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YOUR SENSITIVE DATA COULD BE OPEN TO OTHERS

If other people have access to your computer, you may be exposing your sensitive data to prying eyes. Internet Explorer saves Web pages that you look at, including those encrypted. That is likely to include pages that have personal financial data on them. For instance, if you buy something on the Internet and use your credit card number, that page is likely to be encrypted. It may also be saved to your hard drive. This means, other people who use your computer could access the data in those encrypted pages. A bad thing.

The solution? Tell Internet Explorer to dump these pages.

Click Tools>>Internet Options>>Advanced.

Under Security, select "Do not save encrypted pages to disk."

Click OK.

CONTROLLING INTERNET CONTENT

Internet Explorer allows you some measure of control over children's browsing through Content Advisor. It is password controlled, and allows you to set limits on language, sex, nudity and violence.

To set limits in Windows, open Internet Explorer. Then:

Click Tools>>Internet Options>>Content.

Under Content Advisor, click Settings. Establish your
restrictions and click OK.

Enter a password and click OK.

WHAT IS ERROR 404, ANYWAY?

If you're the kind of person who needs more information, not less, then the standard Error 404 message may leave you frustrated. You get this error when a page that you want to visit on the Internet cannot be found. You can get more detailed information on the problem and learn more about those errors. What joy!

From within Internet Explorer:

Click Tools>>Internet Options>>Advanced.

Under Browsing, deselect "Show friendly HTTP error messages."

To search from the Address bar

When you search from the Address bar, Internet Explorer can automatically use your preferred search engine. Just type common names or words in the Address bar, and hit enter (or click Go).

In Internet Explorer:

Click the Search button. Click Customize>>Autosearch settings

Click the down arrow under "Choose a search provider for address bar searches."

Click Google Sites Under "When searching," be sure to select "Just display results in the main window".

Click OK.

In Netscape 6:

Click Edit>>Preferences.

Double click Navigator

Click Internet Search

Click the down arrow on the box opposite "Search using" and select Google.

Click OK.

EASILY EDIT A WEB ADDRESS

Working in Internet Explorer's Address Bar is not easy. Space is tight. And you've got those slashes and dots and things. Keyboard commands can help you navigate the Address Bar if you need to change a URL or web page address:

Click to highlight the Address Bar.

Click Home to go to the start of the address.

Eliminate the description box on Win95 shortcuts: Right click on shortcut and choose rename. Hold the alt key while typing 0160. Release the alt key.

Move the start button on the taskbar: Highlight start by clicking it twice. Press alt and the minus key together and release. Choose move and press the right arrow key to move it.

Lose that annoying 'connect to' dialog box. First, make sure you already selected 'save and reuse password automatically' in that 'connect to' dialog box. Then from inside Dial Up Networking's Connection menu, choose 'Settings' and clear the box that says "Prompt for information before dialing".

Use the Windows95 Update Information Tool to see a list of the updates installed on your system. It's installed in your Windows folder along with the upgrades and is called Qfecheck.exe.

On-Line Tech Support:

www.helpmenow.com

http://nedservice.com/mrfixit.htm

www.freepchelp.com

Top Ten Windows Help Sites:

www.clubwin.com Tips, FAQ's, and Helpful Links

www.io.com/~kgk/win95.html Links to cool Windows sites

www.conitech.com/windows Win95 drivers, tips and news

www.wugnet.com/shareware/index.html Win95 tips, etc.

www.windows95.com Win95 info & shareware

www.tipworld.com Free daily e-mail tips

www.creativelement.com/win95ann Win95 spleen venting