COMPUTER TIPS DIRECTORY

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Windows Tips

Changing Desktop Icons

Adding To Your Quicklaunch Bar

Windows Clipboard

Bypass Your Recycle Bin

Hide Your Taskbar

Expand Your TaskBar

Move Your TaskBar

Using “Find”

View All Open Programs

Adding To Your START Menu

Add An Icon To Your Desktop

Restore Deleted Files

Customize Windows Explorer

Checking File Properties

Moving Between Open Programs

Windows Calculator

The “Start” Button

Empty Your Recycle Bin

Print Screen

Drag And Drop

Another Way To Your C Drive

Searching Files Internally

Bring Back The Welcome Tips

START Menu Icons

Create a Control Panel Toolbar

Large Taskbar Icons

Restart Your System Without Rebooting

Stop Running ScanDisk

Shortcut To Shutdown

Quick Access To The FIND Utility

Select Multiple Items At Once

Check Today’s Date

Switching Between Open Windows

Remove Speaker Icon

Changing Your Desktop Icons

If you ever get bored with the same old icons sitting on your desktop, there is a solution. Many of the programs on your desktop offer lots of different icons.

First, right click on the icon you’d like to change. Select PROPERTIES. Then, click on the “Change Icon” button under the “Shortcut” tab. Select the icon you prefer and click OK.

Add Frequently Used Programs To Your QuickLaunch Bar

In Windows 98, you have a handy tool bar called the “QuickLaunch Bar.” It allows you to start up a program with just one click without having to go to your desktop or using your START button.

The QuickLaunch Bar is located directly to the right of your START button. If you’ve never customized it, you probably have icons for Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Outlook Express, and a button that takes you directly to your desktop, among others.

It’s easy to customize your QuickLaunch Bar. To remove an icon, simply right click on it and choose DELETE. Don’t worry, you’re not removing the program from your computer. Just from your QuickLaunch Bar.

To add an icon, simply left click on the icon on your desktop (If the program you want isn’t on your desktop, you can find out how to put it there here). Without lifting your mouse finger, drag it to your QuickLaunch Bar. Once there, lift your mouse finger and the icon will appear. (This technique is called “Drag and Drop”.)

Windows Clipboard

This should really be under the heading of “Copy And Paste.” Copying and pasting is merely a way of moving something from one place to another. The most common thing moved around with this technique is text.

You have a program on your computer that you can’t see. It’s called a “Clipboard.” It is there for one purpose only; to hold the text (or graphic, or whatever else you’re moving) as long as you need.

The catch is, the clipboard will only hold that text until another block of text is placed on it. It only holds one clipping at a time.

Let’s say you’ve typed out a letter to your mother in your Windows Notepad. Now, you’re ready to move it to your e-mail program to send it. To do this, you need to first “Copy” it to your clipboard.

To copy the text, place your mouse at the beginning of the text you want to copy. Hold down your left mouse button and drag the cursor to the end of the text. Lift up your finger. The entire text will be highlighted.

To save it to your clipboard, or “Copy” it, you can do one of two things. You can go to the top of your screen and click EDIT | COPY. Or you can hold down CTRL + C on your keyboard. Now, although it seems like nothing happened, it did. The highlighted text has been placed on your Windows Clipboard. Don’t believe me? You can view it.

Click on START | PROGRAMS |

ACCESSORIES | SYSTEM TOOLS | CLIPBOARD VIEWER. See?

Now, to put the text into your e-mail program, or wherever else you want to move it to, you need to “Paste” it. Go to wherever you want to paste the text in. Click your mouse where you want the text to start. To paste the text, you can do one of two things. You can click on EDIT | PASTE or you can hit CTRL + V on your keyboard. While this sounds very confusing, it’s really not. Once you’ve done it once or twice, you’ll be a pro.

Bypass Your Recycle Bin

Most of us know that when we delete a file, we’re not really deleting it, but sending it to our Recycle Bin. There, the file will sit until we empty the Recycle Bin, or restore the file to it’s original location.

If you are sure that you want this file gone, and don’t want it hanging around your Recycle Bin, hold down the SHIFT button on your keyboard while deleting it.

