Optimize and protect Vista with SpyBot Run Analyzer
We all know that there are trillions of Service and Task monitoring utilities for Windows in the market. So why should we bother to look into Run Analyzer?
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How to bypass the Login Page in Vista ?
People often complain about the need to enter their login name and password when logging to Windows Vista. Here’s a simple trick that allows help you to bypass the Vista login page and log in automatically with your Windows user account. You will need to have administrator privileges on your PC in order to implement this tip.
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Speed Up Windows menu
Here’s a nice trick that can help you to enhance your navigation in both Windows XP and Windows Vista menus. By default, there is almost a half of a second of delay between the time you move your mouse over a menu item and the time the menu item is opened. This setting seem not too convenient to many users I met, who that asked how they can either speed up or slow down the menu responsiveness.
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How to speed up a slow computer ?
Here’s an advanced tweak that you can implement in order to speed up a slow computer. It assumes the computer has 512 MB of Read Only memory (RAM). The idea is to prevent Windows from paging processes to the disk, and use the RAM instead. This way, we actually leverage the RAM in order to run some of the operating system components and eventually considerably speed up Windows.
The implementation of this tweak requires a modification in your operating system registry.
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How to change your default pictures folder in Vista ?
Keeping all your pictures organized in one central location is a very good practice, as it allows for easy backups and searches. Most users use the default Pictures folder (C:\Users\<your_user_name>\Pictures) to store their stuff, but this is certainly not a must, as the default pictures folder location can be easily changed.
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How to turn off the annoying computer beep sound ?
Windows operating systems are configure to display an annoying beep sound when a warning or error message are displayed.
I was asked about how we can turn off that annoying sound and below is the answer. Note that the implementation requires a modification of your system registry.
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How to display the volume control icon in the Vista toolbar ?
Here’s a quick tip that will allow you to have the volume control icon pinned into your Microsoft Windows Vista toolbar.
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How to launch a program by single clicking its icon ?
A friend of mine who runs Vista as its operating system, asked me how he can launch a program by clicking on its desktop icon only once.
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Open your PDF file with Foxit Reader
No doubt that PDF has became the universal format for file sharing. Unfortunately, the PDF reader market is dominated by the extra annoying Adobe (Acrobat) Reader. The main drawbacks of the Adobe Reader are that it consumes plenty of your system resources and periodically downloads software updates .
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How to display the Windows Explorer menu ?
Unlike in previous Windows versions, the Vista Windows Explorer doesn’t display its menu by default. Here’s how you can tweak it to make the menu appear:
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