Easy guide to Windows Vista home networking
Learn how to set up your home network with this easy-to-read, fun guide. It's loaded with steps that can help you do it yourself easily--especially with popular author Joli Ballew to guide you.

Featured tip
for Windows Vista

Create a Search Folder
Find files faster by saving your most common searches. Here's how:
 

1. Go to the Search Explorer in Windows Vista by clicking Start and then Search.
2. Design a search by typing your query in the search box. As you type, files from a variety of locations on your PC appear that match your text.
3. Once the search is completed, on the toolbar click Save Search.
4. In the File name box, type a name for the search, and then click Save. The search is saved in the Searches folders, which you can open by clicking the Searches link in the Navigation pane.
Featured tip
for Windows XP

Set your PC clock automatically
If you have an Internet connection, Windows XP can automatically synchronize your clock to keep it accurate. Here's how:

1. Right-click your clock, and then click Adjust Date/Time.
2. Click the Internet Time tab. Click the Server down arrow, and then click time.nist.gov. Notice that Internet time synchronization is enabled by default.
3. Click Update Now. Windows XP contacts the Internet time server and sets your clock. Click OK.

Now, your PC is connected to the Internet time server.

Share a printer on your home network
Connect your printer to your home network, so you can share it between all the Windows XP-based PCs in your home.

 

Technical troubleshooter

Issue: Your Windows XP user profile is corrupted.


Solution: Learn how to create a new user profile and safely copy the data from your old profile into it.

 

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