Tips 'n' Tricks

Whenever I get a bright idea that makes my computing life a little easier I'll try to post it here. I'm not particularly charitable, I just tend to forget things if I don't write them down. I can't make any promises that these will work for you (I can't even guarantee they won't trash your computer) but they worked for me...

1. Can I use Delphi components in BCB?
2. Which folder should I save new components to?
3. Do I need all those big *.il? files?
4. A little known debugging trick.
5. Why won't my labels AutoSize?

1. Error message: [Pascal Fatal Error] file.pas(line #): File not found: 'DsgnIntf.dcu'

1. Where can I find the binaries?
2. Is there a quicker way to print graphs?
3. Where can I find more information?
4. Is it possible to overlap graphs?
5. Why is the font so tiny?
6. How to append commands to the plot file.
7. How do I restrict the range of the y-axis when fitting?

1. My video card fan suddenly got real noisy! [July 26, 2002]

1. Error message: Fatal error: XDM session declined

1. How can I print Excel charts (and the like) for use in LaTeX documents?
2. How do I get smooth fonts in my documents instead of those jagged bitmaps?

1. How can I make the text bigger?
2. Is there a fast way to resize text?

1. Clear Passwords button hangs Internet Explorer.

1. Browsing HTML files offline with Netscape Communicator
2. DDE doesn't work anymore.
3. Error message: An error occurred while saving mail messages.
4. How can I force Netscape to save files?

1. How to run batch jobs.
2. Why can't I print this postscript file?
3. Can I download files while offline?

1. RegClean 4.1 won't run.
2. My monitor won't go into Power Saving mode anymore.
3. I'm running out of free disk space.
4. How can I merge related help files?
5. How can I record a sound file longer than 1 minute?
6. Is there an easier way to access shortcuts on my desktop?
7. Can I set up my DOS program to use more than 16MB of DPMI memory?
8. Why does System Agent report for ScanDisk that "Check was stopped because of an error" even though it didn't find any errors?
9. Bypassing the ScanDisk confirmation after a system crash.

1. My cable modem is intermittent.
2. How do I upgrade my IDE hard drive?

1. The Y-axis on my joystick jumps around.
2. My Recycle Bin shows up as C:\Recycled under Windows Explorer.

1. How do I disable Windows Genuine Advantage?