031: Making Your Windows XP Computer Speak To You
Host: Rudy Stebih ‘Narrator’ is a text-to-speech utility for users who are blind or have impaired vision. Running time: 4:12
Sep 26, 2011•4 min
Help Desk TV: Windows XP
Hey, you know your way around a desktop - so now dig into Windows XP and really put your PC to work! Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Windows Mastery! Released every Thursday at midnight Pacific.
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030: Viewing Blocked Content In An Email Message
Host: Rudy Stebih Outlook Express blocks pictures and other content from appearing in your messages to help you avoid viewing potentially offensive material. Running time: 2:03
Sep 19, 2011•2 min
029: Customizing The Mouse For Left Handed People
Host: Rudy Stebih If you are left-handed, you may want to change the way your mouse works to make the mouse easier to use. Running time: 2:10
Sep 12, 2011•2 min
028: Printing Your Address Book from Outlook Express
Host: Rudy Stebih When printing your address book, you can choose to print the contact information for every contact or only a specific contact. Running time: 3:17
Sep 05, 2011•3 min
027: Saving A Picture You See On A Web Page
Host: Rudy Stebih When browsing through Web pages, you may see a picture of your favorite celebrity, animal, painting or building that you want to save on your computer. Running time: 1:58
Aug 30, 2011•2 min
026: Stop Adding People To Your Address Book Automatically
Host: Rudy Stebih When you reply to an e-mail message, Outlook Express automatically adds the person who sent you the message to your address book. Running time: 1:14
May 02, 2011•1 min
025: Customizing Toolbars
Host: Rudy Stebih Toolbars can be displayed with or without their titles. Their icons can also be displayed with either large or small icons, and with or without text. Running time: 3:01
Apr 27, 2011•3 min
024: Docking Toolbars To The Edge Of The Desktop
Host: Rudy Stebih In the last video, we should you how you could size and reposition toolbars on the desktop. You can also dock a toolbar or the taskbar to anyone of the edges on your desktop. Running time: 2:03
Oct 25, 2010•3 min
023: Sizing And Positioning Toolbars
Host: Rudy Stebih Before you can move or resize toolbars on the taskbar, the taskbar must be unlocked. We then show you how to move and resize your taskbar located on the bottom of your screen. Running time: 2:33
Oct 16, 2010•2 min
022: Getting Rid of The Language Toolbar
Host: Rudy Stebih Windows keeps track of all the settings on the toolbars submenu from one startup to the next except for the Language Bar. Here we will show you how to get rid of the pesky language bar. Running time: 1:28
Oct 03, 2010•1 min
021: Installing and Removing Toolbars
Host: Rudy Stebih A toolbar is a collection of icons that simplifies your everyday tasks by making icons visible for you to see on your desktop that you can quickly make use of. Running time: 2:45
Sep 21, 2010•3 min
020: Making A Window Fill The Screen
Host: Rudy Stebih Sometimes it’s difficult to work in a small window and you would like to just see it fill the whole screen. Well, you can very simply. Running time: 1:25
Jul 27, 2010•1 min
019: Making A Window Bigger Or Smaller
Host: Rudy Stebih Sometimes, moving the window around isn’t enough. They still cover each other up. By using your mouse to yank on a window’s corner border, and you can change its size. Running time: 1:25
Jul 18, 2010•1 min
018: Moving A Window Around On Your Desktop
Host: Rudy Stebih Today we'll show you how to move a window around the desktop to see what's hidden beneath or to bring it into view from the edge of the screen. Running time: 1:03
Jul 04, 2010•1 min
017: Finding A Hidden Window Using A Keyboard Shortcut
Host: Rudy Stebih We'll show you how to bring a completely hidden window to the front of your screen using a keyboard shortcut. Running time: 1:29
Jun 26, 2010•1 min
016: Moving A Window On Top Of The Pile
Host: Rudy Stebih We'll show you how to bring a window that is hidden to the front of the screen. Running time: 1:44
Jun 19, 2010•2 min
015: Start Menu Frequently Used Programs List
Host: Rudy Stebih Managing the most frequently used programs list. Running time: 2:00
Oct 10, 2009•2 min
014: Start Menu Internet and Email Items
Host: Rudy Stebih Controlling the Pinned Internet and Email items on the Start menu. Running time: 1:38
Oct 10, 2009•2 min
013: Controlling The Content Of The Start Menu
Host: Rudy Stebih You can add, delete, move, copy, sort and rename most menu items. Running time: 3:53
Oct 07, 2009•4 min
012: Start Menu Appearance
Host: Rudy Stebih Setting the Appearance of the Start Menu. Running time: 1:34
Oct 07, 2009•2 min
011: Working With User Accounts
Host: Rudy Stebih Through User Accounts, Windows XP provides a simple method for creating new accounts, making routine changes to existing accounts, and deleting accounts. Running time: 1:52
Oct 05, 2009•2 min
010: Assign A Shortcut Key
Host: Rudy Stebih Assign a shortcut key to start a program instead of using your mouse. Running time: 1:23
Oct 02, 2009•1 min
009: Uninstalling Programs
Host: Rudy Stebih Uninstall programs no longer needed to free up hard disk space. Running time: 0:56
Sep 30, 2009•56 sec
008: Turn Off Start Menu Notifications
Host: Rudy Stebih Turn off those start menu highlights after installing a program. Running time: 0:54
Sep 29, 2009•54 sec
007: Using System Restore
Host: Rudy Stebih Using System Restore to return your system to an earlier state. Running time: 1:40
Sep 29, 2009•2 min
006: Set A Restore Point First
Host: Rudy Stebih Setting A Restore Point First Running time: 1:16
Sep 14, 2009•1 min
005: System Restore Options
Host: Rudy Stebih Configuring System Restore Options Running time: 1:35
Sep 14, 2009•2 min
004: Windows XP Security Centre
Host: Rudy Stebih Monitoring Windows XP Security Running time: 1:25
Sep 14, 2009•1 min
003: Automating Your Updates
Host: Rudy Stebih Automatic updates checks for new high priority updates, downloads them in the background and installs them automatically. Running time: 1:07
Sep 14, 2009•1 min
002: Using Windows Update Manually
Host: Rudy Stebih Keeping your system secure with windows update. Running time: 2:59
Sep 14, 2009•3 min
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