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Today's tip for speeding up your computer startup has to do with fonts. As a preface for the uninitiated, a font is a collection of letters and numbers in a particular typeface. A typeface is a collection of letters, numbers and symbols that have the same distinctive appearance. Using different fonts in your documents is fun and they can help you create attractive and impressive documents.

Every computer comes with many fonts preinstalled. Some programs add more fonts. An average computer can easily have more than 200 or 300 different fonts installed. Each of these fonts loads on startup. Fonts can use a lot of system resources which slows your startup.

So an easy way to speed up your startup is to eliminate some of the fonts. I'll give you instructions, but you should only do this if you feel comfortable opening the Control Panel and moving files around. You should keep all the common fonts, including all versions of Arial, Calibri, Cambria, Tahoma, and Times New Roman. Also keep any that you know you have used or may need for a document. Don't delete the others; just move them to a different folder in case you need them later. Here's how to do it:

1. Open the Control Panel

2. Click on the Fonts folder

3. Highlight the fonts you don't need and move them to a folder that you create on your desktop or in a different directory.

4. Reboot your machine.



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Shortcut for Entering Web Addresses Print E-mail

www.jpg Are you tired of entering www and .com? This shortcut will let you cut down you typing time and still get you to the right address.

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Speedup Your Startup Print E-mail

One problem with today's computers is that they take a long time to boot up. Every process that uses system resources slows down your system and if they start when you turn your computer on, they also slow down your start up time.

You may never have thought about it but if your desktop is cluttered with icons, the computer has to draw each icon when it starts. There is a quick way to clear your desktop without losing your icons. Right-click on any empty space on your desktop. Choose Arrange Icons By and uncheck Show Desktop Items. To return your icons, do the same thing only click on Show Desktop Items to put a check in front of it.

You might also want to create some folders on the desktop to keep some of the icons in. This will speed your startup a little and if you use a good organization system, it may help you find what you need more quickly, as well.



 
Unsubscribing to Spam Print E-mail

You receive a piece of spam with an unsubscribe link at the bottom, should you click on the link or just delete the email?

If you receive a piece of spam or unsolicited email with an unsubscribe link at the bottom, it is better not to respond. The best thing that you can do with spam is to delete it and to not respond in any way. If you think about it, if no one bought anything from spam email, the spammers wouldn't make any money and much of the spam would disappear.

The CAN-SPAM Act that was passed in 2004 mandated that email have unsubscribe instructions included. So most legitimate people who send out newsletters and other mass mailings have an unsubscribe link on their email. The problem is that spammers don't necessarily follow the rules. In fact many spammers include the unsubscribe link to get you to respond. When you do, they know they have a real live email address and they add your email address to every list they can find, including lists for pornographic sites.

So by trying to unsubscribe you can sometimes cause more spam to be sent to your address and once you are on some of those lists, it is almost impossible to get off of them. Also, the unsubscribe link of an unscrupulous spammer could take you to a phishing site or another malicious website.  

If you recognize the email as being a newsletter or other email that you have subscribed to, feel free to click on any of the links, including the unsubscribe link. If you don't recognize the sender or the content, it's best to just delete the email.

 



 
Special Search Shortcut Print E-mail

If you often use a website like Wikipedia or Dictionary.com to look up different words, I've got a amazing and little-known shortcut for you. In fact, this can be used to quickly search any site that has a search box, without even going to that site.

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