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Sometimes when you want to kill Explorer.exe, you run and start Task Manager, find Explorer.exe and kill it. But there is a much easier way to terminate Explorer instances in Windows Vista. Here is how you can kill Explorer instances easily

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature included in Microsoft Windows that is intended to prevent an application or service from executing code from a non-executable memory region. This is useful in blocking many malicious programs and prevention from getting infected.

Windows Vista uses search index for searching the contents of your hard disk. This can significantly reduce the search time when you search for a file. But if a file is not indexed, and you try to search for it, then it will not display in the search results. You can turn off the search index so that you can search all the files on the hard disk.

Did you want to find out about your computer system more? Windows Vista has an in-built tool, msinfo32, which can show you all the information including hardware, software, peripheral components etc. This is how you can run msinfo32 and view your system information.

Windows Vista Check Disk can be used to diagnose and repair hard disk and file system problems. These kinds of problems may arise after continuous use of the hard disk or when the operating system is not properly shut down like in the case of a power failure etc.

Windows Vista shows the clock in the bottom-right of the computer screen. This clock displays the local system time. Some people think it as a waste of screen space, as they can also see the time on the wall clock or their wrist watch. If you want to hide this clock, follow these steps.