Turn Aero OFF at will!!
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A site talk about this really cool Regedit. To Do this you will need to do some things. Check out the full article at PC Heaven for the Reg Hack. I did the hack and it worked. I know have a way to turn off and on Aero when I’m on the road. I don’t have to worry about battery life for my Vista laptop. This should increase my battery life and extend my time on the system without slowing me down!!
Customize Vista Open/Save Shortcuts
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- Open a dialog box (either a Save As or Open dialog will work).
- Right click on some white space in the locations on the left pane and select Open Favorite Links Folder. The folder: “C:\Users\Your Name\Links” should open.
- Add or remove shortcuts as needed.
- Your changes should take effect immediately.
Once you take a few minutes to configure your locations, this trick should save you quite a bit of time.
Thought people would like this little tip that I found on PcMech
and I wanted to let people know. What do you think?
Turn Vista into a Power Tool!!
Comments OffI’ve been thinking of some other cool things you can do with Vista and here are some of them!!
As you see, this little program can make command line shortcuts. All you have to do is go to the start menu search bar and type in a shortcut command and it will run a nice little script. It is a real nice shortcuts.
If you need something to capture a portion of a screen in vista. You have a nice little capturing program. It’s call snipping tool, and it isn’t readily available. You can get to it by hitting the start Menu and typing “Snip” in the vista Search bar. It is really nice not to have to download a program for making screen shots.
UAC Discussions and Tips
Comments OffAs many of you know, if you bought Windows Vista you’ve had this annoying little pop up for User Account Control. It darken}s the screen and only allows you to continue if you select OK or you can always Cancel. I find it waste CPU cycles, and Resources. I’ve been reading about a program called:
[TweakUAC] – TweakUAC(TM) is a free software tool that you can use to quickly turn UAC (User Account Control of Windows Vista) on or off, or to make UAC operate in the quiet mode.
This little program lets you make it quite, I’ve found that quite mode doesn’t do me any good because it makes you still have to click ‘OK’ on a lot of system level programs. Like Regedit.exe, and MsConfig.exe. This can get annoying if you are using you system for more than just day to day routines. I also find that if you use common sense you won’t have to have UAC on at all. That’s right I have turned my UAC off on windows and have no viruses or problems yet that have been associated with turning it off. I find most of the time people ignore the UAC and gets to used to it to prevent Viruses or Spyware. It’s all about getting to used to the UAC and ignoring all the warnings.
Vista Tips and Secrets!!
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I’ve learned a lot of little tips and tricks in Vista and I want to share you one or two!!
You can add the run command to your Start menu:
- Right-click on the Start menu and choose Properties.
- Select the Start Menu tab and click on the Customize button.
- Check the “Run command” option.
Add Items to you quick launch bar such as browser, email ,other important programs and you can easily start them up with a keyboard command:
- Windows Key + #
If you have Firefox first next to the start menu, you’d hit 1, and the next is 2, and so on.
I found these shortcut keys to be quite helpfull with Vista and it helps with speed. I also suggest getting a SD Card or Flash memory card, twice the size of your current memory if you’ve got a 1 gig, get a 2 gig flash and use that as a ReadyBoost
option. I will put more up later!! Keep watching!!
Customize Vista Open/Save Shortcuts
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- Open a dialog box (either a Save As or Open dialog will work).
- Right click on some white space in the locations on the left pane and select Open Favorite Links Folder. The folder: “C:\Users\Your Name\Links” should open.
- Add or remove shortcuts as needed.
- Your changes should take effect immediately.
Once you take a few minutes to configure your locations, this trick should save you quite a bit of time.
Thought people would like this little tip that I found on PcMech and I wanted to let people know. What do you think?
What Makes Vista Worth It?
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The majority of you told us that you prefer XP to Vista and that it’d be best if Microsoft extended its cutoff date for XP, but we can’t help but wonder if there’s something about Vista that’s worth your while. For those of you who have made the switch—or those who have been tempted—we’re curious what Vista features actually make the upgrade worthwhile for you. So let’s hear what you actually like about Windows Vista that you didn’t get from XP in the comments.
Ways to improve Battery Life in Vista
Turn off Sidebar:
Turning of the windows Sidebar helps with performance and reliability of Vista. Some people tell me it is nice to have that up. I say this, it’s using system resources and isn’t going to help you out when you’re running on a battery. Here is how you do this:
Control Panel>Classic View>Windows Sidebar Properties
Check your Power Plan when you are on battery:
Doing this will help you with your battery power. By making sure your got your CPU on power Saver when on battery power you will save battery life and will give you more time to use the laptop.
Control Panel>Classic View>Power Options
Change windows for Performance:
By changing Windows Aero to look like basic you can boost your battery life by not using any unneeded video acceleration. Doing this will save your battery and will give you 30 more minutes on your battery. It’s 4% to 5% battery increase but all this will make your battery last longer.
Control Panel>Classic View>Performance Information and Tools>Adjust Visual Effects
Organize Your Files in Explorer with Stacks
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We’ve heard plenty about Stacks in the upcoming Mac OS X Leopard, but what you may not know is that Windows Vista users have their own Stacks worth checking out. Weblog CyberNet takes a look at the new groups and stacks features in Vista, highlighting how the new Explorer features can improve your file organization.
If I were to stack files by name, they would appear almost like they would with a group, except none of the file names are actually shown [see screenshot]. Instead you’d double click on the stack that you want and it will open up all of the corresponding files. The more files that correspond with a particular stack, the larger the “stack icon” will be.Essentially, stacks offer a simple method for grouping similar filetypes so you can quickly narrow down the file you’re looking for by weeding out all the rest. The post describes in more detail how Vista’s new drop-down file organization options bring handy new levels of organization to your Explorer window. If you’ve got your own favorite Explorer view, let’s hear about it in the comments.
Nice tip for Windows Vista, I’ll have to try this out!!
