All Posts Tagged With: "Windows Vista"
Add My Movies To Watch DVDs In Windows Media Center
One of my most popular posts explains how to enable the DVD Library in Windows Media Center. However, I’ve just found a better way to add and play DVDs within Windows Media Center.
My Movies 2 is a free addon that automatically adds new movies that you add to your PC to your Windwos Media Center [...]
Jazz Up Your Desktop With Custom Cursors
The most common way to make your desktop look unique is to download a new theme. However, one area that people tend to overlook is their cursors.
Customizing cursors can really make your desktop stand out, and an easy way to do this is using CursorFX, which contains a wide selection of cursor themes. [...]
VistaTweaker - Tame Your Windows Vista Setup
Love it or hate it, Windows Vista is here to stay for a while. Taming it though so that it runs super-smooth, or trying to reduce all those annoying popups isn’t easy.
A quicker way to get control of Windows Vista is to install VistaTweaker. This neat little tool present in a nice selection list almost [...]
Stop Applications Automatically Starting With Vista
I get so annoyed when I install applications only to find that other programs are installed in the background and set to run automatically at startup, without asking my permission. Major culprits are QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat, iTunes and anything from Logitech.
If you want to stop applications running at startup with Windows Vista, there are [...]
Increase Vista Laptop Battery Life
Vista Battery Saver is a very useful app that I’ve been using for the last couple of days to improve the battery life of my laptop running Windows Vista. I wouldn’t say that it has improved my battery life by the claimed 70%, but it has delivered significantly better battery performance.
30Jul2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
LogonStudio: Customize The Windows Vista Logon Screen
Here’s a very cool app that will allow Windows Vista users a more personal touch to their PCs. LogonStudio from Stardock is a free app that allows you to change the picture for the Windows Vista Logon Screen.
The LogonStudio makes changing the Vista Logon picture a doddle, and changes can be previewed before being [...]
How To Play Xvid And Avi Files With Vista Media Center
I’ve spent a lot of time this weekend finally setting up Windows Vista Media Center, and I suddenly realised that Vista Media Center won’t play Xvid and Avi files even if Windows Media Player will. If you want to add support for third party codecs including Xvid and Avi files in Vista Media Center then [...]
28May2007 | Tony Williams | 23 comments | Continued
Download Fix For Windows Vista iPod Problems
Microsoft have just released a fix for the only remaining problem I have with Windows Vista, which is the problems using an iPod, which can corrupt your iPod if you disconnect it incorrectly.
This problem may occur if you use one of the following methods to disconnect the iPod:
You use the Safely Remove Hardware feature in [...]
8May2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Run Programs Automatically As Administrator In Windows Vista
Windows Vista has amazing in-built security, and although I find the number of popup alerts acceptable, what does bug me is that Vista repeatedly asks me the same questions. I haven’t quite worked out how to stop Vista doing this, but I have worked out how to automatically run programs as an administrator.
To do [...]
Optimize Windows Vista With TweakVI
TweakVI is a freeware program that claims to be the first to both both tweak and optimize Windows Vista. The free Basic version of TweakVI comes with 13 plugins that perform various functions. Other plugins are available, but they have to be paid for.
The TweakVI feature I like the sound [...]
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