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How To: Use Encrypting File System (EFS) In Windows Vista

Tony — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:37:50 +0000

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

How To: Use Shadow Copy To Restore Previous Versions Of A File In Windows Vista

Tony — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:13:09 +0000

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

How To: Install/Enable Telnet Client In Windows Vista

Tony — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:51:45 +0000

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

How To: Hack/Change Windows Vista Experience Index (WEI) Score

Tony — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:33:14 +0000

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

How To: Disable and Turn Off IPv6 Feature in Windows Vista

Tony — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:34:05 +0000

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

How To: Turn on Windows Vista’s Hidden ‘Checkboxes’ Feature

Tony — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:47:26 +0000

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

How To: Disable Remote Differential Compression(RDC) Feature In Windows Vista For Faster Network File Transfer

Tony — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:34:28 +0000

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

How To: Access And Use Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool

Tony — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:31:28 +0000

Some Facts About Windows Vista Memory Diagnostics Tool The Windows Vista Memory Diagnostics Tool is a program that you can use to run various tests on the physical memory installed on your computer.The Memory Diagnostics Tool has been incorporated within the Microsoft’s latest operating system,Windows Vista to make the task of memory testing simpler for you.A bad memory chip(RAM memory) can generate several different types of computer errors, including stop errors, random program failure, read more

How To: Disable or Enable the Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) in Windows Vista

Tony — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:08:59 +0000

Transient Multi-Monitor Manager or Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) is a cool Windows Vista Feature that simplifies the setup of display configurations on mobile computers.Windows Vista Transient Multimon Manager is targeted at improving the user experience of connecting and disconnecting external displays Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) can place a mobile computer display (for example, a laptop computer display) into clone view when a new monitor is detected.TMM is enabled by default in read more

How To: Take Screenshots With The Windows Vista Snipping Tool

Tony — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:18:27 +0000

The Snipping Tool is a program that is part of the Windows Vista Tablet PC Optional Components feature. Snipping Tool allows you to take selections of your windows or desktop and save them as snips, or screen shots, on your computer.This is very handy when you need a logo from a site, that is using a text based logo with no images that you can download and save. Unless you have the Tablet PC Optional Components feature enabled, the Snipping Tool will not be available on your Windows Vista read more

How To: Set Windows Vista Parental Controls For Tracking Your Child’s Activity

Tony — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:02:26 +0000

Do you want to make sure your children are protected from mature content when they use a browser to view content on the Internet? With the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a new security feature called Windows Parental Controls. Windows Parental Controls allows a parent to configure, on a per user basis, various restrictions on what that user can do on the Windows Vista computer. These Windows Parental Control settings range from blocking websites to controlling what games read more

How To: Disable Superfetch Feature in Windows Vista to Save Memory

Tony — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:10:35 +0000

In theory, SuperFetch feature in Windows Vista is a seemingly good idea. Though as it pans out in real world performance, it can be responsible for a lot of unnecessary disk activity and performance degradation. (Though, you probably wouldn’t be running Windows Vista if you were the least bit concerned about performance in the first place). But more often than not, this caching of data hinders performance significantly. Windows Vista Superfetch learns your typical activities with files and read more

How To: Use Service Pack Cleanup Tool In Windows Vista

Tony — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:35:51 +0000

Windows Vista SP2 includes a Service Pack Cleanup Tool(compcln.exe) which can be used to clean the the space taken on your Hard Disk by old Windows Vista RTM and SP1 backup files and components after installation of new Windows Vista Service Pack 2.The new Service Pack Cleanup Tool(compcln.exe) is a successor for Windows Vista SP1 cleanup tool, Vsp1cln.exe, can easily remove all the system files (RTM & SP1) inherited from the older versions but replaced by Vista SP2.The Service Pack read more

How To: Turn Windows Features Safely On or Off in Windows Vista

Tony — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:28:52 +0000

Some programs and features that are included with Windows Vista, such as Internet Information Services, must be turned on before you can use them. Certain other features in Windows Vista are turned on by default, but you can turn them off if you don’t use them. In Windows XP and earlier versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, to turn a Windows feature off, you had to uninstall it completely from your computer. But in Windows Vista the features remain stored on your hard disk, so read more

How To: Enable Aero on Windows Vista Home Basic

Tony — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:46:50 +0000

As you know, the Graphical User Interface, or GUI, in Windows Vista has undergone a major overhaul. The most prominent example of this overhaul is Windows Aero, which Microsoft describes as the premium visual experience of Windows Vista, because it features a transparent glass design with subtle window animations and new window colors. Windows Aero is only available in four of the five primary Windows Vista product editions. The Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions read more

How To: Add Aero On or Off Shortcuts in Desktop and Computer Context Menu In Windows Vista

Tony — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:31:11 +0000

One of the biggest innovation in Microsoft Windows Vista operating system is its nice glassy theme also known as Vista Aero Theme. This theme adds fresh air to our Windows letting us work, thanks to its performing features, in a more productive way. The other side of the story is that this nice candy theme consumes a lot of resources from our computer making it, in more than one case, quite sluggish. Of course you can disable Windows Vista Aero through the normal Vista settings, but this read more

How To: Run Old Version Programs in Windows Vista

Tony — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:05:21 +0000

Microsoft’s operating system Windows Vista was designed with backward compatibility for software in mind, that is: much software was designed to run with all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems before Vista will run just fine on Windows Vista. However some programs may not run well or will not run at all in Windows Vista. If you find that on old program doesn’t run correctly you can access Windows Vista’s program compatibility wizard so you can setup windows behave like on read more

How To:Boost System Performance With ReadyBoost Feature In Windows Vista

Tony — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:31:29 +0000

Windows Vista has a new interesting feature that’s designed to give users a quick, simple and cheap way to boost the performance of their Vista-powered PC’s – it’s called ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost is a Windows Vista feature that allows the user to plug a USB flash memory device into a USB 2.0 port on the PC and use it as a cache or virtual memory. The advantage being that it is much faster to cache to the USB drive than caching to your hard disk, speeding up your system and read more

How To: Turn Hybrid Sleep On In Windows Vista

Tony — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:33:31 +0000

What is the difference between Windows Vista’s sleep and hibernate? Sleep awakens quicker than hibernate. In the event of complete power loss, sleep stores the information in RAM, thus loss of power means loss of unsaved data. Hibernate on the other hand, saves the contents of memory to a file called hiberfil.sys, thus you would not lose unsaved data. Hybrid Sleep is a new sleep mode introduced in Windows Vista. Hybrid Sleep is a combination of standby and hibernation.Hybrids read more

How To:Use BitLocker Drive Encryption Without TPM Chip in Windows Vista

Tony — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:34:45 +0000

Encrypting File System (EFS) is a file encryption method which is useful under certain circumstances, but it’s not an ideal solution when it comes to mobile devices, such as laptops and notebook computers. With the new BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) feature in Microsoft’s operating system, Windows Vista, we finally have a drive encryption mechanism that offers data security to laptop users running Vista.BitLocker Drive Encryption provides full-volume encryption to ensure read more