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Windows Vista Versions

All versions of Windows Vista, except Vista Starter, come in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. If we ignore for a moment the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit processing, the Starter edition, and the N editions, Windows Vista can be categorized into as few as five different flavors:

1. Vista Home Basic

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Windows XP versions

Here’s a list of the major Windows XP versions (roughly in order of increasing power)

1. Windows XP Starter Edition (less-developed countries only)

2. Windows XP Home Edition N (European Union only)

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Windows Vista Tip 1 - Fit the Full URL on Printouts

Sometimes, you want to print out some Web page you’ve found, so you can recommend the site to a friend later. But if the Web address (URL) is a long one, it’s likely to be truncated in the footer of the printed page. That’s because IE, by default, uses a large font and cuts off any of the URL that doesn’t fit on the same line as today’s date.

You can make URLs print in full almost every time by clicking Tools->Internet Options. On the General tab, click the Fonts button and then select a Web page font that’s more compact than Times New Roman, such as Vista’s Cordia New. (This font, which is similar to Arial, also becomes the default font for Web pages that don’t specify a font.)

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