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02.22.1999 - GnomeREPORT A Lockergnomie asks: "I'm still not clear on how to turn off the AutoConnect features in Dial-Up Networking? And can you tell me something really funny?" Okay, you can refer back to the last IOWA I wrote, or you can try to do a little Registry diving. WARNING: this kind of stuff should only be done under advanced user supervision. Thanks to a wise Lockergnomie for this bit info: navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ RemoteAccess \ Profile \ {Your Dialup Acct} then look for AutoConnect (connects on entry), EnableAutoDisconnect (disconnects after idle too long), and/or EnableExitDisconnect (disconnects on exitting a program). To enable these, enter 1 as a value. To disable, enter 0 as a value. But the wisdom doesn't stop there... yet another Lockergnomie informed me that you can do a search in your Registry for "EnableAutoDial" and change every value from "01 00 00 00" to "00 00 00 00". Whichever works for you! Now, do ya really want a good giggle? Someone at Microsoft has a great sense of humor... don't believe me? Check out this support page (thanks to Lockergnomie Bill Leals). Have any one of you have EVER had this problem? Who are they kidding?! GnomePROGRAM Zoom Shell v3.0b [1.8M] W9x/NT FREE
http://members.aol.com/zoomshell/zoom.exe Gone are the days of entering commands manually instead of pointing & clicking. Or are they? You still have command prompt access within Windows, but it's somewhat limited by the COMMAND.COM command set. Zoom Shell is an excellent enhancement for any Windows 9x user; you can use this tiny app to execute "shell" commands without having to be sitting directly on a command line. It supports aliases, history, filename completion, environment variables, and has a handful of useful UNIX ports! If you really wanna be a power user, zoom in on this download. GnomeSYSTEM More Euro Enabled Fonts for MS Office [2.4M]
http://premium.officeupdate.microsoft.com/download/officeupdate/OffTTUpd.EXE "This package adds additional fonts with the Euro glyph. The fonts included in this package are: Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Book Antiqua, Bookman Old Style, Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS, Garamond, Haettenschweiler, Impact, Monotype Corsiva, Tahoma, Tahoma Bold, Trebuchet MS, & Verdana." Windows 98 users need not download this. GnomeCANDY MacVision v.8.132 [189k] W9x/NT FREE
http://www.frontiernet.net/~golfr54/MacVision_v.8.132.zip Have you recently made the leap from Mac to PC? Still miss the UI? Well, here's a utility that'll make you feel a bit more at home; it'll basically make your Windows 9x Desktop look like a Macintosh. This version will 'time out' in a few weeks, but that's to insure that you'll download the latest beta version available (some of MacVision's functions don't work properly yet). Heck, even if you don't use a Mac, you can use this util to trick your friends into believing that you performed an "impossible" upgrade. Welcome to MacOS... in Windows? GnomeFAVORITE
Copycat Recipe Central http://www.kitchenlink.com/copycat.html I was told the other day that recipes can't be copyrighted, which I suppose makes sense. I mean, what if I accidentally stumbled upon the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices? Or, inadvertently whipped up some 'special sauce'? The last thing I'd need would be a court order--especially if they served it in the middle of dinner. Well, there are tons of "secret" recipes linked from this site--you can whip up your favorite flavors without troubleshooting the ingredients & proportions! If you don't cook or bake, I bet you know someone who does. Yummy! GnomeDESKTOP THEME: Unreal [4.3M]
http://www.themedoctor.com/themes/unreal_1.exe When something is not to be believed, it's unreal. So, I'm going to pose a series of questions to you--guess whether they're "real" or "unreal": 1) I have two brothers. 2) I'm the middle child. 3) I've already starred in three motion pictures. 4) I've dyed my hair orange before. 5) I can burp the alphabet. 6) I have a "computer" degree. 7) I wear anti-reflective lenses. 8) I own more t-shirts than suits. 9) I dislike umbrellas. 10) I drink milk. The answers: real, unreal, unreal, real, unreal, unreal, real, real, real, and unreal. GnomeTIP Windows 98 power users are gonna love this tip: when was the last time you ran the Disk Defragmenter? Well, you should do it often (especially if you download stuff day and night). You'll want to run DEFRAG with as few programs loaded into memory as possible (for optimum defragmentation). Pop in your Windows 98 CD, go to the \Tools\Mtsutil folder, right-click on Defrag.inf and select 'Install'. When you reboot, DEFRAG will automatically run before any other system component is loaded. When you want to DEFRAG again, just repeat this tip! |