In case your PC is shared one and many others users access it, then there are chances of virus or malware attack through removable drives(CD/ USB drives). You can configure your PC such that removable drives are not accessible in Vista. If this setting is enabled, then no access is enabled for removable. To disable [...]
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. [...]
Microsoft and Verdiem has released a free power management application for Windows XP and Vista users. This application named as Edison, is made for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista PC users and enhances the operating systems’ existing power settings with increased overall energy savings and provides a consumer-friendly user interface that makes it easy [...]
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 [...]
