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Techknowledgy Newsletter Ralph Tolbert PBS 45 & 49 November 2005 |
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Mac: CopyPaste
Once upon a time operating systems had no inter-application communication. Then along came the Mac and one of its incredible features was the clipboard, which allowed you to copy an item from one application and paste it to another. That was revolutionary in 1985, but copying and pasting in the Mac OS has not evolved any further.
CopyPaste (Shareware, $30) is a clipboard utility that displays, edits and archives multiple clipboards with ease. The software offers many additional features, including a tool that grabs URLs or e-mail addresses out of large amounts of data. CopyPaste gives your Mac computer clipboard abilities that are efficient, practical and useful. Find out more at scriptsoftware.com/copypaste.
PC Pointers
When you use Windows XP, you belong to one of two groups: Administrators or Users. Admini-strators are all-powerful: they can make systemwide changes and change other users’ accounts. While this power is a boon to the ego, it’s also dangerous.
If, for example, you encounter a virus, a Trojan horse or a worm while you’re logged on as Administrator, you could wreck all the accounts on your entire system. Log in as User, on the other hand, and any damage you cause will be less extensive, because ordinary users are prevented from making systemwide changes.
A word to the wise: Do your everyday computing as a regular user and log on as Administrator only when it’s absolutely necessary.
To sign on as User, use the Run As command: just right-click a shortcut and select Run As. As long as you know the username and password, you can sign on as another user.
Source: www.tipsdr.com/windows-xp-tips.html
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