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Clearing Browser Cache
Turning on Password Saving
Translating Websites to Other Languages
What is a Browser and How Do I Know Which One I'm Using?
Checking and Installing Windows Updates
Creating Shortcuts, Favorites and Bookmarks
Downloading Files from the Internet
Restricting Internet Access to Only Approved Sites
Restarting Your Computer
Looking up the Version of Windows
Looking up the CPU (Processing Speed) and RAM (Memory)
Looking up the Free Space on the Hard Drive
Looking up the Computer's IP Address
Looking up the System Type (32-bit or 64-bit)
Turning Off IE7 Compatibility View for ALLDATA Websites
Updating the Time, Date and Time Zone

Looking up the System Type (32-bit or 64-bit)

Follow the instructions for the version of Windows that you are using.

Windows XP

  1. Click Start >> Right-click My Computer.

  2. Click Properties.

  3. In the System Properties box, on the General tab under System:

    • If it is a 32-bit system, nothing specific will be listed about the system type.  This is the most common system type for Windows XP users.

    • If it is a 64-bit system, it will state so here. This type is very uncommon for Windows XP users.

 

Windows Vista

  1. Click Start (the Windows "flag") >> Click Computer.

  2. Click System properties.

  3. Under System >> System Type, the system type will be listed - either 32-bit or 64-bit.

Windows 7

  1. Click Start (the Windows "flag") >> Right-click Computer.

  2. Click Properties.

  3. Under System >> System Type, the system type will be listed - either 32-bit or 64-bit.