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Posted on 11 Mar 2008 at 12:27

41. Choose your own default programs

Fed up with iTunes sparking into life every time you open an MP3 file, or Internet Explorer hogging your web browsing? Under Vista, you can easily set the default program for several tasks from one window. Click on the Start Menu | Default Programs | Set program access and computer defaults, and then choose Custom from the options list.

You can now select which browser, email client and media player are used by default.

42. Restore Previous Versions of Files

Backups are an easy way to protect yourself from data loss, but rolling back to a previous version of a file can save you from all sorts of other problems. Vista provides this feature by default, cunningly called Previous Versions of Files - think of it as an undo button that can reach all the way back to a file's creation.

All you have to do is right-click on any file and select Restore previous versions to access the automatically created backups.

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Author: PC Pro staff