Windows For Beginners

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In order to change your screensaver in Windows Vista,
1. Click the “Start” button.
2. Open “Control Panel“.
3. Select “Appearance and Personalization“.
4. Open “Personalization“.
5. Select “Screen saver“.
6. Select the Screen saver in the drop down list.
7. Make sure you like the screen saver by clicking “Preview“.
7. Click “ok“.
Please Note :
When changing the Screen saver in Windows Vista [...]

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[Ctrl] + Click (or just middle-click)

Open a link in a new tab in the foreground

[Ctrl] + [Shift] + Click

Open a new tab in the foreground

[Ctrl] + [T]

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[Alt] + [Home]

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[Alt] + [Left Arrow]

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Windows will ask for the password when you are resuming from stanby or hibernation .In order to disable that Prompt for password when resuming from hibernation or stand by in windows Xp, do the following.
1. Open “Start” menu.
2. Select “Control Panel“.
3. Choose “Power Options“.
4. Go to the “Advanced” tab.
5. Under “Options” remove the “tick mark” [...]

Now You can add the Computer menu as a folder on the taskbar for the easiest access to your drives. You could also use this tip for any folder you want.
To add a folder to the taskbar,
1. Right-click on the “taskbar“.
2. Choose the “Toolbars” menu.
3. Click on “New Toolbar“.
4. Select the “Computer” icon
5. Click on [...]

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
You can configure [...]

Defragging is a must. Vista has an inbuilt scheduling feature that allows you to set when you want your drives to be defragged.
1. Start “Disk Defragmenter“.
2. Click on “Modify Schedule” and select when you want the defragging to take
place.
3. You can set the frequency, the day and time for the defragment process.