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Welcome to the 32 bit and 64 bit Vista Forums Tutorial Section
Published by Brink
06-10-2007

Welcome to the Vista Forums Tutorial Section !!

FIRST:
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:
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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, and to see attached images in the post without having to click on them first. 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.


Vista Forums Home Page
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Vista Forums Registration Page and Vista Forums Forum Rules and Vista Forums Donate to Help Support

Just click on the registration link here or on the Home page and follow the instructions to register as a member.


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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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. Header Image - To select a icon for your tutorial. Click Browse to upload a image of your own.
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2. 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.
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3. Ratings - To give your tutorial a suggested Skill Level requirement rating.
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4. 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.
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Video Tutorials :
We have added a Flash video to some of our tutorials to give you instuctions through a instructional 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

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How to Rate a Tutorial :
You can click on the Rating button to cast a vote on your opinion of the opened tutorial.
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Navigating :
Each tutorial is categorized by it's title name. You can look for a tutorial by either the Popular Rated Tags (top), alphabetized tutorial title (middle), or by page (bottom).

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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.

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Select a Language for Tutorial :
When you open a tutorial, you have the option to select a different language to view it in. Just click on Language on the toolbar and select the language you want.

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Category and Tutorial Tools :
Order By: Select how the order of the tutorials are to appear by on the pages.
Category Tools: Select a option to do. Ex: "Subscribe to this Category", To recieve e-mail notifications for new posts or replys in the tutorial section.

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Skill Level :
This will show you the suggested Skill Level requirements for the tutorial. There are 6 skill levels (0 to 5).

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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.
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Old 09-30-2007  
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Re: Welcome To The Tutorials Section

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.
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Re: Welcome To The Tutorials Section

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.

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Re: Welcome To The Tutorials Section

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.
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Re: Welcome To The Tutorials Section

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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.
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Re: Welcome to the 32 bit and 64 bit Vista Tutorial Section

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

Here's a link http://www.vistax64.com/misc.php?do=donate

And thank you for your support.

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Re: Welcome To The Tutorials Section

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.



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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.

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

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

Here's a link Vista Forums - PayPal Donate

And thank you for your support.

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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!

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

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?")
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