Windows Vista Tips and Tricks

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Someone here will inevitably upgrade, prolly by buying a new machine with it pre-loaded, so I figured it'd be nice to start gathering these.

1) Remove installation confirmation prompt and icon nagging.

2) Shift-right click to get expanded context menu

3) Windows-# of order of quick launch item = instant short-cut

4) Use virtual folders to save searches
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Vista's activation has been cracked. Free Vista for everybody!
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I'm suspicious til I see more validation that the brute force worked.
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It's fake.

Btw, that's a great site for Windows XP/Vista/whatever stuff like activation, etc.
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"7 ways to speed up Vista"
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets....339.php
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GORDON wrote:"7 ways to speed up Vista"
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets....339.php
Reformat with Windows XP?
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This is in the "Tip" catagory:

At least 20 Vista services are collecting data about you and phoning it home.

http://news.softpedia.com/news....2.shtml

*Fixed - Let's try this again - The Catt*




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Big Brother must be watched you Gordon. That link has been wiped out.
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Catt fixed it but it is still broke.
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One more time... #$^&$#@
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Hoot, there it is.

I'll delete these last few comments in a bit to keep this thread cleanish.
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[url=http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/bec ... nths-30488
3.php]XP to stay on sale until June 2008.[/url]
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TheCatt wrote:[url=http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/bec ... nths-30488

3.php]XP to stay on sale until June 2008.[/url]
Good. I was gearing up to buy several licenses prior to year-end. Now I can space the purchases out a bit.
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TheCatt wrote:Someone here will inevitably upgrade...
I was forced to upgrade due to XP no longer being for sale. :-(
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Here's how to rip MP3's in Vista using Vista's own media player. Quick and simple.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx....or_free
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How to burn ISO's directly in Vista. It's actually a Vista Powertoy... no 3rd party app needed.

Also, when I was burning an image, it MIGHT also have had an option to straight-copy CD's and DVD'd. I didn't explore that option, though. But burning an existing ISO was as easy as loading a blank CD, right clicking the file, and selecting "Create disk."

http://blog.neilmonday.com/2007....ws.html
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