Bypass open with lookup web service Change Registered Owner of Windows Change taskbar time to military/international format Change Windows Vista Product Key after install Check Windows Vista Activation Status Checkbox Select Alternative Command Prompt Power Tips Create a direct shortcut to Network Connections Create an administrator command prompt shortcut Create symbolic links & directory junctions
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5 Essential Performance Monitoring Gadgets Boost your performance with ReadyBoost Disable Network Printer Search Disable Welcome Center Enhance SATA disk performance Increase max IE7 downloads Quick aero speed tip Reliability and Performance Monitor Speed up aero (vista glass) by disabling min/max animations Speed up external hard drives Speed up Start Menu Search Speed up Start
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3D Cube Virtual Desktop Add “Open with Notepad” to right-click context… Animate your network icon Change Boot Screen (32-bit only for now) Change color of glass with regedit (with decimal to hex ARGB… Change the registered owner of your PC Change Vista’s Visual Style with hacked system files Customize Start Menu power buttons Disable ClearType
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Follow the Microsoft Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or “UX Guide” for short) to build your application’s user interface so that it takes advantage of all the new features of Windows Vista and provides a consistent user experience for your customers. These guidelines contain information on what’s new in Windows Vista, design principles, guidelines for
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Earlier this evening Bill Gates gave his final Microsoft keynote at the 2008 CES show in Las Vegas. Throughout the keynote he made many references to what he will do with his free time once he retires from day to day operations at Microsoft. It turns out Bill has big plans in addition to his
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Do you use notepad very frequently to open all types of text files? This quick tweak will add “Open with Notepad” to all of your

With the launch of Windows Vista today I have been watching all of the headlines coming in over at MS News Live. So far, I have read many of the hundreds of reviews posted already. Some of them have some great points while others are shockingly inaccurate. Most surprising was the amount of inaccuracies that
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Windows Vista RC1 is available for participants of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Please go to the Customer Preview Program website to register and receive a Product Key, which is required to install and activate the software. Click here to download! Microsoft Free Computer Magazines for Tweaks.com Visitors! eWeek, InfoWorld, RCR Wireless, Network World,
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