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Using Windows Vista Encrypting File System (EFS), you can easily protect your data in case your machine is compromised or stolen. If you’re running the Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, you can use the Encrypting File System to keep your most personal documents and data safe.
Encrypting files and folders in Windows Vista is a pretty simple process. Just be sure you are logged in with the user you wish to use in the future to decrypt and interact with these read more
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Written by Tony on May 16th, 2009 with no comments.
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Accidentally deleted an important file or any document from your computer? If you are using Windows Vista as your operating system, you can easily restore any file within minutes.Thanks to Windows Vista previous versions feature.The Previous Versions feature in Windows Vista is a major step forward newbie, since it provides some built-in protection against losing important files.But,the Shadow Copy Feature is available only in the Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista read more
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Written by Tony on February 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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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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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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About IPv6 in Windows Vista
You have probably heard that Windows Vista features a dual stack, which allows it to run IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously.In Windows Vista, IPv6 is fully implemented and supported, is also installed and enabled by default, with full Internet Protocol security (IPsec) support for IPv6 traffic and Teredo tunneling support for non-IPv6 aware devices.IPv6 is not common yet, as most software, routers, modems, and other network equipments does not support the emerging and read more
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Written by Tony on January 24th, 2009 with 1 comment.
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You can see that Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista may not bring any major new features to the table (unless you count bulletproof security and simplified deployment as features), but it does have a smorgasbord of smaller ones.Some features in Windows Vista are so small, in fact, that they don’t even have proper names. For example,most tech-savvy users know how to select multiple files in former Windows operating systems like Windows XP: Hold down the Ctrl key while read more
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Written by Tony on January 18th, 2009 with no comments.
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Remote Differential Compression (RDC) Feature in Windows Vista allows data to be synchronized with a remote source using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network.Windows Vista Remote Differential Compression measures the changes in files over a network to transfer them with minimal bandwidth rather than transferring an entire file that has previously been moved.Also with Remote Desktop Connection, you can access a computer running Windows Vista from read more
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Written by Tony on January 16th, 2009 with no comments.
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