System restore is a very necessary utility in Microsoft Windows operating systems and it has a tendency to consume large amounts of disk space. By default, System restore feature in Windows Vista and XP is allocated a minimum of 15% of disk volume for restore points. Decreasing system restore space is somewhat a trade off – reduce the allocated space and, although you gain extra free space, you also loose the earlier system restore points. If you are happy having a reduced number of read more

Joining a Bluetooth personal area network A Bluetooth personal area network (PAN) is a short-range wireless network used to connect devices together wirelessly. It’s commonly used to connect a laptop to a desktop PC, though it can be used to connect other types of Bluetooth devices. As a rule, there’s not much to joining Bluetooth devices to a Bluetooth network. Most of the action takes place automatically behind the scenes. To understand the basic procedure, let’s assume you already read more

When you want to right click on any folder or file and want to open up an Explorer window of that folder,you can easily add “Explore From Here” option as folders context menu item in Windows Vista or in Windows XP.The steps for this registry tweak is given: Open the Windows Vista start menu by click on Vista start orb button. In the opened start menu you will find a search box and type regedit in the type field and then press Enter. This will launch up windows registry editor and read more

Microsoft allows you to install and use Windows Vista for evaluation without license or product key for up to 30 days. Within these 30 days, you must activate the Windows Vista system with a valid product key. Else, if you forget to activate your Windows Vista computer, or you’re using illegal and pirated product key, Windows Vista will go into Reduced Functionality Mode (RFM), where you basically can no longer use the system for productivity works until you successfully activate Windows read more