Vista Tutorials and Tips

Here is how to get rid of the word 'Shortcut' on shortcuts in Vista. make your own with the below or use the .reg file i've attached to this post: ; get rid of the word 'Shortcut' on shortcuts ; this is the original value ; [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] ; "link"=hex:1e,00,00,00 ; this is the changed value to get rid of word 'Shortcut' [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 Reboot after you do this. It will not get rid of the word 'Shortcut' on the shortcuts created before this reg entry, it will only not put the word 'Shortcut' on those you create after this reg entry is done. …

As many of us move forward from Windows XP or prior beta versions of Windows Vista to the final RTM version, I thought this little tip / secret might be in order. You may be aware that Windows Vista includes a number of different ways to upgrade a computer, from a straight in-place upgrade (insert CD, run setup and choose upgrade) to Windows Easy Transfer, which allows you to copy settings, programs and data from an old setup a fresh shiny new OS environment. But I'm the purist type who hates even the thought of leaving any detritus around and insists upon a clean install to a pure, unsullied partition. In doing this, it's not unusual to find some folders that can't be ac…

Chances are you're here because you're running Windows Vista and want to do one of two things. Install a second OS or manage your registry entries without directly editing the BCDEdit file. As you likely now realize, Windows Vista has made this task somewhat complicated for most users. VistaBootPRO was developed to make changes to the Windows Vista Boot Configuration Data (BCD) registry quickly and easily, doing the job in a fraction of the time it would take using the alternative. The only other way to edit the BCD is to use the command prompt application "bcdedit.exe," located in the Windows\system32 folder of Windows Vista, which requires users to become familiar with …

If you want to alt tab programs in 3d with keyboard press windows key + tab. Simple thing but just found it.

Here is a Vb.net app which changes following things in Windows Vista: 1. Register owner name. 2. Register organization name. 3. Computer name. ChangeOwner.rar

Legit Reviews has posted a guide about installing Windows Vista Ultimate with RAID.

from here http://www.tweakvista.com/ Windows Vista: Customize the User Interface tweaks Disable pop-up balloon tips Enable New Boot screen in Vista Beta 2 Enable New Vista Aero Cursors Enable Vista Glass look on Unsupported Video Cards Fix Windows Vista Fonts Force Vista Glass on Compatible Hardware Kill Security Center Notifications Show Run Command on Start Menu Slow Motion Aero Animations on Demand …

If you open a folder you can see the list of links on the left side. Don't like what is there? What to change them or add something else? Easy, go to the C:\user\your_username\links folder. Put in any shortcut there you want or change any existing ones. These links are what show up on the left side.

If you're doing a fresh install of Windows Vista, you'll probably use a bootable DVD so that you're able to reformat the system partition. But sometimes you might find yourself in a situation where you could really use a command prompt as you go through those initial configuration stages (for example, when I installed Windows Vista on my home media center machine I needed to run the diskpart command line utility to convert a dynamic disk back to a basic disk structure). Here's the magic key sequence: simply press Shift+F10, and you'll be presented with a command prompt. This also works after Windows Vista has rebooted for the first time on an upgrade, although be very ca…

System Related Logging on as Local Administrator If you are having trouble logging on as the built-in Administrator account under 5308, you will need to make some registry modifications to display the Administrator account. Log in using the account you created during the Windows Vista setup process. From the Start menu, click All Programs and then expand Accessories. Right click on "Command Prompt" and click "Run as Administrator". Click on "Allow" from the Windows Security dialog. In the Command Prompt window, type "regedit" (without the quotes) and press Enter. In the Registry Editor, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlog…

An X-Mouse - Windows Follow Mouse, feature is something I miss in Windows. In WnXP we could enable this by using the Power Toys. The Power Toys don't seem to work to enable this feature in Vista, but you can still have this if you like by doing the below, but before proceeding remember to back up these registry entries first in case something goes wrong: (This reg entry change not only makes the window active but makes it the forground window by bringing it foward on top of other windows when the mouse is over it.) 1. Open up Regedit and browse to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] 2. Look for the REG_Binary key "UserPreferencesMask" in the right pane. You will see…

