PCWorks: MSWord 95 and the Restore button

2001-06-29 Thread Harold B.
Problem: The restore button (upper right hand corner) works for the lower portion of Word, but when clicking the main restore button (that's the upper portion of the window), the window minimizes. After it minimizes it doesn't open when clicking the taskbar button. The only way to open it is to

PCWorks: laptop to pc connection question

2001-06-29 Thread mgsmith
Hi, Group! My son would like to know how to connect his laptop to our PC so that he can transer files from the laptop to the PC. Both are running W98. The PC is a Compaq 7940 and the laptop is a Compaq 1200. Thanks! gaye = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your

RE: PCWorks: MSWord 95 and the Restore button

2001-06-29 Thread Linda Johnson
I'm not exactly sure what happened, Harold.but the data key is what controls most of the settings in Wordtoolbars, title bar, menus, etc..and it often gets corrupt..so, you delete it and Word makes a new one downside is if you have any custom toolbars, you have to make them

Re: PCWorks: laptop to pc connection question

2001-06-29 Thread Gerald E. Boyd
At 04:58 PM 6/29/01 -0500, mgsmith wrote the following: My son would like to know how to connect his laptop to our PC so that he can transer files from the laptop to the PC. Both are running W98. The PC is a Compaq 7940 and the laptop is a Compaq 1200. Simple and cheap method. 1. Connect

Re: PCWorks: laptop to pc connection question

2001-06-29 Thread Keith Thompson
To get faster transfer than using the null modem cable and also cheap, is to use the DCC (Direct Cable Connect). You can check out more about this by going to the windows Help and using the keyword DIRECT. It will tell you the specs for the cable which couples to the parallell port which is

Re: PCWorks: Staying connected to my ISP

2001-06-29 Thread Jim Cladingboel
For all those Listers who offered me help in overcoming the problem where I was being cut off regularly on the hour at 5pm, here is the solution. I use Zone Alarm firewall which, I discovered, had established a range of IP addresses which were allowed to ping my computer to make sure I was