Archive for 'Windows versions'
Adjusting desktop icon spacing in Windows 7
How to adjust the spacing between icons on the desktop and in folders in Windows 7.
Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Windows 7.
Tags: adjust desktop icon spacing, adjusting icon spacing, Desktop, horizontal icon spacing, Icon Spacing (Horizontal), Icon Spacing (Vertical), vertical icon spacing
Comments: 11
How do I add Bluetooth to my PC?
Q: I bought a Rocketfish bluetooth wireless mouse, and it didn’t come with a receiver to plug into the computer. I read on the back, and it said I needed a Bluetooth-enabled computer. Is there anything I can buy to make my computer Bluetooth-enabled, like a receiver or something? A: A group of companies created […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Hardware, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: bluetooth, mouse
Comments: none
Adding a second PC to a wireless network
Q: I have a desktop PC in Windows XP Professional. I bought a laptop with Windows Vista. Can both computers use my same wireless router to connect to the Internet? A: Yes, you can use the same wireless router with both your old desktop PC and your new Acer laptop. Routers don’t care what operating […]
Posted: August 31st, 2009 under Hardware, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: iPad, network, router, smartphone, tv, wireless, wireless network, wireless router
Comments: none
Returning photo previews to Windows Vista’s Pictures folder
Q: I followed your instructions in Windows Vista For Dummies to set Vista to be more like Windows XP and use fewer resources. Everything is running fine, but my picture files are no longer listed in Computer as small pictures but, instead, as icons with the file names. This is not XP-like but more like […]
Posted: August 25th, 2009 under Windows Vista.
Tags: pictures folder, thumbnail photos
Comments: 5
Where’s the Clipboard Viewer in Windows XP?
For some reason, Windows XP messed up the Clipboard Viewer. It’s barely listed on the Help menus, and it isn’t installed automatically when you upgrade to Windows XP. Even when you tell Windows to install it from its CD, it doesn’t put a Clipboard Viewer icon on the menu. And that’s a shame, as the […]
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under Windows XP.
Tags: clip board, clipboard, clipboard viewer, clipbrd, clipbrd.exe, view clipboard, windows clipboard
Comments: 106