Hide Your Taskbar

Your “Taskbar” is the tool bar at the very bottom of your screen. It’s where all of your open programs and applications reside.

To hide it, find an empty space on the Taskbar and right click your mouse. Select PROPERTIES.

Under the “Taskbar Options” tab, check the box next to “Auto Hide.” Click OK.

Now, to view your Taskbar, move your mouse down to the bottom of your screen. Your Taskbar will appear.

Expand Your Taskbar

If you have too many programs open, your Taskbar can get pretty crowded. If you need more room, carefully hold your mouse over the top of the Taskbar until the cursor changes shapes. It will become a line with an arrow at both ends.

Once you’ve got the arrows, drag your Taskbar up as far as you need to.

Move Your Taskbar

Your Taskbar does not have to be at the bottom of your screen. You can move it anywhere you like.

Hold your mouse over the Taskbar. While holding the left button down, drag it to the top or the left or right.

Using FIND

Ever forget where you placed a file?

Use your FIND utility. Click on START | FIND | FILES OR

FOLDERS. Type in the name of your file and search.

View All Open Programs At Once

If you’d like to view each and every open program at the same time, you can.

Find an empty space on your Taskbar and right click. Choose either “Tile Windows Vertically” or “Tile Windows Horizontally.”

Add A Program To Your START Menu

If you want to add a program that is on your desktop to your START menu, just drag and drop. Hold your mouse over the program icon, left click. While holding the mouse button down, drag it and drop it onto your START button.

Add A Program To Your Desktop

Sometimes going through that START menu can be a chore. It can be easier to add a shortcut to a frequently used program to your Desktop.

To accomplish this, navigate to the desired program by clicking on :

START | PROGRAMS | DESIRED PROGRAM.

Once there, right click on the name of the program. Choose SEND TO | DESKTOP (Create Shortcut).

An icon will be added to your desktop. By the way, this technique will also work with other things as well. Documents or Favorites, for instance. Don’t be afraid to experiment.

Restore A Deleted File

If you’ve deleted something that you wish you hadn’t, it may not be too late to get it back. As long as you haven’t emptied your Recycle Bin you can restore it to where it once was. On your desktop, double click on your Recycle Bin icon. Find the file you want and click on it once to highlight it. Then, at the top of the screen, click FILE | RESTORE. The file will disappear right before your eyes.

However, if you go back to where you deleted it from, you’ll find it, safe and sound.

Customize Your Windows Explorer

Most of us know that we can change the look of our computer by going into our Control Panel and double clicking on “Display.” From there we can change colors, fonts, backgrounds, screen

savers, etc. What most people don’t know is that they can also customize that dreary Windows Explorer program. It can get tiresome looking at that boring white background and those dull yellow folders.

If this sounds familiar, try this. Open up your Windows Explorer. On the right hand side, click on an empty space in any folder. In the menu that pops up, click “Customize This Folder.”

Check the box next to “Choose A Background Picture” and click NEXT. From here you can choose from many different backgrounds, or pick one that you have stashed on your computer somewhere. You can also change the color of the text.

Checking The Properties On A File

Ever find yourself with a question about what’s going on inside of a file or program? You can see by checking out it’s “Properties.”

There are two ways to go about this. First, you can right click on the file and select PROPERTIES from the menu. Second, you can hold down your ALT key on your keyboard while doubling clicking the file.

Moving Between Open Programs

If you’re busy , and need to look at another program, it’s not always fastest to reach for the mouse. You can keep your hands on the keyboard by hitting your ALT + TAB keys. This will move you between open programs. To go backward, hit SHIFT + ALT + TAB.

Windows Calculator

You may not know it, but you don’t have to use your mouse to use your Windows Calculator. You can use the number pad on your keyboard for most of the buttons. Try it. Open your Windows Calculator by clicking on

START | PROGRAMS | ACCESSORIES |CALCULATOR.

Numbers are numbers, the + button is +, the – button is – and the Enter key is =. To access the x (multiply) function, hit your * key. To access the Backspace function, use your left arrow key.

Your “Start” Button

The very name on the Start button makes it pretty easy for most people to learn how to use it. But, did you know that you can accomplish a few tasks quickly by right clicking on the Start button? Try it.

