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Microsoft introduced a new feature called SuperFetch in Windows Vista. You can read my post about SuperFetch by clicking here. Most modern computers have a lot of RAM available for the operating system. Vista's SuperFetch feature just makes good use of this RAM to speed things up. Your memory is filled with applications that you are more likely to use by SuperFetch. That is the reason why

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I feel lame for not giving you the option to easily subscribe to my blog's feed. This is the reason I started using Feedburner. You can subscribe to my blog's feed by clicking on the "Subscribe in a reader" link placed on the top left corner of every page. You can add my feed to your favorite news aggregation service easily. You also have the option to be updated via email. Hope this

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 Jeff Jones a Microsoft Director has done a comparison on the vulnerabilities discovered in Vista and other operating systems. He considered a 6 month time span for his analysis. The results show that Windows Vista is one of the more stable operating systems developed. I guess all the bullshit on the net about Vista not being secure is just that, bullshit. Here is a link to the article.

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Whenever you open an explorer window in Windows Vista, you must have noticed a place for your favorite links to the left. You might have been using it to get to your documents folder or even your pictures folder. Did you know that you can customize this space so that new links can be added?! Just open windows explorer and navigate to the folder which you want to

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Many software applications that have been developed for Windows XP don't seem to work well with Windows Vista. Fortunately, there is a solution for this. We need to install the program in compatibility mode for Windows XP. Here are the steps to do it. Works On: All Versions Step 1: Right click on the application you want to install and choose "properties". Step 2: Choose the compatibility

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Windows Vista provides us with an option to add additional clocks for other time zones. Up to two additional clocks can be added. These clocks will be displayed when you click or move your mouse over (hover) the clock displayed on the taskbar. I don't know how useful they will be, but if can't find any uses, you might as well play around with them or use them to show off! The steps to add

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Did you know that you can use check boxes to select your files in Vista? Gone are the days where you had to hold CTRL and select the files if you had to select many items to perform some actions. This option in Vista is not enabled by default. Here are the steps to enable this option. Works On: All Versions Step 1: Open "Control Panel" by selecting Start and then clicking the Control Panel button

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Unlike the previous versions of windows, Vista does not place a shortcut for the RUN command in the start menu by default. However, we can customize the start menu to show the RUN command. Here are the steps to be followed to show hide the RUN command.Works on: All VersionsStep 1: Right click on the taskbar where your open windows and programs are listed and choose properties.Step 2: "Taskbar and

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While browsing through your media folders in Vista, you might have experienced the COM Surrogate has stopped working error. The most likely causes of this error are the codecs and COM components that are installed by the various not Vista compatible applications you might have installed. DivX, VLC and Nero to name a few.There are two solutions for this problem.Disable Thumbnails.Install ffdshow

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In Windows Vista, a new type of folders called the search folders have been introduced. These search folders are virtual folders that can be used to save your searches. Yes, literally save your searches. Here is how it works.Say you want to search for all the Microsoft Word files in your computer. Just open the search explorer by selecting Start -> Search or by typing Windows Key + F. You will

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Have you noticed that an XP machine that is left turned on overnight, appears to be slow? It does not appear to be slow, but is slowed down. When your PC running XP is left idle, processes like virus scanning, indexing and defragmenter start executing. The memory allocated to the applications you normally used is now allocated to these processes. Your applications are moved to a page file on the

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We all must have used Windows XP's media center one time or the other. Paul Monckton at ITweek talks about the things that are new in Windows Vista's media center. Link to Using Vista Media Center - 10 May 2007 - IT Week Technorati tags: Windows Vista, Vista, Media Center, Features

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You must have noticed that telnet is disabled in Windows Vista by default. Here is how to get telnet up and running.Works on: All VersionsStep 1Click Start or the Vista logo on your taskbar.Step 2Select ' Control Panel' from the start menu.ORType ' Control Panel' into the search box in the start menu, and click ' Control Panel' under programs from the search results.Step 3Click Programs' in the

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Works on: All versions Step 1 Click start or the Vista logo on your tacks bar. Step 2 Click on Control Panel in the start menu. OR Type 'Control Panel' into the search bar. In the search results, click on "control panel" under programs. Step 3 Click on 'User Accounts'. (On business edition of Vista, click on User Accounts again on the next screen). Step 4 Click on 'Turn User Account

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You might have seen the Apple advertisement mocking Vista's user account control. Is UAC that bad? Let us see ...Say you downloaded a piece of software, for ripping your music cd's, from your favorite p2p program. Do you know for sure, that the software you downloaded does not harm your computer? If this software tries to access your computers device manager or registry editor or decides to

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