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Test Your Computer’s Memory Using Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool

If you are an overclocker, or are just suspecting a memory problem with your computer, you should probably run some memory tests. Rather than spending money, you can use the free tool included in Windows Vista….

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Disable Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7 or Vista Explorer

If you want to speed up browsing around in explorer, you might think about disabling thumbnail previews in folders.

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Change Start Menu to Use Small Icons in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows Vista uses large icons by default in the start menu, and it hides the setting for small icons pretty well. No matter, we’ve located it. (Thankfully Windows 7 is a bit easier)

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Copy Path of a File to the Clipboard in Windows 7 or Vista

How often have you opened an Open dialog and wished you could just quickly paste in the path of the file you are already looking at in Windows Explorer? Well… now you can, in Windows Vista.

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Make User Account Control (UAC) Stop Blacking Out the Screen in Windows 7 or Vista

In Windows 7 or Vista, the screen goes dark when the User Account Control window comes up, which is extremely annoying. They call it the “Secure Desktop”, but I think it’s obnoxious.

Lowell Heddings Jan 12th, 2007

Using Windows 7 or Vista Compatibility Mode

Windows Vista or Windows 7, will have problems running some older versions of applications, just because so much has changed under the hood from Windows XP days. Thankfully there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set…

Lowell Heddings Jan 9th, 2007

Adding Indexing Locations in Windows Vista

Windows Vista has a new built-in searching engine that is completely integrated into the operating system, but not all directories are indexed by default. To add a new directory to be indexed, you just have to follow a couple…

Lowell Heddings Jan 9th, 2007

Select Files using Check Boxes in Windows Vista

Windows Vista has a new feature in Windows Explorer that is very useful.. checkboxes! Instead of holding down the Ctrl key and clicking a bunch of different files to select them, you can just click the checkboxes… no more a…

Lowell Heddings Jan 9th, 2007

Speed up Your Windows Vista Computer with ReadyBoost

Windows Vista includes a new feature called ReadyBoost that lets you plug in a flash memory stick or SD card to store commonly used files for quicker access than off the hard drive.

Lowell Heddings Jan 8th, 2007

Stop an Application from Running at Startup in Windows Vista

Back in the old days, there were a lot of places an application could hook itself to run at startup. You had to check the registry in more than one place, as well as your start menu. With Windows Vista, there’s a built-in pan…

Lowell Heddings Jan 3rd, 2007

Add Home Directory Icon to the Desktop in Windows 7 or Vista

One of the new changes in Windows 7 and Vista is that each user has a “Home” directory that is actually accessible and meant to be used. In XP and 2k, you had a hidden home directory that you weren’t meant to muck around in….

Lowell Heddings Jan 2nd, 2007

Change Internet Explorer in Windows Vista to Search Google by Default

Windows Vista includes Internet Explorer 7, and on a new install it defaults to Microsoft’s Live Search, which is just terrible. Here’s the easy steps to make Google the default search engine instead.

Lowell Heddings Jan 2nd, 2007

Enable Additional Clocks in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows 7 and Vista include an enhancement to the system clock that lets you display 2 additional clocks when you hover your mouse over the system clock.

Lowell Heddings Jan 2nd, 2007

How to Install IIS on Windows 7 or Vista

If you are a developer using ASP.NET, one of the first things you’ll want to install on Windows 7 or Vista is IIS (internet information server). Keep in mind that your version of Windows may not come with IIS. I’m using Windo…

Lowell Heddings Dec 26th, 2006

How To Fix System Tray Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP

There’s a bug in Windows XP where sometimes the system tray tooltips and popup notifications will show up behind the taskbar, or behind other windows. This is really annoying when you want to use a tooltip….

Lowell Heddings Dec 6th, 2006

Find Out If Your Computer Can Run Windows Vista

With the release of Windows Vista around the corner, I started wondering if my laptop will even run Vista. Thankfully Microsoft provides a utility to examine your system and let you know if you need to upgrade anything….

Lowell Heddings Nov 30th, 2006

Login Automatically on Windows XP Home / Professional

If your Windows XP installation forces you to login every time you reboot, you can automate the login process easily so that you won’t have to login again.

Lowell Heddings Nov 8th, 2006

Disable "Your computer might be at risk" Popup in Windows XP SP2

Since upgrading to XP SP2 a long time ago, I constantly get nagged by a popup message that tells me my computer might be at risk because I don’t have an antivirus software installed. Here’s how to turn off that annoying messa…

Lowell Heddings Nov 8th, 2006

Disable Power Management on Windows 7 or Vista

If you are using a desktop computer, chances are that you don’t want the computer to go to sleep automatically. This is even more the case if you are running Windows 7 or Vista in a virtual machine for testing purposes….

Lowell Heddings Oct 28th, 2006

Blocking Spam from International Senders in Windows Vista Mail

I don’t personally use the Windows Mail client that comes with Windows Vista, but while I was researching how to use it to access my Gmail locally, I discovered a nice option in the Junk Email Options pane….

Lowell Heddings Oct 24th, 2006

How to Get a Windows 10-Style Start Menu in Windows 8.1

On January 21, Microsoft officially announced the new features that would be included in Windows 10. While you’ll have to wait for the release to enjoy most of the new features, you can take advantage of the new Windows 10…

Lori Kaufman Feb 4th, 2002

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