Empty Your Recycle Bin

Every once in a while it’s necessary to clean up extra files that are just taking up space. Emptying your recycle bin is one way.

Open up your Recycle Bin. Click on FILE | EMPTY RECYCLE BIN.

Print Screen

It’s a common myth that your Print Scrn (Print Screen) key is there only for decoration. Not true. To capture a copy of your entire screen, hold down your Ctrl + Print Scrn keys. To capture a copy of only the open window, hold down the Alt + Print Scrn keys. The picture is now on your Windows Clipboard. You can paste it into any program that will allow you to view a picture.

Drag And Drop

The “Drag And Drop” technique is just an easy, quick way to move a file from one place to

another.

Find the file you want to move, click on it with your mouse.

While holding the mouse key down, drag the file to where you want to move it to and let the

mouse button up, or “drop” it.

Another Way To Your C Drive

Here’s another way to view the contents of your C drive. On your keyboard, hit WINDOWS KEY + R. (If you don’t have a Windows key, click on START |

RUN.) In the text area type a backslash, ( \ ), and hit enter.

Searching Files Internally

You remember the FIND utility allows you to search for files on your computer. Well, it also allows you to search the inside of your files to search for text.

This option was “hidden” in Windows 95 but is visible in Windows 98. Just click on FIND | FILES OR FOLDERS. In the text area labeled “Containing Text” type the text you’re looking for.

Bring Back The Welcome Tips

Remember back when you first installed Windows? Remember the “Welcome” menu that cameup with a short tip every time you booted?

Do you also remember when deselected the box that showed the window every time you started Windows? You may want the box back, but how? Open your Windows folder from Windows Explorer. Find a program called WELCOME.EXE (it may show up just with the name WELCOME) and double click on it.

You will once again see the welcome screen in full glory. You can even select it to show itself every time you run Windows.

Shrink The START Menu Icons

Right click on your taskbar and choose PROPERTIES. Check the box next to “Show Small Icons.”

Create a Control Panel Toolbar

If you need constant access to your Control Panel, having it on your START menu may not be enough.

You can have the Control Panel items right on your taskbar. Right click on the taskbar. Click on TOOLBARS | NEW TOOLBAR. Scroll down and select “Control Panel.” Click “OK.” To get rid ofyour new toolbar, simply right click on your taskbar and choose TOOLBARS | CONTROL PANEL.

Large Taskbar Icons

You can make the icons on your taskbar larger by right clicking on the taskbar. Choose VIEW |LARGE.

Restart Your System Without Rebooting

To restart Windows without restarting your whole system, hold down your left SHIFT key andkeep it pressed throughout this process.

Click START | SHUT DOWN. Choose “Restart.” Click “OK.” You may now release the SHIFTkey.

Stop Running ScanDisk

Normally, when Windows is shut down incorrectly, the next time it boots up, ScanDisk automatically runs.

You can disable this (not recommended!), by clicking START | PROGRAMS | ACCESSORIES | SYSTEM TOOLS | SYSTEM INFORMATION. On the window that appears, click the “Tools” menu, selecting “System Configuration Utility.” Choose the “General” tab and then click the “Advanced” button. Check “Disable ScanDisk after bad shutdown.”

Shortcut To Shutdown

You can create a shortcut on your desktop to shutdown your computer. Right Click any blank part of your desktop and choose NEW | SHORTCUT. In the command line type “C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows” without the quotes. Click NEXT and name your shortcut. Click FINISH.

Quick Access To The FIND Utility

Need to find a file using Windows FIND Utility? Just click an empty spot on your desktop and hit the F3 button on your keyboard.

Select Multiple Items At Once

If you’re in a list, whether it be on a web page, in your Windows Explorer, etc., you can select (highlight) multiple items at once.

Hold down the ALT key on your keyboard while clicking on the items.

If you want to select many items, click on the first item, and while holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard, click the last item.

Check Today’s Date

To see the date, simply hold your mouse cursor over the time in your system tray for a second. It will pop right up.

Switching Between Open Windows

If you have multiple windows open, you can switch between them quickly by hitting ALT + ESC on your keyboard.

Incidentally, you can switch between screens within one program by hitting CTRL + TAB on your keyboard.

