Archive for the ‘Vista Tweaks’ Category

Making A Media Center With My Computer

Well yesterday, my son’s old CRT monitor finally decided to quit working. We don’t have the cash at the moment to run out and get a new monitor, so my husband was kind enough to give him his monitor. It was decided that my hubby could use the laptop for what he does. So I [...]

November 19, 2009 · Angel · No Comments
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Flip 3D and Aero On Vista Home Basic

For those users who purchased Windows Vista Basic, you’ll notice your missing two of the interfaces available in the other versions of vista. Flip 3D and the Aero Interface. On systems whose graphics capabilities are able to handle such things you may be wondering if there is a way to get these effects without paying [...]

May 5, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Add Window Switcher (Flip 3D) Command to Vista Right Click Menu

Windows Flip 3D and Windows Flip is a new way to switch and jump between opened windows in 3D dimensional or informative view, minimizing the error while selecting target window. Beside, the Flip 3D mode is also a stunning visual view. To activate or trigger Windows Flip 3D or Windows Flip mode, other than using [...]

January 14, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Deleting that Windows.old folder

If you reinstalled vista only to find half your files were backed up into a folder on your C drive called “windows.old” you can easily delete it using the following steps. Click Start In the search box type disk clean and hit enter to open the Disk Cleanup tool Choose “Files from all users on [...]

October 26, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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Downgrading from Windows Vista 64 bit to 32 bit with your upgrade disk

Most users who installed 64 bit copies of vista than decided it wasn’t for them for one reason or another found that they had product key problems once they wanted to re-install vista 32 bit using thier upgrade disk. Most would have to install windows Xp then run the upgrade again, but here’s a nice [...]

October 26, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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Increase and Change Size of Taskbar’s Window Preview in Vista with Thumbnail Sizer

There is a nice feature on windows vista that allows you to see a thumbnail of the minimized windows in your taskbar. It’s one of the things I love about vista. The live window taskbar hover preview can even support playing or streaming video or movie in animated preview. However, the thumbnail preview is kind [...]

October 25, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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Customize Start Menu power buttons

There are two new power buttons on the Windows Vista start menu that behave differently than in previous versions of Windows. The main button, that looks like a power button actually puts your computer to sleep, not really turning it completely off. The other button locks your computer. I personally do not like putting my [...]

October 25, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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Disable the User Account Control (UAC)

One of the most commonly asked questions about vista is “How the hell do I disable the User account control On vista?!?!” You would be surprised at how easy it is do do this. I’ll outline the process below. 1. Logon to your windows vista desktop (a given) 2. Open your start menu and select [...]

October 19, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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Enable DreamScene Video Wallpaper in Windows XP and non-Ultimate Vista

(Full credit for this article goes to My Digital Life Blog ) Windows DreamScene (also Motion Desktop) is a nice extra feature that plays high definition video content or movie as desktop background with animated wallpaper instead of static graphic. Unfortunately, Microsoft only offers the feature to Windows Vista Ultimate users for free download. But [...]

October 11, 2007 · Angel · No Comments
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