Help Vista Remember How To Size Your Windows
Sometimes Vista forgets how you want to size and position your open windows just like XP did, and just like XP you need to remind it by setting the window how you like it then hold down the CTRL key as you close the window. The next time you open it it should be [...]
Easily Rename Multiple Files Using The TAB Key
If you need to rename a bunch of files in a folder, Vista makes it easier. By default the file extension is preserved so all you need to do is change the name, also instead of hitting Enter after changing the name press the “TAB” key to highlight the next file and you’ll begin renaming [...]
Search For Files Using the Stack View
With Explorer’s little known stacks feature enabled you can quickly find all the documents you edited, yesterday, last week or maybe last month. Here’s how:
Open an Explorer window, click the little down-arrow next to the Date modified column header, and choose Stack by Date modified. Now you’ll see a collection of stacks (virtual [...]
Adding more Desktop Background Pictures
When Microsoft was building Vista they asked a number of photographers to take pictures for the desktop backgrounds, you may even be using one now. They only included a few of the thousands taken. Today I came across the site of one of the photographers named Hamad Darwish and he has some more if his [...]
Windows Slide Show with Themes
A little known feature in Vista is the ability to run a photo Slide Show with themes. Just open any folder with photos and click the Slide Show in the tool bar.
When the slide Show opens choose Themes from the bottom left menu. There are 12 to choose from.
Disable Vista’s Balloon Tips
Are you getting tired of Vista?s balloon tips popping up all the time. They can be informative and they can be turned off if you like, here?s how.
For Vista Business and Ultimate:
Click Start then type ?gpedit.msc? in the search box and press enter to launch the Group Policy Editor.
Under Administrative Templates, click Start Menu and [...]
Using Flip 3D
If you’re a long time windows user you know the usefulness of Alt-Tab to switch between open applications. Vista users get an upgrade when using the Aero interface called Flip 3D. Press the Windows key+Tab to scroll thru a revolving set of windows so you can see what you’re switching to, let go of the [...]
