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Where's the #@$%? Device Manager in Windows Vista? Steve Polak exlains how to find all the system settings you know from Windows XP, in the sometimes confusing Vista interface.

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David Moss tackles Vista queries, as well as dealing with floating bars and annoying pop-up reminders.

We open up Serious Samurize and show you how to create a desktop object that displays free hard drive space.

David Moss resolves an iTunes problem, looks into secret folders and Windows file sharing without a central server.

Microsoft’s radical redesign promises ‘better results, faster’. Be fully prepared for this world-leading productivity software.

Is your PC the stable, error-free platform you need? We didn't think so. Leigh Dyer, David Kidd and Ty Pendlebury present the essential guide to fixing your PC.

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Windows XP users may find themselves lost when it comes to Vista. PC Authority looks at the most useful configuration settings between them.

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Don't want to settle for rolling green hills on your desktop? PC Authority looks at the alternatives with our guide to the latest desktop enhancements.

David Moss tackles misbehaving com ports and resolves a windows share issue.

It's an accepted fact that most Microsoft Office users only ever use about 20 percent of the suite's capabilities, often because they don't have the time to learn about all of the goodies it contains. Excel, with its complicated interface and feature overload is notorious for baffling even experienced users. However, many of its features are very useful in their own right.

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From watching iView on your mobile to live Australian TV while overseas, to Freeview, Foxtel IQ2 and TiVo, Stuart Andrews and Zara Baxter perfect the menu for takeaway TV.

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