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Windows will remember what view next time you open it.  Your options are:   Extra Large -          Thumbnail image of picture -          Thumbnail  image of document PDF -          Name of file underneath Large -          Thumbnail image of picture -          Thumb image of PDF (but very small) -          Name of file underneath Medium -          Thumbnail image [...]

Snipping Tool   The snipping tool, which is available on Windows Vista and Windows 7, is a great way to capture an element of your screen to save for yourself or to share.   Open the Snipping tool -          click on new -          drag cursor over the area to make your selection -          then you can either: [...]

You can have up to 8 home pages that open up every time you open Explorer.  Of course the higher number will require more bandwidth so beware.   To do this open the browser windows you would like to see open when you start a new session.  Once those are open go to Tools, Internet [...]

The tab function available in the most recent versions of Explorer including Explorer 8 is such a great way to surf.    When they were first introduced if your computer crashed you lost the currently open tabs – now however once Explorer restarts it will ask you “go to home page or restore last session” [...]

The quick launch toolbar are the icons normally at the bottom left of your screen to the right of the Microsoft logo.  The Show desktop and the Switch between windows are normally there by default. As you install some software you may be asked if you want to create a shortcut in the quick launch [...]

There are two methods one is the copy / paste the other is the drag and drop.  First the copy / paste. Copying or moving from computer to external drive: -          navigate to the folder where your file: -          follow the file tree from document to where your file is.  -          Single click the file [...]

-          Windows have 3 sizes: minimize, restore down, and maximize -          Minimize – will bring your window down onto the tool bar -          Maximize – will, yes, make it fit your screen -          Restore down – will give you an in between size as determined by the last time you used that setting.

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To Change the Screen saver Go to your desktop Right click on a blank area Select personalize Then select screen saver Use the arrow (whats that called) to bring up menu of about 9 Click on the one you like With some you can click on settings and change the way that screen saver behaves [...]