Windows Vista Tutorials

Internet Explorer 8 bugs
If you are a web developer used to using Firefox and you've assumed that Internet Explorer 8 will be pretty much the same compatibility wise as IE7 in terms of how pages display, think again.

Disable UAC(User Access Control)
This tutorial will walk you through disabling the UAC that is enabled on all Windows Vista machines by default.

Adding Custom Autoplay
In the AutoPlay menu, of Windows Vista there is no option to add custom entries of software of your choice, Windows Vista will select them for you, giving you no option of adding your favorite software, but that will not stop us from using our favorite software.

How to Extract Files from the Vista Installation DVD
This will show you how to extract original files from the retail Vista installation DVD. You can then use these extracted files to replace missing or corrupted system files in your current Vista installation.

How to create Truecrypt volumes to safely store your files
In this encryption tutorial video, we take a look at how to create a Truecrypt volume. A Truecrypt volume is like a digital safe on your hard drive where you can store your important or confidential documents. Truecrypt uses AES encryption by default, which is considered military strength encryption, so it's more than adequate for most users needs.

How to use encrypted volumes, digital safes
In this Truecrypt tutorial video, we show you how to mount an encrypted volume. This process is like unlocking a digital safe on your computer. Once mounted, or unlocked, these volumes can hold any type of data.

Disable auto completion in Firefox address bar
Firefox 3 has a feature that auto fills a website that you wish to go to as you're typing in the Location bar.

How to edit videos with movie maker
This video tutorial describes how to create and edit your own movies using Windows Movie Maker which comes for free with Windows Vista.

A Quick Look at Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has finally emerged from Beta and has reached "Release Candidate" status. That means two things. The first is that it'll be released before you know it. The second is that you better make sure the Web sites you manage are ready for it!

How to Configure Autoplay Settings
This video describes how to configure the autoplay options in Windows Vista. Autoplay is what controls the action that the operating system will take when a removeable media such as a CD is inserted.

Mozilla Firefox - Plugins and Extensions
Have you ever opened a group of tabs inside Mozilla Firefox but forgot what pages you opened?

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - Stop Showing Friendly Error Messages
By default, if you access a webpage in Internet Explorer 8 that results in an error, such as a 404 Not Found or a 500 Internal Server Error, instead of displaying any text returned by the server, Internet Explorer shows its own "friendly" error page with an attempt to explain the error.

Searching Tips for Opera
Searching in opera is easier and more customizable then ever. Without any add ons you have 3 powerful ways to search. The first and most powerful search method is the address bar. By simply typing more than one word such as "Web Development" Opera will assume that you wanted to search for Web Development and go to your default search engine to display the results of this search .

What is a Screen Shot?
"Screen shot" is the phrase used to describe the action of capturing your computer desktop or anything shown on your computer screen to a static image file.

Handwriting personalization on a Tablet PC
Using handwriting recognition personalization increases the likelihood that your handwriting will be recognized correctly in Tablet PC Input Panel and in programs for the Tablet PC that use handwriting recognition.

Troubleshoot problems with tablet buttons
Here are solutions to some common problems with tablet buttons. I can't change the action that's assigned to one of my tablet buttons. I can't assign a press and hold action to one of my tablet buttons.

Change what a tablet button does
You can customize the actions of the tablet buttons on some Tablet PCs. Most tablet buttons can perform primary and secondary actions. Press the button once quickly to perform the primary action. Or, press and hold the button to perform the secondary action.

Select multiple items using a tablet pen
You can open, delete, or move many files or folders at one time by selecting multiple items from a list. Check boxes are the easiest way to select multiple items by using your tablet pen.

Using a Tablet PC without a keyboard
You may be able to increase your productivity by learning how to use your Tablet PC without a keyboard. Tablet PC Input Panel; Pen flicks; Tablet buttons; Touch input.

What are tablet buttons?
You can use buttons on your Tablet PC (called tablet buttons) to perform common tasks. For example, if you frequently open a program, you may want to set a tablet button to do this for you.