Vista
Season 6, Episode 4
Original air date: 05/03/2008
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Original Airdate: October 20, 2007
Steve explores Vista, Microsoft’s latest operating system. Vista has a whole new look with a lot of new built-in features. Steve explores Vista’s communication tools - from mail to messaging to web communications and finds that Vista is a huge step forward in staying connected. Vista has also taken measures in protecting your computer with its Certified for Vista program which assures you will get the most out of your investment in hardware and software.
Caroline prepares for a visit to the grocery store with the Smartshopper, a digital shopping list maker. Simply press record and say the name of the item you want and Smartshopper’s voice recognition program will enter the item. Smartshopper then saves your grocery list so you can add items throughout the week. When it’s time to head off to the grocery store simply hit print and get a totally legible shopping list. The Smartshopper can even sort your list into logical categories for convenient shopping, so no more back tracking at the store because you forgot an item.
Comments
antivirus software
can you get any for free
Antivirus Software
There are several free antivirus solutions for home users.
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
AVAST - http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html
Clam Win - http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/
antivirus software
antivirus software
can you get any for free
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you sure can,you might try avg been free for years and works from win 95-vista just google avg free edition.
retrorandy
Hey
Thank you Steve that you're putting up a show for vista! I appreciate it Angad
Vista
Vista looks great, it seems to be well organized ,lots of great features and looks clean and sharp. But I'am gonna wait till next year to upgrade , just waiting for the price of blu ray to diminish in price, then ill combine everything all in one. Thanks Steve love the show, your very good at what you do thanks for getting me hooked on computing your the man.
Vista
There is no word in Vista, I am looking for a word program that is compatible with Vista.
I found this one downfall of vista.
re: word in Vista
Mabelle, Vista is just the operating system. Like Windows XP before it, you'll still need to add applications such as Microsoft Word or the Open Office suite. Both are compatible with Vista.
- Dan Zimmer
Free Word processor for Vista!!...Open Office
There is no Word program for Vista...you have to buy the Microsoft Office BUT you can go to www.download.com and get OPEN OFFICE program and you can open your word programs and create word documents!!! Im enjoying using it and its like Word Perfect with a different name. Best of all it's FREE!!!!!!
re: Free Word processor for Vista!!...Open Office
Not to take anything away from the fine word processor in the Open Office suite, but yes, there is a Word program for Vista. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/default.aspx.
Vista
i had a program on my old computer that woulld take music files from the tv and put in on my computer using nero, but nero would not go on my new computer help
Please help
re: Vista & Nero
Check the Nero website http://www.nero.com to see if the version you have is Windows Vista compatible. There appear to be issues with version 7 and older. Nero also has a technical support hotline that you can call for a fee:
Technical Support Hotline: (888) 309-4212
- Dan Zimmer
hey steve i want to buy a
hey steve i want to buy a laser printer and that can print good photo quality under $300 can u tell me which printer is worth it....
re: hey steve i want to buy a
Unfortunately, you're talking about two different printers. Colour laser printers work very well for business correspondence, marketing materials, or any content featuring spot colour. You can definitely print photos with them, but you won't get the same quality that you will from a good inkjet photo printer, and you won't be able to use the wide range of photo papers that are available for inkjets. Cost per print on colour lasers can also be high.
- Dan Zimmer
new printer & vista
is canon pixmamp140 a good printer for photos and reg home printing
re: new printer & vista
The Canon Pixma MP140 has been discontinued, and I believe the replacement model is the MP160. From my experience with Canon bubblejets, either one should be a good perfomer for the price category they're in.
- Dan Zimmer
Vista Problem with Disk Check
I have a HP Vista, and can't seem to do a hard disk check, I go to computer to C Drive and to properties,tools, and click on both blocks in Error Checks and Schedule for a scan disk for the next time I restart my computer, but when I restart it never starts it just reboots to my desktop, even if I shut down for the night I still have the same problem.... any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it...Thanks.
re: Vista Problem
Your best bet is to check out Microsoft's website for support. Here is a link to their Windows Vista Solution Centre: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732 . It also tells you how to contact one of their support professionals.
MH