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Excel

Library Answer Person — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:47:55 +0000

HOW TO USE EXCEL

I searched Google using the words “excel tutorial,” and you can, too. The top two results are at the University of South Dakota and at the University of Rhode Island. These may be based on earlier versions of the program, but should be good for starters.

Personalized login screen

Library Answer Person — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:29:46 +0000

Dear Sir,
How can i make my log-in screen personalized? my laptop is Acer aspire4720? co’z i want my personal pics on login screen.thank you very much.

I would simply go to google.com and search for words such as “personalize login screen.” There seem to be websites and bulletin boards where this is discussed. I would focus on the particular operating system you’re using (Windows XP Home Edition; Vista; etc.) rather than the particular brand of computer.

Vista login

Library Answer Person — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:08:32 +0000

When I use the hibernate feature on my windows vista laptop, I have to go through an additional step to turn my computer back on. It first goes to a screen and I have to click on my user name. I don’t have to enter a password or anything. How do I turn that feature off? Thanks.

Searching from a Microsoft site leads to a link with these instructions. It involves running the command netplwiz at the command prompt. This looks more like a procedure to set up a default user, so I’m not sure how it’ll work if you’re the only user and never set a password to begin with. Also, I don’t know how Vista treats logging in initially versus coming out of hibernation. I know I’m pretty grumpy when I come out of hibernation. There are also some links to sites that hint that there may be a way to change the settings w/o going to a command line command. Answer Person certainly isn’t going to test any of this on the AP computer and risk a lot of smoke and flames. And anyway, the library hasn’t provided me with Vista yet.