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1 Application - Accessibility Options  
   1a - Screen Resolution
   1b - DPI Setting
   1c - Font Size
   1d - Internet 6.0
   1e - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (Text)
   1f - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (Images)
   1g - Internet Explorer 7.0
   1h - 3^rd Party Magnifier
   1i - Adjust Cursor Width
   1j - Use High Contrast
2 Application - Backup - What you Need
3 Application - Burn Movie to DVD with Nero Vision
4 Application - Enlarge Programs for Better Viewing
5a Application - Force Documents to Open in Word Viewer instead of Word
5b Application - Force Documents to Open in OOo instead of Word
6 Application - Make a Folder to Download Into
7 Application - Make a Document Fit to 1 Page
8 Application - Microsoft Word - Make Labels
8a Application - Avery DesignPro - Make Labels  
9 Application - Protect a Document With a Password
10 Application - Save/Save As/Move/Copy a File to a Disk 
11 Application - Stop Programs Running in the Background
12 Application - Unzip Files Using Win Zip
13 Application - Unzip Many Files at Once with Unziplify
14 Application - Use Windows Movie Maker
15 Application - Windows Briefcase Option 
16 Application - Windows Explorer - Send To - Add Options
17 Application - Word Pad - Retrieve a doc into WordPad
18 CD - Burn to a CD using Roxio CD Creator
19 CPU - Close a Frozen Computer
20 CPU - Computer Club Maintenance Tips
21 CPU - Remove External Drives or Memory Sticks from USB Port
22 CPU - Ten Minute PC Tune up
23 CPU - Tune-ups
24a Desktop - Bypass your Welcome Screen
24b Desktop - 3D Text Used As a Screen Saver
25 Desktop - Add Additional Pictures to Your Desktop
26 Desktop - Add/Remove Icons
27 Desktop - Change Picture
28 - My Desktop - Create a Folder
29 Desktop - Make a Shortcut to Put on the Desktop
30 Desktop - Move Between Multiple Open Programs
31 Desktop - Your Own Pictures as a Screen Saver
32 Fonts - Download, Install and Use
33 Hard Drive - Check Amount of Space Used/Left
34 Hard Drive - Defrag Your Hard Drive
35 Hard Drive - Get More Room
36 Hotmail - Add Attachment
37 Hotmail - Block Messages - E-mail Sender Control  
38 Hotmail - Email Messages and Service
39 Internet Explorer - Add To Favourites
40 Internet Explorer - Bookmark Web Sites You Want to Revisit
41 Internet Explorer - Change Home Page
42 Internet Explorer - Cleanup Browser Files
43 Internet Explorer - Cookies
44 Internet Explorer - Customize Your Toolbar 
45 Internet Explorer - Download a Picture from a Web Site
46 Internet Explorer - Download and Use Animated Names (See 59)
47 Internet Explorer - Downloading Files from Web Site
48 Internet Explorer - Drop Web Site on Desktop and Save to a Floppy
49 Internet Explorer - Extract Graphics, Music Files, etc. from a Web Site
50a Internet Explorer - Create a Folder for Favorites
50 Internet Explorer - Organize Favorites
51 Internet Explorer - Place Web Site Addresses or URL's into Excel or Word
52  Internet Explorer - Save Your Favorites List To A File and Print
53 Internet Explorer - Put Address Book on Toolbar
54 Internet Explorer - Put Web Address into Folder on Desktop and Save to a Disk
55 Internet Explorer - Reflet - animate logos, decorate your web pages
56 Internet Explorer - Save Website to View Offline
57 Internet Explorer - Toolbar and Web Site Tips
58 Internet Explorer - Web Page Tips
59 Internet Explorer - Web Site Where you Can Create Your Own Animated Name (See 46)
60 Internet Explorer - Web Site Won't Allow you to Extract Graphics/Music/etc
61 Modem - Change Disconnect Time
62 Mouse - Change Size and Style of Pointer
63 Mouse - Problems and Fixes
64 Mouse - Tips
65 My Documents - Create a New Folder
66^*1 Netscape - Email Tips
67^*1 Netscape - Message Filters
68^*1 Netscape - Organize Bookmarks
69 Outlook Express - Basics of Good E-Mailing
70a Outlook Express - Add Sounds
70b Outlook Express - Save Sounds
71 Outlook Express - Add Text to Pictures so Mouseover Shows It
72 Outlook Express - Address Book
73 Outlook Express - Adjust Settings so Fancy Stationery will Show
74a Outlook Express - Apply Signature on All Emails
74b Outlook Express - Apply Signature on Emails
74c Outlook Express - Apply a Signature on Emails by using Stationery 
75 Outlook Express - Attach Many Files to Email at Once
76 Outlook Express - Backup Mail Rules
77 Outlook Express - Block Senders
78 Outlook Express - Block Senders in Newsgroup
79 Outlook Express - Change Email Address in From Line (your email address on return)
80 Outlook Express - Change Reply Name & Address when in Newsgroups
81 Outlook Express - Change Sound for Mail Notification
82 Outlook Express - Check Email to See if Sender Is Real
83 Outlook Express - Combine and Decode Messages in Newsgroups
84 Outlook Express - Create Your Own Stationery
85 Outlook Express - Cut and Paste Info from an email to Use or Save for Later
86 Outlook Express - Delete Messages Faster
87a Outlook Express - Delete Names Etc. From Forwarded Messages
87b Outlook Express - Is It A Hoax?
