
If you can copy or move things to a folder, keeping
information on your computer more organized is
easier. Here is how to add copy or move to a folder
to Windows Explorer. Open Windows Explorer (not
Internet Explorer) by clicking on Start and then on
My Documents. Next, click on an empty area of the
standard button bar, the one that starts with the Back
button. Last, click on customize. In the available
toolbar buttons: list, click on copy to and then click on
add to add it to the current toolbar buttons list. Click
on Close to complete the customization work. Now
the next time you click on a le or folder, the Move to
and Copy to folder buttons will appear
If you ever have the need to copy both les and folders
to a CD, as in backing up your important information,
here’s an easy way to do it. Click on Start, and then
click on My Computer. Now right-click on your hard
drive (usually drive c:) and click on Explore. Now
you have a complete list of the les and folders on
that drive. Click on any le or folder, and then, while
holding down the Ctrl key, click on any other le or
folder you wish to copy to a CD/DVD. When you
have nished, click on edit, copy to folder. From the
list provided click on the CD/DVD R/W (Read/Write)
drive you want to send your selection to, and then
click Copy at the bottom of that small window. This
will result in a folder with those items waiting to be
copied. Put in a CD/DVD and click on write these les
to CD to the left.
Windows XP has several utilities programs that
manage various aspects of XP. You can run any of
these utilities by using them as “run” commands. Click
on Start, and then click on Run. In the Open: box,
type one of these shortcuts and press the Enter key or
click OK. control Opens Control Panel clipbrd Opens
Clipboard Viewer notepad Opens simple text editor
wordpad Opens Word-like text editor compmgmt.msc
Computer management devmgmt.msc Device manager
diskmgmt.msc Disk management dfg.msc Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc Event viewer fsmgmt.msc Shared
folders gpedit.msc Group policies lusrmgr.msc Local
users and group perfmon.msc Performance monitor
rsop.msc Resultant set of policies secpol.msc Local
security settings services.msc Services. (Run shows up
when you have classic menu selected.)
I use My Computer, which shows me all of the drives
on my computer, like the oppy drive (A:), the Hard
Drive (C:), and others that include DVD and CD
drives and removable drives, all the time. Having My
Computer show a menu of it’s items as your mouse
pointer touches the My Computer link on the start
menu is a quick way to get to what you want. To set
this up, right-click on the start button, and then click
on properties. Click on the customize button and
then open the advanced tab. In the start menu items
window, scroll down to my computer, and click next
to display as a menu. Now click on OK, and again on
OK. (This one is the opposite of the one above in that
you need to select start menu instead of classic.)
That little area to the right at the bottom of your
desktop can get pretty crowded. One way to get more
space is to do away with the clock. You can eliminate
the clock by right clicking on any blank section of the
Task bar, and then clicking on Properties. On the
Taskbar tab, click on the checkmark next to “Show the
clock” and nally click OK. You can also check the
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