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Desktop and Icon Accessibility
Display: Appearance - Images, Icons, Screensavers      
File Management and Access                       
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Windows Add-Ons
Windows Programs,  Accessories           
                   
  



DESKTOP and  ICON  ACCESSIBILITY

Access your desktop icons from Your Taskbar.

Open any new document or image from your desktop (and learn how to
associate documents with programs).

Create multiple desktops so that different users can  have their own
unique Windows setup.

Keep your desktop in perfect order - Manage desktop icon (as well as
folder and window) layout with Ezdesk.

Change your cursors to larger sizes for better visibility and usability
(or for your own enjoyment).  






DISPLAY:  IMAGES, ICONS, SCREENSAVERS

Replace your STARTUP and SHUTDOWN screen images (bitmaps).

Change the default icons used by different programs.

Edit the registry, so that you can see the actual image of each icon (.ico)
on your computer when you view its file.

Keep your desktop in perfect order - Manage desktop icon (as well as
folder and window) layout with Ezdesk.

Change your cursors to larger sizes for better visibility and usability
(or for your own enjoyment).  

Find and install new Windows screensavers.

FILE MANAGEMENT and ACCESSIBILITY

Open Explorer rather than My Computer when you click on a shortcut
drive icon, program or file icon.

 Have essential programs or files open and minimized  whenever
Windows starts.

Open any new  document, file or image from your desktop (and learn
how to associate files with programs).

Discover an easy way to copy or move files.

Replace Notepad with Notespad - and open eight text documents
simultaneously.





WINDOWS PROGRAMS and ACCESSORIES

Place an always-visible resource monitor on the taskbar system tray.

Check out your Internet Configuration using Window's  WINIPCFG 
(and also your Networking icon).

Change the file association for .doc files so that you can also open
them in Wordpad.

Use Windows's Telnet program to remotely access other computers 
and their files, libraries, Moos (virtual worlds). etc. You don't  need
additional software!





WINDOWS  ADD-ONS

Replace Notepad with Notespad - and open eight text documents
simultaneously.

Keep your desktop in perfect order - Manage desktop icon (as well
as folder and window) layout with Ezdesk.

Install IDA (Instant Drive Access) to easily monitor your hard drive
free space.





MAINTENANCE and TROUBLESHOOTING

Create an emergency bootup rescue disk, and add additional
essential files for bootup and entry into Windows.

Crash 101: What to do when your mouse and screen freeze......
(Saving files, closing programs, restarting, shutting down)

Change your virtual memory to your emptiest drive (if you have
more than one!) for added speed and performance.

Install IDA (Instant Drive Access) to easily monitor your hard
drive free space.

Troubleshoot your bootup process (and discover which drivers
failed to load etc.)  (new!)

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