by Joyce Kohl
August 6, 1998
Go Inside Toolbar
Technically a Toolbar, but when finished, it appears to be wallpaper and it can be sized
to whatever size you wish it to be. Here's how to create it:
• 1. Right click on the taskbar
• 2. Select Toolbars
• 3. Select New Toolbar
• 4. In the box that asks for a folder or Internet address
Type in the complete URL: http://goinside.com as pictured here:
• 5. Click Okay
It will appear on the taskbar with a scroll bar. It will look like this:
Left click, hold, and drag (move) it to your desktop. Enlarge it to whatever size you wish.
When first dragged and dropped, it looks like this:
Now resize it so you can easily find an article to read, click on the hotlink of your choice and a window pops up with the article you selected.
Toolbars are not dynamic, so if you need to refresh/reload the Go Inside Website, you'll have to close it and then reconfigure it. If you drag the new toolbar to either the right or left sides of your desktop, or to the top (which is where I like it to be when I'm not using it), it will become a wide toolbar. When I want to look up something, or read an article, I can either scroll it when it's a toolbar, or drag it to the center and enlarge it so it appears as a browser window. Here's a view of my toolbar at the top of my desktop:
Installing a Generic / Text Only Printer
• Click on My Computer
• Click on the Printers icon
• Click on Add Printer
• Wait for Windows to build a printers database
• Cursor down in the left window, select Generic / Text Only
• Click Next
• Select port (usually LPT1)
• Click Next - The printer name should be Generic / Text Only
• Be sure No is checked for default printer, then click Next
• Check No for printing a test page
• Click Finish
• You'll be asked to insert your Windows 98 CD.
Windows needs to copy the necessary file(s) to your hard drive.
You should now have a Generic / Text Only printer like this in your Printers folder:
• To create a text file to print, see the following tip
Creating a Text Report of Your System Devices
• Add a Generic / Text Only Printer (See above tip)
• Select My Computer, Properties, the Device Manager Tab
• Click on Print
• Select the Report Type, System Summary or All Devices and system summary
• Check the box Print to File as shown here:
• Select Setup
• Select the Generic / Text Only printer
• Click OK
• Type in a name for the file (such as device.prn or device.txt)
• Click OK
• The file is written to the root directory.
• Open My Computer
• Click on your Drive C icon to find the file
Here's a view of my root directory with the device.prn. The icon shows the file is associated with TextPad, my replacement choice for NotePad. If you have NotePad, the icon will reflect it.
• Right click on device.prn and select Open or doubleclick the icon. Either way
your default text application (usually NotePad) will open the file.
• Print or read
Here's the report I created:
Copyright © 1998 by Joyce Kohl
"Go Inside" is a David Boles Trademark