MalekTips: 09-12-2007
 
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We have 30 new tips found below in the latest issue of MalekTips. Just scroll down this web page to view and click on the tips!
 
* This newsletter has information useful for cell phone users. Receive Amber Alerts directly on your phone, sometimes for free (depending on your carrier). Send messages to your cell phone directly from the Firefox web browser. Access your voicemail without making a cell phone call. Learn about voice dialing. Plus, find a cell phone-related gag gift that's sure to start up a conversation!
 
* We've got a few tips for beginning and intermediate Windows Vista users. Learn how to unlock, move, and resize the taskbar. Stop hiding taskbar notification icons. Toggle displaying the menu bar in Explorer folder windows. Display previously hidden files and folders. Plus, change the images Windows Vista uses when displaying icons of folders containing pictures.
 
* Advanced Windows XP Users - this newsletter contains several tips for the DOS command prompt. Defragment hard drives from batch files without using the GUI tool. Open a System Management Console. List files that Windows plans to move or delete upon reboot. Display who owns particular files or directories.
 
* Here are a few unusual and unique websites to visit. Get a completely useless account. Join the Ministry of Silly Walks with your own John Cleese impersonation. Find the real names of many famous celebrities.
 
* Are you using the latest version of the Internet Explorer web browser, v7? Tweak the toolbar to stop displaying labels "Page" and "Tools". Speed up entering web addresses. Disable the 'friendly' error messages returned by the browser when web servers return error codes.
 
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Andrew Malek
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Cell Phone : Receive Amber Alerts
Help find missing children by receiving Amber Alerts on your mobile device.
 
Cell Phone : Send Messages to Your Phone from Firefox
A Mozilla Firefox extension lets you send text messages to your mobile phone.
 
Cell Phone : Access Voicemail Without Your Cell Phone
Need to access your voice mail but can't get to your cell phone?
 
Cell Phone : Give Your Wireless Phone a Wire
This humorous gift provides your recipient a corded headset for their wireless phone.
 
Cell Phone : What is Voice Dialing?
Many cell phones let you dial a number using your voice (hands-free dialing), saving your fingers some typing.
 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 : Stop Typing http://www. and .com in Web Addresses
There's no need to type in full web addresses into Internet Explorer 7 with this keyboard shortcut.
 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 : Remove Page and Tools from the Toolbar
Remove the "Page" and "Tools" items from the Internet Explorer 7 toolbar.
 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 : Close All Tabs Except the Current Tab
Focus your attention solely on one open tab in Internet Explorer 7.
 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 : Sort Your Favorites
View your Internet Explorer 7 Favorites in alphabetical order.
 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 : Disable Friendly Error Messages
Internet Explorer 7 hides detailed error messages when browsing websites. If necessary or desired, these can be disabled.
 
Sites to Browse : Get a Useless Account
Many websites require an account to access them. Now get a useless one.
 
Sites to Browse : Maybe You Can Join the Ministry of Silly Walks
Create and generate your own silly walks to make even John Cleese proud.
 
Sites to Browse : Find Plans to Help Save Money on Your Teeth
This website lets you search a myriad of plans you can use to save money when going to the dentist.
 
Sites to Browse : The New Seven Wonders of the World
See the places the world has voted as the New Seven Wonders of the World.
 
Sites to Browse : Real Names of Celebrities
Find out the birth names of some of your favorite celebrities.
 
Windows Vista - Explorer : Toggle Displaying the Menu Bar
Toggle the menu bar display in Windows Vista Explorer folders.
 
Windows Vista - Explorer : Change Folder Picture
Choose which image Windows Vista uses to display the icon of a folder containing pictures.
 
Windows Vista - Explorer : Toggle Displaying Hidden Files and Folders
Toggle displaying files previously hidden by Windows Vista.
 
Windows Vista - Explorer : Open Folders in Separate Windows
When performing file maintenance on a Windows Vista system, consider opening separate Explorer windows.
 
Windows Vista - Explorer : Partially Hide Drive Letters
Clean up the display in Windows Vista's "My Computers" folder by hiding drive letters from view.
 
Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars : Unlock the Taskbar
Unlock the Windows Vista Taskbar so you can modify how it is displayed.
 
Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars : Move the Taskbar
Move the Windows Vista Taskbar around the screen.
 
Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars : Resize the Taskbar
Increase or decrease the size of Windows Vista's Taskbar.
 
Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars : Provide More Room for Quick Launch Icons
Add room for Quick Launch icon's in Windows Vista's Taskbar to make certain software easier to access.
 
Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars : Stop Hiding Inactive Icons
Keep Windows Vista from hiding icons in the Taskbar notification area.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Defragment Drives in DOS or a Batch File
As an alternative to Windows XP's GUI-based Defrag application, use DOS's defrag command from the command prompt or a batch file.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Display Directory and File Owners
If you share your Windows XP machine with others, this parameter lets you display directory and file ownership at the DOS prompt or in a batch file.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Display Files to be Moved or Deleted on Next Reboot
Display a list of files scheduled for moving or deletion when you reboot your Windows XP system.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Open a System Management Console
Open computer management consoles from a Windows XP/DOS batch file.
 
Windows XP and DOS : Display a Directory Tree of all Subdirectories and Files
Display a directory's subdirectories and (optionally) all files contained therein.
 
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