Archive for May, 2010

Windows Vista is by default having a setup that signifies restart option automatically after the Blue screen of Death (BSOD) or some other important trouble. You can disable this automatic restart feature in 10 minutes of procedure.

Steps to disable the Automatic Restart on the System Failure:

1. Select the Start button and then choose Control Panel.

Tip: if you are in hurry you can type the word system into the search box all after clicking on to Start button. Select the System link from the resultant list and then finally turn on to Step number 4.

2. Now select the System and Maintenance link.

Note: If you have been using the Classic View of the Control Panel, you will not be able to see this provided link. Then just double-click on to the System icon and continue with Step number 4.

3. Now select the System link.

4. On the left hand side of the pane, select the link “Advanced system settings”.

5. Find the Startup and Recovery area and choose the Settings tab.

6. The Startup and Recovery window appears, find click uncheck the check box that is present next to the Automatic restart option.

7. Then select OK button into the Startup and Recovery dialog box.

8. Now Click on to OK button in the System Properties dialog box.

9. Now just close the System dialog box and you are done with the whole process.

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Like when I click on Music in task menu nothing happens. How can I create another like official music folder, like the blue one with a CD in it?

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As there is an increment in the fame of the social networking sites therefore there is 100% possibility that you will have made new friends all across the globe. In Windows Vista, you have the right to display 2 more clocks along with the main clock. Each clock will display a separate time zone. This way you can easily know at what time your friend will be free to talk to you.

How to Display Multiple Clocks in Windows Vista?

1. In the Windows Vista, click on to the clock bar present on the right hand side of the taskbar.

2. A clock with full schedule dialog box will then popup. After that, click on to the option “Change settings” for the date and time.

3. Then open the tab named “Additional Clocks”.

4. Check on the option “Show this clock” and then choose the time zone and you can also provide a name to the clock as per your wish.

5. You can further add another clock in the same manner. Then click on to OK button after you have finished.

6. As a result when you will place your mouse pointer on the main clock bar the other clocks will be shown.

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We have deleted the items from the desktop and then from the trash, but every morning when we logon the deleted items have returned to the desktop again.

Also…we can’t seem to save anything to ‘my documents’ – can only save to the desktop.

We are on a network server.

Any ideas on how we can fix this?

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Displaying dimming or turning off should prove to be really beneficial for the laptops so that the laptops get an extended time for their battery power backup. When you are reading a PDF file, a long text file or a web page then you are not making any movement on the computer screen for some time therefore, it may result in turning off or dimming the display so the time period for which the screen was demeaned would aid a lot for you. Let’s see how we can save on some battery backup by changing the settings of your Windows Vista enabled computer.

How to configure or Prevent the display turning off or dimming:

1. Click on the “Start” button, and select “Control Panel”.
2. In case you are using an expanded and widen Control Panel select “Power Options”.

Otherwise only click on to “Hardware and Sound”, after that select “Power Options”.

3. From the option “Power Options” dialog box, just click on “Choose when to turn off the display”.

4. Next to the option “Dim the display”, choose the pull-downs to choose if you want to dim the display when ever you are on plugged in or battery power.

5. Next to the option “Turn off the display”, choose the pull-downs in order to choose if you want to turn off the right display when you are either on plugged in option or on battery power.

6. Click on “Save changes” so that can store the settings in appropriate manner.

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Backing Up With Windows Vista

The simplest method to create backup of your important files and folders in order to protect them from any type of computer crash or damage, is by running an automatic backup schedule by specifying it on earlier note. Data is an important asset for a business and an individual as well.

How to backup with Windows Vista?

1. From Start Button go to Control Panel.
2. Select the option System and Maintenance.
3. Beneath the “Backup and Restore Center” topic, choose “Back up your computer” button.
4. Then select “Back up files.”
5. Select the radio button which is next to the option ”type of location” on which you actually wish to backup the files, whether on a hard disk, CD or a DVD or on some online network. If you are going for hard disk, you need to choose the right disk from the options present in the drop down box. In case you want to backup files on some location online then select on to “Browse” button. Choose the right location and click OK.
6. Then select the check boxes which are present under the types of files that you want to backup. Finally click on Next button.
7. After that select the time period that you want the backup to be done that are from the options, monthly, weekly or daily along with the time of that day.
8. Finally choose “Save settings and start backup” button in order to start with backing up of the files.

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I fat fingered my recycle bin icon off of my desktop and deleted it by mistake.. Not being computer savvy i need to know how to put it back on my desktop . Thanks for the help!

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If you are a frequent Internet Explorer user in Windows Vista and also want your favorites more easy to access then you must check out the below supplied measures. Favorites are important because you are not able to remember so many favorite and regular using websites. This is an important feature of Windows Vista for the regular internet explorer users because they desperately need it. By adding the favorites to the Start Menu you get an easy and faster access to the website or internet address you wish to open. With the help of following plucks you can easily add up a submenu in the Start menu which provides wink access to all your favorites. Have a nice look at the following:

Measures to Add Favorites into Start Menu:

1. Initially, Right-click on a vacuous area of the Windows Vista taskbar and then click on “Properties”.

2. The “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window will appear with multiple tabs. From there you need to select the “Start Menu” tab.

3. After this just select the “Customize” option.

4. After choosing the customize option a dialog box naming “Customize Start Menu” will appear and check on “Favorites menu” option.

5. Select “OK” in order to save the settings and close the dialog box. Now you are done with the process of adding favorites to the start menu in the Windows Vista platform. Windows Vista has got the newest and best features that a platform could have.

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i accidentally deleted my picture album. then later on i went to clean out my recycle bin and it was in there. it said it permanently deleted it. how, if i can, recover it? please and thank you.

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In normal way, when you need to switch your focus from one window panel to the other one, you need to click on the desired window pane with the mouse in Windows Vista.
In few computing situations, the focus automatically transfers between the two windows only by hovering upon those windows with the help of mouse pointer.

The Windows Vista provides accessible tools which offer the hovering feature which will save your precious time in case you are working on multiple windows at the same time.

Steps to Activate Windows by Hovering Over them:

1. Select the Start button and in the search box type “ease of access”.
2. You will see the “Ease of Access Center” link as a result and just click over it.
3. As the window of the “Ease of Access Center” appears, you need to scroll down in order to find “Explore all settings” and then select “Make the mouse easier to use”.
4. As the mouse settings popup, check mark the option “Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse”.
5. Then select the “Save” tab in order to activate the defined feature, you will have to scroll down in order to find this save button.
6. Finally close the “Ease of Access Center” dialog box and you are done!

Follow the above easy steps and change the settings of your computer according to your needs. Keep watching the space for more computer tips and tricks.

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