Windows Vista

Windows Vista automatically assigns shortcuts to the quick launch toolbar. You can quickly create shortcuts to shutdown, restart, and lock the screen, and add them to the quick launch toolbar to have instant access to them. For example, the first shortcut in your quick launch toolbar is automatically assigned to WINDOWS + 1, and the…

Almost exactly one year since the first release of Windows Vista to the market in 2007, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing (RTM) today and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. The first available languages for download are English, French, Spanish, German and…

This page contains a collection of tweaking tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows Vista.   Recommended Reading: Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista Although UAC clearly improves the security on Windows Vista, under some scenarios you might want to disable it, for example when giving demos in front…

I decided to write this article after I bought myself a brand new, state of the art, laptop from Dell. I’m talking about 2.33 GHz Core Duo, 4 GB of fast RAM, a 7200 RPM SATA hard disk, and all the other necessary hardware. And yet, when I booted up the pre-installed Windows Vista Ultimate…