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Most Popular "User Tips" Tips

1) Removing the Hand from Icons of Shared Folders
Date - Jun 26, 2008
Rating - 2.5
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Misc
How to prevent the hand from appearing on the icons of shared resources.
2) USB device not recognized
Date - Jun 23, 2009
Rating - 3.3
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.
3) 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.
4) Customizing Send To
Date - Feb 08, 2007
Rating - 2.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
How to customize the Send To menu in Vista.
5) 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
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) 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.
9) Using Multiple Monitors in Vista and getting Aero
Date - Nov 13, 2008
Rating - 2.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Shell (GUI)
You can use multiple monitors with Vista if you have multiple video cards, but how can you get the Windows Aero experience on these monitors?
10) Backing Up the Outlook Auto Complete Name List
Date - Oct 02, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Misc
Backing up the Microsoft Outlook auto complete list is indeed possible and easier than you think.
11) Indexing a Second Hard Drive on Vista
Date - Aug 05, 2008
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Search
Making sure a second hard drive is indexed in Vista requires two settings.
12) Boosting Vista Startup Performance
Date - Nov 20, 2008
Rating - 4.7
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
How can you improve the startup performance of your Vista computer? Disable SuperFetch!
13) Free Network Analyzers/Sniffers for Windows
Date - Apr 08, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Misc
Several tools to see a network's raw packets for troubleshooting or security audits.
14) Disabling Autoplay on Vista
Date - Aug 12, 2008
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
You can completely disable autoplay on Vista computers if needed.
15) Vista Logoff/Shutdown and Accessibility
Date - Nov 04, 2008
Rating - 1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Shell (GUI)
If you find it tricky to logoff/shutdown Vista using the Start button because of accessibility issues, here’s a solution.
16) Restoring a Complete PC backup
Date - Jun 18, 2009
Rating - 4.3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
How to avoid problems when restoring from a Complete PC backup.
17) Removing RTM Files from Vista SP1
Date - Oct 22, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
Installing Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista archives certain files so you can remove SP1 later if you decide to. You can reclaim disk space by deleting these files.
18) Searching for Arbitrary Files on Vista
Date - Sep 09, 2008
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Search
The quickest way to find an arbitrary file on a Vista computer.
19) Vista SendTo shortcuts
Date - Feb 25, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Shell (GUI)
How can you add entries to the right-click (shortcut) menu in Vista?

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