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September 30th, 2007
I hate the large start menu icons and as such I decided to change them. You should be able to change them by right-clicking on the start menu, click on properties and while the “Start Menu” is chosen click on the “customize” button.
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September 30th, 2007
Windows Vista gives you the option to customize your Windows Vista folders according to different types namely Documents, Pictures and Videos, Music Details, Music Icons,
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September 30th, 2007
During my first use of Windows Vista I found the new start menu awkward. I only like the idea of the search menu, but other than that, I still like the old XP look.
You can bring it back by right-clicking on the start menu, properties, choose Classic Start Menu and click on apply button.
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August 31st, 2007
This user complain was published at Tech2: Janak Mehta, Project Manager with, Adweb Tech Trade has been using Vista for the past four months now, as his notebook was bundled with the Windows Vista Professional Edition. He says, “It has been crashing ever since I have been on it and keeps asking silly questions, consuming […]
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August 27th, 2007
I wasted my time reading the article titled “windows vista extreme speedup” since it recommends the following:
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August 27th, 2007
Finding and downloading codecs can sometimes be painful but fortunately 9down has put up a decent download covering a lot of conflicts:
You can download the file here.
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August 27th, 2007
Your can get your Virtual Desktop on Windows Vista via the free Vista Virtual Manager Beta. Since this is not yet the final version, proceed cautiously.
The features of the Virtual Desktop Tool is as follows:
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August 27th, 2007
Television New Zealand website has just released their own RSS feeds Windows Vista Gadget.
TVNZ describes their gadget as follows:
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August 27th, 2007
The Windows Vista Power Buttons puts your entire session in memory and places your computer in the lowest possible power consumption.
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August 24th, 2007
At first I didn’t like the Windows Vista breadcrumb but as I used it more it became a must in my user experience. Nonetheless, some people might want it disabled.
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August 24th, 2007
Windows Vista has included a Search folder saved under your user name to keep a history of all your searches from Documents, E-mail, Music, Pictures and Video, Changed Items, and those you shared.
The path of the search folder is “C:\Users\YourUserName\Searches”.
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August 24th, 2007
What if you’re Vista installation was suddenly halted by a computer shutdown? What to do? Just boot up your computer and Windows Vista should be able to pick up where it left even without the Vista boot disk.
In most cases, this should work; it not then restart everything all over again.
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August 20th, 2007
In my previous post, I have told you about backing up your computer in Windows Vista. Today, we would talk about restoring your backed up computer.
Click the “Start Menu”, then choose “Control Panel”. On the control panel screen click on “System and Maintenance” then “Backup and Restore Center”.
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August 19th, 2007
In my previous post, I have told you about backing up files in Windows Vista. Today, we would talk about restoring your backed up files.
Click the “Start Menu”, then choose “Control Panel”. On the control panel screen click on “System and Maintenance” then “Backup and Restore Center”.
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August 13th, 2007
In my previous post, I have told you about backing up files in Windows Vista. Today, we would talk about backing up your entire computer instead.
Click the “Start Menu”, then choose “Control Panel”. On the control panel screen click on “System and Maintenance” then “Backup and Restore Center”. After that, the screen where you would […]
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August 13th, 2007
Backing up of files in Windows Vista is very simple.
Simply click on your “Start Menu”, then choose “Control Panel”. On the control panel screen click on “System and Maintenance” then “Backup and Restore Center”. After that, the screen where you would be able to back up your files pops up (See below):
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July 28th, 2007
Windows Vista offers copying the path of a filename or folder instead of the conventional file /folder copy.
Hold down the shift key, and right-click the file. In the menu you would see the choice Copy as Path and clicking on it would copy the path to the clipboard.
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July 18th, 2007
It is really funny how bad mouthing Windows Vista travels the internet with so many approvals. Chris Pirillo wrote he was breaking up with Windows vista with the following comments:
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July 16th, 2007
We talked a lot about Windows Vista ReadyBoost, Virtualization, Security, etc.; but Windows Vista Media Capabilities is one of the most powerful features of the operating system which deserve more credit than it gets.
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June 29th, 2007
I have been hearing about newly bought computers with Windows Vista installed performing so slow.
I remember when I was testing out the laptop which I eventually bought, it was also so slow. I could not understand how a Dual Core and 2GB of memory took forever to open explorer. As I navigated around the different […]
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