You hit the Print button or icon, and that pesky warning box pops up telling you the printer's offline--and keeps telling you every five seconds unless you cancel the print job. It may not rank with the high price of petrol or the popularity of the Backstreet Boys, but at least this annoyance is easier to resolve. To increase the time between warnings, go to Start, Settings, Printers, right-click your printer's icon, and select Properties. Under the Details tab, simply enter a longer time-out setting in the Not Selected box (as in figure 2).

-By Kirk Steers