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Windows Mobile Device Center 6 for Windows Vista

As a long time fan of Pocket PC devices (I cannot keep count on the number of devices I owned, borrowed, ruined or messed up with…) I’ve gotten used to working with Microsoft’s ActiveSync software since its’ earliest versions. With time, the ActiveSync tool has evolved and can now be found at version 4.5. But…

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Why you should Upgrade to Windows Vista SP1

Windows Vista SP1 is now RTM, and will be shortly available for download for all Vista users. You can read more about it on my Changes in Vista Service Pack 1 article and my Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is RTM article. SP1 is made of a large number of individual files and components, resulting…

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What is UAC in Windows Vista?

What is User Account Control (UAC)? When Windows launched Vista in 2008, it brought a large list of improvements over previous versions. One of the largest selling points for Vista was the increased security that it offered and one of the central aspects of this increased security is UAC, but exactly what is UAC? Windows…

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Vista Blocked File Protection Control

Windows Vista is known to be much more picky about the file types it allows the user to use than previous operating systems. Some file types are considered to be a potential threat, and therefore are blocked. As a general – this is good, but sometimes it can just drive you nuts. Windows XP Pro…

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How can I run the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Adminpak.msi on Windows Vista RTM?

Installing the Adminpak.msi will install all of the management tools that are needed to administer Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 computers and network. Adminpak.msi has a few versions, and the latest one is for Windows Server 2003 SP1. Read more about Adminpak.msi on the Download Windows 2000 Adminpak.msi, Download Windows 2003…

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Quickly Turn On/Off the Aero Theme in Vista

As you all probably know by now, Vista’s new Aero Theme is one of the cool features of Microsoft’s current operating system. The Aero Theme has, however, some drawbacks. You can read more about these issues in my “Aero Theme is bad, disable it” article. The Aero theme has one major drawback you might want…

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How can I open a Command Prompt (CMD) window during the Windows Vista installation process?

How can I open a Command Prompt (CMD) window during the Windows Vista installation process? As a Microsoft Windows Vista support professional, one of your tasks may be to install the operating system. You can read more about it in the Install Windows Vista article. There might be times where you’d want to perform various…

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Increase your Windows Vista Performance with the Performance & Reliability Improvements Pack

As you’ve probably read here on my site in the past, I and many of my readers have been very disappointed with the performance of Windows Vista, as it is when installed out of the box. Although I’ve written many tips and tricks on the necessary steps needed to be done in order to make…

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Get the Windows Experience Index (WEI) score of a Vista Network Computer

Microsoft defines the Windows Experience Index as the following: “The Windows Experience Index is a new feature built into Windows Vista that is designed to help you better understand how well Windows Vista and other software will perform on your PC. Your computer, running Windows Vista, is assigned a rating number called a “base score”…

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Add “Remove Temporary Files” and “Run Disk Cleanup” to right-click menu

Through several registry modifications, you can create an enhanced “right-click” menu for the Recycle Bin. The new options will allow you to delete the temporary files in the following two directories: %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Temp and %SystemRoot%\Temp. Additionally, another menu will be created that will allow you to run the disk cleanup utility. Please be aware that this…

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