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Most Popular "Windows Vista" Tips

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1) Disable hibernation: Date - Jun 21, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to disable hibernation in Vista.
2) Troubleshooting Regsvr32 Error 0x80004005: Date - Jan 17, 2008; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Application Compatibility; Until software vendors get totally Vista compatible, having to manually register DLL files is going to be a pretty common task. Here is how to troubleshooting one of the most common errors received while doing this.
3) Disabling UAC: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to disable the UAC feature in Vista.
4) Identifying the IPv6 Loopback Address: Date - Nov 14, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to identify the IPv6 Loopback Address
5) Robocopy in Vista: Date - Jun 20, 2007; Rating - 3.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; Robocopy is now part of Windows Vista
6) Formatting USB Flash Drives Using exFAT: Date - Mar 03, 2010; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to format a USB flash drive using the Extended FAT (exFAT) file system.
7) Windows cannot find the local profile: Date - May 13, 2009; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to try if you see "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile."
8) Identifying IPv6 Link Local Addresses: Date - Nov 15, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to identify IPv6 Link Local Addresses
9) Changing the Remote Desktop Port: Date - Jun 19, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Registry Hacks; Changing the listening and connecting port for Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
10) Free up disk space: Date - Apr 28, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to free up disk space used by System Protection in Windows Vista.
11) Vista command line tips: Date - Feb 20, 2007; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; Two tips for using the command line in Vista.
12) Enable Network Support for the Recycle Bin: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 2.6; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Using a Recycle Bin replacement to protect network shares.
13) Breaking into a command prompt in Windows PE: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista.
14) Where is Sysprep in Vista?: Date - Apr 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where can you find the Sysprep.exe utility in Vista?
15) Getting past the size limit for roaming profiles: Date - May 03, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Networking; How to enable really big roaming user profiles if needed i.e. roam a lot of stuff.
16) How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: Date - Oct 21, 2008; Rating - 2.6; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.
17) Creating a Hidden or Administrative Share: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Preventing a shared folder or drive from showing in My Network Places and Network
18) Disabling File and Folder Compression: Date - May 16, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to disable file/folder compression on Windows Vista.
19) Moving the system hard drive to another computer: Date - Jun 09, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to move the system hard drive of a computer running Windows Vista to a new computer without generating a Stop message.
20) How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: Date - Oct 28, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this.
21) Changing Login Credentials for Shared Computers: Date - Feb 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; How to change the username and password used to access a shared resource.
22) Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
23) When to use GPT disks: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
24) Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
25) How to run your own application when Windows Starts?: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Registry Hacks; This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
26) Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
27) Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
28) Creating a New User Profile in Vista: Date - Jan 16, 2008; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to repair a lost or corrupted user profile in Vista.
29) USB device not recognized: Date - Jun 23, 2009; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; A simple thing to try when your flash drive or other USB device doesn't mounted by Windows when you plug it in.
30) Migrating unattend.txt to unattend.xml: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a quick tip for migrating your XP answer files to Vista.