Windows Visa tips & tricks

Folder Navigation 1. Getting around your PC – Folders look visually different, but with more choices navigation is even easier. Using the Navigation pane you can visually see the folder hierarchy and quickly find your destination. 2. Address bar – The arrows on the Address Bar open a fly-out to specific folders on your PC [...]

How to Use the Address Bar to Launch Programs or Web Page

Windows XP enhanced the functionality of the Address bar to make it easier to launch your favorite programs. You can add the Address bar to the taskbar on the bottom of your desktop. Then you can launch programs simply by entering their names in the Address bar. For example, to launch Calculator, simply enter calc [...]

How to speed up windows shearches

Windows can create an index of the files on your computer to speed up searching. To create this index, open Search, then choose Change preferences and then With Indexing Service (for faster local searches).