[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #479

MikesWhatsNews, 25, 04, 2002
in today's issue #479
StorURL
StartBtn Renamer v2
Battle Ship v1.0
Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows XP
CCC     Win Unit
        Changing Your Home Page
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StorURL
http://haztek.d2g.com/getpage.php?page=3Dstorurl
StorURL is a small utility that allows you to store all your favorite 
website URLs with a decriptive title to go along with the URL. 
Below are some things that it can do: 

Import/Export IE Favorites (.url) 
Load webpages directly from within StorURL in the default browser. 
Sort sites into multiple categories. 
Scan a single site or whole category for broken links 
If you like to keep a lot of websites book marked, but don't want to
clutter your IE favorites menu, then this program will sure help you.

Thanks to; Ross
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Computer_Help_and_Discussion
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StartBtn Renamer v2
http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/

363Kb (WinXP) Freeware

"StartBtn Renamer is a simple utility for renaming the [Start] button 
in Windows XP. With this freeware tool, you can change default Label 
of the [Start] button with your own text. This is great when you want 
to tease your friends or when you intend to have a greater variety in 
Windows... what do you think about these labels: Virus, Hello, Begin, 
Enter, etc. 
StartBtn Renamer runs and works under Windows XP. 
StartBtn Renamer can run from the Command Line. 
It is [also] open source. Re-sizes the [Start] button
proportionally to the width of the new label (in pixels)."

Taken from WINDOWS TIPS 4 ALL:
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Battle Ship v1.0
http://haztek.d2g.com/getpage.php?page=3Dprograms
This is a Battle Ship clone. 
It is pretty fun. It is single player, where you play against the computer.=
 
The AI is not too difficult to beat, but it's not the easiest.  
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* MICROSOFT RERELEASES WINDOWS XP POWERTOYS
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
   Thanks to Bob Stein and the other readers who told me about the
rerelease of Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows XP, a set of utilities
for power users that was inexplicably unavailable for a few months.
Sadly, the 2-month absence didn't result in any new features, although
Microsoft removed several tools, including the ISO Recorder and the
Super Fast User Switcher, that were available previously. Also, the
PowerToys now are individual installs, rather than one integrated
install. The PowerToys include:
 
   - Alt-Tab Replacement, which adds a visual representation of each
active window on your screen as you use the ALT+TAB key combination to
switch tasks. This PowerToy is much slower than the usual ALT+TAB
function, however, even on high-end hardware.
   - CD Slide Show Generator, which gives you the option to add a
slideshow application to a CD-ROM on which you've burned pictures and
other images (using XP's shell CD-burning capabilities). The slideshow
works in any Windows 9x (or later) version and provides efficient
autorun functionality when you insert the CD-ROM in a PC.
   - Image Resizer, which lets you right-click an image or group of
images and resize them to other sizes more suitable for email or the
Web.
   - Open Command Window Here, which lets you right-click a folder in
My Computer and choose a new "Open Command Window Here" option. The
command line window you open points to the selected folder.
   - Power Calculator, which is a full-featured graphing-calculator
application.
   - Slide Show Wizard, which walks you through the process of creating
Web-based slideshows of your digital photographs.
   - Taskbar Magnifier, which magnifies part of the screen from the
taskbar.
   - Tweak UI, which is a one-stop shop for accessing hidden system
settings. TweakUI is a must-have for every XP user.
   - Virtual Desktop Manager, which lets you manage up to four virtual
desktops from the Windows taskbar.
   - Webcam Timershot, which is a WebCam application that lets you take
WebCam pictures at specified time intervals and upload them to a Web
site or local folder.

This week, I'll update my PowerToys review on the SuperSite for Windows
( http://www.winsupersite.com ) to reflect these changes. For more
information and the free downloads, visit the Microsoft Web site.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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WinUnit 
http://www.unit-conversion.com/download.htm
Freeware

If you need a program to convert between two  units of
measurement, WinUnit is it.  Whether it's temperature, distance,
or weight, this conversion tool is probably all you'll ever need.

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Changing Your Home Page

Whether you use Netscape or Internet Explorer, you may decide
that you would rather use a home page other
than the one assigned by default. To change the homepage in
Internet Explorer, navigate to the page you want
to use and then choose Tools|Internet Options. When the dialog
box opens, click the General tab (if necessary). Now, under "Home
page," click Use Current (or input the URL of the page) and then
click OK.

In Netscape (we're using Navigator), navigate to the page you
want to use and choose Edit|Preferences. When the Preferences
dialog box opens, click Use Current Page (or input the URL of the
page) and then click OK.


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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible 
viruses, however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures
cannot keep up with the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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