Is it troublesome to use? Find Vista "help" to help you solve

I often see some articles that introduce system weight loss, always recommend deleting the "Help" folder in the system directory, saying how many MB of hard disk space can be saved. . In fact, the help files of Windows are not optional. When the system encounters a fault, it can often play an unexpected role. Especially the help system of Vista has a qualitative leap than XP. If used properly, it can be used. Self-solve many troubleshooting problems. Moreover, for a hard disk that is now hundreds of gigabytes, the little bit of space occupied by the help files is nothing.

How to use

In Vista, there are 3 ways to call out the help system.

1. Click “Start → Help and Support” to enter the main interface of “Help and Support”. As shown in Figure 1, there are six aspects provided here. Next, you can determine the goals one by one according to your needs, or you can enter keywords to search for specific help content in the text box at the top of the page.

2. Use the search box. Vista's search can be said to be everywhere, we can also access the main page of help and support through its powerful search function, press the Windows key, then type "help and support" in the search box, press the enter key Accessible.

3. Press the F1 key to call the help system at any time. As long as it is a component of the Vista system, such as Notepad, WordPad, Drawing, etc., in addition to the help and support pages through the traditional help menu, you can also press the F1 function key to call at any time.

Examples of live help

Example 1: Identifying the access conditions for Windows Aero

For ordinary users, Vista is the most attractive Not its UAC protection mechanism and BitLocker encryption, but the beautiful Windows Aero. However, in reality, some users can automatically enable Windows Aero after installing the system, and some need to manually enable the "Enable Transparent Effect" check box in the "Personalized Desktop → Window Color and Appearance" dialog box to enable, even You also need to modify the registry key. Is the threshold of Windows Aero really so high?

In fact, you don't have to search around for the conditions that enable Windows Aero. The help file clearly reads it. Go to the Help and Support page, enter "Windows Aero" or "Aero" (no case), and a series of results that match the search criteria will be given shortly after the carriage return. Select "Windows" in the second place. Troubleshoot the Aero problem, and then go to the page shown in Figure 2. Click here in the first place, "How do I know if I can run Aero?", and soon you will see the official Windows Aero activation conditions given by Microsoft. The most authoritative explanation:

1.Vista version must meet the requirements

2. The computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for running Aero

If your graphics card can To meet Aero's minimum hardware requirements, Windows Aero effects will be automatically enabled. If you are using an integrated graphics card (such as GMA 950) and the physical memory capacity is less than 1GB, then Windows Aero will not be automatically enabled. In this way, you can solve the problem by sitting in the seat according to your actual situation, no need to do nothing.

Example 2: Roundabout to find out the program compatibility wizard

Some time ago, Microsoft released a list of Vista-compatible applications, which also shows that some third-party programs are not yet compatible with Vista. Achieve good compatibility, so we may

often need to solve the problem through the "compatibility" in the properties window during installation or runtime, so that you can run the simulations to run those earlier versions of Windows. The program you write is of course quite cumbersome to use.

If you have used the early beta version of Vista, you will definitely remember the "Program Compatibility Wizard", which is called "Program Compatibility Wizard" in the English version. We can complete the compatibility processing according to the prompts of this wizard. And a lot of problems with the settings, but unfortunately the official version has been unable to find this component on the desktop or the start menu. Here, we still solve the problem through "help and support":

First enter the main page of "Help and Support", search for the "Program Compatibility Wizard" keyword, if you are using the English version , then please enter the keyword "Compatibility", when displaying the search results, please select the "Startup Compatibility Wizard" ranked first, then we will see the page shown in Figure 3, finally found here Start the program compatibility wizard entry, "Click to open the program compatibility wizard", and then follow the wizard's prompts, in fact, this is Vista's automatic help mode.