1. Chapter 1 Email Annoyances

   1. GENERAL EMAIL ANNOYANCES

   2. OUTLOOK AND OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5 AND 6

   3. pop-ups AOL AOL ANNOYANCES

   4. EUDORA ANNOYANCES

   5. HOTMAIL ANNOYANCES

   6. GMAIL ANNOYANCES

2. Chapter 2 Windows Annoyances

   1. GENERAL WINDOWS ANNOYANCES

   2. SERVICE PACK 2 ANNOYANCES

3. Chapter 3 Internet Annoyances

   1. BROWSING ANNOYANCES

   2. GOOGLE ANNOYANCES

   3. INSTANT MESSAGING ANNOYANCES

4. Chapter 4 Microsoft Office Annoyances

   1. WORD ANNOYANCES

   2. EXCEL ANNOYANCES

   3. POWERPOINT ANNOYANCES

   4. OUTLOOK AND OUTLOOK EXPRESS ANNOYANCES

5. Chapter 5 Windows Explorer Annoyances

   1. SEARCH ANIMATIONS BEGONE

   2. A SHORTCUT TO MORE RECENT DOCUMENTS

   3. QUICK ACCESS TO MY COMPUTER

   4. ONE FOLDER, MANY PLACES

   5. WHEN ONE EXPLORER SHORTCUT IS NOT ENOUGH

   6. DISCONNECT YOUR SAVED WEB PAGES

   7. A BETTER WAY TO NAVIGATE

   8. WHEN YOU CAN'T DELETE A FILE

   9. MAKE EXPLORER CRASH-PROOF

   10. LOOK WHAT I FOUND! BUT DON'T TOUCH...

   11. COPYING FILE PATHS

   12. BROADEN WINDOWS' SEARCH HORIZONS

   13. SEARCH FASTER BY EXCLUDING ZIPPED FILES

   14. MANAGE ZIPPED FILES

   15. BEYOND WINZIP SELF-EXTRACTOR

   16. RENAME MULTIPLE FILES

   17. GIMME BACK MY FILE ASSOCIATIONS

   18. RIGHT-CLICK FOR QUICK PRINTS

   19. QUICK NOTES IN WINDOWS

   20. ENCRYPT FILES FOR SECURITY

   21. SHARE BIG FILES THE EASY WAY

   22. A THUMBNAIL VIEW FOR FILE ATTACHMENTS

   23. ALL THUMBS.DB

6. Chapter 6 Browser Annoyances

   1. MUSIC AND VIDEO ANNOYANCES

   2. iTUNES ANNOYANCES

   3. WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ANNOYANCES

   4. QUICKTIME ANNOYANCES

   5. CD AND DVD ANNOYANCES

7. Chapter 7 Hardware Annoyances

   1. THE WONDERS OF A MODEM RESET

   2. BRING THE ZING BACK TO DSL

   3. UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER TO THE PC

   4. MANAGE MULTIPLE BULKY AC ADAPTERS

   5. LIGHTEN YOUR POWER LOAD

   6. CLEAR AND SHARP fonts LCD LCD FONTS

   7. TUNE UP YOUR MONITOR

   8. HUSH...HUSH, SWEET MONITOR

   9. STRAIGHTEN UP AND DISPLAY RIGHT

   10. SIMPLE WAYS TO REDUCE PC NOISE

   11. LOST SCREW, BIG PROBLEMS

   12. EXTRA POWER FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS

   13. WINDOWS SETTING BLOCKS DVD UPGRADE

   14. CHECK FOR LOOSE CABLES

   15. 5 CABLES IN 1

   16. SAFELY REMOVE A USB FLASH DRIVE

   17. LOCK DOWN YOUR USB FLASH DRIVE

   18. USB-TO-PS/2 MOUSE ADAPTER

   19. GIVE YOUR LASER PRINTER A MEMORY BOOST

   20. SAVE BIG WITH LOW-RESOLUTION PRINTS

   21. PAPER-SAVING PRINT UTILITY

   22. KEEP THE PAPER FLOWING

   23. MOVE YOUR SOUND CONNECTORS TO THE FRONT

   24. DOCK YOUR NOTEBOOK

   25. USE YOUR NOTEBOOK AT HOME

   26. CONNECT YOUR FLASH MEMORY DRIVE WITH A USB CABLE

   27. NO-FUSS NETWORK BACKUPS

   28. BIG HARD DRIVE CORRUPTION

   29. UNWIRE YOUR PRINTER

   30. GO WIRELESS WITH A WALL SOCKET

   31. STIFLE AMBITIOUS WIFI POP-UPS

   32. EMERGENCY POWER FOR PALMS

   33. POCKET PC FILE AND BATTERY WOES

   34. BOOST YOUR CELL'S BATTERY

   35. RED SKIES AND BLUE ROSES

   36. FRAMED DIGITAL PHOTOS

   37. CURLING PICTURES

   38. REMOVE SHADOWS FROM THE OTHER SIDE

   39. GRINDING, NOT SCANNING

   40. SKEWED SCANS

   41. MAKE SCANNERS READ BETTER

   42. TRANSFER PHONE NUMBERS TO YOUR DIGITAL PHONE

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. Genevieve d'Entremont was the production editor and copyeditor for PC Annoyances, Second Edition. Ann Schirmer was the proofreader. Peter Ryan and Genevieve d'Entremont did the typesetting and page makeup. Matt Hutchinson, Mary Brady, and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index. Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book using Adobe Illustrator and produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Gravur Condensed, Glypha, and Adobe Sabon fonts. The cover is based on a series design by Volume Design, Inc.

Patti Capaldi designed the interior layout using Adobe InDesign CS. The text and heading fonts are Rotis Sans Serif, Lineto Gravur Condensed, and Myriad Pro; the code font is TheSans Mono Condensed. Julie Hawks converted the text to Adobe InDesign CS. The screenshots and technical illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop 7. The cartoon illustrations used on the cover and in the interior of this book are copyright © 2004 and 2005 Hal Mayforth.