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Hi guys

How are you all?

This month we have added another site to our Network which is already going well in Google and other search engines. It is a website that is concentrated on Windows Vista tips and tricks. I am sure it will become as popular as Tips4pc has. Please visit www.100vista.com and leave me a comment if you like the site..

When you go to the forum you will see Bear, DSTM, Mara, Drovers Dog, myself (mitz), and more great friends and computer guru’s there manning the board. So drop in and say hi, check out all the great tips, and feel free to chat….

How to get to the forum

Please show your support and go to http://www.pctipforum.com or click on the links to the forum on the www.tips4pc.com homepage.

What's new on Tips4pc?

How to covert any video format or extract audio - avi,dvd,vob,flv,mpeg,ipod,mp3,Ac3,svcd,mp4,etc..

Customize the Windows Vista notification area

How to enable and disable the changing of home pages in Internet Explorer

Change the Windows Vista Start menu to a classic menu that looks like Windows XP

How to save my free desktop wallpapers to your computer

How to upload a movie or video clip from your computer to the Youtube website

How and why you should use system restore in Windows XP

What's new on 100Vista.com?

Change mouse clicking from double click to single click in Windows Vista

Start Windows Vista Flip3D quickly without clicking a shortcut

How to restore a Flip 3D shortcut icon to your Vista desktop taskbar

Download free gadgets for your Windows Vista gadget sidebar

Get something like Aero Flip 3D for Windows Xp and Vista Basic

Use Windows Vista Aero Flip 3D to glide through open programs

Show the old menu with file, edit, tools, and view in Windows Vista.

***Newsletter computer tips***

Find a user manual for your computer devices

I was very impressed when I saw this website and promptly began searching for user manuals to test if they were free and easy to get. And the answer is yes to all of the above.. I searched for my printer manual, a Speedtouch 536 modem manual, and a Belkin router manual. I got to download all of these manuals free and save them to my computer. This site is a lot easier that trying to navigate through a manufacturers website. http://safemanuals.com/

More favorite shortcut keys

·          Here’s another great one!! In Internet Explorer you can type one word into the address bar and then press CTRL + ENTER adds www. & .com to whatever you typed. Also  SHIFT + ENTER adds www. & .net to whatever you have typed in address bar. This is handy for the .net websites, however most .com websites come up by just pressing enter as well.

·          In Internet Explorer press ALT + D to select the URL in the address bar with out having to try and select it with your mouse. So give this cool trick a go…

o         Open Internet Explorer and open a webpage up.

o         Press on ALT + D (selects the url in the address bar)

o         Then Press CTRL + C (copies the url)

o         Press CTRL + T to Open a new tab.

o         Press CTRL + V and then press enter.(pastes the url)

o         You have just selcted, copied and pasted a url to a website into a new window, very easily.

·          Pressing CTRL + D in Internet Explorer brings up the your add to favorites dialog. Don’t get ALT + D and CTRL + D mixed up.. Not that it can harm anything.

·          Also if you are writing something in Microsoft Word or even writing a post in Wordpress you can use these shortcuts to format your text. (First select the text by making it blue)

1.      Press CTRL + B makes it bold. Pressing it again removes the bold.

2.      Press CTRL + U to underline.

3.      Press CTRL + I to make itallic.

I use these shortcuts often because when you are typing away it just seems easier. Also I have noticed that in Worpress there is not always an option to make text underlined or itallic.

Here are some more:

·          CTRL+C: Copy

·          CTRL+X: Cut

·          CTRL+V: Paste

·          CTRL+Z: Undo

·          CTRL+B: Bold

·          CTRL+U: Underline

·          CTRL+I: Italic

Test your email security

If you want to know how secure your email address is and if your Anti virus program is doing it job then you must give this test a try… What you do is go to this website http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest and enter your email address and name in the boxes. Then you will need to verify that you own this email address by replying to an email. Then GFI.com sends you about 20 emails that are harmless, but with extensions and attachments that should be rejected by either your email program or your anti virus software.

I actually tested my email. I am using Outlook Express and a trial version of Windows One Care. I was very impressed. Outlook Express blocked to attachments saying that they may be harmful to my computer, and Windows one care detected two small programs that were trying to do something on my computer, and fixed them for me.

Change mouse clicking from double click to single click in Windows Vista and XP

You don’t always have to double click on icons, files, and folders to open them. You can customize your mouseclick to suit your needs. I personally like to dispose of the double clicking and choose single click with underlining. So when you move your mouse over a filename or folder it will become underlined and makes it very clear that you are about to click on it.

How to change mouse clicking from double click to single click in Windows Vista.

1. Go to the start menu and choose computer or my computer
2. From the menu, choose tools. If there is no menu you can press the ALT key for them to appear. Also see Show the old menu with file, edit, tools, and view in Windows Vista.
3. Then choose Folder Options from the menu.
4. On the general tab under the heading click items as follows, choose single-click to open an item.
5. Then choose which single click option you want to use.
6. Then press apply and ok.

Merry Xmas to everyone!!!!

I hope everyone keeps safe over the Xmas holidays and please do not forget to help someone out that is less fortunate than you are..

If you can't afford to donate money to charities and the like, you can always invite a lonely person home to your house for Xmas dinner, volunteer at the food kitchens, or simply just give someone a smile...

I will be back with a newsletter in the New Year...

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