http://www.vistacompanion.com none Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:10:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the keyboard routines I adopted in XP was for shutting down or restarting. I’d simply press the then “U” would open the Shutdown command, and “R” would select Restart (or I could use the arrows to move to shutdown if needed), then “Enter” would enact it. I ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/restart-or-shutdown-vista-from-the-keyboard/ At the end of the day I always like to close the open applications to prepare my computer for the next day. Since I rarely reboot my desktop, I manually close each application. Depending on the number of open applications this can be a waste of time.   The people at NTWind Software ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/close-all-open-applications-with-one-click/ There are so many different tips and tricks that enable you to improve your user experience. Many of these can take quite a while to set up on your computer, so we're going to give you a few helpful suggestions that will not take so long. We call these small ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/top-vista-tweaklettes/ When Microsoft redesigned Windows Vista's Windows Explorer interface, a lot more functionality was included, compared to previous versions of Windows. While some of the new functionalities are noticeable, a lot of the built in hidden features are not easily found or recognized. So, that's what we're going to talk about ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/hidden-tricks-in-vistas-explorer/ To make sure network is working fine we use a command called ‘ ping’. This command sends ICMP packets to destination (it can be any network deceives, such as computers, print servers, routers..etc) and receives reply. This process named as ‘Echo Request’. By default in Windows Vista and XP computers this ICMP packets are ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/enable-ping-in-vista/ Sharing folders has become a common practice in local and corporate networks.  Over the Internet, we can share our latest downloads of pictures of our favorite celebrities, MP3 collections, ripped movies (legal of course) and virtually any other file we want to share. On a shared PC, folders outside a user’s ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/how-to-set-folder-permissions-in-vista/ Vista, like its predecessors will be fast when you first boot it and for a few weeks after but like every other version of Windows will get slow, here are some tips to help curtail that but you will still have to do the occasional reinstall to get all your ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/make-vista-shutdown-and-boot-faster/ Privacy features such as InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer 8 and similar features in Chrome and Firefox promise to protect your privacy by not keeping track of page history, temporary files and cookies. This may be enough to hide your tracks from a beginner computer user but there are still ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/make-private-browsing-more-private/ I‘m used to having my home computer automatically login when I start it since I’m the only user. In Windows XP I used TweakUI to set this, but how do I do it in Vista? A little searching turned up this tip from Spooky on the MSFN.org forums: Go to the ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/autologin-on-vista/ How to change the behavior of the power button. The default is to Sleep, but I prefer to actually Shut Down. It’s only seven tips later, and I’ve already got a different way to do this, mostly because it’s a few steps quicker. Open the Start Menu and click on ... http://www.vistacompanion.com/the-vista-power-button-revisited/