Long error messages in Vista require some sort of easier way to log all details as accurate information and then search it on internet/tech support to get it fixed. This may seem a no brainer but any Vista error message that pops up can be copied and pasted just like editing normal text in notepad/wordpad …
Most applications need administrator access to ensure they run smoothly in Vista. I had explained why this is required in an earlier post of mine. A simple way to make sure admin access is granted to a specific application everytime it runs is by just changing it’s privilege level. To do this,right click on the …
Recently Windows Mail started freezing whenever I wanted to reply to or compose new emails. This can be fixed by resetting Windows mail registry settings. Let’s take a look on how to reset that setting and bring back Windows Mail back to normalcy. Close Windows Mail if it is running. First we need to back …
Some things are addictive no matter how old they get,like playing DOS based games for instance. Have you ever wondered how will good old DOS run in Windows XP/Vista boxes? There is a cool free utility that allows you to do just that.It is an emulator of sorts which provides you all the retro DOS …
To fix an error,you should first know the error and then find out what causes this error. System errors in Windows occur all the time(the pretty blue screens of death).The default settings Vista (or even XP) is configured with is to simply restart on own. While this is a common way of troubleshooting errors,not all …
Vista comes with a lot of easter eggs and some of them use screensavers to get activated. Remember the cool swirling colorful screensaver in Mac OSes? This same type of screensaver (Aero screensavers in Vista) can be set as a desktop background using the easter eggs. I will show the most common ones in Vista.Do …
Windows Vista 32-bit version shows less than 4 GB RAM installed when in fact that capacity is actually installed due to 32-bit architecture limitations. It is not necessary to expect that if you install more than 4 GB RAM in Vista,it will provide better performance because it can’t see more than the above limit by …
Windows Vista task manager is greatly improved.It comes with useful additional features of managing services and also of file tracking based on the services running.This proves helpful if we want to manage services directly and see their application/system files from task manager instead of going to (Start > Run > services.msc) routine. Launch task manager …
Laptop users have some common tasks because of their mobility. Connecting laptop to a monitor,switching wireless radio on or off,charging the laptop are some of the most common of them. Everytime these tasks need to be done,laptop users need to go to Control Panel and change settings which can be cumbersome after a while. Is …
Setting up any system as a server requires two things : 1.Installing the particular service on system 2.Configuring the service post installation so that the system acts as server. SSH (secure shell)is a remote login protocol that encrypts data between communicating machines.It is originally used in Unix machines but we can use the same on …