Adjust Your Blinking Cursor In Vista
Sometimes it hard to see your blinking cursor when typing, after all its just a small blinking line.
But its easy to make it any size you want.
Here’s how.
Click the Start Orb > Control Panel. Optimize visual display
Scroll down to “Make things on the screen easier to read” Then use the drop down box [...]
Make Your Icon Text Easier To Read By Removing Desktop Drop Shadows
Depending on your desktop wallpaper you choose or if you have vision problems having Drop Shadows enabled may make your Icon names hard to read. but they can quickly be removed. Here’s how.
Right click your Computer icon and choose Properties.
In the Tasks pane choose Advanced System Settings.
If you are prompted for an administrator password [...]
Speed Up Game Performance By Clean Booting Your Computer
When you start your computer using a regular startup, many programs start automatically and run the background. Sometimes quite a few. These programs may include third-party antivirus programs and system utility programs. These programs may interfere and slow down your performance when you install, run, or use a game or program such as Microsoft [...]
How To Show Vista’s Super Hidden Files
In a previous tip I showed you how to unhide your operating system files, but as I noticed some files are still hidden and these are called Super hidden files. Here’s how to show them too with a quick Registry edit.
Click on the Start Orb and type Regedit in the Search Bar.
Click Regedit at [...]
Speed Up Vista’s Start Menu Search
Vista’s new Search box in the start menu is great way to find programs and files fast, but if you have a slower computer you may want to limit what gets searched to just your Programs, Control panel, Start menu items and Files, if your still getting a performance hit you may need to [...]
Change IE 7 Default Downloads Settings To Allow More Simultaneous Downloads
By default IE7 will only allow you to download 2 files at a time. To change that setting you have to edit the Registry. (Note: always backup the Registry first by creating a restore point)
Click on the Start Orb and type Regedit in the Search Bar.
Click Regedit at the top of the search results [...]
Remote Differential Compression And Your Vista Network Part 2
This week I had the opportunity to install Vista SP1 on my computer so I decided to revisit my Remote Differential Compression test. You can Read Part 1 Here. Microsoft has said SP1 will speed up file transfers so I retested with the same file and as you can see it made a marked [...]