First let me start by saying that one of the selling points of Vista is the new user accounts security enhancements, but sometimes, defaults don't meet everyone's taste when it comes to how we deal with our PCs. I for one, always used full administrator accounts since I first knew what a Windows user account is, and never been hit by a virus/spyware/crap, using common sense and updated AV software, so I don't want to give permissions to myself or face strange error messages every time I do a simple task on my computer. You know UAC feature in Windows Vista, and you all know how to disable it, this is not the purpose of this thread, because even after you disable UAC, you'…

How to open multiple homepages when you start IE7 now that we've got tabbed browsing. It took me a little while to figure this when I first used IE7 but now I couldn't live without it as a useful start to the day. Rather than try to explain it. I just took a screenshot of my config which should explain everything. I'd highly reccommend adding that second URL as one of your daily visits of course :thumbsup: Courtesy: Steve Clayton Blog

Open new text document and enter this lines: Save it with .reg extension, run it and reboot..

The awesome guys from the Windows Vista Magazine revealed a great Windows Vista secret recently that I wanted to bring to a broader audience. When you're browsing around the file system in Explorer, it's often useful to be able to quickly switch between different folder views. If you're looking at a folder with lots of long filenames, maybe the Details view works best. If you're looking at a folder with lots of photos, maybe a small thumbnail view works well; for a folder with lots of documents, maybe a larger thumbnail view works better. Now you can use the Views button on the toolbar to modify this - click the button to toggle between views or use the down arrow to ge…

User Account Control is, as I mentioned in secret #4, an important part of the security protection that Windows Vista offers. For any user with administrative credentials, you can always execute a process with full admin rights by right-clicking on the executable or shortcut and choosing "Run as Administrator". For myself, I regularly want to open an admin-level command prompt, and it's a distraction to have to move my hands off the keyboard to go through the elevation contortions. So I was delighted to find a little keyboard shortcut for launching an elevated process. Simply press Ctrl+Shift+Enter from the search bar on the start menu with a selected application, and th…

A lot of people seem to not like the default locations of folders in Vista, things like the personal folders, Documents, Favorites, Contacts, Music, Public Documents, Public Videos, etc.....Most don't like the default locations simply because they are used to using a different drive or location to store their stuff that suits there way of operation. Symlinks might be an answer for you. Instead of going into the long explaination, the easy way to become aquanted with the Symlink feature in Vista is to open up a command prompt and type 'Mklink /?' ,you will be presented with the necessary information for creating your own symlinks in Vista. So lets create one then... Say fo…

If you want to open command window while browsing Vista Windows Explorer to avoid "cd" commands in it do the following.. Right-click on any folder in Vista Explorer while holding down the shift key. A context menu will open with two new options: "Open Command Window Here" and "Copy as Path" Other option will copy current path to clipboard..

Disable IPv6 in Vista (makes ipconfig more readable): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community...guy/cg1005.mspx [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters] "DisabledComponents"=dword:000000ff

Vista doesn't have a 'Copy To' or 'Move To' that works everywhere. This reg tweak will add that capability to the right click context menu. You can make your own by using the text below: ;add 'Copy to Folder' to right click context [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}] ;add 'Move to Folder' to right click context [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}] or...you can use the copy_move_to.reg file I attached to this post. copy_move_to.zip

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You can turn off the Vista Start menu baloon tips one of two ways, use either Gpedit.msc or the reg entry below: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; turn off start menu baloon tips [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091 "NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000001

You can get rid of the shortcut arrows in vista by using an old reg tweak that still works: Open up regedit and go to: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile] Then re-name 'IsShortcut' to 'AriochIsShortcut' in the right pane. Close regedit and reboot - shortcut arrows are gone.

You pride yourself in the responsibility of having full and absolute control over your machine environment and anything that comes between that perfect human-machine symbiosis is to be spurned. If only there were a way to turn User Account Control off on a Windows Vista machine, you'd upgrade immediately. Well, dear reader, I'm here to help. Firstly, it's worth a brief digression into the benefits of this feature. Running as admin is a bad thing, as most of us know. Aaron Margosis has blogged extensively on this issue, and I won't rehash it here. But for reasons of compatibility, running as a standard user can still be a somewhat painful proposition. Windows Vista attempt…