for July 14 & 21, 2004

July 14, 2004

Hi, All;

This Week: What are the sections of Windows screens? ­ Part 2

Last Week we looked at the "File Explorer" screen, the names of the different areas, The "Title Bar," "Menu Bar," and "Explorer bar" that are usually on every window. Another bar that displays at the bottom of most windows is the "Status bar." Here is the same window from last week with the status bar displayed.

 

The information on the status bar is the number of objects (files) that are either in the folder or the number highlighted. The next area is the size of the folder (2.37MB for this one) or how large the highlighted file(s) are. ie. If I highlight with my mouse the "monthly backup" file, it is 741KB, but if I highlight both the "Monthly backup" and "Spynukerlog," they are 736KB total. This is handy if, like me, you run out of space on your smaller hard drives and want to know how much space a file or folder is taking up to determine to delete the file for more space.

'Til next week,
(ComputerFAQ#198)

Robert

July 21, 2004

Hi, All;

This Week: What are Sleep, Stand-by, and Hibernation Modes?

I will take a short break from describing the parts of Windows screens and answer a question I was asked a couple of weeks ago about power management.

Your ability to manage the power usage on your PC is determined by its manufacturer, as its hardware has to allow it to be managed. Most current manufacturers and Energy Star® compliant hardware are power-manageable. To manipulate power on your PC, go to "Control Panel Power Management." This utility is where you can set your PC to sleep, standby, or hibernate. If it can be put into hibernation, there is an advanced tab that asks if you want to use this mode.

Sleep is the most basic power management mode, and for the most part it is not used any more, as this mode just turns of your monitor and hard drives after a selectable time.

Standby does the same as sleep mode and the entire computer switches to a low-power state. In both sleep and standby modes your PC is still active, allowing whatever you have running to remain in memory. If you experience a power surge or outage, you will lose anything that has not been saved, just as you would if you had a power problem while working on your PC.

Hibernation powers off your PC after it has saved everything you are working on to your hard drive. Then, when you are ready to work again, press your power button, and the PC reloads everything from your hard drive, taking you right back to where you were--with no data loss regardless of power problems.

On most PC's, the power light blinks when power management is active, enabling you to tell at a glance what state your PC is in. On many desktop PC's, the power button is also the standby button. To initiate standby, press the button once briefly; to turn off the PC, press the button for 5 seconds or more until the PC powers down. To save problems and/or data loss, you should always use the Windows "Start" button to shut down your PC, as Windows makes sure that everything you are working on has been saved and programs are shut down properly. '

Til next week, (ComputerFAQ#199)

Robert

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Oct. 29, 2003 How to Print a List of Files

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Sept. 3, 2003 Protecting from Viruses and Worms

Aug. 27, 2003 Current Viruses "Bast Worm" and "Sobig"

Aug. 20, 2003 Does Microsoft Password Make Changing Passwords Easier?

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July 23 & 30, 2003 Where Are Microsoft Passport Passwords Stored? and More About Passport and Passwords

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