All Posts Tagged With: "Vista"
Run Blocked Startup Programs In Vista
Windows Vista is good for security, but sometimes it can go too far making it hard to run programs that you know are safe and not giving a way to run them in the future. The way it treats some startup programs is a classic example, frequently displaying an annoying ‘Windows has blocked some startup [...]
15Jul2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Speedup Windows Settings By Increasing The Double-click Speed
I have a great Windows optimization tip that all levels of users can follow!
I’ve always ‘felt’ that my PC runs faster when I’ve speedup my mouse double-click speed and Microsoft developer Raymond Chen has just confirmed that it does indeed speedup your PC. Raymond explains in his post that many other Windows settings use the [...]
TweakNow: Tweak Your XP Or Vista Machine Safely
Many PC tweaking utilities can be risky to use as they present you with dozens of options at a time, and when you change a dozen things at once something is bound to go wrong. The problem in this situation normally is, how do you roll back so many changes?
16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
10 Essential Free Vista Media Center Addons & Tweaks
I’ve had a lot of fun customizing Windows Vista Media Center over the last couple of days. Here are the best 10 free tweaks and addons I’ve found for VMC that will allow you to get so much more out of your Windows Media Center.
15Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
How To Remove Annoying Sample Music Folder From Vista Media Center
If you’re a Windows Media Center user, then you are have probably given up trying to remove the annoying Sample Photos, Sample Music and Sample Videos folders. It took me ages to find a way to find out how to remove them permanently from MCE, and the solution I found in the end was very [...]
10Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Freeup Memory In One Click With Instant Memory Cleaner
Managing PC memory isn’t as big an issue as it used to be, but freeing up memory can still provide benefits. Rather than spending a lot of time closing old processes, installing Instant Memory Cleaner is a quick solution.
Once installed, this tiny app (and it really is tiny at 1.8MB) sits in your system tray [...]
Vista Transformation Pack 8 For Windows XP
I’ve promoted the amazing Vista Transformation Pack in the past that gives your XP machine that Vista look & feel for free. Well, now Version 8 is now available that makes windows XP/2003 look even more like Vista. The latest version of VTP 8 completely replicates Window Vista without paying the hefty price or compromising [...]
5Dec2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Download Windows Vista Codecs
One of the annoying parts about downloading videos in particular off the internet is ensuring that you have the correct codecs. Not having the correct codecs installed can mean that your videos won’t play, or even worse in my view, play with audio but no video!
4Dec2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Free Firewall For Windows PCs
Every broadband user needs a decent firewall. Going online without one is tantamount to suicide.
Windows XP and higher has a respectable firewall, but it can be improved upon. Luckily there’s a good free one in PC Tools Firewall Plus from the makers of Spyware Doctor.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is much more than a [...]
Get Vista Aero Effect on Windows XP
Windows Vista has been out for nearly a year and personally I love it, but there are many people out there who are happy with Windows XP.
If you are one of those many people, but you’d still like to get Vista’s Aero effect then you should install Shock Aero. This free utility will add [...]
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