Are you among the many who are using Windows Vista now? If so, I have a question for you: When you want to uninstall something from your Vista computer, how do you do it? If you're going off the same rules you used in Windows XP, I can probably guess what your answer is (Add/Remove Programs, right?) Well, Vista actually has a new way of doing things when it comes to uninstalls and I'm here today to tell you all about it!
When you're ready to uninstall a program, etc. from your Vista computer, here's what you should do from here on out. Go to Start, Control Panel and then under the Programs section, choose the option that says "Uninstall a program." Once you click on that, you will see a list of programs you have on your computer that can be uninstalled. Each one will have some information next to it as well. For instance, you will be able to see the publisher's information (who created the software), when it was installed on your PC and the size of the program.
Once you look over all of that information, just find the program you'd like to uninstall, highlight it and then click on the Uninstall button. It will then go through the uninstall process and the program will be gone from your computer for good. That's all there is to it. So, while this procedure worked pretty well in Windows XP, it's just a little bit better and easier to do in Vista. Don't forget to try it out the next time you need to uninstall something.
Many people have problems running the Windows defragmentation program. The program seems to start perfectly fine, but after it reaches 10 percent or even 20 percent, it keeps restarting itself, telling you the "Drive contents have changed." This happens because there are all sorts of "invisible" programs running in the background that keep changing the information on your hard drive. This makes the defrag process think it has to start all over again, when it really doesn't need to. To run the defrag successfully: Go to Start, Run and type "msconfig" in the Open: box. Here is what you will see: · Under the General tab, uncheck all the items listed under the Selective startup area (make sure that Selective startup is selected). · Hit Apply and OK and then restart your computer. This will start Windows with only the basics running, so it ensures that nothing will interfere with the completion of the defrag. Now, go ahead and run defrag. When you're done, follow the same directions and go back into "msconfig" and select the Normal startup. You will then have to restart your computer again and everything will be back to normal. Another reader asks: For the work I do, I'm constantly getting e-mails all day long and it's sometimes a pain to go and check it every so often. Is there any way I can set my Outlook Express to do the checking for me? It would be a huge help! So, let me get this straight. You're saying you're an e-mail junkie, right? Oh, I'm just kidding! I think there's a lot of us who don't want to admit it, but deep down, we know we are! By that, I mean, do you check your e-mail several times during the day (like 100 times?!) Okay, so maybe you're not that bad, but wouldn't it be easier to have your e-mail check itself? Believe it or not, but you can do that with Outlook Express! You can set your e-mail to be checked every five minutes or every hour, etc. You can set it to whatever you want! Sound good? I thought you might like that. To make it happen, all you have to do is open Outlook Express and go to Tools, Options and choose the General tab. Look toward the middle of the box under the Send/Receive Messages section. The very last choice there is "Check for new messages every (blank) minutes." Check that box and then choose the amount of time you want for your e-mail to be checked. You can either use the up and down arrows to set your time or you can just type it in. Then right below that, there is an option for when your computer isn't connected to the Internet at the time of a scheduled check. You can either choose for it not to connect you, connect only when working offline or connect even when working offline Do you have a long link you’d like to shorten so that you can share it more easily? Well, now you can and it's really easy to do! With this Web site, you can simply paste in a long link, type a keyword into the text box below the link area and then click on the Make It button.
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Tour of Firefox 3
As most of you already know, the new Firefox 3 Web browser was released on June 17, 2008 and it has been going strong ever since. I know there are still a few of you out there who haven't installed it yet though and there may even be some of you who are using it, but don't know a whole lot about it. If you fall into either of those categories, this is the tip for you! Today, we're going to go on a little tour of Firefox 3 so that you can see what all it has to offer. We're going to check out all of the new features and just take a look at everything you can expect. So, if you're ready, let's go on a little Firefox 3 journey!
A Smarter Address Bar
First of all, you know what Internet Explorer’s drop down address bar is like, right? You know, it looks a little something like this jumbled mess:
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