88 Outlook Express - Display New Message Alongside Old Message
89 Outlook Express/Web Mail - Email Tips for Security
90 Outlook Express - Extract Graphics etc. from a Fancy Email
91 Outlook Express - Find Out What Email Program A Person is Using
92 Outlook Express - Finding and Downloading Self Installing Stationery
93/94 Outlook Express - Helpful Hints/Tips
95 Outlook Express - If Attachment Will Not Open or Save
96 Outlook Express - Insert Animated Name/Picture
97 Outlook Express - Insert Items Into Email
98 Outlook Express - Install a Newsgroup
99 Outlook Express - Keyboard Shortcuts
100 Outlook Express - Know When a Person Has Received Your Email by Asking for a receipt
101 Outlook Express - Make a Business Card
102 Outlook Express - Make a Folder
103 Outlook Express - Make a Group to send to
104 Outlook Express - Making Message Rules
105 Outlook Express - Making Text Wrap
106 Outlook Express - Missing Toolbar
107 Outlook Express - Move Message Rules to Another Computer
108 Outlook Express - Moving Email Between Computers or Saving to a Disk for Future Use
109 Outlook Express - Neat Tips
110 Outlook Express - Pictures Don't Show in the Emails You Send
111 Outlook Express - Preview Pane
112a Outlook Express - Print Address Book
112b Outlook Express - Save Address Book
112c Outlook Express - Save Address Book (CSV)
113 Outlook Express - Print Background
114 Outlook Express - Print Message Rules
115 Outlook Express - Put Source Edit Preview buttons on Stationery
116 Outlook Express - Put Text Labels Back Under Icons
117 Outlook Express - Remove Original Message from a Reply Email
118 Outlook Express - Resend Corrected Email Without Retyping It.
119a Outlook Express - Create a Folder for Picture
119b Outlook Express - Save Attached Pictures
119c Outlook Express - Save an Attachment Received
120 Outlook Express - Save an Email Letter
121 Outlook Express - Save and Use the Stationery I Sent You
122 Outlook Express - Save Copy of Email in your Sent Folder
123 Outlook Express - Save Fancy Stationery to Use as Your Own
124 Outlook Express - Save Many Emails On a Disk The Quick Way
125 Outlook Express - Save Use What you Extracted from Non Moving Stationery
126 Outlook Express - Select Custom Colours
127 Outlook Express - Send an Email
128 Outlook Express - Send Large Messages
129 Outlook Express - Setup for Stationery
130 Outlook Express - Setup Mail in OE or Netscape^*1 Using a Cable Connection
131 Outlook Express - Setup Mail in OE or Netscape^*1 Using a Dialup Connection
132 Outlook Express - Spruce Up your Email
133 Outlook Express - Stationery Downloaded Using Options
134 Outlook Express - Unfreeze Outlook Express when Frozen by a Stationery
135 Outlook Express - Use A Different Font and Have People See It
136 Outlook Express - Using BCC to hide e-mail addresses
137 Outlook Express - Zip up a File to Send
138 Paint - Crop Pictures
139 Paint - Resize Pictures
140 Printer - Full Screen Print
141 Printer - Print Black Only
142 Printer - Print Only What You Want From A Website Etc
143 Printer - Problems Fixes
144a Printer - Save and Print Internet Explorer Favorites
144b Printer - Save and Print Firefox Bookmarks
145 Printer - Selective Window/Web/E-mail Material to Print
146 Printer - Stop Printer from Printing
147 Search - Changing Preferences - Screen Characters, Balloon Tips
148 Shortcut Keys
149 Sound - Make and Use Sound Waves
