************************************************ Exploring Windows (R) Electronic Newsletter May 27, 1997 ************************************************ Visit us today on the World Wide Web at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MICROSOFT NEWS * URL Correction: Automating Windows NT Setup * Quickly restarting Windows 95 * Creating new folders the quick way * Opening all folders * Restoring an MS-Dos window * Reader Alert: The right news for you TIP OF THE DAY * ThumbsPlus by Cerious Software, Inc. SHAREWARE PICK OF THE WEEK * End Task! Same Name, New Game HOW TO USE THE MAILING LIST Mailing list instructions on how to subscribe, unsubscribe and change addresses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MICROSOFT NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ URL CORRECTION: GUIDE TO AUTOMATING WINDOWS NT SETUP This guide is designed to give IS Professionals information, tips, and tricks to help automate the setup process when installing Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server on multiple computers. The guide includes detailed documentation and examples of t he deployment tools, including SYSDIFF.EXE, shipped with Windows NT. We previously listed the wrong URL for this guide. Our apologies. You'll find this Deployment at http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/info/deployguide.htm QUICKLY RESTARTING WINDOWS 95 If you want to quickly restart Windows 95 from the Shut Down Windows dialog box, select the Restart the computer radio button and hold down the [Shift] key while you click Yes. When you do, Windows 95 will restart without rebooting the computer. This tip is presented by WINDOWS 95 PROFESSIONAL. For a free issue, go to http://www.cobb.com/w9p/freevyeu.htm CREATING NEW FOLDERS THE QUICK WAY Creating new folders in Windows Explorer can be done quickly from either Windows Explorer or My Computer with the keystroke combination [Alt]F+W+F In this keystroke combination, [Alt]F activates the File menu, W selects the New submenu, and F selects the Folder command. To use this shortcut, just press [Alt]F, then W, and then F again. While it may sound awkward, it's really handy once you get used to it. This tip is presented by WINDOWS 95 PROFESSIONAL. For a free issue, go to http://www.cobb.com/w9p/freevyeu.htm OPENING ALL FOLDERS Have you ever wanted to be able to see all the folders on your hard drive? If so, open Windows Explorer, select the drive icon, and press the asterisk (*) key on the numeric keypad. When you do, every folder on the drive will open. To close all the open f olders, double-click the drive icon, to close the tree, and press [F5]. This tip is presented by INSIDE MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95. For a free issue, go to http://www.cobb.com/w95/cuvyeu.htm RESTORING AN MS-DOS WINDOW Have you ever maximized an MS-DOS Prompt window to full screen and then wanted to restore it to a window? While it might appear to be an impossible task, you can do so by pressing [Alt][Enter]. This tip is presented by ZDTips. To sign up for this FREE weekly tip service, go to http://www.zdtips.com READER ALERT: THE RIGHT NEWS FOR YOU Times change, interests change and so does your news. In refocusing our Internet newsletters, we will be changing WinNews to EXPLORING WINDOWS, a newsletter of announcements, tips, tricks and techniques for Windows Users at home and the office. Interested in other products? If you are building, buying or supporting a Windows 95 or Windows NT system, WINDOWS TECHNOLOGY NEWS keeps you up to date on the latest technical information. For those with a corporate focus, BACKOFFICE NEWS provides crisp, informative highlights about Microsoft BackOffice and third-party related products for business computing. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/ to update your subscription. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIP OF THE DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAME NAME, NEW GAME Back in the days of Windows 3.x, when you wanted to end a task, you pressed Ctrl+Esc to open the End Task dialog box. Now, pressing that keyboard combo simply opens the Start menu. To end a task in Windows 95, you need to press Ctrl+Alt+Del. "What?!" you exclaim. "I have to reboot my system?" No, no, no. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del in Windows 95 opens the Close Program dialog box, the equivalent of Windows 3.x?s End Task dialog. After pressing the combo, select the task you want to end (especially if it says "not responding" in parentheses next to its name) and click End Task. So now the question is, if Ctrl+Alt+Del opens the Close Program dialog box, how do you reboot? Simple. Just press the combo one more time. This tip originally appeared on the TipWorld web site. To get more tips like this one, go to: http://www.tipworld.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHAREWARE OF THE WEEK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ThumbsPlus will change the way you look at graphics! Whether you're a web professional, graphic artist or casual Internet user, you'll find that ThumbsPlus helps you keep track of your graphic files. Already in use by professionals worldwide, ThumbsPlus i s fast becoming the preferred product for organizing, viewing and editing graphic files. Supporting over 40 (and counting) file formats internally, with many more formats that can be configured or accessed via OLE, ThumbsPlus is the product of choice in i ts class by people who need quick, intuitive access to their graphics. Demanding people, like those at Intel, Microsoft, HP, ATI, the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, sing high praises for ThumbsPlus. You can even find it at NASA, where ThumbsPlus accomp anies the astronauts on every Space Shuttle flight! Each week WUGNET and Microsoft feature a shareware pick demonstrating the highest standards available today in shareware for Windows 95. 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