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WINDOWS SIG - DECEMBER, 2O04
by Mary Phillips
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Mary
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Q. . I am unable to complete a virus scan, defrag,
or surface scan of my hard drive because some program
on my computer is writing to the hard drive. I have
turned off the virus scan (when trying to run the other
programs), screen saver and all the programs in the
Task Manager except Explore and Systray. What else can
I do?
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A. Start your computer in Safe Mode and you should
be able to run these programs. To start in Safe Mode,
reboot your computer and keep pressing the F8 key until
the menu comes up that allows you to run Windows in
Safe Mode. Use the arrow keys to move down the menu
and press Enter to select the option, then go ahead
with the job you were attempting and it should work.
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| Q. did the Clipboard
Viewer go in Windows XP (and Windows 2000)? |
A. The clipboard viewer
is no longer installed by default and the name has been
changed to ClipBook Viewer. To install the ClipBook Viewer,
right-click Start > Properties > Classic Start Menu,
> Customize > Add > Browse > C: drive. Expand
the tree by clicking the plus signs beside Windows and
System32. Select clipbrd (or clipbrd.exe, depending on
your folder View settings). Click OK > Next > Accessories
> Next and enter ClipBook Viewer in the text box below
where it says Type a name for this shortcut. Click Finish,
select your choice of Start Menu for XP or Classic Start
Menu. The ClipBook Viewer is now listed on the Accessories
menu; it can be left there, moved to the System Tools
list, or placed in the Quick Launch toolbar.
To put the shortcut in System Tools, Click Start >
All Programs > Accessories > click the ClipBook
Viewer icon and hold the left mouse button while dragging
it to System Tools, and release the mouse button to drop
it in the desired location or to put it in the Quick Launch
toolbar, right-click and drag the icon from it's location
in Accessories down to the Quick Launch toolbar and release
the mouse button. Click copy here.
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Q. What is a "thumbs.db"
file? I keep finding them in my folders.
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| A. In recent versions
of Windows, we have a feature that lets us see little
pictures of our photos, graphics and scanned images rather
than just file names. In the My Computer window, clicking
on View on the menu bar at the top of the window, allows
you to choose from five different formats--thumbnails,
tiles, icons, lists, and details. The thumbnails (little
pictures) are kept in a database created by Windows. Thumbs.db
is that database file.
Personally, I like being able to see at a glance what
I've got, but to turn off this feature and save a bit
of disk space you can: Click the Start > Control
Panel > Folder Options > View tab Click Advanced
Settings, check "Do not cache thumbnails",
and click OK.
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