In Windows Vista, to store restore points, you need at least 300MB of free space on each drive that has System Protection turned on. System Restore might use up to 15% of the space on each disk. System Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.
05.5.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
Vista Services Optimizer, is a free tool for Windows Vista that assists you with fine tuning and speeding up Windows Vista. This tool comes with many Windows services related tools such as automatic tuneup, manual tuneup and service test. Manual TuneUp option enables you to optimize Vista by disabling
04.22.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
Microsoft Corp. will provide free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades not only to users who buy Vista PCs between June 2009 and January 2010, but also to people who buy systems that have been factory-downgraded to Windows XP, according to a report on the Web, April 6, 2009.04.16 In Microsoft’s terminology, “downgrade” describes the Windows [...]
04.22.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Windows 7: The Ups It’s one of the more maligned features of Windows 7: The new Taskbar. There is no longer the uncomfortable mental leap from where you clicked when you wanted to start a program to where you clicked when wanting to access a running instance. With Windows 7, these are one in the [...]
04.16.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
New computers don’t necessarily mean better, faster and stronger anymore. Netbooks mean smaller, cheaper, lighter, and many consumers are quite happy to use XP, the operating system they had gotten used to during Vista’s unusually long development. Microsoft simply did not foresee this new trend occurring when it was working on Vista; the demand for [...]
04.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
To view the registered owner of Windows Vista operating system, click Start, type “winver”, and hit Enter. To change the Registered Owner information make sure you backup the registry before making changes) Click the start button, type “regedit” (Registry Editor) in the search box, and press Enter Click Continue to
04.4.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
To get started, right click on the desktop and click Personalize. Then, select Change Background from the Personalization window. You can now browse the default background pictures that come with Windows Vista, or alternatively click Browse to select one from your own collections. As you choose one, the desktop will change to provide a live [...]
04.4.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
Microsoft’s Nanda Lella stated that upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 is a process that will kill more than just the Ultimate Extras additions, if in fact the end users run the high-end editions of Windows XP’s successor. Lella also revealed that the Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade would cause [...]
04.3.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
Windows is still vulnerable to attacks even though it has a decent level of security. With the release of Vista, security has improved. XP-AntiSpy is small utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication ‘features’ in Windows XP. This small application includes around 50 Windows functions which can be enabled and disabled. The [...]
04.3.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Microsoft is giving away free Speech Recognition Macros for your Windows Vista. These Macros extend the speech recognition capabilities available in Windows Vista. To use the Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Macros you will need to have a microphone and minimum RAM of 1GB. Before using the WSR Macros you will also need to complete the [...]
03.30.09 | Windows Vista Tips | Computerexpert
