This is the Webtv Tip page. Just a few important, helpful tips for people who are new to webtv! Following my few tidbits, there are some funny lines of advice that will make you laugh.
The FIRST thing is about chatrooms. Most webtv users use TalkCity. It's a great site. It's usually fun, and you can meet some nice people. BUT..
The following is a true story: I was in the Local-LosAngeles room several months ago in TalkCity. I was talking to a girl (in her 20's) from the L.A. area. She told me that she once chatted with a guy on TalkCity. The she sent him an e-mail that had her real name on it.
Well guess what happened next?!From her real name on her e-mail This creep tracked her down and went to her HOUSE!!
Do you BELIEVE that?!! That is very scary and creepy! So I always tell new webtv users not to have their real full name on their e-mail!
It's nobody's business what your real name is! (Unless you feel that you trust them enough to give it!)
I asked the girl what she did! She said she told him to leave. She actually didn't seem too concerned!! I found that to be very wierd. I told her to call the cops immediately and buy a gun!Hopefully that will never happen to you. You can easily prevent it! Many new Webtv users don't realize that although your Primary User Name has your real name printed next to it on your e-mails, You can add up to 5 more different usernames, that DON'T have your real name on them!! For your Privacy and safety, that is what I suggest you do!
The 2nd item is about your phone bill and using the internet. Even though "Internet Service Providers" use a "local dial-up phone number to connect you to the net, if you don't have unlimited local calls through your local phone company, then your phone bill may be very high! That is what happened to me when I first got my webtv! Since I was on for such a long time, I was charged for many many hours of local call usage!! My phone bill for local calls was $85!!
They waived my charges because I didn't know; then switched me to the "unlimited local call plan". But just make sure you have unlimited local calls with your local phone company!
This piece of advice is about eating or drinking while you're online! The other day I was eating a bowl of cereal and checking my e-mail. (BAD IDEA!).
Well, I looked down and there was a Tiny Tiny bit of milk that had spilled on my keyboard. I immediately turned it upside down, so the mik would run out. But then the keyboard started going berzerk. Several different letters would show up each time I pressed one key. The SPACE bar got me FAVORITES! It was Instantly all messed up!I even got a hair dryer and tried to dry it- didn't work.
I took it apart, cleaned the dried milk off- didn't work.
So basically, that was a $50 bowl of Frosted Flakes!! They aren't that greeeat!! So now, until I can find a proper keyboard cover for my new $50 webtv keyboard, I have it in a Ziplock Storage Bag, and I am typing through that now! Sounds silly, I know, but it works for me!
The Cmd key is located on your keyboard at the bottm left side. If you want to scroll down to the very bottom of a webpage or an E-mail, press Cmd and the Scroll Down key at the same time. Try it now! To scroll back to the top, press Cmd and "Scroll up". The Cmd key has many other uses also; I just haven't read the instruction book yet, so I don't know what they are. WHO HAS??! lol.
I have a very helpful music page also. It tells you (IN SIMPLE easy to understand language) HOW to put music and images in your e-mails. Click here to go to the
I have a list of great Real Audio Pages also. They aren't my pages (It takes ALOT of work to make a real audio page. You really should appreciate all the work those people put into them!) My List of Real Audio Pages
