Nov 24 2007

Setup Vista To Boot Into Safe Mode On Next Boot

Sometimes you need to boot into Safe Mode to recover from system problems, trouble shoot issues or upgrade drivers. To enter Safe Mode you would continually press the F8 key when rebooting and hope you pressed it at the right time or you’d try it again ( I can never seem to get it [...]

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Nov 19 2007

Taking A Few Days Off for Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers, See you 11-24-07
Kevin.

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Nov 19 2007

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 [...]

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Nov 17 2007

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 [...]

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Nov 14 2007

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 [...]

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Nov 11 2007

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 [...]

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Nov 10 2007

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 [...]

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