Remove The Speaker Icon

If you need a bit more room on your taskbar, you can remove the speaker icon from your system tray.

Click on START | SETTINGS | CONTROL PANEL. Double click on MULTIMEDIA. Under the AUDIO tab, un-check the box next to “Show Volume Control On Taskbar.”

Hardware Tips

Watch Your Computer Boot Up

Keyboard Repeat Rate

System Resources

Used Hard Drive Space

Keyboard Shortcuts

Disable CD Autoplay

Caps Lock Alarm

Change Your Start Up Programs

Alternative Right Click

Printing Page Backgrounds

Keyboard As A Mouse

Printing In Frames

Make A Microphone

ScanDisk

Disk Defragmenter

Watch As Your Computer Boots Up

In computer language, “Boot Up” simply means start up. You can watch what happens during the

boot up process by pressing the Escape key on your keyboard, “Esc,” just as the Microsoft

Windows logo comes up.

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You’ll see a lot of text scrolling by. To stop the text so you can see it more closely, hit your Pause

key. To continue scrolling, hit any key on your keyboard.

Keyboard Repeat Rate

When you hit the Backspace key on your keyboard and hold it down, the cursor just continues to

move until you let go of the key.

If the cursor is moving too slow, or too fast, you can change the rate. Open your Control Panel

and double click on Keyboard. Under the “Speed” tab you can increase or decrease the repeat

rate.

Check Your System Resources

Do you ever get a message telling you that your system resources are low and that you should

quit some programs? Annoying, isn’t it?

Anyway, you can keep tabs on just how much of your resources you’re using by going to your

desktop, right clicking on My Computer and choosing PROPERTIES.

Under the Performance tab you can view the percentage of resources you’re using. If your

available resources are below 40% you might want to open less programs at start up. To learn

how to do that, view our start up tip.

View Your Hard Drive Space

To see how much hard drive space you’ve used, and more importantly, how much you have left,

Windows offers you a handy pie graph.

Open up your My Computer program. Right click on [C:]. Click PROPERTIES.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Did you know that technically your mouse is a luxury? If for some reason you find yourself without

a mouse, don’t panic. Visit this page to learn the necessary keyboard shortcuts.

Disable CD Autoplay

When you insert a CD into your CD ROM, and you don’t want the CD to automatically start up, hold the SHIFT key down while inserting. Make sure to hold the SHIFT key down until the drive light goes out.

Caps Lock Alarm

Ever accidentally hit the Caps Lock button? And then start typing? Frustrating, right? There’s an alarm that you can set that will go off each time you hit the Caps Lock key, the Scroll Lock key, and the Num Lock (Number Lock) key.

Click START | SETTINGS | MY COMPUTER. Double click ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS. Under the “Keyboard” tab, check the Use Toggle Keys button. Click APPLY.

Change Your Start Up Programs

You can pick and choose what starts up when you boot up your computer.

Click on START | RUN. In the text area, type “MSCONFIG” without the quotes. Click OK.

Click on the Startup tab. A word of warning, however. If you don’t know what a program is and it’s checked, leave it checked. Only turn on and off those programs that you are familiar with.

An Alternate Way To Right Click

If for some reason you can’t right click with your mouse, but you need the menu, just hit SHIFT + F10 on your keyboard.

Printing Page Backgrounds

By default, when you print a webpage from Internet Explorer, the background will not be printed. If you want to print the backgrounds, open up Internet Explorer. Click on TOOLS | INTERNET OPTIONS. Click the “Advanced” tab. Scroll down to “Printing” and check “Print background colors and images.” Click OK.

Use Your Keyboard As A Mouse

If you’re having problems with your mouse, you can use your keyboard in its place. Click on START | SETTINGS | CONTROL PANEL. Double click on “Accessibility Options.” (If you don’t see Accessibility Options in your Control Panel, go to Add/Remove Programs and install the option). Click the “Mouse” tab. Check “Use Mouse Keys,” modify the settings as you like, and you can now use the keyboard to control your mouse cursor.

Printing Within Frames

If you find yourself on a web page with frames, and you only want to print the content of one frame, you can. Right click within the chosen frame and choose PRINT.

