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Letters...We Get
Letters...
By Cate Eales
Appeared Feb 9, 2006 on castanet.net
Thank you to everyone who sends along questions and
comments. Here are a few I'd like to pass along.
Alex wrote, "I tried [Mozilla Firefox] and I like it. Is
there any way to have your Favorites in a column on the left as it is in
Explorer.
As luck would have it, yes, there is! Click on
View - Sidebar - Bookmarks to do that. Or, you can use Ctrl+B
to do the same thing. As an aside,
Firefox is up to version
1.5.0.1 now, having been updated last week to improve security and
overall performance.
Debbie asked, "How can I get my Internet Explorer to start
remembering passwords again? It used to, but then it quit."
That sometimes happens. A somewhat obscure setting in Internet Explorer
needs to be changed, and then you should be good to go.
 | Start Internet Explorer |
| Click on Tools - Internet Options - Content |
| Under "Personal information" click on AutoComplete |
| See if "User names and passwords on forms" has a
check next to it. Probably not, so put a check there. |
| Click OK |
| Click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog. |
| Close Internet Explorer |
| Now click on Start - Run |
| In the Open box, type Services.msc |
| Click OK |
| That's going to bring up the Services snap-in. Look
down the Name list, and locate "Protected Storage." Click once on it to
highlight it. |
| Look at the Status column to see if Protected Storage
is running.
 | If it is, "Started" will appear under Status. If
it's not started, Start it by right-clicking on it and selecting
Start. |
| If the service is already started and running, then
Stop and Restart the service |
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| Close the snap-in. |
Count to 10. You should be all set. If not, you might
have to restart the computer.
Tony wrote to follow up on the
column about Instant Messenger
programs. He pointed out, "There are two good reasons to upgrade to
the latest version of
Yahoo!Messenger.
One is that you can leave voice messages for your friends, even when they
are off line. The other, really cool, feature is photo sharing. You can
share photos with two clicks, you can save them to your Desktop or
anywhere on your computer."
Tony is right --- and both features were unknown to me until he mentioned
them. It's really easy to share photos. Double-click on your contact's
name, then click on Photos in the new window. When you contact accepts,
you can just drag photos into the IM window, or use the Add button to get
them in there. To save your friend's photos to your computer, either click
on the Save button, or simply drag the photos to your Desktop. Yahoo names
them something weird, so be sure to rename/Save them with an informative
word or phrase.
Again, thank for the questions and comments. Please keep them coming!
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Cate Eales has been helping people make online computing safe, accessible
and fun for over 20 years. She lives in Kelowna with her husband, Eric,
and her dog, Sandy. Cate is a partner in Real Life Internet Solutions,
helping individuals and small businesses with virus, spyware and malware
eradication; personal computer training and management; digital image
management; music transfer; and website design, hosting and management.
Email Cate at cate@rlis.com with your
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