Have you as a new user ever felt you were treated like this: at some newsgroups or chat rooms? Well, use the sites below, invest a little time and soon, you will not be a newbie!

Start Here http://help.webtv.net Read _all_ the pages!! use msntv's own Status Board if you are having trouble, it may tell you that there are troubles sending e-mails to a certain addy, and the problem is being worked on. http://developer.msntv.com/status_board/stat.html Then set up your e-mail settings to save your e-mails, so you won't accidentally delete something. Plus users, go to your TV Home and adjust the settings to optimize what you see. learn to use proper netiquete Internet Etiquite http://www.darkmountain.com/netiquette/index.shtml http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm remember if you are in a news group that starts out alt.discuss that is webtv/msntv "firewalled" newsgroup, that means only fellow webtv/msntv users will be there. other newsgroups without the alt.discuss prefix are used by pc users, be very careful to use proper netiquete in these groups, even doing so, you may be harrassed, or "flamed" simply because you have a webtv.net e-mail addy. Help Sites (listed in no particular order) The Blue Fox's Help Site http://www.oocities.org/bluefox_14/menu_box.html Warp Speed Help http://www.warpspeedhelp.com/ Jim Brooks Five Star Site http://members.tripod.com/JIMBROOKS/index.html Cannonball's easy to understand tutorials http://members.tripod.com/~Cannonball2/index.html Draac's Help Site http://www.draac.com/ Draac's Tools Page http://www.draac.com/tools.html Draac's Pick of the Week (a good list of sites!) http://gifs123.tripod.com/pick.html Ericpaul Help Site (paul erickson) http://www.oocities.org/ResearchTriangle/8795/sitemap.html Ericpaul Information Pages http://www.oocities.org/ResearchTriangle/8795/informationpages.html Ericpaul Links http://www.oocities.org/ResearchTriangle/8795/thelinks.html eric's (mine) help site (old, not updated in a while) http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/ericshodgepodge/edochelp.html help sites listed alphabetically http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/ericshodgepodge/noframesversion.html Zoda's CMD Codes http://www.oocities.org/~zoda_wrap/wtv/shortcuts.html Plus user's TV codes (to set remote keyboard) http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Oaks/2180/codes.html The Loud Family CMD and ALT Codes http://www.angelfire.com/ut/loudfamily/shortcut.html Cut Copy and Paste (while ericpaul and draac have excellent tutorials, here is one by Hyest) http://members.tripod.com/Hyest/tutorials/CCP.html U-L-T-R-A-S Help and Tricks Pages http://ultex.prohosting.com/ultra/ CKD's lists of Tutorials, Tools, ...everything:) http://www.oocities.org/seedytheteck/links/ Help By Tex http://community.webtv.net/Texxon/HelpPage/ The Internet 101 A concise history http://www.internet101.org/internet101.html Learn the Net http://www.learnthenet.com Net4tv's excellent 8 part series on how rhe net works, has many animated images to clarify the terms and actions. The Network. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/hownet1.cfm How we connect and reach the net. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/hownet2.cfm How the browser displays the page. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/hownet3.cfm Compression -- Gif's and Jpg's http://www.net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=39 Moving files by FTP. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=64 Boolean Searching. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?STORYID=98 Audio on the net. http://www.net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?StoryID=116 SSL and security. http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=155 Matisse's Internet Glossary (technical) http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html Net Lingo's Emoticons :+) http://209.216.97.172/smiley.cfm Net Lingo's Acronym's and Chat Terms http://209.216.97.172/emailsh.cfm What Does THAT Mean? http://www.netlingo.com http://www.whatis.com http://www.hasc.ca/jargon/jargon-index.html MSNTV's (webtv's) technical site http://developer.msntv.com/ LEARN how to search properly: http://www.oocities.org/ResearchTriangle/8795/search.html A few good search engines: http://www.google.com http://www.alltheweb.com http://www.av.com http://www.yahoo.com http://www.aj.com http://www.hotbot.com http://www.dogpile.com People Finders http://www.anywho.com http://www.reverselookup.com http://www.switchboard.com Image Search Engines (now almost every search engine has one) http://members.tripod.com/~TRADEPLUS/srch/img.htm http://www.scour.com Gifpile the best graphics and clip art site! http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Gallery/2681/main.html Music and Midi Search Engines http://www.musicsearch.com http://midi.zodchiy.ru/index.html http://www.freeality.com/ http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/midi-search.html Transloaders Bloke's Single File Transloader http://www.transloader.com/ Capn~Fila's Multiple File Transloader http://capnfila.com/Scripts/Magnum/ News Group help The Corporate Moderated Help NG news:webtv.users The 24 hour (no html signature) Public Help NG news:alt.discuss.clubs.public.webtv.technical.rick56fla A more advanced Private Club (you must request permission to post at their help club) news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart Printers Info news:alt.discuss.webtv.printerhelp (and my little site:) http://printingwithwebtv.tripod.com/ Compatible Printers http://www.msntv.com/lookup/printers/index.html Scanners help NG (only 1 hp escanner useable) news:alt.discuss.webtvplus.scanner Digital Camera Info ng news:alt.discuss.clubs.public.hobby.photography.trauma-hawk A listing of all NG's (alt.discuss prefix=a firewalled discussion group locked out to all except webtv'ers) http://members.tripod.com/~hadoe/print/wtv-ng.html IMPORTANT!!!! Check your phone billing before starting webtv/msntv service _MAKE SURE_ you have UNLIMITED local access and UNLIMITED connections _*OR*_ be prepared to pay almost as much as your webtv/msntv cost (true story 2 months I paid 300+$$$, till the new rates started) Check if webtv/msntv is dialing a local number for you http://www.msntv.com/lookup/local_access.html have fun with your webtv/msntv, you can't hurt it, there are a _very_ few "e-mail bombs" that can hurt you, dont open e-mail from strangers, unless you posted a question somewhere, read through a ng to get a sense of who the knowledgeable posters are .. ie in users barbie, IOM, Paul Ding, Tex, etc are "very reliable" mostly the biggest problem that webtv has allowed since 1998 is the javascript-bug where you don"t see a title in the "status bar" that strip by the up and down arrows, at the bottom of the page, it is cured by refreshing or reloading the page by holding the CMD key and tapping the R key about 6 times. At the worst you "freeze"! nothing works or moves as you want, you can't even power off, so pull the plug wait a bit then power on again! _BE Careful_ if you decide to check out hacker ng's, yes you can hack (limitedly, on webtv/msntv) there is an "amnesia" hack where you lose your account info...BUT a call to 1-800-gowebtv can restore your account. _Always_ unplug the power to the webtv/msntv receiver before connecting camcorder's, the scanner, printers, or hooking up a vcr. Every week webtv/msntv service shuts down on Wednesday's from 1:00 am to 4:00 am pacific time zone. Depending on your mail and TV settings, the receiver may turn itself on twice a day. the red dot by the arrows.. MEANS THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS IN USE, YOU ARE SHOUTING!!! Want to see (imo) the best drawings made at imagemagick?? http://www.wtv-zone.com/LadyBoheme/LDBtheatre/ it takes a lot of time to learn how to use imagemagick, but it is the "coolest" thing you can do on msn/webTV!!!! Want to ask me something? E-Mail me at bige@draac.com It figures one of the few things I am "really good" at is non paying:):):)