| Is
it safe to use my credit card to buy goods over the Net?
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Generally
speaking -- Yes. And many credit-card companies now indemnify
you against fraudulent use of your card on the Internet.
Far
more risky, according to IT-security experts, is leaving your
copy of the voucher generated when you use your credit card
in the traditional way lying around. All the credit-card details
that thieves need to use your card to buy online, or over
the telephone, are the card's number and its expiry date.
And
these details are often also printed on a shop's till receipt,
too, although larger shops are increasingly either omitting
or blanking out some of the account number's digits from the
printed receipt.
So,
discard these slips with care!
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I sometimes absentmindedly delete items I want to save. Can
I set up a safeguard to stop me losing these? (click
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When
you delete something in the normal way, Windows simply moves
it into the Recycle Bin. And it will stay there until you complete
the deletion process by emptying the Bin using the "Empty
Recycle Bin" option.
Assuming
you haven't used the "Empty Recycle Bin" option,
you can correct your mistake as follows.
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Right click on the Bin's icon on your desktop. |
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Move down to the Explore option, then left click |
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This
opens a window, which, on the right, lists the files in the
Recycle Bin. |
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Left
click on the file you want to retrieve. |
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Left click the File option at the top of the window. |
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From
the dropdown menu click on the Restore option. |
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This
automatically returns the file to its previous location on your
computer |
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beware! |
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Files
on a floppy disc don't go to the Recycle Bin, they are deleted
immediately. |
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If
you use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Del when deleting items,
these, too, are lost forever. |
| How
can I tell if a folder will fit on a floppy disc before I try
to copy/move it to that disc? (click
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Open Windows Explorer. |
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Left click to highlight the file or folder. |
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Right click to launch a dropdown menu.
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Left
click on the Properties option.
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A
dialogue box appears with a list of tab options at the top.
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Choose
the tab named General, which tells you, under the Size heading
the size of the folder in KB and bytes.
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Generally
speaking an empty formatted floppy can accommodate a folder
of up to 1.33Mb.
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| Sometimes
my computer locks up and the only way I can get it to work is
to use the reset button. I then lose everything I have been
working on. Is there a way to avoid this? (click
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First,
Save and Save often. |
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Secondly,
when the computer freezes, press Ctrl, Alt and Delete together. |
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A
dialogue box will appear which lists all the programs currently
running. |
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The
program causing the problem will have (not responding) after
it. |
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Left
click to highlight that program and select it. |
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Click
on the End Task button at the bottom of the box. |
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If
your computer repeats the dialogue box, repeat your selection
of End Task. |
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Have patience. It may take a little time for the program to
close. |
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You
can then find and re-open the other applications you were running
and they should be unaffected. But all the information you input
to the crashed program since you last saved will be lost. |
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So,
thirdly, Save and Save often.
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| Can
I set my computer to Save automatically? . (click
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Click
on File in the top toolbar of the word-processing package's
New Document screen. |
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Scroll
down to select User Setup and move the mouse pointer over to
highlight Properties on the side menu and left click. |
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This
opens a Wizard. |
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Select
from the File saving options offered the Automatically save
option by left clicking to put a tick in the white box. |
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Then
alter the time to automatically save by clicking the little
up and down arrows next to the timer box until the duration
you want is displayed. |
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Click
Okay.
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tip. (click to go back) |
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can eject any CD in your CD-ROM drive with the mouse. |
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Go
to My Computer. |
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Highlight
and right click on the CD-ROM drive icon. |
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Scroll
down to highlight Eject. |
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Left
click and |
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Hey
Presto!
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