Welcome to the 32 bit and 64 bit Vista Forums Tutorial Section

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Welcome to the Vista Forums Tutorial Section !!

NOTE

Even though this site is dedicated to 64 bit Vista, all the tutorials will work with both the 32 bit and 64 bit Vista unless otherwise stated in the upper right corner of the tutorial. EXAMPLE:

How to Register to Post :

NOTE

You do not need to be a registered member of this forum to view any of these posts. You only need to register to be able to post anything in this forum. The registration is free and easy. No personal information is shown to the public except for what you decide to post or reveal. We welcome any comments. Please see the FAQ Page for additional help and questions not covered here.

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Vista Forums Registration Page -- Forum Rules

Just click on the Join Now registration link displayed above on the home page and follow the instructions to register as a new member.



Digg and Twitter Buttons
Please click on these buttons below in each tutorial if it helped you to help give the tutorial a higher ranking. You will need to be a registered member (free) of Digg and Twitter to be able to Digg and Tweet respectively.







How to Post a Reply to a Tutorial :
NOTE: When you click on a tutorial to open it, you will have these options to post a reply or question about the tutorial or another posted reply.


Post Reply is located in the upper and bottom left corner of the tutorial page, and in the bottom right of the posted tutorial. You would click this to post a reply to the tutorial without a quote.



These are located at the bottom right corner of each reply post in the tutorial. These are pretty much the same as in the rest of the forum.
1. QUOTE = Allows you to post a reply with a quote of that post.

2. Multi-Quote = Allows you to post a reply with multiple quotes from the posts that you selected. Use this by clicking on the Multi-Quote button in the post to turn it red with a + to select it. Repeat for any other post you want to include in the reply's quote. When done click the QUOTE button.

3. Quick Reply = This will take you to the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the tutorial page. It will let you make a quick reply to the tutorial without any quotes.

If a Tutorial has Gone 30+ Days without a New Reply or Post:
You will need to check the box below the reply window to aknowledge that the tutorial has not been replied or posted to in over 30 days before your post will be allowed to be posted in the tutorial.




How to Create a New Tutorial :
NOTE: Creating a Tutorial is for posting a tip or trick to share with others to help them. Please do not create a tutorial has a question to a problem. The Vista Forums is used for questions not related to the tutorial, or new questions.


New Tutorial is located in the upper and bottom left corner of the Vista Tutorials, not while you have a tutorial opened. Click this to create a new tutorial.

1. Options - To type in a Title, Byline and other information about your tutorial. Be sure to select what versions of Vista your tutorial will apply to for it to post. Type in a desciption of your tutorial in the synopsis section to have it shown in the
Tutorial in Category display.

2. Post New Tutorial or Edit Post - This is just like posting in the forum sections. Type in your tutorial here. When done, click the Submit New Tutorial button to post your new tutorial.

3. To Upload, Attach, and Remove Images - While editing the tutorial/post click on the paperclip icon on the toolbar (see screenshot above).

A) Upload - If this is the first time you are uploading images, then it will take you directly to the Manage Attachments window below. If you are uploading additional images, then click on Manage Attachments after clicking on the paper click icon. You will now click on one of the Browse buttons (see screenshot below step 2), browse to where you have the image saved at on your computer and select it. Repeat this until you have added all of the images that you want to upload. When done, click on the Upload button and close the Manage Attachments window.

B) Attach - After uploading your image(s), move your cursor to where you want the image attached to in the tutorial/post. Click on the paperclip icon again (see screenshot below step 2), and select the image that you want to attach.

C) Remove - Click on the paperclip icon (see screenshot below step 2), then click on Manage Attachments. Under the bottom Current attachments section, click on the Remove button for the uploaded image that you want to remove.

Video Tutorials :
We have added a Flash video to some of our tutorials to give you instuctions through a instructional video. After you click on the Click to Play button in the video, you can use the video player like any other player with Forward, Reverse, Pause, etc.

You will need to have a flash player installed to use the video. See: Adobe Flash Player Download Center

Navigating :
Each tutorial is categorized by it's title name. You can look for a tutorial by either the alphabetized tutorial title (top), Category Icon Tags (middle), by page (bottom) or by the Tutorial Index.

