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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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Resizing Your Windows Vista Desktop Icons

June 4, 2010

Windows Vista Tips You can resize your Desktop Icons in Windows Vista very easily. Right Click on the Desktop Click View Select Large Icons, Medium Icons, or Classic Icons You can also manually adjust the size of the icons on your desktop. This isn’t hard but it does take a bit of coordination: Left Click [...]

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Showing Super Hidden Files In Windows Vista

June 4, 2010

This is an advanced tutorial on how to show super hidden files in Windows Vista. If you just want to show normal hidden files so you can access a folder such as application data, then please see show hidden files in Windows. The following tutorial is not for the average computer user as it involves [...]

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How to find out which edition of Windows Vista your computer has

June 4, 2010

To find out which edition of Windows Vista is running on your computer, do the following: Open Welcome Center by clicking the Start button,  clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Welcome Center. The edition of Windows Vista you are running is displayed with your computer details near the top of the window.

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Windows Vista Shortcut Keys

June 4, 2010

Windows Vista Tips There are some new <Windows> key shortcuts available in Windows Vista for your clicking pleasure. <Windows Key> + G (cycles through the Gadgets) <Windows Key> + L (locks the computer) <Windows Key> + U (activates the Ease Of Use Center) <Windows Key> + X (cycles through the Mobility Center) <Windows Key> + [...]

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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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Checking Your Windows Vista Activation Status

June 2, 2010

Windows Vista Tips This is an interesting and useful utility that will tell you the status of the computer you are working on that is using Windows Vista. If you are connected to the Internet, the utility will be able to tell you if the Windows Vista version you are using is fully licensed or [...]

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Adding Another Time Zone To Your Clock

June 2, 2010

Windows Vista Tips One nice addition to Windows Vista is the ability to display the time in other time zones, which is good if you like to travel, or would like to know the time without doing the time zone math in your head. Click on the Clock Click Change date and time settings Click [...]

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Windows XP Tips

June 1, 2010

Even though Windows Xp isn’t the latest Microsoft operating system available, It still seems to be the most popular and people still want to learn new Windows Xp tips and tricks. When windows XP was released I did not use it on my main computer until they had ironed out all of the incompatibility issues [...]

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How to turn Windows XP Firewall on or off

June 1, 2010

If you have another antivirus/ firewall program running, it is very important that you turn the Windows firewall and virus protection off. Otherwise it will interfere with the proper protection of your computer. Where is the Windows security settings, you say? Go to Start menu>control panel>Security Center (More about the Control Panel) To Turn the [...]

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