your right mouse button and select Sort by Name.
By default the Internet browser Opera already sorts your
favorites by name.
4/2007 -
Mozilla Firefox
Related Tips:
Firefox tips
Bookmark almost any search engine and have the
capability of using it anywhere by following the below simple steps.
- Right-click within the text box you wish to
bookmark and click "Add a keyword for this Search.."
- Enter a name for the bookmark and then a keyword
you wish to use. For example, if you were doing this in computer
hope you could type "ch" as your keyword and then click Ok to
create the bookmark.
- Once created in the URL bar type your keyword
and what you wish to search for. For example, if you used "ch"
as your keyword and wanted to search for Firefox you'd type: "ch
firefox".
3/2007 - Spring
cleaning
Related Tips:
Cleaning page
When doing your spring cleaning this
month, don't forget to clean your computer. Keeping
your computer clean of dust, dirt, and hair can not
only help prevent problems occurring with your
computer it can also help resolve issues you may
already be encountering. Additional information
about cleaning all your computer components as well
as recommendations and other tips about cleaning can
be found on our
cleaning page.
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