Category: Windows Vista

Windows Vista has a System Restore feature which can be used to restore your computer back to a specified point of time. Every time you install something, it creates a restore point. System Restore makes it easy to roll back changes made by a software installation. Here is how you can manually create a System Restore point in Windows Vista.

Windows Vista power settings manage when your system is going to sleep mode. In some systems it is necessary to disable Windows default power management settings in order for a drive or program to function properly. If you want to disable the Windows Vista power management settings, then here is how.

By default, Windows shows the thumbnails of various files (like pictures, Word documents etc.) in the Windows Explorer. This can put extra load on the CPU, and it can also make the Windows busy trying to create the thumbnails of each file inside a folder when you open that folder. You can choose to display the icon of a file instead of the thumbnails.

Windows Vista has a Windows Sidebar which acts as a placeholder for various gadgets. By default, Windows Vista shows three gadgets only (Clock, Slideshow, Feed Headlines) but you can add more if you want. The Windows Sidebar auto-starts with Windows every time you login to your account. If you do not like Windows Sidebar, then you can disable Windows Sidebar from auto-starting with Windows.

Windows ReadyBoost is a new feature introduced in Windows Vista which can use storage space on some of the removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. You can only select faster USB flash drives which support USB 2.0 and 3.0.

Telnet Client is a program used to connect to remote computers using the Telnet protocol. This protocol was very popular in the older days of Windows, but it is still used by many. This may explain why the Telnet Client is not installed in Windows Vista by default. If you want to install Telnet Client in Windows Vista, then you can follow these instructions.

On the first Tuesday of every month, the software giant Microsoft releases patches and updates to its different software products including Microsoft Windows. Although you can download these patches manually and install them, but it is better if this downloading and installing process is automatic.

We have earlier discussed how you can download new fonts from the internet and install them in Windows Vista. What if after installing a font, you find later that the font is not to your liking. Do not worry, you can always uninstall a font from Windows Vista.

Windows Vista comes with few standard fonts pre-installed. But if you think those are not enough then you can download thousands of free fonts from many different web sites. Once you have the new font, you have to install it in Windows so you can use it

If you have to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows Vista, then you have to go through many steps. But you can add the whole series commands to the right-click context menu so that you can just right-click on a file or folder and choose Take Ownership to take the ownership of the selected item.