Climb the steps all the way to Windows guru status with our invaluable selection of tips and shortcuts for XP and Vista.

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.

Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

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

Visual tab preview within Firefox

Visually preview Firefox tabs

View your browser tabs more effectively

With its improved interface, colour handling, image adjustments and brush-based artistic creativity, DrawPlus moves onto a new level.

Create some fretboard classics with this super software.

Make switching between tabs much easier in Firefox

Find out how Microsoft’s impressive new OS will share and back up all the data on your home PCs, among other tricks.

Find help for Microsoft Word with the Ribbon

Take a look at this exciting new web browser

Take a look at this exciting new web browser

Google enters the browser wars

Tweak every aspect of the Windows XP interface

Despite the fact it's aimed at professional users - corporate and event videographers and advanced home-video enthusiasts are the target market - Ulead DVD Workshop 2 retains many of the ease-of-use features for which the company has become known.

Are your Windows 95 apps not running under XP? Tim Dean goes through a few tricks to help you get it running.

View IE content within Firefox

View IE content within Firefox