Vista Revisited
Helping you get the most out of Vista

Here’s a neat trick I found to slow down Vista’s animated windows, like when using flip-3D or when opening or closing a window from the task bar.

As you are probably aware of, whenever you create a shortcut on your desktop the word “shortcut” is always included in the name, then you need to go thru an extra step to rename the icon. Here’s a way to prevent the “shortcut” from appearing in the name.

If you upgraded your computer to Vista or you are moving files to your Vista computer you may need to Take Ownership of those files.
Update 12-27-07 From what I can tell this tip only applies to Vista Home Premium. I haven’t been able to get it to work in Ultimate yet.
Here’s a simple way [...]

Whether your video card isn’t quite up to the task to run Vista’s Aero interface or if you want the maximum power and resources available for gaming, video encoding or any highly demanding task, Here’s a way to quickly Disable and Enable Aero.
To Disable:

Right click on an empty area on your desktop.
Select New [...]

If you do a lot of work with the command line wouldn’t it be nice to customize it the way you want. change the size, the color and the fonts with ease.
First lets open the Command Processor window.

Click the Start Orb and type CMD in the search box.

Right click Command prompt under [...]

A lot of businesses create custom logon messages for their employees computers, here’s a way for you to do the same thing. When you complete this tip and reboot you will be presented with the logon message of your choose.
If you have vista Ultimate.

Click Start, All Programs, Administrative Tools and Local Security Policy.
Expand Local [...]