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Sometimes reading on a computer can strain your eyes. This is why we need to adjust the text size or font size of the writing we are reading on the computer screen. This video shows two easy ways to make the text bigger or smaller. For example this blog has very small text, however this is easily fixed by pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and moving the scroll wheel on the mouse.  If you do not have a scroll wheel then you can use the + and – key on the number keypad.

One of the great features that Windows Vista has is the snipping tool. I absolutely love it. Gone are the days of pressing the print screen key on the keyboard and then pasting the snippet into the mspaint program. It became a hassle when you had to crop images. But now with the Windows Vista Snipping tool you can take a screenshot in 4 different ways.

This video tutorial shows you the 4 different ways you can take a screenshot with the snipping tool.

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.

In Windows XP, to remove programs it was done through the Add or Remove programs in the control panel. However in Windows Vista, the Add or Remove programs icon does not exist. It has been replaced with an icon called Programs and features.

How to remove software programs from Windows Vista?

1. Go to the Windows Vista Start menu.
2. Choose Control Panel from the menu.
3. Find the icon named Programs and Features. Double click on it to open.
4. Now you will see a list of programs installed on your computer.
5. If you select the one you want to remove by making it blue a button will appear to remove the program.  
6. Press on the uninstall button to remove the program.

Watch this video to see how to remove software programs from Windows Vista:

Sometimes when you have a really nice wallpaper on your desktop, having desktop icons on top of it just ruins the picture. Therefore I like to remove or hide the desktop icons so you can see the whole wallpaper on your screen with no ugly icons.

Watch this video to see how to show or hide your desktop icons.

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.

You don’t always have to double click on icons, files, and folders to open them. You can customize your mouseclick to suit your needs. I personally like to dispose of the double clicking and choose single click with underlining. So when you move your mouse over a filename or folder it will become underlined and makes it very clear that you are about to click on it.

How to change mouse clicking from double click to single click in Windows Vista.

1. Go to the start menu and choose computer
2. From the menu, choose tools. If there is no menu you can press the ALT key for them to appear. Also see Show the old menu with file, edit, tools, and view in Windows Vista.
3. Then choose Folder Options from the menu.
4. On the general tab undering the heading click items as follows, choose single-click to open an item.
5. Then choose which single click option you want to use.
6. Then press apply and ok.

 Watch this video tutorial to see an example of the different types of single click options in Windows Vista.