This brief tutorial will show you how to change your computer name or workgroup in Widows Vista or Windows 7 easily and quickly. If you bought new computer that had Windows already installed, then your PC probably has a random name given to it. To change that name to something or your choice, I’ll show you below.
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We have covered a lot on file sharing between Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Ubuntu Karma, and now Lucid Lynx. This is another complete tutorial on sharing between Ubuntu and Windows, and with it, we will try to explain in simple-to-understand steps how to share files and folders between all editions of Windows and all versions of Ubuntu.
Posted in How-To Tips, Linux, Windows Tags: File sharing, List of Ubuntu releases, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Ubuntu, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP View CommentsIf you configured file sharing between Windows and Linux systems but unable view Linux’s shares from Windows, or Ubuntu is unable to view Windows’ shares, it’s most like that Windows sharing options are not enabled. To be able to view shares from other systems, (Windows or Linux), you must enable file sharing in Windows.
Posted in How-To Tips, Linux, Windows Tags: filesharing, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Password, Ubuntu, Windows 7, Windows Vista View CommentsThere may be some good reasons why you wouldn’t want to use or enable some of Windows Vista or Windows 7 features. For instance, Internet Explorer — maybe you like Firefox or Chrome and you don’t really use Internet Explorer anymore — well, you can get rid of Internet Explorer altogether and free up some space on your computer.
Few people know where to look and what to look for in Windows Vista or Windows 7 when they need to customize their Windows systems. Customizing Windows requires some in-depth knowledge of Windows registry settings and control panel options.
If you don’t have a good understanding of Windows options and want to configure security policies, network settings and profile restrictions, you can turn to Windows Tweaker for help.
Managing Windows’ security policies and configurations can be daunting if you’re new to it or not much into computer stuff. There are some who can tell you what to look for and where to look in case you need to configure things like menu options, security settings and disabling some features.
With the help of WinBubble, a free customization utility for Windows, you can also configure Windows Vista and 7 like a professional with just few clicks.
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If you want to spruce up your Widows Desktop with quality wallpapers, then check out Dream Desktop, a high quality wallpaper site with thousands of wallpapers free for all. The Wallpapers on this site are grouped into different categories including, cars, sports, animals, computer, aircrafts, 3D and more.
This brief tutorial will show you the steps needed to upgrade Windows XP to service pack 3. As you may already know, Microsoft released XP service pack 3 (SP3) about two years ago as an update to service pack 2. It includes all previously released updates, and new updates to ensure that XP users have the latest updates for their systems.
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This tutorial will show you how to install Ubuntu Linux 9.10 in Windows Vista like any other application. Wubi lets you install a full-fledge Ubuntu Linux in Vista like any normal application with a single click. This is a easy way to explore Ubuntu without changing your Vista settings or system configurations.
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This tutorial will how you how to configure Windows Mail to retrieve your Google emails from your local computer.
If you love reading your emails from email program instead from the web, you can configure Windows Mail in Windows Vista or Windows 7 to retrieve all your Google mails. Windows Mail comes pre-installed in Windows Vista and Windows 7, so there’s no need to install additional program.
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At times, popular icons that used to be on your Windows Desktop go missing. This can happen either by accidental deletion or some unknown reasons.
If you’re missing icons on your desktop that used to be there, you can now restore those missing icons easily, and that’s what I’m going to show you in this blog.
Posted in How-To Tips, Windows Tags: Computer icon, Desktop Customization, Icon, Mouse, Operating system, Utilities, Windows Desktop, Windows Vista View CommentsSometimes you’d like specific programs to open a certain file automatically and not always the default programs the came with Windows Vista. For instance, clicking a web link by default will open Internet Explorer, or clicking on a text file by default will open Notepad in Windows. You can change that, and that’s what we’re going to show you.
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