The Windows Vista Snipping tool is a great feature available in Windows Vista and now Windows Seven. I love how easy it is to use. You simply open the Snipping Tool by finding it under the accessories section in the start menu and start taking screenshots of anything on your screen. After you have done this you can add text or arrows to your picture that you have captured.

The one problem I have found though, was that when you want to take a screenshot of a drop down or popup menu, it will not do it…Ahh but don’t panic, I have a solution for you. Watch this video to see this and other little tricks.

If you have a slow internet connection, press play on the video, then press pause and let it load, then press play again when you see the red bar is loaded.

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.

If you can’t handle the new Windows Vista start menu, and you cannot seem to find what you want, then don’t pannic. You have two choices for a start menu in Windows Vista. If you have Windows Vista you would have seen the default start menu. It seems a little confusing after dealing with Windows XP

Classic Windows Vista menu

 Here’s how to change the Windows Vista start menu to a classic menu.

• Go to the Windows Icon in the left bottom corner and right click on it.
• A menu will appear. Choose properties from the menu.

• The taskbar and start menu properties will appear.
• Go to the start menu tab.
• Put a check next to Classic Start Menu.
• Then press apply for the menu to change.

Start menu properties