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Recent days, there are so many Linux comes with live CDs. This is an alternative way for those who doesn’t want to install Linux on their hard drive. The live CD also become a problem solver when the system wont boot up or something happened with the system & you may rescue the files with CD. Beside the CDs, one of merely known Linux named DSL are comes with damn live USB! Note that this method required a computer which have ability to boot from USB devices.

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As we know, Microsoft stopped Windows XP selling product to new computer purchasing in order to overcoming Windows Vista. On recent days, new computers or notebook s product which has the requirement hardware are now capable to use it. It will run, but slow (a very to me). To make it double faster running OS, try to using Windows XP.

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What’s more distressing than the sound of your laptop’s screen cracking as it hits the floor? The voice of a tech-support rep telling you it will cost close to $1,000 to replace it. With little more than a screwdriver, however, you can replace the screen yourself and save a bundle. Read on to see if a new LCD will fix your ailing laptop, and if so, how to find and install a new screen.

Step 1: Determine if you need a new screen

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The trick to successfully installing your router is to read the manual. Every router is different; even two models from the same manufacturer can have significant differences. Familiarizing yourself with the manual will help your success in the long term.

There are two steps to installing a wireless router:

1. The first is hooking it up and switching on the wireless aspect. You need that wired connection first so that you can set up the wireless aspect.
2. The second part is setting up your broadband connection. That is usually just a case of pointing the DNS to the modem. Most setup installations will guide you to do this. Of course, this is assuming you have a broadband modem and not an integrated wireless router and modem in one. If that’s the case, you’re going to have to hit the books…and read the manual!

One of the things that freaks people out most is the fear of putting a wrong setting into the router. Don’t worry. There is always a reset option that will allow you to easily take it back to the factory settings.

Also, always be sure to make notes about what you’re doing every step of the way. That way you can easily go back on what you just did.

For the easiest way to try Windows without killing your existing XP install, I recommend trying one of two approaches:

1. The first way is to simply make a backup of your existing Windows XP install and then install Windows Vista either over the top or as a clean install. If things go wrong or you choose to go back to XP, just apply the backup over the top.
2. Another way is to buy a new hard drive and swap out your primary drive for the new one. This way you keep your current install safe.

One concern for Windows XP users is if their favorite software applications will run once they upgrade to Vista.

Luckily, Windows Vista uses a feature called Compatibility Mode which tells the software application that Vista is actually an older OS, specifically Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP.

Here’s how it works:

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In order to use the Internet Explorer (IE) effectively, we have some basic tips for you to try… Ok let’s go now.

1. To extend the window area of the IE, you can make it easy by pressing the F11 key. Then you press it again in order to return the IE to the normal window.
2. Sometimes you want to search a keyword in a long web page that you are surfing. How do you do ?? Just press Ctrl+F and place the keyword you want.
3. Using Backspace key in your keyboard instead of clicking Back in the IE window.
4. You can close your IE window that you are surfing by Ctrl+W.
5. To see the surfing websites history, Press F4 key to see the URL which you have typed.
6. Press Ctrl+D in order to save the url which you are surfing. And the url will be in the Favorites.
7. To send a web page to your friend. Do you know we can send it by email from the IE’s tools ? Let you try it, go to File > Send > Page by E-mail…
8. To slide the web page by using the keyboard, try it with the arrow keys. To slide it to the bottom and the top of the web page, try the End and Home key.
9. If you find a picture that you prefer it to be the desktop wallpaper, you can immediately set it, right click on the picture area and select the Set as wallpaper.
10. To slide the web page gradually, you may use the Page up, Page down and Spacebar keys. Try it !

Is your old laptop hard drive running out of space? You probably know that you can upgrade your desktop computer’s hard drive. But you may not know that you can upgrade the hard drive on your laptop. Here, we’ll show you how to double or even triple the hard drive space on your laptop.

What you need
Let’s run through how to upgrade a ThinkPad with a 30GB hard drive. In this case, we’ll change it to a 100GB drive that I bought on the Web.

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Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to keep things moving when you’re using your computer, and they let you perform tasks without lifting your hands from the keyboard. These are some of the basics that you should know–at least if you want to cut down on the number of times you reach for the mouse every day.

• Ctrl+Alt+Del is the mother of all keyboard shortcuts, affectionately known as the “three-fingered salute,” since it’s so useful when your Windows box locks up. Pressing the combo once (simultaneously) opens the Windows Task Manager. (From within the Task Manager, you can force-quit a crashed program, see a list of processes or applications running on your machine, check performance parameters such as how hard your CPU is working, or track your network usage.) Is your machine totally locked up? Reach over, grab the mouse and click Shut Down.

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• Ctrl+D adds the current page to your Favorites/Bookmarks file.
• Alt+Home takes you directly to your home page. (IE and Firefox)
• Use the Tab key to jump your cursor to the next entry in a form or the next section of a Web page. (IE and Firefox)
• Ctrl+F launches Find for the page you’re on. (IE and Firefox; Firefox’s implementation is particularly cool, as it scans the page for the term you want as you type)
• F11 shifts between regular and full-screen views of your browser window. (IE and Firefox)
• F5 or Ctrl+R refreshes the page you’re on. (IE and Firefox)
• ESC stops downloading a page. (IE and Firefox)
• Ctrl+T opens up a new tab and puts your cursor in the URL field, in Firefox. Ctrl+L puts your cursor in the URL field and highlights the current text, while Ctrl+Tab does the same for IE.
• Ctrl+W closes a tab in Firefox or the current window in IE.
• Ctrl++ or Ctrl+- increases or decreases the text size in Firefox.