150 Sound - Set Sound to Keyboard Keys
151 Sound - Turn on Sound for Caps Key
152 Stop the Scans
153 System - Tools and Utilities
154a Powertoys - Add A Preview Button
154b Powertoys - Alt-Tab Task Switcher
155 Taskbar - Start Menu - Alphabetize
156 Tips & Tricks
157 Uninstall a Program
158 Updating Software Information
159 View Double Extensions
160 Virus - How You Get A Virus 
161 Virus - Protection Against Virus 
162 Weekly/Monthly Maintenance Tips
163 Win 98^*2 - Change Sounds for Actions
164 Win 98^*2 - Open for something new
165 Win 98^*2 - Shutdown Fixes
166 Win 98^*2 - Tools & Troubleshooters
167 Win 98^*2 - View Graphics The Fast Way
168 Win XP - Open for something new
169 Win XP - Change Sounds for Actions
170 Win XP - Disable Update and do Manually
171 Win XP - Files to Backup
172 Win XP - Keyboard Shortcuts
173 Win XP - Pin or Unpin Programs to The Start Menu
174 Win XP - Sort your Programs Alphabetically
175 Win XP - Show Hidden Files
176 Win XP - System Restore
177 Win XP - UnZipping a File Using Win XP Extractor
178 Win XP - Update Option
179 Windows Explorer - Clean up All "Temp" Files
180 Windows Explorer - Make all Folders Show Details/Thumbnails Automatically
181 Windows Explorer - View Your Pictures As A Slideshow
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182 Windows Explorer - Folder Options
183 Safe Mode
184 Weekly Tasks
185 Windows Logo Key - Winkey
186 Popups - What are they and how to block them
187 Application - Create an Address Data Base
188 AVG 7.5 - Free Download and Install 
189 Outlook Express - Delete Your Deleted E-Mail
190 M$ Word 2002 - Print Envelopes
191 Outlook Express - Customize Your "Create Mail" Toolbar
192 Outlook Express - Basics of Good E-Mailing
193 Make a Business Card
194 Search Engines
195 Get rid of the logon screen during startup
196_Kinds of Help
197 OOo Page Margins Setup
198 Google Word Find
199 Firefox - Create a Folder for Bookmarks
200 Export your E-mail Addresses to your Web Mail
201 Tweak
202 How Much Memory
203 Power Options
204 Create Startup Hold
205 Task Bar - Change Font
206 Desktop - Change Your Theme
207 Create a Slideshow Title Page
208 How To Make A Screen/Window Shot
209 Clean Your LCD Surface
210 Internet Explorer 7/Firefox - Tabbed Browsing
211 Display Adapter - Driver Updates
212 Mouse - Lost Pointer
213 Internet Explorer 7/Firefox - Inline Search
214 Buying Ram
215 How to Install RAM
216 Internet Explorer 7 - Can't Open Hosting Site for My Home Page
217 Internet Explorer 7 - Text Too Large/Small
218 Music While You Work
219 Vista Solitaire vs XP Solitaire
220 Using Mass Media to Transfer Files Between Computers
221 Easier Way to Maximize/Restore a Window
222 USB Flash Memory Stick Handling Procedures
223 Computer Slow/Hanging - Manage the Task Manager
224 Email - Services Available

225 Freebies

Note : - Subjects no longer supported -  
^*1Netscape Official support ended on March 1st, 2008
^*2Window 98, Windows 98SE and Windows 2000 Official Support ended on July 11, 2006
^*3Windows XP "Mainstream Support" will end April 14, 2009 and "Extended Support" through April 8, 2014. The former delivers free fixes -- for both security patches and other bug fixes -- to everyone. During the latter, all users receive security updates, but nonsecurity hot fixes are given only to companies who have signed support contracts with Microsoft.

Ingersoll Senior Citizens
Revised: September 14, 2008 .