When you double-click a file attachment in Outlook Express, do you want to be asked if the file should be opened or saved? With some file types, such as Microsoft Word, the file just gets saved. To avoid that default, select View-Options (or View-Folder Options) in any Windows Explorer folder. Click the File Types tab. Select the appropriate file type -- Microsoft Word Document, for example. Click Edit. In the Edit File Type dialogue box, check Confirm Open After Download, and then click OK twice.

FIGURE 1: Need to lock down your system? Safelock lets you control what other users can and cannot access.

FIGURE 2: A shortcut can launch only one program, but a batch file can launch two, as this example shows.