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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 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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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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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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The control panel window will not open in Windows Vista

June 2, 2010

Because Windows Vista is relatively new, there are a few problems to iron out before it becomes the number one operating system to date. One such problem that seems to be common amongst Vista users is that sometimes the control panel will not open. This can be a major hassle as you need to get [...]

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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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