Q:
I would like to create a password for my screensaver, but I'm not quite sure how to do it. Can you please help me? Thank you!
A:
I would be more than happy to! So, tell me, have you ever wanted to add a password to your screensaver, but weren't sure how to do it? Well, you're in luck today, because that's exactly what we're going to cover! The process is simple and in minutes, you will have a password protected screensaver. Oh yeah!
Go to Start, Control Panel and find the Display icon. Windows XP users need to make sure they are in the classic view of the Control Panel to find the Display icon. All other users should find it right away. Now, click on the Screen Saver tab and choose the screensaver you want displayed on your computer. You can also choose how much time you would like to have before the saver turns on.
If you use Windows 95, 98, ME, NT or 2000, you can check the "Password protected" box and then pick a password to use. You can type in a different password by clicking the Change button.
If you're using XP, Windows is automatically going to use the same password you have selected for your log in screen. So, if you don't already have a password for your log in screen, you'll need to create one in order to have one for your screensaver. You can follow this tip to do that first. Once you have that done, go back to the Display icon and the Screen Saver tab and make sure the box that says "On resume, display Welcome screen" is checkmarked.
So, every time you want to come out of your screensaver, you will need to put that password in to continue on with your work. It's just a safer way to do things!
~ Erin
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See the Whole Page
Here's one that came in from a reader regarding MS Word and labels.
The reader inquired about how you could see a document that's a whole page of labels in Word. You know, where you can edit them and make each one different, if that's what you please.
It's a very useful thing to know. I use this all the time at work and very rarely does the page contain all the same labels.
So, if a page of labels is something you've ever found yourself looking for, this tip is for you!
In older versions of Word, you need to start as usual in the Tools menu, Envelopes and Labels choice.
If you have Word 2007, you need the Mailings ribbon, Labels button.
Either way, once you're looking at the Labels tab, you'll need to select the correct label size.
Now, if you want them to be all the same, you can enter the label text in the address area provided and click the New Document button.
However, if you want a blank sheet of labels as well, just leave the address text box empty and click the New Document button.
A new document will be created with your labels visible.
That's it. That one little button certainly makes editing and multiple label pages easy to manage!
~ April
Lost E-mail Addresses
Another reader asks: I lost some of the e-mail addresses for my friends and family. How can I find them again?
Unfortunately, we have all lost an e-mail address at some point or another. Isn't it just the pits?! I know it has happened to me several times and I just go crazy over finding it again. So, if your e-mail address book somehow got deleted or if you just flat out lost your list of contacts, what can you do? Do you just stop e-mailing those people forever? No, don't do that! Try the following tips before you ever go that far.
One of the best ways to go about recovering e-mail addresses is to just ask. You can ask the actual person or if you feel bad for losing their address, ask around to other friends and family members to see if they know the e-mail address you're looking for. Or, if you misplaced a co-worker's address, ask the other people you work with. Someone is bound to know and they can just forward the information to you.
If you can't really use that method, start looking through your saved e-mails. Chances are, you saved an e-mail from the person whose address you lost and you can just find the old e-mail and copy it down. Also, try looking through your sent e-mails. Most e-mail programs save sent e-mails for quite awhile and you may be able to locate the missing address from one of those. See, there are ways around these things!
Also, if the person has their own personal Web site or if they run a blog (or something similar), they may have their e-mail address listed there. You can just go there and copy down the address. It doesn't hurt to at least try!
Now, if you're looking for an e-mail address of an old classmate or someone who never even gave you their address, you may want to try a classmates Web site and search by their name. You may have better results that way. You can also try searching by their real name on a "people search" Web site. Sometimes people include their e-mail addresses along with the rest of their contact information. If you're lucky, you might be able to find it that way.
I've got one more for you! Did you know that you can add e-mail addresses to your favorites in a Web browser? Well, you can. Read here to learn how. That is just one more easy way to keep track of all the e-mail addresses you have.
Well, there you go. Hopefully one of these suggestions will help you find your missing e-mail addresses so that you can resume contact with the ones you love!
~ Erin
