When I first got Windows Vista about 7 or so months ago it did seem to be pretty slow compared to Windows XP. After checking out all the online tech websites I followed all the tweaking tips such as disabling background services, turning of animations and visual effects, using the Vista Power Saver application and [...]
A Few Defragmentation Tools
My defragmenter of choice has always been Auslogic Defragmenter, I have no idea how effective it is compared to other programs but it’s simple enough and looks pretty. However I came across Piriform Defraggler the other day and I was interested in one feature it had… individual file and folder defragmentation. At first I thought [...]
Started something too big
Windows 7 will be the Microsoft’s 7th incarnation of their OS kernel, hence the name (yep, pretty clever). As it evolved with time each successive Windows release still contained many UI elements from previous versions. You’ve all seen them, the icon from XP, the interface left over from Windows 3.1… sometimes you wonder what’s so [...]
Customize your Vista Desktop
You can do a lot more the simply changing your background and Screensaver in Windows Vista. Unfortunately you’ll need some 3rd party applications to do it. Microsoft decided nearly a decade ago that to protect their brand’s image all Windows themes must be signed by Microsoft. Since then all of 9 themes have been given [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Vista SD Card Problem
Dante send me an email today describing a problem that he encountered in Windows Vista. He is using Windows Vista on two desktop computers and one notebook and none where able to recognize an SD card, fully working and compatible, if the card had a capacity of 1 Gigabyte or more. The problem does not [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Advanced Run
It is sometimes required to run a command or software as another user in Windows. Say you followed the advice that is posted on many sites to work with a regular user account and not as an administrator in Windows then you will sooner or later find out that you sometimes need administrator privileges to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Turn Windows Vista into Mac OS X visually
Microsoft pimped up Windows Vista quite a bit when you compare it visually to Windows XP. It seems to me that they have put lots of resources into the design which probably should have gone elsewhere but that’s my personal opinion. If you run Windows Vista and like the way OS X is designed you [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Comments: 5
Quality icons from VistaICO
VistaICO is a site that offers only a few icons, but the ones they do have are very high quality. The site looks a bit like an adsense site, the navigation is a bit weird, but you can find all the icons in the download section, and some cool wallpapers too. They only offer 5 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Cleanup Vista after Service Pack 1 installation
Users who download and install the service pack 1 for Windows Vista are most likely not reverting to the old state their computer was in unless something stops functioning properly due to the service pack installation. If everything turns out well you might like the following tip [found at Digital Inspiration] that cleans Windows Vista [...]