Windows Vista’s Reliability and Performance Monitor Part 2
In part 1 we looked at a quick overview of what the Reliability and Performance Monitor does.
In Part 2 We’ll look more deeply in each section.
The Performance Monitor:
First open Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor, click Start, right-click Computer, and click Manage. Expand System Tools and click Reliability and Performance.
Next Expand the Reliability and Performance tab [...]
Windows Vista’s Reliability and Performance Monitor Part 1
In this series of posts we’ll look at Vista’s Reliability and Performance Monitor. How it works and how to customize the reports.
Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that provides tools for analyzing system performance. From a single console, you can monitor application and hardware performance in real time, customize [...]
How To Disable User Account Control “UAC”
What is UAC. UAC has to be one of the most hated new security features of Windows Vista. UAC stands for User Account Control.The main goal of User Account Control is to limit the exposure to attack of the operating system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode.
This limitation minimizes the ability [...]
Accessing Vista’s Command Window
For those of you who access the Command Window regularly you’ll glad to know you can open it from any folder, just press”shift and right click” or the tried and true method, “Start Pearl – search box – command.
Modifying The Windows Explorer Columns
In Windows Explorer you can use column headers to sort your files by Name, Date Modified, Type and size. Just clicking the header in each column will change the sorting, But did you know you can add more columns? In Vista there are about 250 different choices. Just right click a column header and choose [...]
Uninstalling Vista From A Dual Boot Machine
Maybe you’re having problems with Vista or just want to get rid of it from your dual boot setup here’s how. Uninstalling Vista from a dual boot machine is relatively straightforward – most of the time. Nonetheless, I recommend that you back up everything before you start. Then follow these steps:
1. Put [...]
Check Your Windows Vista Experience Index Score
This handy program will give your computer a performance rating based on Processor speed, Memory, Graphics for running Aero and 3D gaming and your hard disks data transfer speed. The index ranges from 1 to 5.9 Mine is 3.5 for a few year old P4 2.4GHz with 1 gig of ram, and Vista runs just [...]
