31st December 1997

Care to log entries into a certain text file? You don't need anything more than NOTEPAD.EXE. Long-time Lockergnome subscriber Gil Varod sent this tip: in the beginning of a text file, on the first line, type in ".LOG" (without the quotes). Save the file and close. Now, each time you open it, the date and time will automatically be logged at the end of the file.

Some of us have gotten used to Internet Explorer 4.0 (while others are removing it). There were a few annoyances which plagued my system until a Lockergnome subscriber told me about the following URLs. After you check out these tweaks, be sure to visit the main page for MORE great 95/98/NT tips & tricks:

Remove Log off user:
http://www.cobsys.com/mt/tips/ie40-41.shtml

Remove Favorites folder:
http://www.cobsys.com/mt/tips/ie40-36.shtml

Remove Documents folder:
http://www.cobsys.com/mt/tips/tune-36.shtml

When you want to get out of Windows, chances are you don't want to be delayed. If you want to speed up your shut down time, remove the 'shut down' sound. Just launch your Control Panel, double click on the Sounds applet, and then remove the "Exit Windows" sound reference.

If you want to speed up your Windows 95 rebooting time, depress the shift key while selecting and OK'ing the "Restart the computer?" option from the Shut Down menu.