Vista Revisited
Helping you get the most out of Vista

Here’s a tip to save you a few seconds of searching for frequently accessed files or folders. Open up Windows Explorer or My computer and look to the upper left side and you’ll see Favorite Links section. Now just locate a file or folder you open a lot and drag it to the Favorite Links [...]

If you still have Vista’s UAC (user account control) turned on and try to delete a file you will get 2 pop-up boxes to click thru. A delete file confirmation box and a UAC prompt.

 
To keep the UAC prompt but eliminate the file delete confirmation box, right click the Recycle Bin, select Properties, uncheck Display [...]

If you find yourself using Vista’s TaskManager a lot you know the old 3 finger salute,  Alt+Ctrl+Delete, In Vista it brings up a splash screen and then you can choose Start the TaskManager.

but there’s a quicker way that lets you bypass the splash screen. Just use Ctrl+Shift+Esc and it will take you right there.
 

Windows Vista comes with a virtual onscreen keyboard that you can use in an emergency if your regular one fails, but only if you have a shortcut to it that you can click with your mouse. This has saved my bacon once already so I thought I’d pass it along. Now I’m not saying its a [...]

If you are using your computer where other people have access to it whether at work or at home its a good idea to lock your desktop when you walk away from it so no one else can access your files. Here’s how to create a desktop shortcut to lock it with 1 click.
Right click [...]

We could all use some more time in our lives, so here’s a way to shave a few seconds every time we need to Shutdown, Reboot or Logoff your computer. Lets create 3 desktop icons to Shutdown, Restart or Logoff your computer with 1 click.
This tip was very popular on my other Blog at KevinsCrate.com/blog [...]