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Tips, tricks, downloads, news, and special offers to help you get the most out of Windows at home and in the office.
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Prepare and protect your PC for back to school
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New and notable
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Computers play a large role in the education of students today. Learn top tips for buying an educational computer.
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Windows Live OneCare can back up all your important files automatically on a regular schedule so that you don't lose valuable digital files if your PC crashes. Service available in the United States only.
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Experience the world-famous Marine Aquarium, Goldfish Aquarium, or the newest member in the school, Sharks: Terrors of the Deep. See the state-of-the-art in 3-D technology right on your PC, and get a buy-one, get-one-free special offer.
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Featured tip
Personalize the All Programs menu
The icons on the All Programs menu are only shortcuts. You can rename, move, or even delete them without harming the program. This means that it might make sense to organize them to better suit you. For instance, you could create a new All Programs folder named Design Apps to hold shortcuts to all of your graphic design programs. Here's how:
1. Right-click the Start menu and click Explore All Users.
2. Open the Programs sub-folder.
3. Create new folders and move existing program folders or shortcut icons into them to sort your programs.
Now when you click the Start menu and select All Programs, you'll see your new customized menu, making it much easier to locate your most-used programs.
Featured tip is courtesy of the book Windows XP Killer Tips by Kleber Stephenson.
Security tips and advice
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Download the security updates for Windows, PowerPoint, Office, and Internet Explorer, released August 8, 2006.
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Chat with instant messaging (IM) while taking steps to protect your personal information from theft and your PC from IM viruses.
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If you receive an e-mail from Microsoft asking for your credit card number, do not respond. It's a fraudulent e-mail message. Read this article to learn more about these types of phishing scams.
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Special offer
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You could win a weeklong Funjet Vacation to Cancun. For Windows XP users: Fujifilm is giving away 20 digital cameras in 20 days!
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