Q:
I was looking on my desktop this morning and I realized my Recycle Bin icon is gone! Do you have any idea what happened to it or how I can get it back? Please help!
A:
That's a very good question and I promise, you're not the only one this has ever happened to! So, you're telling me that your Recycle Bin icon just disappeared from your desktop. Perhaps it was in place one night before you went to bed, but in the morning when you started up your computer again, it was long gone. Where did it go? What happened to it? But more importantly, how can you get it back? Well, there are a few things you can try to get your Recycle Bin icon back where it's supposed to be. If you've run out of options, give these a try!
The first thing you can do is right click on your desktop and choose Properties. Once you're there, hit the Desktop tab and then click on the Customize Desktop button. In the middle of that box, you will see some of the more common desktop icons. Click on the one for the Recycle Bin (it looks like a trash can) and then hit the Restore Default button. Click OK and then go take a look at your desktop. The Recycle Bin icon should be back, but if it's not, don't lose hope. There are still a couple other things you can try!
For the next option, go down to your taskbar and right click on any open space. >From the menu that pops up, click on Toolbars, Desktop. The word "Desktop" will then appear at the end of your taskbar with a double arrow beside it. Right click on that arrow and you will see an option for the Recycle Bin. Next, drag and drop the Recycle Bin icon to your desktop.
That should reinstate your icon for you, but if you're still having trouble, try this! Right click on your taskbar again and go to Toolbars, New Toolbar. There should be an option there for the Recycle Bin as well. You can then drag and drop that icon to your desktop. Doing any of these three things should bring your Recycle Bin icon back and you can get on with your daily computing. Yes!
~ Erin
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Multiple Categories
Do you use MS Outlook 2007's category colors?
If you do, you're probably like me and you have quite a few different categories, each with its own color code.
Still, I'm sure there are times when you wish you could combine two categories together for a single message, without defining yet another new one that's just simply a hybrid of what you already have.
Seems like a waste of time, doesn't it?
Yeah, I thought so too. So, as you can imagine, I was very happy to learn I could assign multiple categories to the same message. And you can too!
All you have to do is right click over the category section of the message listing.
The category list will then open, allowing you to pick an additional category.
You'll find that Outlook puts two category rectangles where there used to be only one.
In fact, if you repeat the process, you can continue adding categories.
So, no more creating new categories just for the sake of combining the ones that already exist. With multiple category labeling, you can mix and match them to your heart's content!
~ April
Monitor Your Performance
As you may know, the new sidebar in Windows Vista provides its users with plenty of information. For example, if you're one who likes to monitor your system's performance, the sidebar is the perfect place to run various performance monitoring gadgets. Windows Vista comes with a simple CPU and memory usage gadget, but there are several others that are much more useful and can help you monitor almost every aspect of your Vista computer. Here are five of them!
1.) Wireless Signal and IP Address Gadget - This gadget displays your wireless network information, such as its status, signal strength and security. It also displays your internal IP address and it gives you a direct link to your router's Web based control panel.
2.) Battery Meter Gadget - This gadget helps you monitor the battery level of your laptop. It also provides you with a much more accurate reading over what the icon in your system tray shows. You can download this gadget for free right here.
3.) Multi-Meter Gadget - This gadget will show you such information as: CPU Usage % (two cores), RAM Usage %, RAM Information (total, used and what's left), Status Bars Animated Above 90%, 100 Skins and Background Selections. This utility is available for download right here.
4.) Uptime Gadget - This gadget allows you to see how much time has passed since you last restarted your computer. You can download it for yourself right here.
5.) Free Space Gadget - This gadget monitors your computer's drives and it shows you the available space for the ones you have selected. You can download it right here.
There you go. I hope you enjoy these handy little gadgets!
~ Ramachandran Kumaraswami