Search Feature :
To search for a key word or phrase that may be in a tutorial, click the Search this Category button. Select if you want the results to Show Tutorials or Show Posts. Type in the word or phrase you are searching for and click Go.

Tutorial Tools :
To select one of these options below for the tutorial.

So Please
Scroll, Read, Post, Reply and ENJOY !!

The www.vistax64.com Team.

P.S.
If you notice any typos or errors in the tutorials, please feel free to Report them so they can be corrected.

[uhaligani]

Any chance of a little more details of the owner and the list of members on this site?
I find it difficult to consider donating to an organisation without the slightest reference to its origin!
Googling only gets me to a building with which I am slightly familiar, conating a web hosting facility.

[z3r010]

Hi uhaligani

Vista x64 Forums is owned and subsidised (quite heavly) by me, I am an IT manger for a frieght distribution company in the UK, running this site as a hobby in my spare time.

The site is hosted from a data center in Texas and staffed for free by passionate Vista x64 users from around the world. The membership consists of Vista users needing or wanting to give help.

As it states in the donations section, this site costs several thousand dollars a year in hosting and licences, the online advertising goes some way to cover these costs, but the shortfall comes straight from my pocket, which is why the donations page was setup although nobody has ever donated lol.

John

[uhaligani]

Ok John, that's fair comment. I'm surprised it costs so much but it isn't my field!
Perhaps more donations would be forthcoming if there were more links (as is normal) to the membership and Administrative pages. I doubt if anyone with normal acumen is going to donate to a totally anonymous site.

[ingeborgdot]

  Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010

Hi uhaligani

Vista x64 Forums is owned and subsidised (quite heavly) by me, I am an IT manger for a frieght distribution company in the UK, running this site as a hobby in my spare time.

The site is hosted from a data center in Texas and staffed for free by passionate Vista x64 users from around the world. The membership consists of Vista users needing or wanting to give help.

As it states in the donations section, this site costs several thousand dollars a year in hosting and licences, the online advertising goes some way to cover these costs, but the shortfall comes straight from my pocket, which is why the donations page was setup although nobody has ever donated lol.

John

Where is the donation page? I want to make a donation.

[z3r010]

Thats a very good question....where is the donate page?

Here's a link http://www.vistax64.com/billspaypal.php

And thank you for your support.

John

[MegaDETH]

After just being here a few weeks I felt it necessary to make a small donation
and I will continue to do so every month.

Why?

Well just the invaluable tweaking guides and helpful and polite admins on this forum make it worth it.

  Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010

Hi uhaligani

Vista x64 Forums is owned and subsidised (quite heavly) by me, I am an IT manger for a frieght distribution company in the UK, running this site as a hobby in my spare time.

The site is hosted from a data center in Texas and staffed for free by passionate Vista x64 users from around the world. The membership consists of Vista users needing or wanting to give help.

As it states in the donations section, this site costs several thousand dollars a year in hosting and licences, the online advertising goes some way to cover these costs, but the shortfall comes straight from my pocket, which is why the donations page was setup although nobody has ever donated lol.

John

[Cinderelli]

I have just registered with this site. I am running 32bit Vista Premium and want to go to 64 bit. If I find this site helpful, I will make a donation.

[go-to-lady]

  Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010

Thats a very good question....where is the donate page?

Here's a link Vista Forums - PayPal Donate

And thank you for your support.

John

Thanks for posting the paypal link for donations. I just donated after having joined the forum two days ago. I'm very happy with it!

Thanks for a terrific resource for Vista users and absolutely amazing tutorials!

Steph

[oldcrow74]

Don't get me wrong, I find your tutorials very useful. But couldn't you either provide printer-friendly versions or scale down the size of the pages? It's bad enough to have to scroll left and right to read some of them, but it's nearly impossible to print them without spending inordinate amounts of time cutting and pasting into a word processor and deleting graphics, fiddling with fonts and margins, etc. We don't all have huge, hi-res monitors or the ability to print on legal size or larger paper.

Other than that, it's great! ("Other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?")