Make A Microphone

You don’t have to buy an expensive microphone for your computer. You can use any

walkman-type headphones with a microphone. Plug them in to the microphone jack on your

computer and talk into the speaker on the headphones.

ScanDisk

ScanDisk checks your hard drive for errors and fixes them for you. You must use ScanDisk before Disk Defragmenter because Disk Defragmenter won’t work if there are errors.

To use ScanDisk:

Disable your screen saver.

Double click on My Computer on your desktop.

Right click the drive that you want to perform ScanDisk on.

Select Properties.

Click on the Tools tab.

Under Error-checking status, click on the “Check Now” button.

In the next dialog box you will check the Standard or the Thorough test. The Standard option is

much faster, but it checks only the files and the folders on the hard disk. The Thorough option

does the same, but it also checks the drive itself for unusable or damaged areas.

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Click on “Automatically Fix Errors” if you want ScanDisk to repair any errors it finds.

Click OK.

Disk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmenter, as the name implies, defragments your disks. Your disks get fragmented when you add and delete files. Information that should be grouped together eventually gets split up.

When you defragment your disk, all of this information gets grouped back together. This speeds up your computer. You should run ScanDisk before using Disk Defragmenter.

To run Disk Defragmenter:

Disable your screen saver.

Double click on My Computer on your desktop.

Right click the drive that you wish to defragment.

Click on Properties.

Click on the Tools tab.

In the Defragmentation status box, click on the “Defragment now” button.

You may get a window telling you that your drive is fragmented only a certain percent, and that

you do not need to defragment it at that time.

Defragmenting takes quite a while. You can still use your computer, but Disk Defragmenter works

much more efficiently if you leave it alone.

Software Tips

Opening A Program With Keystrokes

Shrink Your Toolbar Size

Deleting Temporary Files

Undo It

Save Hard Drive Space

QuickView Utility

Quick Minimize & Maximize

Remove The Speaker Icon

Windows 98 Extras

Windows Update

Free Resource Kit

Extra Toolbars

How Long Has Windows Been Running?

Double-Click to Close a Window

Downloading

Automatic Dial-Up

Ending A Task

Renaming An Item

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Text Search

Changing Defaults

Explorer Bar

Opening A Program With Keystrokes

Did you know you can assign certain keystrokes to open a program? This way you won’t have to stop what you’re doing and double click on it with your mouse.

Right click on the chosen program on your desktop and select PROPERTIES. Click on the Shortcut Tab. In the text box labeled SHORTCUT KEY, type your chosen letter. Ctrl + Alt willautomatically be added. Click OK. Now hit CTRL + ALT + letter.

Shrink Your Toolbar Size

Is your toolbar taking up too much room? Customize it! You can shrink the size of the buttons,and if you know what each button does, you can remove the text labels underneath the buttons.

Click on the “View” menu, choose “Toolbars”, and then select “Customize”. On the “Customize Toolbar” dialog box that follows, you can add or remove icons (buttons) to and from the toolbar, shrink the size of the icons, and change how text is displayed near the icons, if at all. When you are done modifying the toolbar, press “Close” to exit this dialog box.

Delete Your Temporary Files

Unfortunately, many Windows files leave unnecessary files in the TEMP directory from time to time.

These files may be unneeded data files, files that the program has simply “forgotten” about, or files created and not deleted due to a program’s abnormal termination. You can free up some room on your hard drive by visiting the WINDOWS\TEMP directory in your Windows Explorer and delete the files there.

Be Careful! Definitely DO NOT delete files that were created today, or yesterday… files created several weeks ago are usually safe to delete. If you are not sure which files to delete then do not worry about using this “trick” unless your drive space gets too low.

Make A Mistake? Undo It!

Don’t worry if you’ve just deleted a file by accident, or erased an entire block of text. To get it back, just click on EDIT | UNDO at the top of your screen.

Save Hard Drive Space

Do you frequently forget to remove files from the Recycle Bin? If so, you’re keeping a lot of junk on your computer and it’s using up valuable hard drive space. You can force the Recycle Bin to only use a small percentage of your hard drive. On your desktop, right-click on the Recycle Bin and choose PROPERTIES. A scroll bar appears on the multi-tabbed dialog box which follows. Adjust it.

