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Enable or disable Secure Logon in Windows Vista (Ctrl+Alt+Delete)
It’s important to keep your computer as secure as possible. One way to do so is to enable Secure Logon so that you are required to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on. Using secure logon provides an additional layer of security for your computer by...
How To Determine the Best Vista Version for You
If you’re trying to decide which version of Windows Vista to buy for the first time, simply step through the following Q and A: 1. Will your PCs need to log on to an in-house network server? a. If not, and your PCs will only need (at most) to acce...
How to enable/disbale hibernation in windows vista
Hibernation is one of the best feature of windows it allows you to shutdown your computer while not closing all your work. If you have opened lots of applications and suddenly you have to go some where it will be bothering for you to close all the ap...
Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7
To add a provider to the Internet Explorer 7 Instant Search box, click on the down arrow (next to the search glass) at the Search box & click on “Find More Providers”. Select one of the Web Search or Topic Search provider’s to a...
Disable Hibernation & delete the Hibernation file in windows Vista
Windows places a file on your hard drive that it uses when your computer goes into hibernation mode. If you do not use hibernation mode, or your computer does not properly support it, you may want to disable hibernation and clear the file off your ha...
Toggle Check Boxes Context Menu Item in Windows Vista
You can set up Windows to add check boxes to file views (see picture) to make it easier to select several files at once. This gives you the option to select files without having to press keys on your keyboard, and helps ensure that you won’t ac...
Generate a System Diagnostics report in windows vista
Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor uses performance counters, event trace data, and configuration information, which can be combined into Data Collector Sets. You can generate a report detailing the status of local hardware resources, system...
How to Access All Vista Tools at One Place
As Vista is the latest Operating system currently. Its most of tools and commands are same as compare to Windows XP but there are some new tools and commands introduced in Windows Vista. We are using Windows XP for some year so we have explored out...
Advanced Searches & Natural Language Search In Windows Vista
Windows will usually search for whatever you enter in the Search box by looking in the file name, file contents, and file properties of all the files in the current view. Type “Summer,” for example, and it will find files named “sun...
Customize / hide the Favorite Links list in windows vista
The Navigation Pane is devided into two sections: Favorite Links & Folders. The Favorite Links contains links to commonly used folders and saved searches.You can add new links by dragging folders and/or saved searches into the list. You can also ...
How to Enable Advanced Disk Performance in Windows Vista
Windows vista is the latest Operating system by microsoft having tons of improvement and security updates as compare to windows XP.You can check New features in Windows vista to find about new features.Advanced Disk Performance is also another good f...
Take Ownership Context Menu Item in Windows Vista
TakeOwn.reg adds a Take Ownership Context Menu Item to all files and folders. It opens an Elevated Command Prompt which recovers full access to the selected file / directory, sub directories and their content. You can access the Context Menu Item by ...
Convert web widgets into gadgets for Windows Sidebar
Windows vista offers some nice widgets for windows sidebar but I think its not enough to make sidebar more attractive.You need to add some more widgets to make it more usefull and attractive. You would surely love to put a widget of Myspace, Youtube...
Microsoft released windows vista Performance and Tuning Guide
Windows vista is one of the best OS currently but the users which are not moving to vista is just because of its high system requirement.I also haven’t yet moved to vista due to its high system requirement.It requires a minimum of 512 Mb of r...
Enable support for 4GB of RAM in Vista 32-bit
On a computer that has 4 GB of RAM, the System Properties dialog box and the System Information dialog box may report less memory than you expect. This problem occurs because the address space is limited to 4 GB in a 32-bit hardware environment. Memo...
BatteryBar:Battery Meter for your Windows Task Bar
You have to monitor lots of components of your computer to make it work properly. The battery is one of the main components of the computer which you should really monitor, if you don’t monitor the battery you will surely be in trouble in fu...
How to turn Windows Features on or off in Windows Vista
Some programs and features that are included with Windows, such as Internet Information Services, must be turned on before you can use them. Certain other features are turned on by default, but you can turn them off if you don’t use them. In earlie...
How To Change Theme in Windows Vista Using Tuneup Utilities.
If you are bored with default windows vista theme you must be looking some other themes for windows vista to give it a new refreshing look.You can find themes for windows vista on tons of website you can use google search to find themes for windows v...
Style your windows vista sidebar with Windows Sidebar Styler
The Vista sidebar was one of the most popular new features included in Microsoft’s operating system, and it still remains as a very attractive way to display information bits in the shape of customizable gadgets. Now, with Windows Sidebar Style...
Customize shortcuts with Vista Shortcut Manager
Vista Shortcut Manager is one of those little applications that doesn’t really do much of anything, but what it does do, it does well. While the name may conjure up a program that gives you advanced controls over your shortcut behavior, and per...
Things to do before installing windows vista
Windows vista is the latest operating system from Microsoft currently.Lots of peoples are installing and enjoying windows vista even its system requirement is high users want to install it due to its extreme graphics and features.Check out windows vi...
How to fix three “broken” features of Vista
Certain problems with Vista won’t be fixed by service packs or by updates but rather were actually part of the design. Users got used to XP and the way XP did things but Vista does some things differently. To help get your sanity back here are ...
3 Cool Tweaks for Windows Vista
Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part. Download them and load shortcuts to them into your start...
Windows Vista SP1 Blocks Antivirus Programs
A major update to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Windows Vista operating system could leave computers vulnerable to hackers and malware as the service pack prevents several widely used antivirus programs from operating, the company said. The list of ...
Vista SP1 Offers Power Effiency Ehancements
Most if not all the attention surrounding Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been around performance, reliability and compatibility, but you probably didn’t know SP1 also makes short strides in terms of Vista’s power efficiency. And by short, I rea...
Add Windows Live Photo Gallery to Your XP or Vista System
Windows Live Photo Gallery, as the name implies, is based on Windows Vista’s Windows Photo Gallery component. However, it’s far more than a minor upgrade. Here’s what’s new and improved: Exposure adjustments including shadows...
New features in windows vista
Windows Vista (formerly codenamed Longhorn) has many new features compared with previous Microsoft Windows versions.These functions include great appearance,icons,file operations security,shell improvement and so much.You will surely love these new f...
