Vista Revisited
Helping you get the most out of Vista

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 [...]

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 [...]

By default IE 7 opens all pop-ups in a new window but you can change that behavior to open them in a new tab if you prefer it. Here’s how.

Open IE7.
Click Tools > Internet options.
Under the General options, look for the Tabs section and choose Settings.
Under When a pop-up [...]

Disk defragmentation describes the process of consolidating fragmented files on your computer’s hard disk.
Fragmentation happens to a hard disk over time as you save, change, or delete files. The changes that you save to a file are often stored at a location on the hard disk that’s different from the original [...]

When your insert media such as a DVD,CD, Software or Games into your computer Vista will ask you what you want to do with it. Here’s how to quickly adjust all your Auto-Play settings at once so you won’t need to tell vista what to do each time, or if you want to turn Auto-Play [...]

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 [...]