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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A
February 19, 2006
Q.
What is this new thing called Windows
Defender?
A.
It is Microsoft's latest beta 2 of its
Anti-spyware program. It is much more full
featured, and protects against many more
types of computer invasions. The name
Defender was designated for this program
previously, and now, as it becomes closed to
its release date, the name is official. It
will eventually be incorporated into
Microsoft's OneCare and new Windows
operating system, Vista. It will then, no
longer be a free program as it now is. To
read more about Windows Defender, click
HERE.
Q.
I read your article for Nov 10, 2005 about
the red X in email, but that didn't solve my
problem. I am still getting the red X in
email from one particular person. How can I
fix this?
A.
If this is a problem from one or two people,
then the problem is probably with their
email settings, not yours. What is happening
is that they are not sending you the actual
picture, but a link to it. If the picture
resided on a web page, this would be OK, but
Since the picture resides on their computer
and you do not have access to it, all you
are getting is the link. You need to tell
the person that is sending you the red "X"
to fix his settings like this.
Open
Outlook Express Select Tools, then Options
Click the Send tab In the Mail Sending
Format section, click the "HTML Settings"
button Click the box in front of "Send
picture with messages" Click OK, then OK
Once this
setting has been changed on their computer,
they will no longer be sending you the red X
instead of the picture.
Q.
How can I backup up my Outlook Express files
so that I have a copy in case of problems,
or when I want to move them to a new
computer?
A.
Microsoft didn't include an easy to use
backup for Outlook Express like it did with
Outlook. Possibly because they wanted to
encourage people to use their paid for email
program rather than their free one. However,
they have made it possible to do so, but it
is pretty involved and, for sure, not easy.
To learn how visit this web site.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670/EN-US/.
This is a
Microsoft knowledge Base article, and if you
have the time, you just might figure out how
it can be done.
Q. Every now and then I
paste something onto my desk top and the
Icon is labeled "SCRAP". What the is
that all about?
A.
If you copy a portion of the text
from a document created with MS Word
or Excel, and then past it on the
desktop, it becomes a "scrap" file.
This file will have the .shs
extension. You should be able to
double click on the "scrap" and it
will open in the application that
created it.
The following is quoted directly
from Microsoft:
"In Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Excel, you can drag and drop
selected document text, drawing
objects, and graphics to the Windows
desktop. A desktop icon is created
for the scrap file, along with a
file located in the Windows\Desktop
subfolder with an .shs extension.
This file is a native program
document that contains the
information that was selected and
dragged onto the Windows desktop. If
you select and delete the desktop
icon, the corresponding .shs file is
also deleted. You can select and
drag a scrap file on the desktop
into another document.
NOTE: The scrap file is a
special OLE object and is not a
readable file. You cannot open an .shs
file nor can you insert it into
another document (for example, you
cannot insert an .shs file by using
the File command on the Insert menu
in Word).
To place a scrap into a document or
workbook, you must drag it to the
document. However; you can rename
the scrap object or move it from one
directory to another just as you can
rename or move an ordinary file.
The Word for Windows scrap file
document contains margin settings of
0 (zero) inches. When you drag the
scrap document into another Word
document, the scrap file conforms to
the page setup of the existing Word
document; thus, only the contents of
the scrap file are transferred into
the Word document."
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