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01.22.1999 - GnomeREPORT

A Lockergnomie Asks: "I've been using Netscape Communicator for some time now and last week all of my bookmarks just disappeared. Any idea what caused it or how I could get my originals back? I'm now using some generic bookmarks I found in a different folder."

Well, the only way (that I know of) to see if your older bookmarks are recoverable is to hit the F3 key and do a search on all your drives for "bookmark.*". If no files pop up, then I hope you had a backup copy.

Another Lockergnomie Asks: "Downloaded the "Handwritten" fonts, have unzipped them, but am unsure how to include them in my list of usable fonts in Word, Wordpad, etc.?"

Open up the Control Panel (click the Start Button, select Settings, then Control Panel). There should be a "Fonts" icon in there that looks like a folder--with your left mouse button, double-click it. A new (presumably larger) window will appear; it's filled with all of your installed fonts. At that point, drag & drop the fonts you want to install into that window with the rest of your fonts. It's that easy.

Yet Another Lockergnomie Asks: "When you use the right-click option to create a new file folder or shortcut, a list of other documents appears under them. Well, it seems that every time you add an application or new program to Windows, it automatically adds itself to that New Document list. My list is getting rather long, and I will never use most of them. So, how do I get rid of them?"

This, and several other Windows problems, can be fixed by downloading and/or simply installing TweakUI. Windows 95 users will have to download it, but Windows 98 users should use the updated version which can be found on the Windows 98 CD-ROM (in the \tools\reskit\powertoy\ folder). There's a tab in the TweakUI Control Panel applet which allows you to "remove" New Documents which you don't want to appear.

If you have any questions for IOWA (Inquisitive Online Wonders & Advisories), blast me an e-mail at iowa@lockergnome.com. I'll do my best to answer your questions in this section of Lockergnome. It's like free tech support... only gnomier.

-- Chris Pirillo        


GnomePROGRAM

StayAlive v2.0b [307k] W9x US$35
Found by Afonso Vicente

http://www.tfi-technology.com/sa20b.zip
http://www.tfi-technology.com/why.htm

Party crashing can be fun, but Windows crashing isn't. Some people would rather staple bagels to their faces than suffer a crash... especially when they seem to happen at the most inopportune times. Ya know, just when you were about to click the "save" icon? You've probably heard of the big boys' crash protection software, but I've always seen it as bloated and ineffective. Well, StayAlive solves both of those problems. They've put up benchmarks (done by NTSL) to show the world that bigger doesn't always mean better. If your computer crashes often, consider this program a true godsend. Of course, you should try it yourself to see the "real world" results. Let the bugs beware!


GnomeSYSTEM

Logitech Mouse Drivers v8.2 [812k] W9x/NT
Found by David Knill

ftp://ftp.logitech.com/pub/TechSupport/MOUSE/M82SETUP.EXE
http://www.logitech.com/us/support/M82SETUP.html

No sooner did I get a Logitech USB Wheel Mouse than they release a driver update (albeit, a minor one). Well, this should work for just about any Logitech mouse or trackball you have (on virtually any Microsoft OS). Someone's always trying to build a better mouse driver...


GnomeCANDY

VR Tidal Forces Screensaver v1.0 [1.4M] W9x FREE
Found by Robin Roemisch

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfiles/screensavers/vrtidalforces.zip
http://www.vrman.com/index2.htm

Do you remember being impressed when you saw that the "Flying Windows" and "Flying Through Space" screen savers moved faster in Windows 9x than they did in Windows 3.x? Sure, it was exciting for about 5 minutes. Then we needed something a bit more cool. So we turned to the OpenGL screen savers--and those were wicked! They allowed our contentedness to last for another two weeks. What now? If you've got a 3D accelerator card, you're going to flip out when you see this one. Eye candy to the max! Others are available at the author's site.


GnomeFAVORITE

WinReviews.com

http://www.winreviews.com/

Hardware news & reviews are scattered all over the Internet. The trouble is: they're scattered all over the Internet. So, where can you go to get up-to-date Windows hardware reviews? From the same people who brought you WinDrivers.com, comes WinReviews.com. And here's the kicker: they don't review anything! All they do is gather reviews & news from other sites and put them on one "convenient" site. Plus, there's a chat room for you to talk to others about reviews, a message board to post your Q&A, and a handy-dandy search tool. It just launched the other day, but it's a resource that's sure to grow!


GnomeDESKTOP

THEME: Super Mario 64 [822k]

http://members.tripod.com/eventh/themes.html
http://members.tripod.com/eventh/files/sm64theme.zip

What is it about those wacky Italian plumbers that we love so much? I'm pretty sure it isn't because of their taste in clothing. Just as the first Super Mario Bros. captured my imagination, so did Super Mario 64. I'm sad to say that I haven't owned a game console since the days of SMB, but I don't think Mario has changed THAT much. He's just a bit more three-dimensional nowadays... and whatever happened to his brother, Luigi? I guess he's the Garfunkel to Mario's Simon.


GnomeTIP

I was getting Manny III up to speed the other day by using Microsoft's Windows Update site. And I thought to myself: what a wonderful world. And then I wondered if there would be a way to actually SAVE these updates for future installation instead of installing them on-the-fly? Lockergnomie Arie Slob has a fantastic Windows tips site, and one of his pages shows how you can save those Windows Update files: http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-22.shtml -- it's cumbersome, but it should work!