Welcome to the first edition of my Helpful Article Corner (HARC)! I think once a week I’ll post some articles that you can read that will all fit a common theme of some sort. This will be different than my daily links, as those are just random interesting links that I’ve come across each day or so, and these will be articles I’ve chosen over the week that all fit a common theme! So sit back, enjoy, and let’s see how this goes!
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Today’s topic will be “Vista Tips for the Average User.”
As you may know, Windows Vista is the brand new Operating System for your home PC that was released by Microsoft as the long awaited successor to Windows XP. A lot of people have expressed concern over Windows Vista and it has caused a lot of grief, as it is very different from XP and most of the support is quite technical in nature. Here to help you along are some great articles, written for non-technical people, that should help with some of the questions surrounding the new OS.
Tips for installing Windows Vista on your computer
You’ve had your eye on Windows Vista since it debuted and now that you know you can make your desktop look pink, shiny and have bubbles floating around as your screen saver you have every intention of spending your next bonus to ensure you get your very own copy of Vista as soon as you can. Your only concern now is if your three year old computer can handle a Vista installation and if you will be able to install it on your own. [Click to Read More]
Tips for starting your computer faster with Vista
We’ve all been there…sitting at our computer desk, waiting, tapping impatiently for our computer to finish restarting so we can continue playing our favorite game. It’s terribly frustrating to watch your computer begin to start up only to have to wait another ten minutes for it to be usable, but thankfully for all of us impatient people in the world, there are ways to decrease the amount of time it takes for your Windows Vista computer to start up. [Click to Read More]
Using parental controls in Windows Vista
As parents, we now have to worry about not only strangers approaching our children at school or on the playground, but we also have to be concerned about strangers approaching our children online. With social networking sites, emails, and role playing games abundant on the internet it can be incredibly difficult to track our child’s movements and protect them. With the parental control feature found in Windows Vista, we can use our operating system to help monitor our children online, keep them from sites that as parents we feel are unsafe, and even keep them offline when they have too much school work to do! [Click to Read More]
Using Windows Vista System Restore
At one time or another we’ve all installed a program or opened an email with a virus that caused our computer to blue screen with random errors or simply operate at a snail’s pace. It can happen to the novice computer user or even the skilled technical support guru and thankfully Microsoft knows this and plans for it. [Click to Read More]
How to downgrade from Vista to XP
If you are one of the many computer users who have been using Windows Vista only to find yourself unhappy with it’s features and your computer’s performance, you still have the ability to downgrade to Windows XP. As long as you own your own Windows XP version on a CD, the process is simple. [Click to Read More]
There you have it! Five articles for the maiden voyage of our new Weekly segment! I hope you all enjoy this, and if you have any suggestions, please let me know!
