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Connect Computer with Windows Vista to a Projector

July 15, 2007 by Jason

If you have to give a presentation or you want that a group of other people see what you are doing on your you need to connect to a projector or another external display such is a large monitor. Here how you can connect a running vista to projector or other external display.

1. Open Personalization window by right clicking on empty desktop and choose Personalize,
2. In the Tasks list click on Connect to a projector or other external display link, Read More»

Skip Operating System selection on boot

June 07, 2007 by Jason

If you have more then one OS installed on your , but you don’t use it very often, then you would probably want to boost up the startup by skiping the OS selection screen.

First make sure your is set not to hide “protected oporating system files” (by going to \Folder Options\View tab, and ucheck the “hide protected oporating system files” ) Read More»

How To Clear the Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer 6

May 26, 2007 by Jason

Clearing the temporary files from Explorer 6 is sometimes necessary to solve certain problems with pages and with the browser itself.

The temporary files in Explorer 6 contain locally saved copies, also called , of recent pages you have visited. Clearing the temporary files in Explorer is completely safe and should not remove any important data from your .

Follow the easy steps below to clear the temporary files from your Explorer 6 browser: Read More»

Aero Glass Color Cycling Windows Vista Applications

May 25, 2007 by Jason

This will cycle Glass’s color over a period of time. I have my cycling right now, and dwm.exe’s CPU usage is only hovering at 1-3%, up from 0-1%.
If you have a , and noticed that when shuts off, it looks like crap, you can also set this to go to a different color than normal when on battery…..Or even set it up so that the color is based on your battery life. (The doesn’t show it, but I added another for this option.) Read More»

Restore deleted or old files

May 07, 2007 by Jason

When Apple revealed Leopard with their brand new Time Machine feature which allows you to backup individual files from different time periods, everyone was in awe. However, what many do not know is that Vista is also equipped with a similar feature. Yes, you can restore deleted files or previously saved versions of your files on Vista.

Table of Contents:
a. How it works
b. Getting Started - Enabling System Restore
c. Creating a Restore Point
d. Restoring a deleted file or folder
e. Restoring a previous version of a file or folder
f. Forgetting your file and folder location Read More»

Index Encrypted Files for vista

February 18, 2007 by Jason

By default, Vista does not index encrypted files. If you need to have these files indexed for your utilization of Vista’s functionality, follow these steps:

1. Go to the .
2. Select System and Maintenance.
3. Select Indexing Options.
4. Click the Advanced button.
5. When the UAC prompt appears, click Continue.
6. Under the File Settings section, check the Index encrypted files .
7. Click OK.

info:http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2109/vista_index_encrypted_files

Disable Performance Counters

February 05, 2007 by Jason

XP has a performance monitor utility which several areas of your PC’s performance. These utilities take up system resources so disabling is a good idea.

To disable:
1. download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List
2. Then select each counter in turn in the ‘ performance counters’ window and clear the ‘performance counters enabled’ at the bottom.button below