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Most Popular "Windows Vista" Tips

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31) HyperTerminal and Windows Vista: Date - Jun 30, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Networking; Windows Vista no longer includes HyperTerminal - here are some workarounds.
32) Where's the Run Box?: Date - Jun 14, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to quickly run programs in Vista.
33) Adding Boot Critical Drivers During Unattended Installation of Vista: Date - Feb 13, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to add Boot Critical drivers during Unattended Installation of Vista
34) 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.
35) The Windows Automated Installation Kit: Date - Oct 25, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Deployment; Deploying workstations is something that can be very time consuming. Microsoft has recently released its Windows Automated Installation Toolkit to aide in this process.
36) Using Netsh to Manage Wireless Connections: Date - Dec 10, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Networking; Netsh is more powerful now than ever. Here we look at how to use Netsh to manage your wireless network connection properties.
37) Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
38) Vista's Setup log: Date - Aug 23, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to disable Vista's Setup log
39) Creating a Hidden or Administrative Share: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Preventing a shared folder or drive from showing in My Network Places and Network
40) Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista: Date - May 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP
41) Disabling UAC for Only Administrators: Date - Mar 26, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Registry Tips; How to disable the UAC feature for Administrators.
42) Performing a Recovery Using Complete PC Restore: Date - Nov 25, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; Here's a simple tip to make sure you are able to properly recover a Vista system from a backup you made using Complete PC Backup.
43) 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.
44) Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
45) Using Multiple Answer Files with Windows Deployment Services: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to use multiple answer files for the Windows DS client.
46) Sysprep Error with Vista: Date - Jan 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Resolving an error that can occur when sysprepping a Vista computer
47) Using Group Policy vs. Registry Tweaks: Date - Nov 18, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Why is it better to use Group Policy to modify the registry than to use Registry Editor itself?
48) When to use GPT disks: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
49) Performing a Complete PC Backup from the command line: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Here's how you can perform a Complete PC Backup in Vista from the command line.
50) Customizing Send To: Date - Feb 08, 2007; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to customize the Send To menu in Vista.
51) Breaking into audit mode: Date - May 21, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista.
52) Disabling device found popups: Date - Jul 18, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to disable annoying popups for new device detection in Vista.
53) More Sysprep Errors with Vista: Date - Jan 31, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Resolving other errors that can occur when sysprepping a Vista computer.
54) Edit the Registry of a Vista Image: Date - Feb 27, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to edit the registry of a captured image.
55) Replacing the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled.: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to replace the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled without losing access to your operating system and data.
56) Accessing a Hidden or Administrative Share: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Bringing up a shared folder or drive you or the system have hidden.
57) Troubleshooting Group Policy: Date - May 22, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to troubleshoot Group Policy processing in Windows Vista.
58) Dynamic Port Range in Windows Server 2008: Date - Dec 09, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article explains the default Dynamic Port range in Windows Server 2008 and how to see the range using the NetSH command line tool.
59) Opening a command prompt during Setup: Date - Feb 21, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can open a command prompt during Setup if you need to, here's how.
60) Don’t Disable Any Default Services in Vista: Date - Sep 23, 2008; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why.