QuickView Utility

Do you know about the Quick View utility? It’s an excellent feature of Windows that allows you to view many kinds of files without actually opening them up.

To use it, just right-click on a file and select “Quick View.” Is “Quick View” not present, even for things such as Notepad text files? Maybe you did not install it. To remedy this situation, click on the “Start” button, choosing “Settings.” On the window that appears, double-click “Add/Remove Programs.” On the multi-tabbed dialog box that appears, click the “Windows Setup” tab. Double-click “Accessories.” Now, check “Quick View” if it isn’t already. Keep clicking OK until all of the windows that you open close down. You may need to insert the original Windows disk if prompted.

Quick Minimize & Maximize

To quickly minimize any open window, double click on its “Title Bar.” Double click again to maximize.

Remove Your Speaker Icon

To save a little room, you can remove the speaker icon that resides in your system tray on the bottom right corner of your screen.

Click on START | SETTINGS | CONTROL PANEL. Double-click MULTIMEDIA. Click on PROPERTIES. the box next to “Show volume control on the taskbar” so it is unchecked. Click

“OK.”

Internet Tips

View Your IP Address

Web Page Source Code

Easy Access Dictionary

Online Forms

Send E-Mail From Your Desktop

Favicons

See When A Page Was Last Updated

Where Is The Info Going?

Full Screen Mode

Viewing Your History Files

Erasing History Files

Finding Missing Web Sites

Access A Web Page From The START Menu

Less Typing

Shortcut To A Web Page

Notepad Shortcuts

Change Your Home Page

Viewing A Picture In ‘No Graphics’ Mode

Follow A Link While Staying On The Current Page

Bookmark A Page Without Actually Visiting

Rename A Favorite

How Many Days In History File?

View Your IP Address

First, what is an IP address? The technical definition goes something like this: “An IP (Internet

Protocol) address is a 32-binary digit number that identifies each sender or receiver of

information that is sent across the Internet. When you request an HTML page or send e-mail, the

Internet Protocol part of TCP/IP includes your IP address in the information.”

To find out what your IP address is, click on START | RUN. Type in “WINIPCFG” without the

quotes.

View The Source Of A Web Page

Ever wondered what a web page looks like underneath all the colors and pictures? Well, wonder

no more.

Next time you’re on a web page go to the top of your screen and click on VIEW | SOURCE.

Easy Access Dictionary Button

Have you ever been reading something on the web and come to a word that you don’t know the meaning of?

Dictionary.Com offers an easy access button that sits right on the tool bar in your browser. Once the button is installed, all you need to do is highlight the mystery word and click the button. You’ll be taken right to the definition of the word.

Filling Out Online Forms

When you’re filling out a form on a web page, it can get a bit tedious typing in your name, then grabbing for the mouse to get to the next text field.

There is an easier way to get from one text field to the next. Just hit the TAB key on your keyboard. To move back through the spaces, hit SHIFT + TAB.

Send An E-Mail From Your Desktop

If you have an e-mail address that you frequently send e-mail to, you can create a shortcut on your desktop for it.

Find an empty space on your desktop and right click your mouse. Click NEW | SHORTCUT. In the “Command Line,” type mailto:name@domain.com, substituting name@domain.com for the actual e-mail address. Click NEXT and name the shortcut. Click FINISH.

Favicons

If you have a web page and encourage visitors to bookmark it, you’ll be interested in this tip.

There is a way to actually draw attention to your web page among the numerous bookmarks most

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people have. Create a “Favicon.” A Favicon is a small graphic that will appear next to your listing.

To actually explain the process here would take up entirely too much room. But, there is an article

written that tells you exactly how to do it.

When Was This Page Last Updated?

If you want to find out when the last time any web page was updated, enter this code into the

address bar in your browser, while on the page in question:

javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

Where Is The Info Going?

Curious about where information is traveling on the Internet between your site and others? Are you finding a break in Internet connectivity between your computer and certain sites? Open a DOS prompt by clicking START | PROGRAMS | MS-DOS PROMPT. Type in TRACERT, a

space, and then the name of a specific domain.

Press ENTER and you will see the hops – where information travels – between your computer and

the specific domain. You will get to see all of the intermediate domains as well as how long it is

taking for information to travel.