August 2008
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Control Panel is a part of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface (GUI)which allows users to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls, such as adding hardware, adding and removing software, controlling user accounts, and changing accessibility options. Additional Windows control panel applets can be provided by third party software.
In recent versions of Windows operating systems like Windows Vista and XP, the Control Panel has two views, Classic View and Category read more
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Written by Tony on August 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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Most of the time, the version of Microsoft Windows XP or Vista operating system we use are fake because it is not genuine. When we try to download Windows updates or other Windows components from Microsoft website, a windows genuine advantage wall(WGA) utility checks if the Windows version we are currently using is genuine or not. If the version of Windows we currently use is not genuine ,we can’t proceed for the Windows updates download or any other update actions. However, the annoying read more
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Written by Tony on August 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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Our favorite tweaking tool, the registry editor in Windows XP has a limit of 255 characters for keys and values. This restriction complicates the error search for undesired Registry entries. Instead of this Windows registry editor we can use a command-line tool called ‘reg.exe’ that reads registry larger than 255 characters.
To use this tool, press the ‘Win + R’ key combination, in the run dialog that comes up, type ‘cmd’ and ‘OK’. Then enter the tool name and enter further read more
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Written by Tony on August 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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By default the Start Menu power button in Windows Vista operates in sleep mode.To change the Start Menu Power button to Shut Down instead of Sleep in Windows Vista,do the following tweak.
Open the Control Panel and click on Power Options.
Select the Power Plan that you want to use and click on “Change plan settings”. C
lick on Change advanced power settings, double click on “Power buttons and lid”.
Double click on “Start menu power button”, change the Setting to Shut read more
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Written by Tony on August 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Microsoft suggests that you not uninstall updates because of the protection of your system with the security information. Since Windows Vista is such a new system, many people do not know how to navigate it well enough to uninstall these without uninstalling other programs. This is a simple job and will not take you long to complete, depending on the updates you are uninstalling and your computer.
Go click on Windows Vista start button, which is always on the desktop in Vista in the lower read more
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Written by Tony on August 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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If you would like to save some time during Windows Vista startup, then you can configure your computer to log on to your user account automatically especially if you are the only one using the computer and security is not really a problem. Configuring changes can be done in less than five minutes. Here are the steps:
Go to Windows Vista Start then Run (or press the Windows key + R), type in control userpasswords2 then press OK.
At the top of the dialog box, untick the option saying “Users read more
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Written by Tony on August 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Windows Vista places a file on your hard drive that it uses when your computer goes into hibernation mode. If you do not use hibernation mode in Windows Vista, or your computer does not properly support it, you may want to disable hibernation and clear the file off your hard drive to free up a large space,if you have less amount of physical memory.The Windows Vista Hibernation file will use as much space as you have in physical memory, so if you have 2GB of RAM, it’s going to use 2GB of read more
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Written by Tony on August 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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