Vista Revisited
Helping you get the most out of Vista

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 [...]

If you’re the only person using your computer and are tired of entering your password each time you start it up and aren’t to concerned about anyone else getting on you computer you can disable the requirement to type in your password every time you start your computer. Here’s how.
1.Click Start.
2. Type netplwiz in the [...]

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.

Yesterday we looked at how to use Windows to backup your computer files. Today we’ll look at how to restore those files.
You can restore backed-up versions of files that are lost, damaged, or changed accidentally. You can restore individual files, groups of files, or all files that you have backed up. To access The Restore [...]

Windows Backup is a program that ships with all Vista versions except Starter and Basic and lets you quickly and easily backup your computer. Lets face it most of us only think about backing up after its too late. While Windows Backup isn’t the greatest program out there, its included in Vista for free so [...]

You can customize your taskbar by making its size two or more rows or moving it to any side of your monitor.
First unlock the taskbar. Right click an empty space on the taskbar and deselect Lock the Taskbar.
To make the taskbar larger grab the edge of the taskbar and pull it up.

 
 
 
 
You can then set [...]