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Instead of manually checking the Event viewer to see if Vista encountered any problems, how about setting it up to Email you them instead. There are many different events you can choose to monitor but I only setup the Security section. (Be careful what you setup you don’t want to spam yourself.)

If you use Vista’s sleep mode you know that when you wake from sleep mode you are prompted for your password, If you aren’t too concerned about someone else accessing your computer you can disable this feature. Here’s how.

If you upgraded your computer to Vista or you are moving files to your Vista computer you may need to Take Ownership of those files.
Update 12-27-07 From what I can tell this tip only applies to Vista Home Premium. I haven’t been able to get it to work in Ultimate yet.
Here’s a simple way [...]

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.
Kevin.

Whether your video card isn’t quite up to the task to run Vista’s Aero interface or if you want the maximum power and resources available for gaming, video encoding or any highly demanding task, Here’s a way to quickly Disable and Enable Aero.
To Disable:

Right click on an empty area on your desktop.
Select New [...]

Here’s another quick way to Switch Users, Log-off, Restart, Sleep or Shut down Vista. From your desktop press Alt-F4 and the Shutdown dialog box will popup, then user the drop down to choose your action.

Bonus:
To lock your computer Press the Windows key + L
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