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Speed up file deletion in Windows Vista

November 18, 2009 1 comment

If you are using Windows Vista, you might have noticed that when you drag a file to the Recycle Bin, it sometimes takes 30 to 45 seconds to complete the process (sometimes even longer). A feature in Vista has been causing this problem for some, even though it shouldn’t. Remote Differential Compression attempts to moderate [...]

How to make Vista and XP taskbar to show only icons

August 15, 2009 1 comment

The Windows 7 taskbar consists exclusively of icons, even for programs that are currently running. While at first it may appear to be inconvenient to identify the tabs with just the icons, you quickly get used to it and importantly it frees up lots of extra space on the taskbar. However, in Windows Xp or [...]

Preview open windows on taskbar with thumbnails

June 23, 2009 0 comments

One of the cool feature in Windows Vista is the ability to get a thumbnail preview of open windows by just mousing over the tabs on the taskbar. It sure does helps you to quickly find the window/application you want when you have several such tabs on the taskbar.

Mouse pointer disappears in secondary monitor in Vista – A workaround

June 17, 2009 5 comments

If you are using Vista and have a secondary display monitor attached to your laptop, you might have encountered this issue. What happens is, once your computer goes to sleep and then you wake it up, you are not able to see the mouse pointer in the secondary monitor though if you move it to [...]

Pin frequently used folders to Vista’s Start menu

June 16, 2009 0 comments

If you’ve ever right-clicked an application icon in Vista, you’ve probably seen the context-menu option ‘Pin to Start Menu’. It’s designed to make frequently used programs more easily accessible. But such an option is not available for folders. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the same kind of quick access to all the folders you [...]

Unlock Vista’s Hidden Boot Screen

February 15, 2009 0 comments

Windows Vista has a hidden boot screen that you can activate, and it’s totally different. Instead of the boring progress bar, you’ll see a soft aurora against a black background. Here is how to activate it. Click Start, type msconfig in the Search field, and press <Enter>. After you click through the UAC prompt, a [...]

How to add Windows XP Computers To Vista’ s Network Map

January 1, 2009 0 comments

Vista’s handy Network Map provides a diagram showing computers on your home network and how they’re linked to each other. To view the map, click Start, type Network And Sharing Center in the Start Search box, and click the corresponding entry.

How to display multiple timezones in Vista

December 15, 2008 0 comments

Vista usually displays your local time in the lower-right corner of the Desktop, but it can also be configured to simultaneously display the time for other locations as well. You can add up to two more time zones to your local time. This could be handy if you travel frequently across different time zones or [...]

Get your Windows XP start menu to work like in Windows Vista

November 20, 2008 0 comments

If you have used Windows Vista, I am sure you would admit that starting a program or searching for a file in Vista is way much faster than how you do it in Windows XP. Just start typing the first few letters of the program name or file name and Vista fetches the matching programs [...]

Customizing ‘Send To’ context menu in Windows Vista

May 3, 2008 0 comments

Adding your own destinations to the ‘Send To’ context menu in Windows XP is quite easy. While it isn’t too difficult to do the same in Windows Vista, it is a little different. Here is how to do it in Vista. Open the Control Panel, then Folder Options, then move to the View tab and [...]

Vista – Copying file/folder paths made easy

April 29, 2008 0 comments

In the pre-Vista days, copying a file or folder path to the clip-board involved 5 steps. You had to right-click on the file or folder, select Properties, highlight the path, right-click again, and select Copy. That’s way too many steps for a task as simple as copying a path. In Vista you have a much [...]

Windows Vista Home license forbids virtualization

February 3, 2007 0 comments

If you want to run Microsoft’s new Vista operating system on a Mac using Parallels Desktop for Mac, you’re going to have to buy the Enterprise or Ultimate editions. With the release of Vista, Microsoft has reworded its End User License Agreement (EULA) to forbid the use of Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions [...]

Six versions of Windows Vista.

January 30, 2007 0 comments

So Microsoft has finally launched Vista. Now, it has to wait and see how people take to the latest version of Windows claimed by Microsoft to be the most secure OS ever. But the general impression is that People may not rush out to buy Vista. One of the reasons is that Vista is available [...]

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