If you want to save your files to your hard drive, so after a format you dont have to download them all again, here’s How: – Logon to Windows Update – Choose Windows Update Catalogue (left hand pane) – Choose Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems (right hand pane) – Choose your version and [...]
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PC Tips for Vista SP2 Sound Problems Microsoft is making it easy for users running Windows Vista Service Pack 2, but also SP1, to resolve sound problems affecting the operating system after the deployment of a service pack. In this manner, the Redmond company is acknowledging that Vista users can run into issues related to [...]
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PC Tips for Quick cures for the worst Windows 7 annoyances If you find yourself tripping over new Windows 7 features or missing favorite old ones, I’ve got some tips that will come to your rescue. Lost in all the glowing Windows 7 reviews and marketing hype is the fact that not everything about Microsoft’s [...]
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PC Tips for lauching your favorite application faster There are several ways to launch apps quickly, using either mouse or keyboard. Direct method: You can assign keystrokes to launch any shortcut. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut key box and then press the keys you want to [...]
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PC Tips for Vista SP2 HD Audio Controller With the advent of Windows Vista, Microsoft praised the boost in energy consumption efficiency in comparison with Windows XP. Still, there are exceptions to every rule. And while Vista indeed uses less energy over XP, users of the operating system can still experience excessive power use. One [...]
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If you have more than one operating system installed on your PC for example, you may have both Windows Vista and Windows 7 beta installed – your computer displays a menu asking you which operating system you want to load. If you don’t select an operating system within 30 seconds, it automatically loads your default [...]
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PC Tips for making Windows Vista boot faster The time it takes for your computer to start up and run has been massively improved under Windows Vista. One of the reasons older versions of Windows, such as Windows 95 and Windows 98, took so long to boot up was because those versions of Windows were [...]
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PC Tips for Windows 7 Calculator to Vista Windows 7 will most likely offer users a pleasant surprise, at least through its redefined interface and the set of redesigned tools it brings. The plain old calculator suffered a beautiful transformation into a more consumer-oriented product capable of serving both more science prone users as well [...]
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PC Tips for Hacking Aero Glass Border for Vista The borders around system windows, such as dialog boxes and the Control Panel, are transparent in Windows Vista’s Aero interface. If you’d like, you can make those transparent borders larger or smaller: Right-click the Desktop and select Personalize. Click Windows Color and Appearance. Click “Open classic [...]
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PC Tips for Encrypting File System in Vista Files that have been protected using EFS are encrypted at the file-system level. The benefit of this is that the files can only be opened by the user with the appropriate private key and certificate. Even if you were to reinstall the operating system, the files would [...]
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