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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Tuesday, April 24, 2001
In this Issue:
Today's Featured Computer Term: Network
Today's Topic: Disk Cleanup
Progressive Learning Series: Printing Help Topics
Today's Featured Website: findarticles.com
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Today's Featured Computer Term: Network
A network is a group of two or more computer systems linked together. There are many types of computer networks, including local-area networks (LANs), where the computers are geographically close together (usually in the same building) or wide-area networks (WANs) where the computers are farther apart and are connected by telephone lines or radio waves.
The Internet is the largest network of computers in the world.
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Today's Topic: Disk Cleanup
Windows stores files in the Recycle Bin and in temporary directories for easier access. However, Windows saves so many files that eventually the waste can outweigh the ease. You can speed up your computer and free some hard drive space with Disk Cleanup.
From the Start button, select Disk Cleanup from System Tools in the Accessories menu (Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, click Disk Cleanup).
A pop-up window will appear to ask which drive you want to clean. Disk Cleanup will then quickly scan your hard drive to analyze the drive's wasted space. Once it finishes, the Disk Cleanup window will display the amount of wasted space for each file type that can be cleaned out. Check the boxes next to each file type you want to erase and press OK.
It's safe to remove Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files. You can remove Downloaded Program Files if you have already installed the programs. You may want to peak into the Recycle Bin first to make sure you really want to delete everything in there.
The program will prompt you for deletion confirmation and clean your machine.
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Progressive Learning Series: Printing Help Topics
The Help feature in Windows and in most Windows applications has become friendlier and easier to use over the years. Rather than paying for a textbook that you'll hardly use, check out the Help feature for solutions to problems or answers to questions you may have.
You can even print out the Help topic by following these steps:
1. Display the Help information you want to print.
2. Look for an Options or Print button, probably towards the top of the Help window. Click on it to display the Print dialog box.
3. Change the settings in the Print dialog box to match your needs.
4. Click on OK.
The actual display of Help information depends on the version of Windows you are using. The Help system seems to be one of those things that Microsoft likes to change quite often. For instance, if you don't have an Options button in your Help system, you may have a toolbar that shows a Print button. If you do, then you can use it to print. Explore the Help system and find the way you can print out the information you need.
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Today's Featured Website: findarticles.com
If you're looking for an article on a particular subject, you could spend hours trudging through information on the Internet. This website will dig up information from over 300 journals and magazines. You can search by subject, or browse through publications by name or subject. It's a pretty quick way to find what you're looking for.
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