Harry,

I haven't read the book from National Braille Press, but the F6 key
works a little differently than the way you described it. The F6 key
jumps between the address bar, the favorites bar (I think.) and the body
of your web page. If you land in the address bar then hitting the F6 key
twice will take you into your web page. The tool bars are still there.
If you're in your web page then F6 will take you to your address bar.

To get rid of different tool bars, go into your View pull down and
deselect them.

BTW, I love the tool bars myself!

On 17/04/11 01:48, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have 2 things:
> 1.  Remember how annoying it is for all of us who hate the tool bars in
> IE 8?
> Well, in a book from National Braille Press, about IE 8, there's a
> little key stroke that takes care of that problem.
> When you load a web page and all it says when you down arrow is,
> http://whatever the web site address is <http://whatever the web site
> address is>
> all you have to do is, just press the f6 key, 2 times, and the tool bars
> are gone!
> Oh is it nice!
> Now the second thing is for you Windows 7 users.  You want to make your
> computer start up in a flash?  Here's an article by Kim Komando.
> 
> I will say a couple things though.
> 
> She mentions making less programs launch at startup.  Didn't help me at
> all, folks.
> 
> Also, about the cores all used, it didn't help at all for me in XP, but,
> it might help you Windows 7 users.  Let us know if it does help your
> computer boot faster.
> 
> Make your computer start up in a flash in Windows 7
> 
> Tip of the day, from Kim Komando
> 
> 1/3/2011
> 
> Q. I just bought a Windows 7 computer. It runs much faster than my old
> Vista machine. But boot times are still slower than I expected. Is there
> any way I can speed it up?
> 
> —Levar from Swainsboro, GA, listens to my national radio show on WJAT 800 AM
> 
> A. Microsoft made a lot of improvements in Windows 7. It is much
> speedier than Vista, especially on older hardware. However, the startup
> process can still be a little slow.
> 
> That's not surprising, given the amount of information processed at startup.
> 
> Still, there are a few tricks you can try to speed your boot time.
> First, you'll want to limit what programs run at startup. Many programs
> you install add items to run at startup.
> 
> This will help the programs start faster when you want to use them. But,
> it also causes your computer to slow down.
> 
> So I recommend weeding out nonessential programs. This will shave off
> some time at startup.
> 
>   Programs aren’t the only thing that can slow your startup.
> Surprisingly, fonts can be a factor. On startup, Windows processes all
> the fonts installed on your computer.
> 
> Some people have a lot of extra fonts. Programs often install additional
> fonts. This is particularly true if you're using graphics programs. Most
> people won't use these fonts.
> 
> You can remove fonts you don't use fairly easily.
> 
> step 1.  Just click Start
> 
> step 2.  Then, click on Control Panel
> 
> step 3.  Then, click on Fonts to examine your font library.
> 
> step 4.  Select one or more fonts you don't need.
> 
> step 5.  Then hit the Delete option to remove them. Note that this will
> get rid of the files permanently. So, you'll want to be very careful
> what you delete.
> 
> You will also see a Hide option. This hides fonts from Microsoft
> programs without uninstalling them. That way the fonts aren't cluttering
> up Word, for example. However, this option will have no effect on
> startup time.
> 
>  
> 
> There is a third option. You might try a third-party font program like
> FontFrenzy. It has many options for managing your fonts. You could use
> the Unload and Store feature. This uninstalls selected fonts and stores
> them in a folder.
> 
> Just open the program and click FrenzyMan. Select the fonts you don't
> need. Select Unload and Store Selected Fonts and then click Select.
> Specify where you want to store the fonts and click OK.
> 
> You can reinstall the fonts if you need them later. But until you
> reinstall them, they won't slow down your startup. It's a nice
> compromise. To reinstall a font in Windows 7:
> 
> step 1.  Simply right-click the font file.
> 
> step 2.  Then select Install.
> 
> Note that there are some fonts that you can't hide, delete or move.
> These are fonts that shipped with Windows. Even if you don't use them,
> Windows thinks they are important. If you can't delete a font in Windows
> or FontFrenzy, it is a system font.
> 
> Streamlining software isn't the only way to improve boot times. It is
> possible that Windows isn't taking full advantage of your computer hardware.
> 
> Most modern computers have multi-core processors. They can handle more
> than one task as once. However, in many cases, Windows 7 only uses one
> core. Changing a setting will force it to use all the cores.
> 
> to do this:
> 
> step 1.  Go to Start and type "msconfig" into the Search field without
> typing the quotes. step 2.  Hit Enter; the configuration screen will pop up.
> 
> step 3.  Find the Boot tab.
> 
> step 4.  Then click the Advanced Options button.
> 
> step 5.  Find the Number of Processors setting.
> 
> step 6.  Click the check box to set a custom number.
> 
> step 7.  Then select the number of cores your processor has. This will
> be the highest number on the dropdown list.
> 
> If things are still too slow, you might consider getting a solid-state
> drive. SSDs are faster than traditional hard drives. This means
> information is available more quickly on startup.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> The downside to an SSD is price and storage capacity. A 120-gigabyte SSD
> runs between $250 and $400. The price varies by the drive's speed. By
> contrast, a traditional 1TB hard drive costs about $100.
> 
> Of course, you could buy a smaller, cheaper SSD. A 32GB drive costs
> about $80. You can put the operating system on that drive for faster
> access. Then use a large, traditional drive for additional programs and
> storage.
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