Tag archive for ‘Vista Tips’
Get Windows 7 Calculator in Vista
One of the noticeable changes in Windows 7 was the revamped look of calculator. The new calculator was available in the pre-beta build of Windows 7 and the good thing about this calculator is that it works with Windows Vista as well. Windows Vista users who want to try out the more advanced Calculator program [...]
How to Make Old Softwares and Games Work in Vista
Some softwares and games might be build for Windows XP and might crash when executed in Vista. If softwares are crashing in Vista, you can fix it with a simple and quick solution. To run programs having compatibility issues in Vista, turn on the compatibility Mode. With compatibility mode, you can run the program or [...]
How to Restart Crashed Programs Automatically in Vista
Sometimes programs like email or your webserver monitoring applications might have crashed and did not start automatically. Application Monitor is a freeware program that constantly checks the processes previously chosen by the user, and when it detects that one of those processes has stopped working it will start it again. So in any case the [...]
How to Restart Explorer Quickly in Windows Vista
Whenever a new program is installed, sometimes it prompts for a restart of PC, but in these cases it would be sufficient if we restart the Explorer instead of restarting Windows. For restarting explorer, you can follow the normal process by selecting CTRL +ALT +DEL and select Task Manager. In the task manager, click on [...]
How to Restore Lost Files and Folders in Windows Vista
If you were working on a document or any files, you overwrote the current version with the one previously saved and lost information, then Vista can help you recover them using the feature of Shadow Copy. This feature is available only in Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions. Shadow Copy feature lets you to restore [...]
How to Add or Edit Tags for Multiple Photos Quickly in Vista
There are lots of freeware application including Microsoft Pro Photos tools to edit meta information of photos. You can also add or edit tags, author details, rating, title and subject in Vista easily and quickly. This can be done for a single photo or multiple photos. To add the photo details select a photo and [...]
How to Find out Successful and Unsuccessful Logon in Vista
Windows Policy allows you to display information about the previous user logons and logon failures to the user. This enables you to check unauthorized access to your PC. This setting can be enabled using the Group Policy Editor. Group Policy Editor is available only in Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise version.
1. To enable this setting, [...]
