NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH VISTA SP1. IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS IN SP1, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BOOT your setup. There’s a little utility that it’s possible for you to use to create the boot logo formats. Both files must be in Bitmap(BMP) format. To take ownership of the file, you’ll have to open an administrator command prompt. verify you choose the overwrite option. Now you’ll need to use the msconfig utility....
In older versions of Windows, you had to use the Ctrl+Alt+Delete combination to login to the system. This was supposed to provide a higher security login, although I don’t know how.
There’s a soon to be well known trick that can extend the trial period up to 120 days. Do so, and you’ll see that the activation period has been reset to 30 days. you’ve got the option to only use this command 3 times before Microsoft smacks you down. This answer is less obvious. Most people don’t have MSDN, however. There are various “other” ways to get a copy of the Vista CD....
This solution is detailed below.
There’s an easy tweak that will let you autologin. First, we’ll need to get to the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel to get to this setting. I think there’s a registry tweak as well, but that seems like too much work. You’ll see a username and password box.
It drives me crazy when my monitors turn off while I’m watching a movie. If you want to quickly change the monitor timeout using the command line, it’s actually pretty simple.
Just key in it on the command line to see the options: Creates a symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link. /H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J Creates a Directory Junction. Link specifies the new symbolic link name. Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link refers to. Understanding the Options. MKLINK link target Using the command without any extra options creates a soft link to a file....
(Windows 7 users can go for the volumes from the start screen).
If you are running a dual-boot setup with more than one Windows operating system, It’s pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system with the GUI interface. Note that if you are using Windows 7 or Vista as one of the operating systems, you will need to make this change from 7/Vista, not XP. First, you’ll need to right choose Computer and select Properties: Next, click Advanced System controls...
What is annoying is that by default the favorite links doesn’t include enough useful links. Managing your links is extremely simple. Just open up your home directory by clicking on your icon on the start menu. You’ll see the LInks folder: This folder contains all of the shortcuts to your favorite locations.
It doesn’t fully empty your temp folder. Just punch in in %TEMP% into the start menu search box, and hit enter.
The Windows Vista Aero Glass interface is one of the major changes in the newest version of windows. What is less clear for most people is what conditions have to be met for Aero to be enabled. You should see Windows Aero in the list. Click that, and hopefully Aero will now be enabled.
If you’ve upgraded your Windows Vista computer’s memory(RAM) after you installed the memory, you may be wondering why you suddenly lost some drive space. In Windows XP, when you added more memory to your gear, you had to manually go and increase the size of your paging file to correctly match the amount of memory in your gear. Windows Vista does away with this by automatically setting the optimal size for the paging file, even after you add more memory to your rig....
