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Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

mitz — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:17:55 +0000

Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by “New York Times” columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you: Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search function Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record (more…)

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Bring back your desktop by restarting Windows explorer.exe

mitz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:34:35 +0000

When your computer crashes, sometimes you lose your icons, taskbar, start menu, and so on. This is called Windows Explorer.exe. This video tutorial shows you how to stop or restart explorer.exe so you can get the desktop back to normal. Starting the explorer.exe will bring back your desktop icons, taskbar, notification area, and start menu.

Put the run box link back in Your Windows Vista Start menu

mitz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:47:19 +0000

Having used Windows Xp for what seems like forever, adapting to the changes in Windows Vista was a big task for me. Even though I am very familar with Windows XP and Vista seemed to be similar, it didn’t turn out to be afterall.

One of the features that was left out by default in Windows Vista was the good old run box link in the start menu. It was a complete delema for about 5 minutes in total. I supose its means nothing to the average computer user, however to the computer geek, freek, addicted person, it does.

Watch this video tutorial on how to put back the run box link in your Windows Vista Start menu.

Here is how to put a run command shortcut on your start menu in Windows Vista:

Right click on a blank space in your taskbar
Go to the start menu tab
Press on the customize button
Then scroll down near the bottom and tick the box next to run command
Press OK and then apply