When Windows is switched to hibernation mode, Windows saves the current state into a file called hiberfil.sys. This files size is very huge and will extend to several GB. In case you are not using hibernation, you can disable it to save hard disk space. To disable hibernation, open Start-> All Programs-> Accessories-> Command Prompt. [...]
Whenever a program hangs or crashes occurs, Vista is able to automatically send relevant information about the failure to Microsoft using Windows Error Reporting (WER), have this information analyzed and obtain a solution to the problem if one exists. In case you are testing beta versions of applications, you might encountered this situation many times. [...]
When you have installed two different versions of Windows, say Vista Ultimate and Vista Home premium or XP and Vista as dual boot, these options show up when you boot Windows. But many times the timeout seconds is set as very low value and it becomes difficult to select an OS which is not the [...]
Windows Vista has improved the UI and added lots of features like Aero effects when compared to XP. Vista is definitely a great looking OS (we are comparing only the looks here). You can customize Vista just like XP using visual styles. There are lots of styles available based on whether you have/enabled aero effects. [...]
In Window, you can hide all control panel items and folders except the ones specified using settings. This is helpful when your PC is shared and you do not want users to make too many changes. With this settings, only those items are displayed in the Control panel which are specified. To make the change, [...]
