Make Your Icon Text Easier To Read By Removing Desktop Drop Shadows
Depending on your desktop wallpaper you choose or if you have vision problems having Drop Shadows enabled may make your Icon names hard to read. but they can quickly be removed. Here’s how.
Right click your Computer icon and choose Properties.
In the Tasks pane choose Advanced System Settings.
If you are prompted for an administrator password [...]
Running The DirectX Diagnostic Tool
DirectX Diagnostic Tool helps you troubleshoot issues with the DirectX suite of multimedia technologies that come with Windows. If you’re having trouble getting game animation or a movie to run properly, you should run DirectX Diagnostic Tool to try to find the source of the problem.
To run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool
1. Click on the Start [...]
Generate A System Diagnostic Report In Windows Vista
The System Diagnostic Report is one of the most useful utilities I found yet in Windows Vista. Get ready for a flood of information from the handy report. Here’s how.
Click the Start Orb and type Performance in the Search Bar.
Click Performance and Information tools in the results.
In the Tasks pane choose Advanced tools.
Click Generate [...]
Create A Map Of Your Vista Network
In Windows Vista you can create a map of your networked computers to see how they all connect together.
The network Map in Windows Vista makes network diagrams of the connections between network devices that can be used to troubleshoot connectivity problems. Network Map uses a discovery protocol called Link-Layer Topology Discovery [...]
Speed Up Game Performance By Clean Booting Your Computer
When you start your computer using a regular startup, many programs start automatically and run the background. Sometimes quite a few. These programs may include third-party antivirus programs and system utility programs. These programs may interfere and slow down your performance when you install, run, or use a game or program such as Microsoft [...]
How To Show Vista’s Super Hidden Files
In a previous tip I showed you how to unhide your operating system files, but as I noticed some files are still hidden and these are called Super hidden files. Here’s how to show them too with a quick Registry edit.
Click on the Start Orb and type Regedit in the Search Bar.
Click Regedit at [...]
XYplorer A Great File Manager Alternative To Windows Explorer In Vista
One of the reasons I haven’t adopted Vista full time yet is its god awful file new manager Windows Explorer. Well let me tell you I found a great new file manager called XYplorer it has a 30 day trial and costs $25.00 and is worth every penny. Give it a try.
XYplorer [eks-wai-plorer] is [...]
