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#1 manningbowl135
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Mine is something most vista users probably don't know. Vista has an application called snipping tool that you can use to take screenshots of any part of your screen in any form and save it in any format. It's pretty cool. Just search for snipping tool on start menu. It's nice

What's your best tips?

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#2 sthadji
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When you have PC problems, just turn it off. A good night's sleep will probably wear off the problem.
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Paint is better than Photoshop, true story.
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When in doubt RESTART!
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Alt+tab is quite a lot of use when you're IMing.
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Ctrl+W is pretty useful...try it now and see what happens....don't worry it's really nothing bad.
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#7 Quiet-Key
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If you have computers at college or school, go onto one and press right ctrl and right alt together, then hit left or right. It's teh funnay :)

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#9 someotherguy654
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If you have computers at college or school, go onto one and press right ctrl and right alt together, then hit left or right. It's teh funnay :)

Quiet-Key
That's one of my favorites.
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Never trust a person on the internet when they say they are a girl and Ctrl+Alt and delete can get u out of anything.
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dont take your lappy in to the shower w/ you
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#12 EJ902
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Mine is something most vista users probably don't know. Vista has an application called snipping tool that you can use to take screenshots of any part of your screen in any form and save it in any format. It's pretty cool. Just search for snipping tool on start menu. It's nice

What's your best tips?

manningbowl135
Snipping tool is great. I know there are other programs that do the same, but since snipping tool is the only one I've used that gets my praise. Another vista tip is how to change the yellow "hibernate" button on the start menu to a red "shutdown" button. In control panel, click "Power options". Then for the power plan you are using click "change plan settings". In the new screen click "change advanced power settings". In the new window look for "Power buttons and lid", and one of the sub options is "Start menu power button". Set that to "shut down".