Information and Help with your computer

  If this doesn't work......

To change your computer's screen resolution

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  1. Click the Start button at lower left.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Go to Control Panel.
  4. In Control Panel find the Display (monitor) icon and Double click it.
  5. The Display Properties dialog box will open.
  6. Choose the Settings tab.
  7. In Screen area, set the desktop size.
  8. Choose 1152 X 864 or 1280 X 960 pixels, depending on your preference.
  9. Hit the Apply button.
  10. Hit the O.K. button.

Users with Microsoft Windows XP

  • Click the Start button at the lower left.

  • Click on control Panel.

  • Click on Appearances and Themes.

  • Click on Display.

  • Click on the Settings tab.

  • In the Screen Resolution box, While holding down the left button on your mouse,                    move the arrow to the desired Pixels.

  • Click the Apply button.

  • Click the ok button.

  • Close the Appearances and Themes box.

  • Drag and drop any icons back in place, that might have been moved on your desktop, and that's it.

What the hay is a URL?.......... Really

Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located.

For example, the two URLs below point to two different files at the same domain. The first specifies an executable file that should be fetched using the FTP protocol; the second specifies a Web Page that should  be fetched using the HTTP protocol.

So, in surfing the web, a URL is the proper address for whatever web page or document your dealing with.

Note 1: When you type in an www.name address into a search engine, if you also type in the http:// in front of it, most will take you directly to to that address. When you just type in the www.name address you deal with listings or links the search engine companies like Yahoo, Google, MSN, and AOL want you to check out first.  It's just the fastest way to get to the address, your trying to get to, is all.

Note 2: Partly due to the growth of the internet, there is a effort being made to eliminate the www in URL addresses. You will see websites start dropping the www more and more in the future. However, we still use www. in front of all our URLs.

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