If you have Windows Vista Home Premium or higher you can watch this video tutorial below to see what wireless networks you have been connected to in the past. If you are trying to spy on your children you will be able to basically see where they have been when they connected to the internet.  This is providing you can recognise the network connection name.

Watch this video tutorial on how to see wireless networks you have used in the past:

 Finding your computer IP address on a Windows Vista Computer is not the same as on a Windows XP computer. On Windows XP you just have to double click on the network connections icon and then press on status. There are a few more clicks to do in Windows Vista. Watch this video tutorial to see how to find your computer IP address.

There is nothing worse than wanting to connect to a wireless network but not knowing if there are any available. Its ok if you have the wireless network connection icon in the notification area, however if you do not, you would even know if there was a network available. In fact there may be more than one network for you to choose from.

In Windows Vista, to see what wireless networks are available to connect to is very easy. And yes, this is probably easier than Windows XP.

How to find a wireless network to connect to?

The first way is to simply double click on the network connections icon in the notification area in the task bar. Then choose to go to the network and sharing center. When you have opened the Network and sharing center there is a link in the left sidebar that says connect to a network.

The second way is what you have to do if there is no wireless network connections icon in the notification area. Still simple though.

1. Go to the start menu. Choose control panel.
2. Double click on the Network and Sharing center icon.
3. click on the link in the left sidebar that says connect to a network.

Watch this video to see more details about how to find a wireless network to connect to.

Also note that even though you see a network on the list, you may not be able to connect to it. It may require a WEP key (password) to connect to the wireless network. In fact it could have a number of security measures to pass before connecting.

In Windows vista you can simply double click on a zipped file or folder to see the contents and if you wish to extract the contents you can. All you have to do is press on extract from the top menu.

With Window vista you do not need to install an extra program to unzip a file.

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This video tutorial covers the three main basic tips for Windows Vista.

Basic tips and tricks included in this video tutorial:

1. Turn off the user account control
2. Customize your start menu to a classic style
3. How to customize the Windows Vista gadget siderbar

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I show you three tips in this tutorial to help you with Vista. Beginner’s level tutorial.

Sometimes a cool feature can be staring you in the face. However if you are an explorer like me then you would have already realised that in Windows Vista there is a new enhanced volume control mixer.

Where is the Windows Vista Volume control?

The volume icon is usually in the notification area in the task bar in the right hand corner of your screen.
How to show the volume control icon in the notification area on the taskbar:

If it is not there see how to Add or remove icons from your Windows Vista notification area This article will help you bring back the volume control icon.

How to change the volume on each individual program in Windows Vista:

All you have to do is click the volume icon in your system tray, and then click on the word Mixer at the bottom. Then you will see your different programs listed each with a different volume control.

Watch this video tutorial on how to change the volume of individual programs in Windows Vista.

There are many benefits to writing an email in rich html format in Windows Mail or Outlook Express. One of the main benefits would be that you can insert links to websites. Another great fact is that you can also insert a picture into your email so the person receiving the email sees the picture straight away.  Writing an email in HTML rich text format also can make your email look like a professional webpage.

How to make your Windows mail email into a webpage with links and pictures

1. Open Windows Mail
2. Click on the create mail icon at the top
3. Got to the format menu and choose rich text HTML from the menu
4. Now a HTML editor tool bar will appear just above where you will write the content of your email.

How to insert a link into your email?

You can make your text into a html link. So therefore you can link to a website and user anchor text. For example you can make this Tips4pc link to the Tips4pc website, instead of having this ugly link http://www.tips4pc.com

1. Select the text in the content of your email by making it blue.
2. Then press on Create a hyperlink icon in the HTML toolbar.

How to insert a picture from your hard drive or one stored on the internet?

Not only can you insert pictures from your hard drive but you can also insert pictures and graphics that are stored on the internet. Just simply go to the picture you want in your email. Right click on it and choose properties. Then copy the url of the picture. So when you need to say where the picture is stored, you can paste that url in and the picture will appear in your email.

1. Click on the insert picture icon.
2. To insert a picture from your computer click on browse to find a picture on your hard drive.
3. To insert a picture that is stored on the internet paste the url into where it says location.

You know that annoying message that keeps coming up asking you to cancel or allow your actions, well this is the user account control in Windows Vista. I really do not understand why it is there, because you can still press allow and stuff your computer up very easily. I just think its an annoying message and I always turn it off in Windows Vista.

All you have to do is tick or untick a box and the UAC (user account conrol will be turned off.

Watch this easy video tutorial showing how to turn off the UAC.

If your Email provider did not give you a setup disc you can setup a Windows Mail account manually as long as you have the settings available;

What you need to setup an account in Windows Mail:

1. You will need the Windows Mail program that comes free with Windows Vista
2. You will need to know your email address
3. Your password
4. Your incoming mail server
5. Your outgoing mail server
6. Sometimes you will need to know a port number to use. The default is 25, however some mail servers need to use 80.

Watch this video below to see how to add an email account to Windows Mail.

Adding people to your contact list in Windows Mail is pretty much exactly like Outlook Express in Windows XP. However there is an Extra Windows Mail tip for you.

Here are a few different ways to add a contact to your address book in Windows Mail.

Add a sender to your contact list

1. When your emails have come in and you see them in the inbox. Before opening them you can select it by making it blue.
2. Then right click and choose add sender to the address book.
3. Now you will be taken to the address book to edit your new contact.

Add all email addresses that came with the email

1. Open an email that has more than one recipient. (Your friend sent it to you and three others)
2. Then go to the tools menu.
3. Choose add sender to address book.
4. Then you will have a choice to choose to add the sender, everyone on the list, or choose the addresses individually. For example: my uncle sent me an email but he had sent it to my two cousins as well. Therefore in that list were my cousins email addresses.

 Also watch this video tutorial on how to add a contact to your address book in Windows mail.

• How to extract audio from a movie video clip and save the file as an Mp3, Ac3, Amr, Wma, Wav, etc..
• How to bring back the Desktop tab when it is missing from the display properties
• How to covert any video format or extract audio – avi,dvd,vob,flv,mpeg,ipod,mp3,Ac3,svcd,mp4,etc..
• Change the Windows Vista Start menu to a classic menu
• A free program to recover (Recuva) and restore accidentally deleted pictures, photos, and files