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Show your Windows Side by Side in Vista

Are you tired of resizing and dragging windows around so you can see them both at the same time, well here’s a quick tip that will quickly resize and display your windows side by side.

Enjoy Vista’s Hidden Aurora Animation

Here’s a little trick to check out Vista’s Aurora Animation, its part of the System Assessment Tool but you can run it by itself.

Crack Windows Passwords with Offline NT Password Editor

After trying numerous Password cracking programs I came across the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. And I gotta tell you this is the easiest program to use to crack your password and it works on all versions of Windows. Check it out here.

The Most Affordable Way To Run Microsoft Software, Vista, Office and More

Here’s a little tip for you to check out if your tired of paying the high prices for Microsoft software and have a few computers in your house. Get a Microsoft Technet Plus subscription. The cost is $349.00 a year, or $249 to renew, with the subscription you get the right to download just [...]

Vista Hot Fix Improves Disk Performance By 15%

There a new Hot fix from Microsoft that can give you up to 15% faster performance copying and moving large files. Check out The Knowledge Base article 943899. It will probably included in a future Windows update but why wait. This update does require a Reboot.

Create A Custom Vista Screensaver With Your Own Pictures

Here’s a quick tip to help you make a custom Screensaver with your favorite pictures in it.

Another Quick Way To Shutdown Vista

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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Entering Vista’s Task Manager

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.
If you are connected to a network, you can also use Task Manager to view network status and see how [...]

A Quick Way To Run A Command Prompt As An Administrator In Vista

When launching a command prompt from Vista’s start menu you need to right click cmd and choose Run As Administrator to elevate your privileges, But another way to accomplish the same thing is to do the following.
1. Click start Orb.
2. Type in cmd in the search box.
3. Press and hold down Shift and CTRL [...]

Change Your Plain Sidebar Clock To A Vista Clock

Microsoft has a new sidebar clock available for download that changes the plain standard clock to a shiny Vista one. There a 12 styles included. It was created by ADH Darby and can be downloaded HERE give it a try and check out all the other gadgets at are available.

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