Are you sick of seeing this prompt? Well, we can disable it! Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and in the search box type “user accounts”. Your window will now look like this… Double-click the icon called “User Accounts” and this window opens… Single-click “Turn User Account Control on or off” (You will see that annoying prompt, just click “Continue”) and your window will look like this… Un-check the box that says “Use User...
If you do not defrag, not only does your PC slow down to the point it’s unusable, it can also wreck your whole Windows Vista install! Double-click this icon on your desktop: This window opens… Right-click your hard drive and click “Properties”. This window now opens… Click the “Tools” tab and your window will look like this… Click “Defragment Now” and this window opens… Again, click “Defragment...
Cleaning out junk files will give you some extra hard drive space and speed things up. Here’s how to clean out junk files: Double-click this icon on your desktop… This window opens… Right-click your hard drive and click “Properties”. This window now opens… Click “Disk Cleanup” and this window opens… . It would be best to click “My files only”". This window now opens… Select what you would like to delete and press...
Don’t worry, we are not going to disable ALL of Windows Vista’s visual settings. We are just going to disable the ones you can’t see that can slow your Windows Vista down. Click “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” and double-click this icon… In the menu on the left single-click this… This window now opens…. In this screen leave only the following checked: √ Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing √ Smooth edges of screen fonts √ Use drop shadows for icon labels on...
Does it take you ages to shutdown your Windows Vista? This tweak will force Windows Vista to shutdown in 5 seconds! WARNING: THIS TWEAK MIGHT CAUSE AN ERROR ON SHUTDOWN WITH SOME NON-MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS. Click (Start button) and click “Run”. This window now opens… In this window type “regedit” into the text box. Your window will now look like this… Press “OK” and this window opens… In this window, double-click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and a whole confusing menu now opens....
With all the talk about Microsoft not supporting Windows 98 or older PC hardware, one would think that if you are using a Windows 98 PC you’re in trouble. This couldn’t be more untrue. It just takes a little understanding on how Windows 98 works to get the OS running and doing everything Windows XP can, this includes security wise as well. This article will show you what you need to do to make Windows 98 the best it can be plus things you should never do in Windows 98. First let’s begin with what you need to do to make...
This article lists the most common Windows XP myths and also shows why they are just that… myths. When I sneeze Windows XP crashes... Yes, a lot of the naysayers who say Windows XP crashes a lot are actually over-zealous Apple/Linux users. These people like to scare unsuspecting people that worry their Windows XP will crash at anytime. So, let’s clear this myth up. Instead of babbling for hours about why I and a million others have never seen a Windows XP blue screen, complete crash needing a reboot, etc., let’s do this: For...