Help program

[Lynne]

Have just begun with XP. In trying to learn and find
things, I continue to try "Help". What a disaster! The
instructions repeated refer to clicking on choices that
don't even appear on any of the screens I am sent to! It
appears the Help program of Windows 98 or some other
version was inserted along with the upgrade to XP. Is
this true...do others of you observe this too? Is there
anything to do about this?

[carol]

have you 'set search options'
under options button in top bar.

use 'change views' to get full screen view
of help.

it is very good tool to learn things and also
search in newsgroups for similar words.

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>-----Original Message-----
>Have just begun with XP. In trying to learn and find
>things, I continue to try "Help". What a disaster! The
>instructions repeated refer to clicking on choices that
>don't even appear on any of the screens I am sent to!
It
>appears the Help program of Windows 98 or some other
>version was inserted along with the upgrade to XP. Is
>this true...do others of you observe this too? Is there
>anything to do about this?
>.
>

[Lynne]

Thank you Carol for the "Options" clue. What I found out
is that the help search directions and info is for
Windows 2000. Cute. Is that my computer manufacturer's
doing? Is there no one else who has that problem? Lynne

>-----Original Message-----
>have you 'set search options'
>under options button in top bar.
>
>use 'change views' to get full screen view
>of help.
>
>it is very good tool to learn things and also
>search in newsgroups for similar words.
>
>==================================
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Have just begun with XP. In trying to learn and find
>>things, I continue to try "Help". What a disaster!
The
>>instructions repeated refer to clicking on choices that
>>don't even appear on any of the screens I am sent to!
>It
>>appears the Help program of Windows 98 or some other
>>version was inserted along with the upgrade to XP. Is
>>this true...do others of you observe this too? Is
there
>>anything to do about this?
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:06:41 -0700, Lynne wrote:

> Thank you Carol for the "Options" clue. What I found out
> is that the help search directions and info is for
> Windows 2000. Cute. Is that my computer manufacturer's
> doing? Is there no one else who has that problem? Lynne
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>have you 'set search options'
>>under options button in top bar.
>>
>>use 'change views' to get full screen view
>>of help.
>>
>>it is very good tool to learn things and also
>>search in newsgroups for similar words.
>>
>>==================================
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Have just begun with XP. In trying to learn and find
>>>things, I continue to try "Help". What a disaster!
> The
>>>instructions repeated refer to clicking on choices that
>>>don't even appear on any of the screens I am sent to!
>>It
>>>appears the Help program of Windows 98 or some other
>>>version was inserted along with the upgrade to XP. Is
>>>this true...do others of you observe this too? Is
> there
>>>anything to do about this?
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>

An example of help screens going nowhere please? The help file is slanted
towards XP Pro and some features in Pro are not found in Home.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User