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Add a Network Printer to Windows Vista or Windows XP

June 4, 2010

Now days the average household has more than one computer and share available resources over a home network. No-ones wants their house cluttered up with unnecessary office equipment, and this is exactly the reason why we need to use a network printer. For example if you have three computers on your home network you would [...]

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How to enable the Windows Vista sidebar gadgets

June 2, 2010

The Windows Vista gadget sidebar is so much fun. I personally love these helpful little widgets that are now incorporated into Windows. If it is not on your desktop already, here’s how to enable it. Got to the start menu at the bottom left corner and choose control panel Then double click on the Windows [...]

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How to change what program opens a certain file in Windows Vista

June 2, 2010

Sometimes you need to manually tell Windows Vista to open a specific file with a certain program. Here’s how: Go to the start button on the bottom left corner. Then choose Control Panel Double click on Associate a file or protocol with a program as in the screenshot below. Then you highlight or make blue [...]

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Disabling Automatic Startup Programs with Msconfig in Windows Vista

June 2, 2010

Windows Vista Tips If you don’t want certain programs or applications to run automatically on startup, there’s an easy way to disable them. You simply use the command msconfig to get to the system configuration box to change settings. Click Start Type msconfig in the search box Click Continue in the User Account Control (annoying [...]

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Disable Windows Vista Welcome Center. Delete it from the startup menu

June 2, 2010

I had been using Windows Vista Ultimate for about an hour at the most when I  decided to get rid of some the annoying and unnecessary features that it imposed on me. The first and most obvious one was the Windows Vista Welcome Center. It opened every time the computer started. I could understand it [...]

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Add a Network printer to Windows Video Tutorial

May 26, 2010

This video shows you how to add a network printer to your computer. This presumes that you have a home network of at least two computers and one printer installed on one of those computers. If you have never installed a network printer before you should read the following articles before watching the video.

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See what Windows Update history you have installed on your computer

May 26, 2010

Sometimes when you install a Windows update a problem occurs and you might need to see the Windows update history. The Windows update history will show you what updates have been installed on your computer. It will also allow you to remove un-wanted updates. How to open Windows Update in Windows XP and Windows Vista? [...]

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