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Vista Explorer consuming too much CPU resources

  Posted: Nov 04

Well recently I had some real performance problems. Vista was running fine for a long time, but then I realized that my computer was getting slower and slower.  What can you do if you experience the same problems?

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Logitech Mouseware for Windows Vista

  Posted: Oct 22

Migrating to Windows Vista also means that you will have to uninstall your mouseware logitech drivers, but there is another software you can use to bind keys to your mouse buttons.

Logitech SetPoint will help you to fully customize your mouse behaviour.

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Tweaking the Windows Vista Task Manager

  Posted: Oct 15

To improve your system security and speed it helps to find out more about the processes that run on your PC. Unfortunately unknown processes can establish a connection through the internet to send personal data to a hacker and usually there are also a few processes that consume a lot of resources. Wouldn’t it be great to know the exact location of that process to investigate it?

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Vista Themes: How to install them properly !

  Posted: Sep 16

I want to show you exactly how to properly install vista themes, since some people do not know how to do it. Although this seems to be a long post, there are just a few steps. I have described every step in detail. Should there be any question left, feel free to use the comment form!

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Customize Open/Save File Dialog, increase your productivity!

  Posted: Sep 14

If you have some folders you want to access quickly, because you regulary open or save files inside, then it helps a lot to add this folder to the file dialog. The file dialog has already a few folders on the left side, usually “Recent Places”, “Desktop”, “Computer”, “Network”. If you want to increase your productivity, then it is necessary to replace the folders with your most commonly used folders.

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Solved: Setup a real default folder view !

  Posted: Sep 01

Ok I know a lot of you have trouble with all that tech stuff, that’s why I want to help you to tweak Vista.

This is my first post of the series: “Solved: How to …”

One of the problems many people face once they have installed Vista is that their folder view will change every time they close and reopen a folder. This is annoying right?

Well here is the solution… (pictures inside)

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Vista backup/restore system files

  Posted: Aug 19

The last couple of days I had to deal with a few problems, that were mainly caused by some stupid mistakes. I turned off my computer holidng the power-on button for a few seconds (this will usually shutdown a PC completely), because I was in a hurry and had to leave. After I turned on the PC again a couple hours later I received a message that the file /system32/config/system was missing and this is a crucial file of the operating system…


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Easily take ownership of files/folders in Vista

  Posted: Aug 11

Taking ownership of certain files is a real pain and requires many clicks. To make this process a lot easier there are two cool methods:

1. Add the function to take ownership to your context menu (the menu that appears if you right-click a file). To do that simply download this file and double-click it. Confirm the following message and the entry “Take Ownership” should from now on appear in your context menu.
However this did not work in all cases, so if it does not work for you simply follow the second way…


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Autologon in Vista

  Posted: Aug 07

To disable that annoying login of Vista, simply click on the start orb and enter “netplwiz” into the search field.

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Vista internet speed tweaks

  Posted: Jul 28

Some people frequently report that their internet connection is very slow. Vista internet speed tweaks will help you to increase the speed or to detect the problem, but before blaming Vista for everything here is a check list that might help you to identify the problems. I will highlight important tweaks.
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