Category: Windows Vista

An ISO image is a file in which a CD/DVD disc image is saved. You can use it to burn the data exactly it was on the originating CD/DVD. You can also use some virtual CD/DVD tools like Daemon Tools to load it straight in Windows. It is very common for the Linux community to distribute Linux software in form CD and DVD ISO images.

When you logon to Windows, open a window, close a window or some error occurs (and dozens of such events) a sound is played by Windows. Which sound is played on such events, is controlled by the sound scheme. Windows Vista comes with few such sound schemes that you can change to, so that a different sound is played on various events.

When you turn on your computer, Windows Vista plays the startup sound. This can be very distracting and annoying when you are in a classroom or a meeting. You feel like you are causing disturbance. Fortunately, you can disable the playing of this startup sound in Windows Vista.

If you want to show the Windows Vista version on your desktop just for the sake of fun, then you would have to do a little registry editing. The version string is shown on the bottom right of your desktop and shows the Windows Vista as well as the build number.

Windows XP has the Run command in Start Menu by default. In the modern Start Menu (as compared to the classic Start Menu) of Windows Vista, if you want the Run command in your Start Menu then you have to set option for the Run command to appear in the Start Menu.

Most people do not know that there is a hidden Administrator account in Windows Vista. This account is meant for times when you have to troubleshoot problems in your Windows Vista based computer. But before you can use it, you will have to activate it.

Windows Vista, like other versions of Windows, has a great feature called the Run command which is used to run any program or a command easily. Usually, this Run command dialog is accessed using the keyboard shortcut Windows logo key + R or from its Start Menu shortcut, but you can add a shortcut to the Desktop itself too.

When you attach a new hard disk to your computer, Windows recognizes it upon boot and assigns it an available letter. If you do not like the assigned letter, then you can always change it.

By default, the shortcut icons shown on the desktop in Windows Vista have an arrow overlay over them. If you do not like this arrow, you can follow a workaround to disable it. Here is how to disable this arrow.

The About Windows dialog is a dialog that tells about the Windows version you are running, the registered username and the the registered organization. You can open this About Windows dialog box in many ways as described.