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Windows Vista plays a click sound whenever you navigate your way around Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. You can disable the clicking sound in Windows Vista by a simple method described below:
Go to Windows Vista Start Menu > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices
Then click on the Sounds tab.
Note: To open up the sounds configuration panel quickly in Windows Vista, just type in mmsys.cpl into the start menu search box, and hit enter.
You can either click the Sound Scheme and read more
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Written by Tony on May 16th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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System beeps are those sounds you hear when an error message or an information/warning message appears.One of the small but annoying things in Windows Vista is the fact that the System Beep is enabled by default.
If you want to get rid of the annoying system beep in Windows Vista, do any of the following methods:
Method 1: Through Windows Vista Registry
Start the Windows Vista registry editor by clicking Start, then, Run, and then entering regedit.
You’ll need to provide administrative read more
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Written by Tony on April 28th, 2009 with 2 comments.
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After installing any Bluetooth device(Like USB Bluetooth Dongle,Bluetooth Mouse,Bluetooth Printer etc) on Windows Vista, an icon called “My Bluetooth Places” has appeared on the desktop.If you right click on it, there is no option to delete. In the configuration box, there’s no option to move it. If you attempt to drag it off the desktop to another location it automatically creates a shortcut and leaves the original on the desktop.If you want to remove this annoying read more
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Written by Tony on April 2nd, 2009 with 3 comments.
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Windows Vista comes with a version of Check Disk that operates in much the same way as in previous versions of Windows.Sometimes it happens that disk check always starts to check the file system on one or more drives for consistency.Check Disk utility automatically run whenever you don’t shut down your computer properly.If any key is pressed, the disk checking is aborted.Basically, Check Disk is a command-line tool that verifies your disks for file system integrity, locates bad sectors and read more
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Written by Tony on March 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Windows security Center is a component that includes in Windows Vista and also in Windows XP service pack 2 for providing information about the status of your anti virus software, firewall and Automatic update.It’s important to understand that Windows Security Center is primarily a monitoring tool.Sometimes,Windows security Center may become annoying as you receive frequent message in forms of pop-up balloon alerts and other notifications.Surprisingly with Windows Vista, Windows read more
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Written by Tony on March 12th, 2009 with no comments.
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When your computer’s hard disk drive is nearly out of free space, Windows Vista will warn you with a little pop-up box at regular intervals.This low disk space warning can be handy the first time but that’s usually where the usefulness stops.Aside from being annoying, Windows Vista’s constant check for low hard disk drive space uses system resources which can slow Windows down.
By a simple registry tweak you can easily turn off the low disk space checks and warnings in read more
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Written by Tony on February 25th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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One of the most annoying features of Windows Vista is the constant,irritating, work-interrupting balloon messages in the notification area.These balloon tips can be off Automatic Update,security reminders,anti-virus updates,speech balloon announcements or other system updates.By any of the two simple methods you can easily disable the balloon notifications in Windows Vista.
Method 1:Using Group Policy Editor
Start up the Group Policy Editor in Windows Vista by press Windows+R, enter read more
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Written by Tony on February 25th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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