Good tips

Thanx for helping me with PSP Shmoopy. I think I finally got some of it down

Jen, I had a hard time with text on a path too...but at least you have the Manual...much easier to point to a page

Yeah. I'm gonna practice some more.

Maybe I'll submit something soon

Good! Can't wait to see what you come up with

Here's a tip I use quite a bit...

Windows key + pause key, brings up the System properties window.

Simple, but handy

as long as we are on the windows key :

wk+d = show desktop
wk+e = windows explorer
wk+r = run command
wk+f = find files

Thanks for the link S*, my friend found it very helpful indeed.....

Angel_Wings is thinking of some more tips...think...think...think

AHA! By jove, I've got it!

I know that if you are running Desktop X this tip is fairly moot but since I don't...I figure this tip might be helpful... SOOOOO Here goes...

I make a folder on my desktop titled 'shortcuts' for all of my more 'clutter-causing' programs and their respective icons that I don't frequently use but like the convenience of having them only a click away on ye olde desktop... That way I have more desktop art to look at and less clutter.

Also, with Outlook Express...you can click create new and just save the blank. Now swim along into your 'draft' where the blank now resides...open up said blank...click save as on and save it on your desktop as a shortcut. Now you have an 'always fresh' blank draft email to click on should the mood strike you. (I also used to use that as a quick spellcheck cheat rather than firing up MS WORD every time).

Oh...and I also keep a shortcut on my desktop for instant access to my Windows clipboard viewer...on XP do a search for clipbrd.exe and once you find it right click to create a shortcut to it and windows will ask you if you want it on your desktop...click yes and vIolA...er I meant voila Having access to this is handy because if you accidentally leave something HUGE on your clipboard it can slow your puter down HORRIBLY. (Not only that but for security I clear the clipboard if I copy-paste something like my credit card number etc. just to be on the safe side).

That's all I got for now...think I blew a fuse.

Ever get a file that just won't let you delete it? Try this. (not for the faint of heart):

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the undeletable file is located in. At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager.

Works every time for me. Tread carefully...make sure you type in the file name correctly.

motion...that's the sort of thing we manic shell swappers do all the time when updating shell installs...

I figured that Jafo. Posted this for casual swapper who might run into the problem and resort to a complete reboot to remedy it.

.... another one, known by almost everyone I'm sure, but for those that don't...

another use of the WinKey: + L will lock the desktop and send you back to the XP Welcome screen.

Noticed something new about this messageboard. When I type the "" around a word to signify a key on the keyboard, the word and the two symbols disappear.

See, it happened again. In between the quotation marks should be the "greater than" and the "less than" symbols....wierd.

"jimmy", "jimmy"

nope, didn't work.... ">"