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The User Friendly Guide to Internet & Computer Terms
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13. Saving Your Monitor Despite what anyone says, your monitor should
not be left on for prolonged periods unless you are using it (yes, even with the
screensaver running). Punching the on/off button each time you want to shut
down the monitor can put undue wear and tear on the switch. The solution is
to set the monitor to shut down on its own. It’s easy. Here’s what you do.
1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Open “Power Settings” by double clicking the icon.
3. Here you’ll find a dialog box offering several choices. Click the
down arrow on the right side of the “Turn off Monitor” field. A
drop down menu will appear with many time settings. Select one
and click OK. From now on, your monitor will automatically shut
down after the time you’ve chosen has elapsed. I’ve set mine at
45 minutes.
14. Email Hotlinks Ever get an email with a live hyperlink in it? Wonder how
it got there? In most modern email programs, simply typing a URL in the
message field will produce a hot link. But it can be useful to know how to
make one the old fashioned way, just in case. In fact, you can use this method
to post links to chat and bulletin boards, as well as email. First, find a Website
or a page you’d like to send. In your Web browser, go to the address field in
the upper portion of your window and click once with the mouse. You’ve
selected (highlighted) the URL. Now go to Edit in the menu bar and select
Copy. The URL is now saved in the computer’s Clipboard and ready to paste
to its destination. Now, go to your email program, bulletin board, or chat room,
place the cursor where you want the URL and click (don’t worry, navigating
into and out of different programs or other documents won’t disturb the saved
URL). Go back to Edit, and click on Paste. The link will appear. You’ve just
attached a hyperlink.
15. Installing Software These days installing most software is as easy as
putting a CD-ROM into its slot and waiting for the screen to instruct you what
to do next. There are a few programs however, that still need you to tell them
what to do. If you encounter one, here’s what to do.
1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Select Add/Remove Programs by double clicking the icon.
3. Click the button labeled Install. The computer will instruct you to
insert the program’s first disk. After you’ve done that, click Next