January 2009
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The Telnet client is a feature included with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, however, it is not enabled by default.The Telnet client is for text-based communication with remote systems.
Here is how to enable Telnet feature in Windows Vista:
Open Windows vista ‘Control Panel’
Select ‘Programs and Features’
In the left column, select ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ (get ready for the annoying UAC prompt)
Check the box next to telnet (and any other obscure read more
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Written by Tony on January 30th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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As most Windows users know, Microsoft has required “product activation” since the release of Windows XP in 2001.Windows XP must be activated by communicating with servers in Redmond within 30 days of installation.The activation process will complete successfully only if the software has not been previously activated, such as on a different machine. If activation isn’t completed within the trial period, Microsoft products temporarily shut down some of their features.Microsoft read more
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Written by Tony on January 30th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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Windows Vista ships with a new tool called the Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) which measures the various performance characteristics and capabilities of the hardware you run it on and reports it back as the Windows Vista Experience Index (WEI). The Windows Experience Index consists of 5 separate sub scores – Processor, Memory (RAM), Graphics, Gaming Graphics and Hard Disk. The base score is the lowest of all the sub scores and it roughly defines the hardware potential of a read more
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Written by Tony on January 30th, 2009 with no comments.
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You can easily setup a Hard Disk Drive Space Quota in Windows Vista to set maximum space usage limits for user accounts with a warning or deny message when the user reaches the usage limits you set.This Disk Quota Management feature in Windows Vista is particularly useful if you have many users accessing the same computer and you would like to restrict the hard disk space for users.
Each drive in Windows Vista has separate quota settings, and the actions you take on one volume do not affect read more
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Written by Tony on January 28th, 2009 with no comments.
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This Windows Vista Tweak can be use in preventing anonymous users from copying data from the computer or preventing them in plugging usb storage devices such as flash disk and usb hard disk.However, disabling USB ports totally from system BIOS also shutdown the ability for system to use USB based keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, scanner and etc, which has become a common connectivity norm in modern computer.There is a simple registry change that will keep the USB storage drivers from read more
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Written by Tony on January 28th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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Running multiple applications simultaneously in Windows Vista for long periods leads to a gradual decrease in system performance over time.Often the only option to this is a Windows Vista Reboot. Even if you close the application in the Windows Task Manager, the tasks/threads associated with the application are not released completely, depleting the system’s memory resources making the system unstable and sluggish.
Follow the below steps to create shortcut for clearing memory on your read more
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Written by Tony on January 28th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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About Windows Disk Defragmenter Utility
Disk Fragmentation occurs naturally when you use a hard disk drive frequently, just by doing basic tasks like creating, deleting and modifying files.At some point, the operating system(Windows Vista or Windows XP) needs to store parts of a file in non contiguous clusters.This is entirely invisible to you, but it can slow down the speed at which data is accessed because the hard disk drive must search through different parts of the disk to put read more
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Written by Tony on January 27th, 2009 with no comments.
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