Besides knowing to use your computer, you should also know how to care for your computer. In this tutorial, we will learn about some ways to keep you computer and your datas always safe.
Section 11 - Using Windows Mail on Windows Vista
In Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced the successor of Outlook Express, namely Windows Mail. This program, which functions to especially send and receive e-mail, has been enhanced with better security features such as protection against phishing and spam. In this tutorial, you will learn to use it easily and practically.
Using Large Icons on the Desktop
By default Windows XP uses desktop icons with size of 32 x 32 pixels. This is the normal size in XP. Besides that, Win XP also supports for larger icons with size of 48 x 48 pixels. This feature is very useful if you want to focus on helping your vision, or just for getting unique look.
Showing The Icon Label Drop Shadow Effect
One way to make your desktop looks nice, is by turning on the drop shadow effect for label of desktop icons. To do that, please follow these steps:
Setting a Keyboard Shortcut For a Program
If you have one or some programs that you run many times a day. It will be more efficient if you make a keyboard shortcut for the program, so you can run it just by pressing the keyboard combination instead of running it from the Start menu.
Putting a Folder on the Taskbar
If you have a favorite folder that contains important documents and other datas. You can make it easy to access the content of the folder, by putting it on the Taskbar. So, you can access and open the documents inside the folder directly from the Taskbar without having to access Windows Explorer.
Prevent Windows Messenger from Starting Automatically
By default, Windows Messenger starts automatically when Windows XP starts. For several people, this annoys so much. Well, actually you can easily change this behaviour, which means to prevent messenger from starting automatically.
Hiding All Icons on the Desktop
Do you want to see your screen or desktop background free from icons? Maybe you have a nice wallpaper and you don't want the desktop icons deface it.
Displaying Web Content on Your Desktop
Windows Vista enables you to display a web content - which is called Active Desktop - on your desktop. This is an interesting feature, because you can show web page which provides periodic updated information such as news tickers, stock, forex, weather forecast, and so on, directly on your desktop. Surely your computer must be connected to internet to get such information. But however Active Desktop can also access the local HTML document on your computer, as well as web content from your local network.
Displaying the Control Panel as a Cascading Menu
Control Panel is the center to modify every aspects on your Windows XP. In order to access its contents, you must open the Control Panel window. However, you can set the Control Panel to be a cascading menu on Start menu, expanding all items so that you can open each item only with one-click.
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