Vista Revisited
Helping you get the most out of Vista

The Quick launch area is a place you can add your favorite apps so there easily accsessible, By default they are displayed in a small size so here’s a quick tip to increase there size to make them easier to see. If you don’t have the Quick launch area turned on lets do that first.

Last week I submitted my site to the WinVistaClub Forums for The Best Windows Vista Blog or Website contest, I didn’t think I had a very good chance of winning but the judges spoke and i’m one of the top 10 finalists. Now its up to you. If you like my site give me a [...]

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When the User Access Control is invoked your monitor momentarily blanks out, this used to annoy the heck out of me. Microsoft calls it “Secure Desktop” and it is a security feature in Vista that prevents virus and malware from sending a “click” message to the secure prompt dialog, which basically means they can do [...]

Microsoft  is offering a free download of their Performance and Tuning Springboard series. Its a 14 page document with many tips on improving the performance of your computer. Get it here

Disk defragmentation describes the process of consolidating fragmented files on your computer’s hard disk.
Fragmentation happens to a hard disk over time as you save, change, or delete files. The changes that you save to a file are often stored at a location on the hard disk that’s different from the original file. Additional changes are [...]

Are you tired of resizing and dragging windows around so you can see them both at the same time, well here’s a quick tip that will quickly resize and display your windows side by side.
Hold down the control key and select two or more windows on the task bar, depending on how big your monitor [...]