the F 6 key puts the screen in a full screen mode. Say I was looking at a 
web site or a photo on a web site. I may be able to click on the photo to 
enlarge the photo. Ithon would press F6 to remove all the clutter at the top 
of the screen; title bar, address field, any tool bars, favorites bar and 
status bar at the bottom of the scren.  Pressing F6 again brings it all 
back.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] 2 things


> 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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