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Exploring Your Options
Exchanging data with another computer
You can personalize the taskbar to include not only shortcut icons
but also your favorite Internet URL addresses.
System tray
The System tray displays icons of tasks or programs that run
continuously in the background. To learn more about each task,
position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and a short
description of the task appears.
Typical tasks in the System tray are Current time, Power usage
mode, Mouse properties, and speaker volume.
To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate System
tray icon.
Exchanging data with another computer
To transfer a large amount of information between computers, you
can use the Windows
synchronization program and the computer's parallel port.
Transferring files
You can transfer files to another computer using your infrared port,
or with an adapter cable.
To transfer files through the parallel port, you need an optional
LapLink
To transfer files:
1
Connect the cable.
DEFINITION: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator,
which is the address that defines the route to a file on the
Web or any other Internet facility. Generically, it is known
as the Web site address.
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XP Briefcase, or a specialized
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compatible parallel cable.
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